Arts & Culture
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.
Gabriel turns passions into success
When he’s not filming content for his social media feed - whether it be comedic reviews of restaurants in or around Kahnawake or marketing for his game Kanata: The First Sacrament, Iorahkwano Gabriel works for Kahnawake Animal Protection while training to become a Kahnawake Peacekeeper.
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.
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June 6, 2025Skawennati spotlit for solo show
In the year 1999, local artist Skawennati was commissioned to make a timeline of 1,000 years of Indigenous history.
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June 6, 2025Twin Flames takes home award
It was a nerve-wracking evening for Twin Flames at the Capital Music Awards – they were nominated in the Group of the Year category, and given that it’s such a big award, it was to be announced at the very end of a stacked awards ceremony.
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May 30, 2025Delaronde delivers first solo exhibition
If you were to crack open Russell Delaronde’s math books when he was growing up, you’d find the margins full of doodles, and if you wanted a word with him, you’d probably look outside somewhere.
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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.
