Culture

Portraying women’s art without a feminist lens

In the hopes of promoting up-and-coming McGill bands, CKUT Radio is teaming up with Gerts for a weekly music showcase called Thursdays (A)live. The free… Read More »A good reason to go to Gerts

How can a movie be so bad it’s good? I hope to know after watching a rare midnight screening of The Room (2003) this Saturday,… Read More »Not just any room

Montreal poet Fabrice Koffy examines the immigrant experience through verse

In 1941, American Ballet Caravan, the fledgling dance company headed by soon-to-be-legendary choreographer George Balanchine, presented a work that sent shockwaves throughout the dance world.… Read More »The movement is the message

What Avatar shows us about our movies

How to stay on your bike through Montreal’s winter weather

La Cinémathèque Québécoise offers a look at emerging animation talent

“America’s McGill” satirizes teen-lit sensation Twilight

North of the tracks at 6414 St. Denis, near the Beaubien subway exit, where there are no longer shops and cafés but houses and schools… Read More »Where to go for pho

It’s probably been a while since you’ve been to a magic show. When you stop and think about it, is there any good reason for… Read More »ARTifact starts tonight

Though I may chide you for your tired imaginations, or the shoestring contributions you make to valuable causes, I still love you. I honestly appreciate… Read More »Dear Leacock bake sale activists

This Friday, the Galerie de l’UQAM will be opening Diabolique – an ambitious attempt to measure the impact of violence and conflict on our society… Read More »Art in the devil’s image

Installation builds on one artist’s life-long relationship with the moving image