East Meets West in the Revenge of Prince Zidan Opera
Chinese opera company blends traditional Eastern performance with Western story and creates entertaining spectacle.
Articles by Rachel Levine
Carriage 44 Take Me Away!
Winter refuses to end, but there’s no reason to suffer needlessly. A few products from Carriage 44 can turn the home bathroom into a home spa.
Review: Rhymes For Young Ghouls
Barnaby’s film a raw, gritty look at a Mi-gMac community in the 70s with a compelling heroine at its heart.
Nuit Blanche: SATospheric! and Christian Marclay’s The Clock
Get your Nuit Blanche art and DJ style at the SAT and the MAC. VJs and Djs pair up at the SAT, while the MAC offers a 24-hour screening of Marclay’s The Clock.
Natalie Reis Faces Down the Pink Elephant in the Room
Natalie Reis challenges viewers with less narrative work while addressing themes about motherhood and women’s role in art history.
Dance Through the Pain with How Sad
How Sad began as a bedroom project and evolved into something better. Harris Shper talks about how the dancey, upbeat band with the gloomy name got started.
Kickstarter: Why do the Japanese Love Anne of Green Gables?
Terry Dawes is making a film about the Japanese obsession with Anne of Green Gables. We want to support him in his Kickstarter campaign.
Betraying Beethoven? Sidney York Leaves the Conservatory.
Brandi Sidoryk talks about how her secret, double-life as Sidney York got started.
Finding Some Gold in Loss. Interview with Kalle Mattson
Kalle Mattson talks about his new album Someday the Moon will be Gold and the good fortune of having German fans.
Pushed To the Minimum. The Book of Bob.
Bob is a middle-aged political theory professor who is about to take his midterm on ethics, as given by God herself.
Antigone Reimagined at the Tuesday Night Cafe
McGill’s Tuesday Night Cafe presents Anilouh’s version of the Antigone with Creon as a sympathetic character.
Marching On with The Wet Secrets
Surviving change and growing older are new themes tackled by The Wet Secret’s latest album, Free Candy.
From China With Love
China showcases its artists and performing groups in a series of events that bring music, dance, song, and acrobatics to Place Des Arts this February.
Accidental Orientalism. Photographing the 19th Century Arabic City
CCA Exhibit takes a closer look at the 19th century Arabic city and the idea of Orientalism through the lens of photographers.
Quebec’s Olympic Snowboarders Don’t Know Gravity
They’re fast and they fly. Quebec has much to be proud of on the Canadian Olympic Snowboard team.
The Book About The Bookmobile. Mobilivre’s Kickstarter Campaign
Montreal bookmobile making book about five years on the road as seen from an international, traveling zine library.
Put Some Cheese Curds and Gravy on It. Poutine Week
Fries! Gravy! Cheese Curds! and a lot of other things… Try out Montreal’s poutine in all its varieties this week.
Going For the Full Monty
You already know how it ends (the full monty, of course), but the fun is watching six lovable, unemployed men learn about themselves while creating a strip tease act.