So for Part II of our Quartier des spectacles retrospective, we heard from the other end of the festival stage, as we interviewed fest organizers from Pop Montréal and MUTEK about the new space.
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Quartier des spectacles - par Alexander Sellers publié le 16 Août, 2011 - 13:39
Quartier des spectacles - par Alexander Sellers publié le 15 Août, 2011 - 17:12
Another Montreal summer is largely behind us, and yet another season where the festival affirmed itself as king. But for the first time, the city had its first fully realized usage of the QdS and countless local events spread their wings in the partnership’s space. So let's go ahead and apply some critical retrospect.
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Young Artist of the Week - par Alexander Sellers publié le 10 Août, 2011 - 09:36
Our young artist(s) of the week, Erik Anderson and Josh Usheroff, may be just a local duo, but between the both of them, form a complete filmmaking team. Their latest work, 'The Second Times of Troubles', took the "Best Feature" prize at WT Os International Film Festival in Norway.
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art contemporain - par Alexander Sellers publié le 10 Août, 2011 - 08:52
The theme underlying this year’s Baie-Saint-Paul International Symposium of Contemporary Art—now in its 29th prestigious edition—is an infinite and always giving one: storytelling.
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culture - par Alexander Sellers publié le 9 Août, 2011 - 09:19
Nous sommes les filles.com: talented female artists getting their weekly due
From filmmakers and painters to dancers and singers, this new website will present two portraits of local, XX talent each week until they reach the triple digit mark.
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cinéma - par Alexander Sellers publié le 5 Août, 2011 - 10:24
Produced with the help of Oliver Stone, Marc Wiltshire’s twelve-and-a-half minute short, My Avatar, has dopey lead Mike, or ‘Falcon Luckless’, experiencing a blurring of the lines between his virtual and real world relationships.
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Théâtre - par Alexander Sellers publié le 3 Août, 2011 - 16:46
Montreal’s own Shakespeare Theatre Company has made a pretty ambitious and revenge-soaked choice for a play at the Monument-National beginning this week.
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blog of the week - par Alexander Sellers publié le 27 Juillet, 2011 - 18:48
On the top of our game, as always, we present you with Triangulation, the work of an online collector with wads of simple good taste and assembling skill in the burgeoning web art world.
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cinéma - par Alexander Sellers publié le 27 Juillet, 2011 - 09:29
NIGHTLIFE had a chat with Paris-gone-New York director Celine Danhier, to discuss the ‘No Wave’ film label that has come to represent those captured by the vista and attitude of their often nasty and always unique home.
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Pop Montréal - par Alexander Sellers publié le 21 Juillet, 2011 - 13:20
For the fourth year in a row, Film Pop turns the drive-in dinner-and-a-movie on its helmeted head with their annual Bike-In music, food and film event at the McAuslan Brewery.
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Arts visuels - par Alexander Sellers publié le 20 Juillet, 2011 - 12:56
This Saturday night, Safewalls— the artistic side-project of our dear troupe — is setting up a one-time-only print ‘Pop-up' shop inside the Tapis Rouge alongside En Masse and their massive, evolving wall mural.
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arts performatifs - par Alexander Sellers publié le 15 Juillet, 2011 - 13:52
With a live jazz band, a burlesque act and a handful of local nu-jazz DJs, the first Electro-Swing Club Montréal will definitely service those with a broad theatrical and musical palette. We had a long-distance chat with headliner DJ Delay in anticipation for the event.
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Théâtre de Verdure - par Alexander Sellers publié le 14 Juillet, 2011 - 16:18
Now in its 55th year of existence, the Théâtre de Verdure presents yet another year of diverse and high-caliber acts in the Parc La Fontaine's outdoor ampitheatre.
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House - par Alexander Sellers publié le 14 Juillet, 2011 - 15:38
In celebration of Motion monthly’s third anniversary of bass-fueled existence, the DJ pair of ROUX Soundsystem are in command of the floor all night long.
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Design - par Alexander Sellers publié le 13 Juillet, 2011 - 11:22
Urban design contest: Plans for a new, revamped Namur-Jean-Talon West
The Namur-Jean-Talon West area - now rebranded Le Triangle - is in the midst of a design competition and revitalization plans this summer. The city aims to give it a new identity: ‘green’ public spaces, bike paths and improved housing.
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Arts visuels - par Alexander Sellers publié le 8 Juillet, 2011 - 12:58
Until July 20th, Osheaga Arts is featuring some of the amazingly creative poster work by 17 studios culled from dozens of past gigs by Arcade Fire, The National, Death Cab, Pixies and more.
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SWAP team - par Alexander Sellers publié le 7 Juillet, 2011 - 17:02
This Saturday and Sunday, inside the Grand Foyer de la Place Des Arts, Montréal’s own S.W.A.P. Team heads one of the world’s largest, local clothing swaps.
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blog - par Alexander Sellers publié le 7 Juillet, 2011 - 16:02
For our first featured Blog of the Week, we look at some savvy tumblr user who has amassed a gigantic archive of photographs from legendary get-togethers of all shapes and sizes and dubbed it fittingly, “Awesome People Hanging Out Together.” In other words, it’s a paparazzo’s wet dream.
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Cirque - par Alexander Sellers publié le 6 Juillet, 2011 - 09:45
For their fresh new piece, Wunderkammer, this highly talented and unique troupe combines elements of acrobatics, contemporary dance, and even comedy for nine full nights. We sat down with Darcy Grant, one of the seven artists of the show, for a brief chat about his upcoming performance, our dear ville, and some fellow Aussies.
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hip-hop - par Alexander Sellers publié le 30 Juin, 2011 - 14:57
This Saturday will be Music with Meaning's first annual Montreal Teen Fest, with entertainment—and social motivation—by Danny Fernandes and three promising recruits from Lil Wayne’s Young Money label.
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