Don't mess with the small press
If you like Fish Piss, then you're in the right place. Claiming to have been published "irregularly since 1996," Fish Piss is just one of the many independent small press publications circulating throughout Montreal's thriving underground literary scene. Like other independently funded, self-distributed magazines-or zines, as they are more commonly called-Fish Piss publishes works of poetry, prose, art, comics and reviews by up-and-coming local geniuses.
Drop those celeb rags for some lesser known mags
It's hard to dispute the merits of high-brow, mainstream magazines. Any well-read coffee shop regular will tell you The Economist is informative, The New Yorker is intellectual, and that Esquire transformed Robert Downey, Jr from former drug addict to inspired creative genius in less than a thousand words.
Battle onstage: two campus theatre companies faceoff
Tuesday Night Cafe Productions: Thus far in the 2006-07 season, TNC has produced The Ends of the Earth, Mercy Seat and Art as well as the ARTifact festival. Accommodations: TNC's theatre space in Morrice Hall seats around 50 students and is "certainly limited as far as lights and set-building is concerned, but if you can work around these limits and… embrace the intimacy of the room, TNC is a great place to put on a show!" says Lily Dionne-Jermanovich, one of the producers of the ARTifact festival.