Tag Archive for the term: city (Page: 2)

I thought this would be easy. I thought that putting together a show about The City would be almost too obvious. After all, we are in Montreal, arguably the indie-music capital of the North America. Artists, and especially musicians, are pulled from across the country, and across the border by the gravity of our cheap [...]

Indyish is currently seeking contributions for our Monthly Mess, to take place January 25th. For this mess, we are looking for performers that explore urban space and urban experiences. We are seeking music, spoken word, theatre, photography, urban planning, dance, architectural analysis, comedy, and things we haven’t thought of yet… We are open to putting up pretty much anything on stage, as long as it connects with the theme of the city, be it Montreal or elsewhere.

This will be a simple photo post to reflect on the last few days. I’m all alone now, with Sarah and Alanah gone. I’ve taken to more wandering and walking then before. Some of the shots i’ve taken will be featured soon, but first I have some stuff to show you that I took while [...]

In the NYC vs X-Mas contest, Williamsburg is waaay ahead. Thanks to ye olde heat-island effect, it’s practically t-shirt weather, without a snowflake in sight. Of course, nobody who lives in this neighbourhood is actually from Williamsburg and anybody who is hung up on Christmas traidtions is likely home for the holidays.
Centered around the Bedford [...]

Christmas is not my favourite.
Presumptuous and self-important, Christmas insists on dominating the month of December. Instead of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, we are stuck with Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Leading up to this are the manic weeks of Christmas shopping, set to the nauseating tinkle of Christmas tunes, or worse, to rock [...]

My bicycle tires crunch through frozen puddles. I’m bundled in a hat, scarf, ski mitts, down jacket, in wooly socks and jeans and tights, because a couple flurries and incoherent late-night bus routes won’t keep me home tonight.
I’m headed for Dare-Dare’s Plan d’Aménagement, urban planning meets performance art in an empty Rosemont store front. The [...]

Can urban culture continue to be a site for human flourishing? Do we need a new vision of city life, of urban co-existence? How can we transform our cities in order to meet our needs and, also, satisfy our spirits?
The Thomas More Institute puts these questions to Montrealers from a range of professional backgrounds during [...]