Tonight, the Pirates of the Lachine Canal present a real “wierd punk” triple threat. Local mostly-female quartet Hand Cream have been known to play some pretty hard and fast punk rock, with goth-y guitar lines reminiscent of early Cramps and Dead Kennedys. Then there’s The Nymphets, a duo based in both Brooklyn and Montreal and inspired by the more melodic side of early British punk.
James Brown once sang, “This is a man’s world.” When it comes to coding, truer words have never been spoken. But one Montreal woman is looking to change all that with the Girls Guide to Web Design, an online video training program geared toward teaching women to learn to love code and make beautiful websites in the process. Here are her Top Five reasons why women shouldn’t fear a little HTML.
The term yacht rock was only coined years after the genre’s late-’70s heyday. Likewise, in two decades or so, we’ll look back on the present as the halcyon days of the as-yet-uncoined condo rock movement. Now, determining what qualifies as condo rock is a matter for debate, but imagine the type of music you might be inclined to listen to while lounging in your Brian Gluckstein-inspired study of solitude overlooking whatever gentrified neighbourhood you call home. What music would best complement the jumpy monkey maté bombilla you sip from as you mull over which Montessori pre-school is right for your unborn child?
Sarah Polley, whose Away From Her was a huge hit with the geriatric set, turns her eye on her own generation with Take This Waltz.
Summer time in the city means being outside as much as possible. For those who are loosely employed, that means going to the pool and doing “work” while working on that tan. But for those stuck in an office all day, an evening meal at a local terrasse is a warm weather luxury. With more and more restaurants putting tables and chairs on the sidewalk in front of their establishments, the choices of so-called “terrasses” to frequent have practically doubled over the past few years. Now, there are some obvious favourites out there— idyllic summer spots with picturesque back gardens and the like—but not all terrasse fare is created equal. Here are my picks this year for great food at good prices.
Find Nouveau Palais’s new food truck, the Winneburger, hanging out on Ste-Catherine between Jeanne Mance and St-Urbain. It’s serving burgers, veggie sandwiches and more to the crowd at Just for Laughs.
Make your way to the Belgo Building’s Galerie Roger Bellemare to catch the second round of Corwyn Lund’s Bokeh Mirrors. Read about its run at Toronto’s Diaz Contemporary here. Free
Let’s hope the sky clears for Repercussion Theatre’s performance of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew in Parc Ex’s Howard Park. 7 p.m.
Still wet outside? Hit up José y Pilar, the critically acclaimed doc on novelist José Saramago and his wife Pilar del Río, at Cinéma du Parc. 7 p.m.
Ask a friend to direct you to the SLVRDOOR, where the Nymphets, Hand Cream and Lantern play tonight. 9 p.m., $6
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You may be familiar with the basics of a pow-wow — it’s a traditional meeting of natives, an opportunity to don the garb, practise rituals and party old-school. But what is a modern pow-wow really about? In the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, in the midst of yesterday’s grinding high-noon heat, it was evident: art, commerce and community.
A Skrillex show looks like a 12-year-old boy’s dream, minus the requisite sex: You’re the captain of a space ship, a vessel ripped from the worlds of Star Wars and Transformers. Behind you, a giant screen convulses with FPS graphics, animated skulls and skeletons and lots of documentary footage of you, ’cause you’re a fucking celebrity, bitch! Despite your relatively tiny size on stage, you’re the centre of attention as you feverishly work the controls to thrust massive, roaring sounds at a sweaty, enraptured crowd.
When the imminent demise of TSN Radio 990 was announced last week, I took the news to heart, the way I often do when it’s announced that English-speaking Montreal has lost another radio outlet. Once again reminded of the fickle nature of AM English-language radio in Montreal, I found myself thinking back to how I’ve always connected to the medium.
When Toronto-based author Pasha Malla’s short story collection The Withdrawal Method was published in 2008, it racked up a number of coveted nominations and walked away with the Danuta Gleed and Trillium awards for fiction. His debut novel People Park was published earlier this month by Anansi, and follows an extensive cast of characters over Easter Weekend as the city prepares for the 25th anniversary celebration of the titular park.
