Culture

“”Ghost Acoustics” explores our relationship with the background noise of our lives

A step inside the world of Montreal’s bears

Contemporary poets seek to preserve iconic sanctuary of Canadian poetry

McGill alumni-run LOOKOUT organizes a weekend of music

Growing up, I rarely went “out” for breakfast. I suppose I can attribute the lack of venturing to weekdays of school-morning flurry: staple-less book reports,… Read More »Breakfast all day, all night

Erin Lang’s music has a certain wistful charm about it; her songs contain echoes of an old music box rediscovered in one’s attic, or a… Read More »Vintage melodies

Salons Femmes br@nchées are a proud tradition at Studio XX, Montreal’s bilingual, feminist digital art centre. These evening show-and-tells serve the studio’s mandate to facilitate… Read More »Techno feminism

Acclaimed Irish writer explores the frictions that fueled Oscar Wilde

A look into the new handmade

Dance has a difficult reputation to escape; it’s often thought of as a technically challenging, formally beautiful art form that hasn’t changed much since the… Read More »The familial jungle

“Soap” explores our society’s fear of dirt

A look at Montreal’s only Haitian radio station

“Socrates, is virtue teachable?” asks Meno. And so Plato’s Socratic dialogue, Meno, begins. Meno has, of course, been studied extensively. But rather than offering a… Read More »The theatrics of thought

Fusions have been ubiquitous in popular culture for many years; from Cuban-Asian cuisine to rap-rock to jeggings (yes, the jeans/leggings hybrid) – they’re usually pretty… Read More »Future jazz

New documentary profiles peak oil prophet