Arts & Culture
Jacobs takes Toronto
Kahnawa’kehró:non Joanne Iewisenhawi Jacobs strutted down an unconventional runway last week - the cobblestone streets of Toronto’s Distillery District, which were transformed as part of Fashion Art Toronto’s annual fashion week.
Eager reception for Everyday Reconciliation
Before Everyday Reconciliation sold out at its June 3 launch at Montreal’s Paragraph Bookstore, Kahnawa’kehró:non author Derek Montour was not sure he wanted to share his story at all.
Four nights of glee
When Scout Marquis made the decision to transfer to St. George’s High School last year it was for one reason: to join the school’s award-winning glee club, the G Majors.
Sterling shoots for the stars
Ten-year-old Kaia Sterling has always loved performing, whether it’s been on local stages as an Irish dancer or at her beloved Turtle Island Theatre Company here in Kahnawake. Now, she’s planning to grow her skills by travelling further than ever before, to learn from industry experts at a training school in California this summer.
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May 30, 2025Jacobs selected for Directors Lab
Sixty stories in the sky, a Mohawk ironworker wrestles with his identity, torn physically and emotionally between his community back in Kahnawake and the bustling streets of Manhattan, where his growing feelings for a white photographer lead him to question everything.
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May 9, 2025Delaronde returns to town for artist residency
Lindsay Katitsakatste Delaronde has become the first artist-in-residency for the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR) with her PhD thesis “Reconstellation of the Village.”
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May 2, 2025Standups bring the house down
The Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR)’s art centre at United Church Hall turned into the comedy centre for one night last Friday, as three standup talents took the stage for a night of local laughs.
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April 24, 2025Deer wa’tiontèn:tsha’ Indspire atkarià:ktshera'
Ken’ shitiakoién:ha ne Arsaniq, iah nonwén:ton teiakononhtonniónkwen tsi iorihowá:nen eniakó:ton’se' tsi iakónhnhe' tsi teiehiá:tons – teiakoterén:nonte’ tsi tóka’ teniontèn:tsha’ kí:ken atkarià:ktshera' tsi entiakorihónnien’ ótia’ke ken’ nitiakoièn:sa Inuit aiónttoke' tsi kanó:ron tsi niieweiennò:ten.
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April 24, 2025Deer wins Indspire award
When Arsaniq was younger, she never considered tattooing would one day play such a huge role in her life.
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April 18, 2025Loft’s work honoured in new exhibit
Martin Akwiranoron Loft did a lot of walking over the pandemic, especially in Montreal, taking photos along the way each time. It brought him back to his 20s, when much of his work consisted of street photography. He began sharing black-and-white portraits of the people he’d encounter on Instagram, creating a page that’s since led to him being featured in an active exhibit at the McCord Stewart Museum.
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April 18, 2025Jordan River Anderson’s legacy honoured
In the eyes of director Jimmy Blais, Jordan River Anderson is a hero. For the youth that turned out to see his play Jordan at Centaur Theatre in Montreal, that’s exactly how they saw him too.
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April 18, 2025Best in show at Ganondagan
Kahnawake beader Candace Snook was just happy to be one of the artists featured at the seventh edition of the Ganondagan State Historic Site’s Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show – in no way did she think she’d be the winner of “best in show” for her beadwork, even after having won second and third-place ribbons in the past.
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April 11, 2025É:so ioterihwahténtion Tsi Niionkwarihò:ten Niwenhni’tò:ten
Ó:nen tontáhsawen’ Tsi Niionkwarihò:ten Niwenhni’tò:ten, wate’shén:naien’ aiakohsón:rie’ tánon’ aierihó:wanahte’ tsi niiawèn:’en tánon’ tsi niiorihò:ten ne Kahnawà:ke. Thia’tewenhniserá:ke thé:nen’k ronaterihwahtentià:ton Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na’ Raotitióhkwa’ (KOR).
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April 11, 2025Plenty still to come for Cultural Awareness Month
Cultural Awareness Month is well underway, an opportunity to soak in and express the history and culture of Kahnawake.
