Digging into a doughy delight

by JOANNA FOX

It seems that everyone in Montreal has something to say about dumplings, though most of the time it’s a lament that, when it comes to this staple of Chinese cuisine, we’re no New York City. Despite our comparative rookie status here, there are a couple places people swear by for the best warm, pillowy meat- and veggie-filled bites of goodness. One of those places is Chinoiseries & Dumplings, a recently opened dumpling joint/dépanneur in the Plateau on Chabot St., just above Mont-Royal.

Red square revival

by LUCAS WISENTHAL

Yesterday, with CEGEP classes set to resume in about a month, students once again gathered to protest the province’s proposed tuition increase and the controversial Bill 78, which critics argue infringes on basic rights of public assembly. As usual, the demo began at Place Émilie-Gamelin, with participants spilling out into the streets shortly after 2 p.m. According to The Gazette, thousands took part in the demonstration, showing that while things may have quieted down in recent months, fervour for Quebec’s student movement has hardly dimmed. In fact, the possibility of a fall election puts the students and student associations square in the spotlight.

That old chest and nuts

by SASHA

Dear Sasha, I have been married for 15 years to an attractive woman who stays in good shape. Sex with her used to be great, but for the last five years or so I’ve been very bored. It is always me on top, with no oral sex and no music or candles. She just likes it this way, although I have tried to suggest changes. She also doesn’t like watching porno, which I quite enjoy. I’m seriously thinking of going to Ashley Madison for some variety! What do you think of that site? Does it work for some people?

Monday, July 23

by Cult MTL

Angry about the fence that went up along the train tracks between de Gaspé and Henri Julien, in the Champ des Possibles? The Collective for Level Crossings is holding a protest to push CP to let you cross its property legally. 5 p.m.

Do you speak Klingon? Own a pair of pointy, rubber ears? Then don’t miss out on the one-night-only Star Trek: The Next Generation: 25th Anniversary Event. Two fully restored episodes will be shown on the big screen, along with interviews and behind-the-scenes docs. Cinéma Scotia Banque (977 Ste-Catherine W.), 7:30 p.m., $12.95

NYC art-punks Liars perform with support from Montreal’s own Cadence Weapon. La Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent), 8 p.m., $15

See foul-mouthed comedian Amy Schumer’s Slaughterhouse show, part of Just for Laughs’ Zoofest programming. Katacombes (1635 St-Laurent), 9 p.m., $19

See  the new documentary about “cyber-terrorists” Anonymous, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, at the Fantasia festival. Hall Theatre (1455 de Maisonneuve W.), 10 p.m., $9/$10

Sunday, July 22

by Cult MTL

It’s the 22nd of the month, and that means it’s casserole time. Grab a pot and pan and head to Place Émilie-Gamelin to get your summer protest fix, this afternoon at 2 p.m., before the protest heads to Conservative party headquarters. Or try your hand at this. #dinnerencours

Take in the sights, smells and flavours of Just for Laughs’s multiplying fleet of food trucks on Ste-Catherine, just east of Jeanne-Mance.

Inspired film curator Kier-La Janisse launches her book House of Psychotic Women with a screening of 1977 chiller Full Circle (The Haunting of Julia) as part of Fantasia at the J.A. de Sève Theatre (1400 Maisonneuve W.), 3:15 p.m.

Listen to Cult MTL’s own Johnson Cummins moderating a talk with NYC art-punk trio Liars, care of Pop Montreal and Osheaga. Espace Pop, 5587 Parc, 6 p.m., free (limited seating)

Catch punk rockers-turned-singer-songwriters Tony Sly and Joey Cape at Il Motore. 179 Jean-Talon W., 9 p.m., $15 (only 250 tickets available)

Saturday, July 21

by Cult MTL

Join Film POP’s Bike-In by taking a Saturday afternoon bike ride to the Terrasse St-Ambroise (5080 St-Ambroise) on the Lachine Canal, where a program of vintage classroom films will unfurl at 4:30 p.m., free.

Show off your beeramid-making skills at a roller derby double-header featuring Montreal’s New Skids on the Block vs. Skate Free or Die (NH). 5633 St-Dominique, 6 p.m., $10 advance/$15 door

Check out the future of rock ’n’ roll at the Rock Camp for Girls showcase. Ukrainian Federation (5213 Hutchison), 6 p.m., $15 suggested donation. (READ MORE: Girls just wanna rock)

Local stand-up Mike Ward talks dirty to you with his “Pedophile Jokes and Death Threats” set, followed by Monstres Palace en francais and the Anglos vs. Francos comedy battle. Katacombes (1635 St-Laurent), 7 p.m., $17.55

For the benefit of InstruMontreal, which donates used instruments and music gear to kids in need, Hear This hosts live sets by les Monstres Terribles, Sean Foster & the Vaqueros and Hypocrites. La Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent), 8 p.m., $10 (or free with an instrument donation)

Dance away your summertime blues with the Mod Club crew: DJs Parkapat, Lee Modern and Papa Bill’s 45s. Blizzarts (3956ASt-Laurent), 10 p.m., free before midnight

It’s opening night at Théâtre de Verdure (Lafontaine Park),

Fantasia: Sushi and slugs on your Saturday plate

by Screen Team

If you dig Japanese cuisine, naked ladies and Reservoir Dogs, this one’s for you. There’s only one naked lady, really, and she serves as a sexy sushi platter at a reunion of crooks tying up the “loose ends” of a six-year-old diamond heist gone wrong. The gang is full of familiar faces, though even the most diehard Star Wars fan is unlikely to recognize Mark Hamill, who really Hamills it up as a queeny gunman/amateur dentist.

Guy Delisle and Jerusalem come to Montreal

by EMILY RAINE

Initially trained as an animator, Quebec City native Guy Delisle turned to comics as ever more of animation is outsourced abroad. Traveling alongside his wife, a Doctors Without Borders administrator, and children, he has gone to some of the least-travelled and most politically unsavoury—and, let’s face it, most dangerous—places on earth, recording his experiences in a series of comic travelogues. His latest book, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, is being celebrated tonight, Friday July 20th at Librairie Drawn and Quarterly. The book follows up on his last several books, Shenzhen, Pyongyang and Burma Chronicles, and it shares these books’ striking greige palette, accessible narrative and compelling insights into places many of us have not and may never go.

Golf slap: lamenting the loss of cheap, on-island links

by Erik Leijon

This was originally supposed to be a short primer on golfing in our fair city, with frugal beginners in mind, but as a lowly plebeian who’s been swinging away since puberty, I can’t help but feel that cheapy golf’s gradual decline in Montreal is denying a whole generation of ignoble youths the chance to learn the game. It all started with Fresh Meadows. The hackers’ delight above the tracks in Beaconsfield was where many a middle-class West Island runt took their first embarrassing swings, and although their clubhouse (in actuality, a trailer held up by cinder blocks) was lacking in basic amenities and garter snakes roamed the out-of-bounds areas, that unkempt nine-hole horror show was a $12 slice of paradise.

Écoute pour voir gets up close and personal

by MARITES CARINO

Écoute pour voir, an interactive dance project led by choreographer Emmanuel Jouthe, is on a mission to create intense, intimate meetings between two people outside of a stage setting. Dancers perform choreographed solos and are equipped with an iPod connected to two sets of headphones, to share a tune with one sole spectator. Separated, yet closely linked by a stretchy choreographic umbilical cord of sorts, the dancer invites the spectator into a private musical world.