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For Angélique Kidjo, it’s all about life

The godmother of this year’s Nuits D’Afrique festival performed for free at Place des festivals on Friday night, demonstrating why she is the most famous African singer alive today. With her trademark...

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Funny Girl

Tig Notaro has had a hell of a ride, but it pretty much made her career. She was a relatively unknown comic when, in four short months in 2012, she came down with pneumonia, caught C-difficile, buried...

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Nuits d’Afrique shines light on Montreal’s mosaic

The 27th edition of the Festival International des Nuits d’Afrique closed on Sunday July 21st, ending a 2-week run of shows from local and international musicians, and four days of free outdoor...

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Royally scattered

When you hear the words “British standup comedy” you might think of witty, cerebral types like Eddie Izzard, or the dry Stewart Lee. Or you may think of the insult comedy of Frankie Boyle. You may be...

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The impossible trials of a Kung Fu master

The Fantasia International Film Festival has graced the city of Montreal and the Imperial Theatre with its presence once again this year, bringing along the latest in a series of movies dramatizing...

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When blockades are a First People’s last hope

Blocus 138, directed by Réal Junior Leblanc and presented at the Montreal First Peoples Festival, follows the Innu community of Uashat mak Mani Utenam (near Sept-Îles, Québec) in their efforts to...

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Smiles All ‘Round

Have we all adequately recovered from this year’s Just For Laughs festival? Caught up on our sleep?  Rehydrated? Good: that means it’s time to reflect on some of the standout performances from the...

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Montreal fashion parade smiles at the rain

A splash of style and fashion walked down the streets and exhibition halls of Montreal for four colourful days, bringing with it the latest in clothing lines from major designers and companies around...

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Modernity melts with tradition at First Peoples Festival

Kwei Kwei. An Innu, Abenaki, and Atikamekw greeting of hello is presented in the opening lines  of the menu for The Montreal First Peoples Festival’s second edition of Gastronomie à l’amérindienne,...

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Them’s fighting words

Charles Demers is not your ordinary warrior. His one-man militia encompasses multiple battlegrounds through his writings, stand-up comedy, activism, and regular performances on CBC’s The Debaters....

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The Rover’s Top 5 Rundowns of Osheaga 2013

With more than 100 musical acts performing on five different stages over three days, Osheaga’s musical offerings are overwhelming. The Rover braved the crowds (record-breaking attendance was reported...

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X-Men out to change history

On Monday night, Bryan Singer took a break from filming his ragtag A-list team of X-men in the period-dressed streets of Montreal to sit down for a Q & A with fellow New Jersey native and old...

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Women comedians create space in a man’s world

Cruising the comedy festivals of Montreal this year, I experienced my yearly excitement at the Just For Laughs line-up and the fledgling talent at Zoofest. This year, however, I focused my spectating...

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The walking undead that chart their own path

Don’t get bit! That seems to be the cornerstone of every zombie movie ever made. That, and the guy or gal who seems to be trying to get everyone killed through stubbornness or stupidity. Thankfully,...

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A stroll through the garden of hope

Mosaicultures Internationales de Montréal (MIM), a non-profit organization, was created in 1998 to promote horticultural art as a means to express human values in urban landscapes. Since then, it has...

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Ste-Catherine Under Pressure

Montreal was Under Pressure this weekend as graffiti artists from around the world claimed the main stretch of Sainte-Catherine Street to paint their towering canvases of brick and cement. Dozens of...

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What’s poppin’ at Pop

Like every year, the 2013 Pop Montréal festival is stuffed to the gills with five delicious nights of music. It’s easy to get overwhelmed around this time, as “checking out” who is playing is always a...

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Pop went the surprises

I am worn-out. After five days of late nights, blasting speakers and a whole lot of hustle and bustle, this grandma needs to hit the hay. My predictions made pre-fest, of losing my sense of propriety...

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Such a dream

Radio play without radio play sounds like an impossible contradiction, but it may be Terius Youngdell Nash’s dilemma. Working under the moniker The-Dream, Nash has both produced and co-written a...

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Harmonies at the cultural crossroads

What better way to pass a rainy, windy Halloween evening than sitting in the intimate Salle Bourgie listening to haunting and evocative Persian melodies. As part of the Festival du Monde Arabe de...

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