Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
“’Normal is a setting on a washing machine.’” -Tom Hanks (from Uncommon Type) To a writer a typewriter is more than just a tool; it is a partner, a collaborator, a companion, and an extension of the person using it, not unlike a guitar is to a musician or a bat is to a baseball […]
“All the films in this book share an air of disreputability.” -Charles Taylor (from Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You) I do not often look back to the ‘80’s with fondness; that decade was most unkind to me. But the few bright memories I do retain usually have to do with the […]
On my first day at Dawson College almost 30 years ago I was introduced to a motley assortment of characters that made up the school’s Cinema/Communications department (quite a culture shock for someone whose elementary and high school classmates were predominantly ethnic Greeks). None stood out more (literally) than a large, verbose fellow student from […]
Samantha Wexler for Curtains Up Überculture was here at Concordia’s EV building this past Wednesday and Thursday to bring Montrealers a local art fair. The premise of the art fair was to bring affordable local art and unique pieces created by local artists and artisans to people […]