Montreal acts band together to support adult literacy initiatives
Kicking off Quebec Adult Learners' Week, Reading Council for Literary Advance in Montreal, a non-profit organization devoted to lifelong learning and raising literary awareness, will be holding their first-ever fundraising concert this Friday at Barfly.
Nearly five million viewers on Monday night alone, and then another 2.2 million streams from the website the following day. I am losing my faith in humanity, or maybe just in MTV's hit "reality" show about Teen Vogue interns, record label receptionists, and night club promoters trying to make it in L.
McGill Drama Festival celebrates student theatre
The McGill Drama Festival is presenting its 21st annual collection of student plays this week at Players' Theatre. Taking the over-arching thematic title of Clash, the festival includes six different works under the subheadings of "Family," "Friends," and "The Clowns.
Schwimmer's directorial debut sinks
While watching Run Fatboy Run, it's hard not to feel bad for British funnyman Simon Pegg. In David Schwimmer's directorial debut, Pegg plays a snarky, overweight, down-on-his-luck security guard who spends his days wallowing over the mistake of abandoning Libby (Thandie Newton) at the alter for fear of being a disappointment to her.
Travelling Light follows artists on the go
"Go, go, go… Go somewhere. Go somewhere else." Following this personal mantra, a nomadic artist named Jimmy, who has been on his own since the age of four, packs up and leaves Montreal for Barcelona, soon venturing on to Kobe, Japan. Wandering is a way of life and a vehicle for creative inspiration for Jimmy and four other roaming artists documented in director Tamás Wormser's new production, Travelling Light: Artists on the Move.
The Raconteurs. Consolers of the Lonely.You may not have been aware that The Raconteurs released their second album last week, but that isn't surprising. Vocalist/guitarist Jack White apparently walked into Warner Brothers offices the week before, handed them Consolers of the Lonely-an upbeat, raucous, rock show-and demanded that it be released in a week.
Music. The Sword. Gods of the Earth. Available in stores and online Apr. 1. The much-awaited (well, in some circles) follow-up to 2006's Age of Winters drops today. Call it "hipster metal" or "doom lite" or whatever, but the Austin-based heavies can make or break their current rep with this record.
Sahtayn Written by: Amal Masri Directed by: Nina Pariser "Sahtayn," when roughly translated from Arabic, is best understood as "bon appétit". However, the translation does the word an injustice, as it loses its subtleties and richer meanings. Amal El Masri's Sahtayn works through the theme of appropriating the foreign and digs deep into the idea of misunderstanding the "other.
Conversation With Megan's Mother Written by: Erica Smith Directed by: Amanda Farrish In Conversation With Megan's Mother is a simple story of a mother, Marjorie Samson (Rachel Paul), and daughter, Megan (Emily Kashul), with very strong emotional undertones.
Law (According to Clown) Written by: Michael Bick and Valerie Lippman Directed by: Simone Finch First in a pair of plays sharing the premise of clowns, Law (According to Clown) takes the most literal approach to its theme in spotlighting Clown (Sebastian Ronderos-Morgan), a clown, who also happens to be a lawyer.