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Cultural Lifestyle

Coeur de Pirate Returns to the Stage Alongside Thaïs

Follow the Rabbit on Instagram and Facebook. There’s an intimacy to a Coeur de Pirate concert that can’t be replicated.  It’s in how she smiles when she sits in front of her piano and the way she makes the audience laugh in between songs. She jokes about the melancholy behind her lyrics and the outfit she’s wearing which she describes as “pirate chic”. Her show is one of many put … Continue reading Coeur de Pirate Returns to the Stage Alongside Thaïs

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Cultural Lifestyle

Tati Tung | Art that teaches How to Not Wear a Mask

Tati Tung’s son is quick to point out which painting is of him. He proudly points to an orange water-colour painting of him making a face, a mask wrapped around his pursed lips. He continues through the exhibit, letting visitors know which images are of him, which are of his mother and which are his favourites.  Tung is one of the many artists whose work … Continue reading Tati Tung | Art that teaches How to Not Wear a Mask

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Sara-Claude Hammond | Art that stimulates the senses

Sara-Claude Hammond invites people to engage with her exhibition through touch. By stimulating the senses, visitors become an integral part of the exhibit. Hammond is a Montréal-based artist with a focus on sculpture. Her work explores our connection to the environment and what binds us to the earth. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Concordia in 2017 and has … Continue reading Sara-Claude Hammond | Art that stimulates the senses

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Cultural Lifestyle

Exploring Tattooing From Iran and Maghreb Dot by Dot

Dot by dot like a baby gazelle, an exhibition presented at La Centrale galerie Powerhouse draws on tattoo cultures from Iran and the Maghreb to explore nation-building, gender, diaspora, and the future. The title was inspired by the lyric “dot by dot like a baby gazelle grazing in the plain of the Olive River” by the poet and singer Aissa Djarmouni. The song, Ain El … Continue reading Exploring Tattooing From Iran and Maghreb Dot by Dot

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