QDF Calendar Launch a Success!

The third edition of the QDF launch, which took place last night (Monday March 7, 2011) at theRialto Theatre on Park Ave., was attended by about twice as many people as the previous edition, held at the Segal Centre. And this time they weren’t all friends and relatives of the performers. (Although they MAY have been Facebook friends or Twitter Followers.)

But I”m betting that the turnout could be even bigger the next time around (on June 6), judging from the loud applause and happy faces in the room. Yes, the refreshments, which included wine, beer and munchies, were really free of charge.

Read more at: MontrealGazette.com

Queen of Soul: Montreal’s own Odessa Thornhill

Mais ce surnom lui vient aussi d’une chanson d’Erykah Badu. La belle aime à se faire appeler comme ça car, pour elle, une femme doit être traitée avec respect et délicatesse. Odessa est originaire des Îles Grenades par son père et de la Barbade par sa mère. Elle vient au monde au sein d’une famille d’artistes et de musiciens. En effet, toute petite, elle grandit dans une ambiance festive et musicale ce qui l’influencera fortement dans ses projets et décisions d’avenir. Odessa remplacera très rapidement ses poupées par le violon, le piano ainsi que la danse sous toutes ses formes. C’est ainsi qu’elle se découvrira une réelle passion pour la création artistique quelle qu’elle soit… Chorégraphie, composition,… Elle développera ainsi très tôt une capacité exceptionnelle et innée pour tout ce qui touche à l’univers musical. Par la suite elle sera remarquée et invitée par le Cirque du Soleil à se joindre à leur troupe.

Read more at HERE. and catch Queen Odessa Friday March 11th 2011 at :

Jello Martini Lounge

151 Rue Ontario Est
Montreal, QC
[show starts at 8 p.m]

When Art Matters

The weekend events kick off with the one-night-only We’ve Been Here Before, an immersive multimedia presentation that explores nostalgia—a fitting start to the festival’s second decade. It plays at Studio 303 (372 Ste-Catherine W., #303) at 7 and 9 p.m.

Read More At MontrealMirror.com

“It’s like the city is on the move, without a parade” : Nuit Blanche[Pat Donnelly]

Basically, we walked right into this thoroughly absorbing exhibit of artifacts from a mysterious ancient civilization. The soldiers themselves, and their mounts, are crafted with amazing attention to minute details. A short film gives historical background on the Qin Dynastyand explains how the soldiers were accidentally discovered in 1974. It became the dig of the century, revealing an entire otherworldly city meant for the dead.

Read More At: Communities.Canada.com

The Possibilities: Nuit Blanche [Montreal Mirror]

A more evolved version of the classic game of tag is Tagsquatch, invented right here in Quebec. Here’s how it works: at one of the three home-base locations—Laïka on the Main (4040 St-Lau­rent), by the Place des Arts ticket counter or down at the Quays in the Old Port—pick up an armband identifying you as a player, and a handful of woolen socks. Then go about your business for the evening, knowing full well that at any moment, if you’re outdoors, a shaggy “femmesquatch,” eager to reproduce her species, may leap out and tag you—thereby mutating you into a tag-fren­zied Bigfoot. The only means of repelling their attacks are to pitch socks at them.

Read more at: MontrealMirror.com

Nuit Blanche: Points of Interest…Even If We’d Like To Go To EVERYTHING

Hôtel InterContinental Montréal
Sarah Bernhardt; absinthe tasting and poetry![Poetry]
Free
10 p.m. – 3 a.m.
514 987-9900 extension 6103
Hôtel InterContinental Montréal
360, St-Antoine Street West
métroSquare-Victoria   bus 80
 

Hilton Montréal Bonaventure
Swim under the stars[random fun]
$12
8 p.m. – 5 a.m.
514 878 2332
Hilton Montréal Bonaventure
900, De La Gauchetière Street West
métroBonaventure   bus 150
 

Galerie d’art Hovig
Interaction With The Artist[painting]
Free
10 a.m. – 2 a.m.
514 932-7357

Galerie d’art Hovig
244 Rioux Street
métroBonaventure   bus 57-61-107

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Results (so far) from ELAN’s survey of QC’s English-language artists & cultural workers

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Having broken the 100-responders mark, we thought you might like to see what trends are emerging in our survey of artists and cultural workers working in English in Quebec. Click here to see what we’ve learned so far.

If you haven’t already, please take ten minutes to take part in the survey yourself (I did it in 7). Your responses will help ELAN to better understand your professional life and better tailor our services to shared needs.

And, if you’d like to go the extra mile tell your friends and colleagues to visit our results page and encourage them to fill out the survey too!

We’ve been getting good response rates from the regions.
Would love to hear more from students and emerging professionals.

Your time, expertise and assistance are most appreciated,
Geoff Agombar
Office Manager

 

(Listen online) MidnightPoutine’s Montreal Weekend Playlist Podcast #195

It's the post valentine's day podcast, though we try not to wallow, or binge on chocolate, or talk about fairytale romances. Come to think of it, we were too busy talking about the LitLive launch party and the Eleven Eleven Animal Rescue Fundraiser to even mention Feb. 14th (except for a brief discussion where we warn people not to look at Luc's bathing suit post). It's just Amie and Jer this week, but that doesn't stop the show from turning into an all out dance party by the end.

Listen to Montreal Weekend Playlist Podcast #195 on www.midnightpoutine.ca/…/
(Includes information on how to subscribe via iTunes, RSS, or Podzinger)

#195 features discussion of the LitLive.ca launch party & Eleven Eleven Animal Rescue Fundraiser, plus the following recordings :

Litlive.ca launch Friday: Canada’s 1st web mag on national spoken word scene

Litlive launch party

Feb 18 8pm
Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent)
Doors open 8PM; show starts 9PM
$5 (or pay what you can)
See map: Google Maps

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187852347913814

The whole spoken word community comes together for LITLIVE.CA, the first web magazine to document and review the spoken word scene across this country.

The show features music, poetry and vibe from the KalmUnity Vibe Collective (with Katalyst, Fabrice, Deanna Smith and Blackbird )
It’s the fabulous Alexis O’Hara flying in from Europe to perform
It’s Catherine Kidd, Fortner Anderson and the national launch of poetry/trance band Pharmakon MTL’s latest CD “To Call Out in the Night”

It’s Luna Allison, Kaie Kellough and Throw Collective’s Alessandra Naccarato

Your host and MC for the night is the editor of LITLIVE, poet and CKUT show host Mr. Vince Tinguely.

The launch of LITLIVE.CA is sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts and CKUT 90.3FM. It is produced by Wired on Words Productions.

Source: http://www.rabble.ca/whatsup/litlive-launch-party

What’s on: Some Shows To Look Out For In Montreal

Feb. 16
8pm- Casa del Popolo Catherine Kidd, Kie Kellough plus others
Feb. 19
Inspired by Glen Gould’s 1967 radio documentary The Idea of North, guest collaborators
lead a workshop on contemporary views on the idea of north.
Read more at:Charpo.blogspot.com