There’s something tragic about monuments built to an optimism that faded decades ago. The Soviet Union’s contribution to Expo ‘67, for instance: a large, concrete… Read More »Remembrance of times past: This is Montreal!
All the school is a stage While most students are buckling down for term papers and finals right now, the actors, directors and theatre nerds… Read More »Culture Briefs
“Bono and I had dinner in Dublin. We stayed up till 3:00 in the morning and got totally shitfaced,” Alex Shoumatoff tells me over noodles… Read More »When I grow up I want to be Alex Shoumatoff
What happens when you combine a former Los Angeles b-boy, a classically-trained ballet dancer, and a lot of buzz? You get Rubberbandance Group (RBDG), the… Read More »Rubberbanddance’s new act
DJ XL5’s film collage plays with the wacky beginnings of the music video
In the third installment of The Daily’s four-part series on cultural tastemakers in Montreal,
CBC Radio 2 is kicking classical music off primetime in an effort to woo younger audiences
Prague artist’s exhibit at Parisian Laundry is inspired by the personal changes he’s undergone while living in Canada
In the second installment of The Daily’s four-part series on local cultural tastemakers, David Levitz takes a look at the Montreal art scene
Caribou’s mastermind creates his own musical scene from his bedroom
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Babenco’s The Past has all of the elements, but doesn’t work
Music brought Fab and Frannie together when they bumped into each other at a concert a few years ago. The pair bonded over similar musical… Read More »Serendipitous sounds: Montreal’s Random Recipe
A flashing plastic owl, a children’s toy piano and two Arts students – Daily staffer Joshua Frank and Yannick Kuch – were the musical highlights… Read More »Urban Joseph make noise with guitars and Chinese toys
De Salvo and Fogwill’s film Kept and Dreamless is visually pleasant, if a bit vapid