come out and support this quirky Montreal filmmaker and his funny Valentine..opening night giveaways and director in house.
two of Canada’s favorite rappers for the price of won:
**Classified Live in Concert!!**
Monday Feb 4th, 2008.
While You Were Sleeping Tour!
If you missed him the first time, Class is coming back to Montreal to kill it once again!
One of Canada’s biggest artists, and most slept on talent up north.. back in the 514 for one night only…
DONT MISS THIS EVENT! CANADIAN HIP HOP NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!!
With special guests…
Shad K, J-Bru, Chad Hutcher, Mic Boyd, M.I.G..
DJ I.V & DJ Blaster on the wheels..
Saints Showbar (30 St-Catherines West, Corner St-Laurent)
Doors at 8pm, show starts at 9pm…
Tickets : 15$
Available at http://www.admission.com &
City Styles (1186 St-Catherines W) &
Off The Hook (1021 St-Catherines W)
For press inqueries, and any other questions please contact info@escapemtl.ca
The coolest thing about being Canadian is being tacky (and giving things titles like I did this post). Every time someone remotely famous passes through our air space, those plastic sycophants on eTalk Daily will find a way to glamorize it. And if someone Canadian actually makes it anywhere doing anything, if their backwater hometown doesn’t name a highway or mall after them, then we’ll stamp their name into a Toronto sidewalk because we really are distinct from the celebrity-obsessed-world-super-power neighbour.
For these reason (and others) the government gives tax breaks to studios that churn out cliched crap so long as 51% of the people involved in its making were Canadian. Apparently, making second-rate imitations of what Hollywood was doing 5 years ago shores up our cultural identity, and that’s why we get to watch flicks like Bon Cop Bad Cop. It’s so Canadian because it features hockey and both official languages.
But, unlike Hollywood that tries to cover up that they’re using cheaper Canadian labor and filming in Montreal, Bon Cop Bad Cop actually took place here. This made us all feel good because now even the movies shot here are in both official languages. In your face T-dot — it had to be some internet-porn-geek that came up with that abbreviation.
Anyways, one of the many Montreal landmarks that made it into the film was Spurs Country Bar. It was the bar where one of the cops almost got his ass whooped until he dramatically persevered and then stuffed the perp in the trunk of his car. I’ve never been in the place because it’s along a strip of St. Jacques known for its hooker motels and used car lots, but I’ve heard stories. In any case, here’s a picture that makes it look authentically country-western because it advertises a live band.
CT Moore also blogs full-time about new media at the Gypsy Bandito Vlog and about search engine marketing at the SearchAnyway Blog.
The Gazette’s Roberto Rocha covers online video startups and talks about WatchMojo.com’s growing video business, here.
Saturday July 14th is DANCING IN PARADISE This was a collaboration between
Dejode & Lacombe (installation artists), Andrew Tay (choreographer) and Merlin Ettore (musician) which was first presented back in the winter at the SKOL gallery. If you didn’t make it out to those shows, and even if you did. You must, MUST, MUST come out to see it this time. Dejode & Lacombe have built their fridge to the full scale (if you don’t know what i’m talking about then you should just come out and see it, you can get a sneak peek at http://www.myspace.com/chantierlibrefreeland It’s the first video.) This is very very exciting. It’s at C.A.S.H 3520 rue sainte-Jacques, corner of Rose-de-Lima, metro Lionel Groulx.
Doors open at 8pm and we (meaning i’m dancing yaay!) start performing a little bit later.
Sunday July 15th is La moderite des temps passe a new choreography by Jessica Cumberbirch (with whom I’m performing with) This project started last May and boy has it grown, shifted, changed, been challenged, jumped off a cliff, swam back up, gave a sneak peak this past spring at the Pas de danse Pas de vie during the journee de danse activities, ran away, snuck back in, and now we are ready to show you more.
This is Jessica’s first choreography with where she’s launching her company Leiko danse
The show will be at Gallery Gora 275 Sherbrooke st. West suite#205 at 2pm. A portion of the ticket price will be donated to Les rue des femmes.
So you have all been now informed of this coming weekends wonderful events, which means….COME ON DOWN…the dance is right. COME OUT, COME OUT where ever you are, I would love to see you all as well. :) and bring your friends, or whomever…maybe that nice stranger you just meet 
If you need more info, or maybe you just like me and want to send me a nice message you are most welcome to e-mail me at angie_cheng@hotmail.com or onkay_cheng@hotmail.com
Chers amis, artistes et collaborateurs,
Veuillez trouver ci-dessous les coordonnées pour ce Festival qui manquait lors de notre dernier envoi, avec nos sincères excuses. La 9ème édition du Festival Musique et Danse Orientales débute dans quelques jours. Voici notre programme pour cet évènement. Venez donc le découvrir.
Lieu : Le Jardin de Chine du Jardin botanique de Montréal, 4101
Sherbrooke est, Montréal.
Métro : Pie IX
Pour plus d’informations sur les tarifs, veuillez contacter le Jardin
botanique de Montréal au: (514) 872-1400 ou visiter leur site Internet
à: <http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin>
Attention, pour les détenteurs de la carte Accès Montréal, l’entrée est
gratuite.
Le Festival Musique et Danse Orientales
Du 12 au 15 juillet 2007 à 13h00 - 14h30 - 15h30
Jeudi 12 juillet Duc Thanh Group (musique vietnamienne)
MCCCA (danse folklorique chinoise)
Vendredi 13 juillet
Shen Qi (Erhu, violon traditionnel chinois)
La troupe Lasya (danse indienne)
Samedi 14 juillet
Shuni Tsou et Nicolas Caloia (flûtes
Chinoises en bambou et double basse)
Arashi Daiko (troupe de percussions japonaises)
Dimanche 15 juillet
Hailin Sun (danse acrobatique chinoise appelée « Danse du lion »)
Javad et Jamshid Davari
(Musique traditionnelle iranienne)
www.accesasie.com
Dear friends, artists and collaborators,
Please find bellow the information regarding our Chinese garden event which was missing on our last e-mail. Please accept our apologizes. The 9th edition of Festival Musique et Dance Orientales begins soon. Here is the program for this event. Come join us and discover the great secrets of Montreal’s traditionally-based, Asian music and dance
ensembles.
Place: Chinese Garden of the Montreal Botanical Garden 4101 Sherbrooke est, Montréal.
Metro: Pie IX
For more information on the entrance fees, please contact the Botanical
Garden of Montréal at: (514) 872-1400 or visit their website:
<http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin>
Attention please, holder has the card, Accés Montréal, the entrance is free.
Le Festival Musique et Danse Orientales
July 12th to 15th 2007 at 1 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.- 3:30p.m.
Thursday, July 12th Duc Thanh Group (Vietnamese folk music)
MCCCA (Chinese folk dance)
Friday, July 13th
Shen Qi (Chinese violin erhu)
Lasya (Indian dance)
Saturday, July 14th Shuni Tsou and Nicolas Caloia (Chinese bamboo
flute and double bass)
Arashi Daiko (Japanese drums)
Sunday, July 15th
Hailin Sun (Chinese acrobatic lion dance) Javad and Jashmid Davari
(Traditional Iranian Music)
www.accesasie.com
Deadline : August 15, 2007
MAI ( Montréal, arts interculturels) launches the third edition of its Guidance and Mentoring Service, designed to help artists and artistic organizations coming from cultural communities to grow as artists and administrators of their work.
Recognized for its ability to make strong ties between artists, partners, and communities, the MAI has already guided over a hundred artists who have profited from occasional, short, and long term services.
In particular, the MAI advises artists in visual and performing arts, we give administrative help (eg : assistance in applying for grants, budget making, accounting), offer technical support (eg : lighting design), promote shows, and publish books and multimedia tools linked to art projects. All in all, the MAI’s service packages are tailored to the needs of each artist.
Each year, 5 projects are chosen for the Guidance and Mentoring Service in the short and long terms. Submissions are studied by a selection commitee and every candidate is required to:
§ Be an artist or a non-profit organization
§ Work in the field of art
§ Be an art professional or soon-to-be art professional
§ Come from a cultural community
§ Live in Montreal
In keeping with the mandate of the MAI, projects must have an intercultural theme.
The deadline for project submissions for the season 2007-2008 is : August 15, 2007
For more information about the program (required documents, selection criteria, etc.), we invite you to visit our website www.m-a-i.qc.ca or contact Patrick Campbell, Activity and Guidance Service Coordinator, by calling (514) 982-1812 ext. 222.
This project is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Communications Québec and the City of Montreal as part of the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal 2005-2008.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - June 20, 2007) - Sofitel Montreal officially launched its patio for the season, with a cocktail event with a twist: the theme was based on experiencing an enhanced culinary appreciation by invoking all the senses. The event was inspired by a course taken by the sous-chefs and servers of the hotel’s Renoir restaurant with the objective of improving their understanding of how we relate to and experience food, thereby enhancing the pleasure we take in dining.
The course, which was given over five, two-hour sessions, was taught by Ms. Andy Brasseur, an instructor trained in teaching the stimulation of the senses. The training educated students on how to focus on and engage all the senses (touch, sight, hearing, taste and scent) when enjoying food, elevating the experience beyond the mundane (simple consumption) to the sublime (creating a more fulfilling and memorable culinary occasion). Ms. Brasseur was trained at the Institut du Gout in France (the “Taste Institute”). Her training follows a method created by Jacques Puisais which aims to educate individuals on how to better understand our reactions to food and to better appreciate what we are eating.
The staff of the Sofitel’s Renoir are the first and only restaurant personnel in North America to have obtained certification in taste training according to the Jacques Puissais method. This exceptional training offers the clientele of Renoir a unique benefit in that the staff is prepared to answer any and all questions regarding the food and/or preparation from a more in-depth perspective, and are not limited to the “obvious” observations such as ingredients.
The cocktail was held on the hotel’s elegant patio and featured Renoir’s new Ice Station, inspired by a new area of fine cuisine, “molecular gastronomy”, which involves the application of science to culinary practice.
Sofitel: 200 premium hotels around the world
Because no one country or city is the same, Sofitel has made each of its 200 hotels around the world a truly unique establishment. Combining the spirit of each place with the values of modernity, refinement and absolute comfort, they are all imbued in their inimitable way with the French “art de vivre”.
Whether their setting is a great business metropolis like Paris, New York or Bangkok, or nestling in the landscape in Indonesia, Polynesia or Brazil, each Sofitel hotel offers travelers a genuine haven of peace. So that each guest, for an overnight stay or longer, during a business trip or for a holiday, can enjoy the rich variety of these unique places in comfort and tranquility.
Accor, European leader in hotels and tourism, global leader in corporate services, operates in nearly 100 countries with 160,000 employees. It offers to its individual and corporate clients nearly 40 years of expertise in its two core businesses:
- Hotels, with the Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, Red Roof Inn, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and Motel 6 brands: over 4,000 hotels and 475,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, such as Lenotre, ambassador of the gastronomy ‘a la francaise’ worldwide;
- Services to corporate clients and public institutions: 21 million people in 35 countries benefit from Accor Services products - meal and food vouchers, people care, incentive and loyalty programs.
For Sofitel Montréal information visit www.sofitel.com or 514.285.9000
There are some hilarious comics attending this years festival… but I guess that’s kind of the point. Some of my faves that will be there include Dave Attell, Louis CK and Zach Galifianakis. And if you’ve never seen the Nasty Show do everything in your power to attend.
Click here to get to the official site.
All Hail Queen- Life Beyond the Sun
Montreal January 15, 2007 - A voice that resonates from her soul is one way of describing the songstress Odessa “Queen” Thornhill. Such a powerful tool, you will become a believer from the touch of her words. Queen has spent a lifetime living in song, and March 4, 2007 Montrealers will be graced with her exquisite performance at the Kola Note 5240 Park Avenue.
In this second phase performance of Life Beyond the Sun, Queen will be sharing her stories through song and spoken word as well as performing music from her upcoming album entitled “Who I am”. Backed by dance troupe WASAIKA and a combination of drummers as well as Musicians from the Kalmunity Vibes Collective her words will jump off stage and into your hearts. This will be the performance of the year that Montreal has been waiting for.
After performing abroad in different ensembles, Queen has been at home in Montreal where she’s been laying down roots with local projects. As a resident vocalist in the Kalmunity Vibe Collective (a collective of over 60 musicians and vocalists), she has helped give this group its signature sound. Queen can be seen performing with Louis Toteda’s Corporate Band “La Gioventu”.
Queen has also had the opportunity to perform with great artists such as Zale Seck from Senegal and Muna Mingole from Cameroon .
Always on the move, she has also embarked as an entrepreneur with Her production company Uzuri. This organization is focused on networking entrepreneurs, individual artists, bands and collectives.
Also featured in the evening will be a fashion show from jewelry designer Andre Silas Reynolds. Originally from Barbados, his unique style fuses elements from his homeland as well as materials found here in Canada. All of the jewelry is inspired by nature, using only materials found within; such as seeds, coral, bone, coconut and antler. This show will be featuring new pieces from the Velvet Pearl Collection, as well as the Spring/Fall 2007 line.
He has hosted two fashion shows in Montreal (1997 & 2000) in collaboration with fashion designer ‘Carl’. His works have been on display at art galleries such as the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (US)… Alvear Studio, design and imports (Baltimore, Maryland)… San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (San Jose, California)… He has also presented in various festivals throughout the Caribbean.
Odessa “Queen” Thornhill Jennifer Lee
(514)914-1434 (514) 928-8630
odessathornhill@yahoo.ca Jenniflylee@hotmail.com
