Bringing you the issues since 1986 From the first moments in Darrell Wasyk’s The Girl in the White Coat, you feel the bitter taste of poverty. Based on Nikolai Gogol’s timeless short story The Overcoat, but transposed to modern Montreal, the film chronicles the efforts of Elise, played with angelic innocence by Pascal Montpetit, as she tries [...]
BY: IRWIN BLOCK We got to know music journalist Michelle Mercer from her biography of saxophonist Wayne Shorter (Footprints: the Life and Work of Wayne Shorter), a well-crafted account of an enigmatic jazz original. Thanks to a recommendation from Shorter, Mercer got a chance to interview the reclusive Joni Mitchell [...]
BY IRWIN BLOCK Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, a charter member of the 1960s folk music revival, is alive and well and doing what he has always done—singing about struggles past and campaigning for the underdog today. For about 200 fans who packed his concert at the Georges [...]
BY KRISTINE BERRY In the program book of the 33d edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, president and founder Alain Simard writes that the festival combines quality with diversity. “From artists who recorded 78s to artists of the mp3 era, they come from every part of the globe to [...]
ARTS Destination Art • ongoing Art by Dianne Brazeau. Proceeds to Animatch. Afternoons. 535 Lakeshore, Dorval. 514-633-4000. Eleanor London CSL Public Library • until Aug. 12Bloodhorse – a series of large-scale abstract oil paintings by Mirana Zuger. 10am – 10pm daily. 5851 Cavendish. 514-485-6900 elcslpl.org TOHU • until Sept. 4 Display [...]
Old Montreal’s little sister, Vieux Lachine, offers three unique guided tours. On foot, admire architecture along the shores of Lac St. Louis, just 10 minutes from downtown Montreal. Visit the area’s three museums and end with a “batobus” river ride. Saturdays and Sundays, August 4 to October 7, 10 am. [...]
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