Art comes alive across Quebec
Last year, the English-Language Arts Network launched Arts Alive!, a summer-long festival celebrating the work of artists in our province. They called it “a moveable [read on]
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Through my Brown Gay Lens – Am I a ‘Person of Color’?
Does the phrase “Person of Color” ignore the experiences of individual racial and ethnic groups in North America?
Book of the Month Club: This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki
Rose and Windy, best friends, always go to Awago for their summer, staying in their summer cottages. But this year will be different. Between hiding under blankets while [read on]
1755: Evangeline’s People & Other Quebec Curios
Just about any Quebec history book will have at least a section dedicated to Acadia (Acadie), the former French colony fell under British rule following the 1713 Treaty of [read on]
The Artistorian’s Weekly Picks: September 1 to 7
September is upon us! Summer is ending, and many of us are gearing up to hit the books again very shortly. But, more importantly, this is one of my favourite times for art in [read on]
1754: The Beginning of the End & Other Quebec Curios
The traditional date of the beginning of the Seven Years’ War is 1754, when somebody named George Washington attacked a French scouting party, provoking the French into [read on]
Fighting For Satire : Journal de Mourréal
Janick Murray-Hall’s satiric on-line publication squares off against big media.
1731-1743: Transportation and Exploration & Other Quebec Curios
The Treaty of Utrecht, though a war focussed on European succession, unfortunately spilled over to the New World and its colonies. From sieges in Acadia to the eventual [read on]
The Artistorian’s Weekly Picks: August 17 to 23
Squirt, exhibit Squirt * Soiree Piscine/Pool Party at the VAV Gallery VAV Gallery, August 16 to 19 The VAV Gallery’s Squirt, an installation and performance-based [read on]
1713: The Treaty of Utrecht & Other Quebec Curios
At the beginning of the eighteenth century, far away from New France, in a not-so-little continent named Europe, there was a war going on, and all because of the lack of [read on]
Sex in MTL: When My Pleasure is a Victim of Social Norms
Heterosexual sex is undergoing its own radical transformation.
1665-1666: New France’s First Census & Other Quebec Curios
The first filles du roi arrived in 1663, a government-sponsored initiative of bringing young women into the colonies to work, marry, and have children. It was actually the [read on]
Locals: Shihan Ray and the Karate Community
The death of a beloved karate teacher brings together a community of seemingly disconnected people in Montreal.
1663: Ensuring New France’s Survival & Other Quebec Curios
As stated many times in the past few weeks, New France’s population was an epic fail at best. Despite Champlain’s permanent settlement, the Habitation, as well as both [read on]
Getting Out of Montreal: KGB Headquarters in Estonia
Visiting the old KGB Headquarters reveals horrors from Estonia’s past.
von Brandenburg and Lescarbeau take Darling Foundry
Upon entering the Darling Foundry‘s Grande Salle, you will be greeted by two large, white staircases. Walk up to them, walk on them, walk across them. Once you get to [read on]
1642: Growing a Colony & Other Quebec Curios
Champlain’s Habitation, though meant as the first permanent settlement in the colony of New France, needed a population to match. Despite surviving several sieges, the [read on]
1620s and 1630s: Early Quebec & Other Quebec Curios
What did an early Quebec look like in the 1620s and 1630s? Find out on this week’s Quebec Curios.
Book of the Month Club: The Quartet by Joseph J. Ellis
“One of the reasons Hamilton found the word democracy so offensive was because he realized that the vast majority of American citizens had not the dimmest understanding of [read on]
1629: Pirates Try to Conquer Quebec & Other Quebec Curios
Our story begins with a simple man: David Kirke. Born and raised in Normandy, like many people of his time, little is known about this Englishman until his participation in [read on]