Tony Nardi is not someone who likes to keep silent. He’s also someone who likes to keep the discussion going and continues to incorporate new voices into the dialogue he started and performs as Two Letters…and counting. Tonight, Sunday and Tuesday, he’ll be reading his letters live again at UQAM and filming what happens. In […]
With the proposed reenactment of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham now cancelled (more will follow in a few days), phase 2 of the protest against the City of Montreal’s proposed anti-mask law still being planned (a petition will be online very soon and the theatrical jam happens this coming Monday) and the controversy […]
In Armenia a very old rite called “The Red Apple” marks the woman’s loss of virginity following the night of her wedding. It can be argued that this symbolizes much more than simply a “loss of virginity”, indeed, the symbolism of the celebration is very violent. Armenians celebrate weddings by chanting and dancing outside and […]
We’ve been talking quite a bit about the controversy surrounding the proposed re-enactment of the battle of the Plains of Abraham in this space, but since our last post on the subject a couple of days ago, others have been speaking about it as well. From federal Heritage Minister Josee Verner’s profound disgust at people […]
A battle is heating up in Quebec City regarding the Plains of Abraham, but it isn’t exactly the sort of fight that the National Battlefields Commission was hoping for. As reported earlier 2009 marks the 250th anniversary of the infamous Plains of Abraham battle at Quebec City that signified the defeat of “New France” to British imperialists, and […]
Since we reported on reaction to arts funding in the Harper government’s most recent budget last week, a new controversy has sparked up. It’s not over lack of funding for a particular area of the arts, but rather due to $25 million being spent on the Canada Prize for the Arts. The problem? After canceling […]
In an attempt to save the final remaining uncommodified public spaces in New York City from corporations, theatre activist Bill Talen, aka Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping, is running for mayor. “This may be a canvass upon which to dramatize the kinds of things we’ve talked to you about today,” Talen said […]
Many independent activist arts collectives have always found ways to get things done with little or no funding. When you challenge corporate influence, having some of their financial influence help you out in some way is, to put it mildly, unlikely and in many cases unwanted. Who wants to take money from a system you […]
So what’s the Montreal infringement festival going to be like this year? Good question! While the infringement may have been mentioned several times on this blog already and anyone who knows OTL has heard of the festival, we have never really discussed it in any detail in this space. The sixth consecutive edition of the […]
Historically-speaking, Quebec City has always been somewhat of a military town. When “founded” by Samuel de Champlain in 1608 on the remains of the First Nations settlement of Stadacona, Quebec was actually designed as a military-style fortification. The site of numerous wars and battles that pitted the French against various First Nations, and later Britain, […]
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