Arts & Culture
Debuting the next generation of artists
Seventeen-year-old Lake Delisle hopes that visitors at the Rising Voices exhibit in Montreal’s Old Port will feel some of the medicine she stitched into her beaded canvas, which will proudly be on display at the Sacred Fire Productions Cultural Space for the next two months.
Sculpture honours scary story
Nearly 150 years ago, a woman named Mary Gallagher was the victim of a gruesome murder in Montreal, beheaded by her friend after a night on the town.
Skawennati shakes up Montreal building
The grand facade of the Conseil des arts de Montreal (CAM) building on Sherbrooke Street has been adorned with colour this week, as part of a new art piece by Kahnawake’s own Skawennati.
Kahnawake aims high at acting awards
It was a big night for Kahnawake’s actresses at this year’s ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists) Montreal awards, with Kaniehtiio Horn taking home one of the biggest trophies of the night.
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April 1, 2016
Talk to your elders and write it down
The greatest part of this job is listening to stories. There have been numerous times where I have sat across from a person and thought, ‘thank goodness I’m writing this down, so everyone who wants to can read their story.’ Sometimes, the stories provide life lessons, sometimes controversy, sometimes joy and sometimes inspiration, and some of the best by far are stories from elders.
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March 18, 2016McComber chronicles illuminates complicated family tree
Like fingerprints, no two family trees are the same, and all require digging. With modern software and available archive material, it has become easier and easier to trace your family back centuries through all the complicated roots.
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March 11, 2016Dual visions highlight multidimensional Montreal art show
The eyes and hands belong to Cree artist Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau and Kahnawa’kehró:non artist Marian Snow, and their creations are hanging at the Maison de la Culture Frontenac now.
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March 11, 2016From Turtle Island to a Greek tragedy
Wahsonti:io Kirby, right, plays Phaidra’s Shadow in the Dawson College production of Hippolytos. By: Zachary Kamel, The Eastern Door “Mighty and of high renown, among mortals and in heaven alike, I am called the goddess Aphrodite.
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March 4, 2016Book review: Walter Scott's comic delightfully binge-worthy
I may or may not be Wendy. For the first time since graduating university, I took a break from my snoozefeed (that’s scrolling through my newsfeed on Facebook in lieu of getting out of bed)
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March 4, 2016From shorts to features to video games, Jacobs is on a roll
(Courtesy Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs) Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs went through a spat of time when she may have thought Rhymes for Young Ghouls would be her heroic swan song in the acting world.
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March 4, 2016Horn’s star continues to bounce and show range
Kaniehtiio Horn’s range as an actor was on full display in 2015 playing the quirky, fun and charming artist Paige in the web series Blank Paige among a plethora of drama, action and comedy roles.
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February 5, 2016Sex, Spirit, Strength screening stunningly strong
Courtesy Courtney Montour An impressive new documentary by rookie filmmaker Courtney Montour screened at the McCord Museum in Montreal Wednesday, heralding another energetic voice in Onkwehón:we cinema.
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February 5, 2016Wendy's Revenge is a tale of pirates, spaceships and art
Tricia Livingston and Walter Scott brought the story of Wendy’s Revenge to life on Friday night at Concordia’s Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery.
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January 29, 2016Broad Street Bully, original Rifle, tells it slapshot straight
They were the years where hockey players had few teeth and epic moustaches; hair flew freely sans helmet as nature intended, and a team from Philadelphia in orange and black won back-to-back cups and were one of the dominant teams in the NHL.
