Thursday, March 15

From Eva Brandl’s Entre/ACTE(s)

Explore potential careers in audio at MusiTechnic’s open house days, happening today and tomorrow. 888 de Maisonneuve E., 10 a.m.–6 p.m. each day

The MAC invites the public to the opening of the sound installation Autophonie, developed by artist Cédric Chabuel in collaboration with high school students as part of two artist residency programs through Centre Turbine to create dynamic artworks inspired by the life of Leonard Cohen. The work has two components, a recording booth in a converted phone booth where guests can share their own stories and memories, and a listening station in the form of a 1963 Chevrolet Impala parked just outside the museum, with a radio playing recordings produced for the project, which will also be streamed on n10.as radio. 185 Ste-Catherine W., 5–8 p.m., museum admission $19/$12 students

A double vernissage at Mile End’s Occurrence gallery presents tech-infused work by multidisciplinary artist Laura Splan with her show Embodied Objects plus a series of large-scale photographs of mounted birds from Eva Brandl in her exhibition Entre/ACTE(s). 5455 de Gaspé, #108, 5:30–8 p.m., free

As part of Concordia’s student-run lit festival Off the Page, the launch party for the third edition of creative writing journal Lemon Hound titled Not Your Mother’s Future features readings from Karen Solie, Laura Broadbent, Oana Avasilichioaei, Canisia Lubrin, Paige Cooper, Nyla Matuk and more. Notman House (51 Sherbrooke W.), 7 p.m., free

Montreal sketch comedy duo Employees of the Year take over the Wiggle Room for one night only with a feature-length comedic theatrical narrative called Libro Magico, a wild ride through spellbinding alternate universes, featuring bonus burlesque performances from Queeny Ives and Lacey Garter. 3874 St-Laurent, 8 p.m., $12

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