When thinking outside the box just isn't enough
Imagine a room full of pleasantly drunk people, chanting in primal grunts and stomping the floor, with a middle-aged man mumbling the word ‘rap’ over and over again, as a naked Black Jewish man dances seductively in a comedy club located in an attic on Bishop street. Just keep that image at the back of your […]
The number of pipeline proposals for Northwest BC that big oil companies have been making is astounding. Enbridge Pipeline, PNG Pipeline Looping Project, Pacific Northern Gas, Pacific Trails Pipeline, Coastal GasLink, Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission Project, Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project… Some resources say there’s at least 11 of these proposals. The environmental concerns of […]
As I was climbing up the stairs into the cozy little attic known to Montrealers as The Wiggle Room, I absolutely had no idea what to expect. I had heard that late night shows were quite different than the earlier ones. I mean, you must have heard of Dave Chappelle just deciding to show up […]
On July 19th around twenty people convened at the corner of Côte-des-Neiges and Queen Mary. The occasion was a solidarity event and press conference organized by Justice for Noé Committee, which is working to help ex-temporary migrant worker Noé Arteaga Santos, as well as other temporary migrant workers, achieve justice. According to the organizers of […]
Just for Laughs festival has started and the comics have taken to the stage multiple times. However, when they’re up on the stage, you don’t really get to have a conversation with them. They tell you their jokes and you laugh and think, if you’re into that kind of thing. Gina Yashere, Ahmed Ahmed, Dan Naturman, […]
Just for Laugh’s Ethnic Show markets itself as “the most culturally diverse show of the Festival.” And yeah, that’s pretty much true. The seven comics I watched last night at Club Soda came from a variety of different ‘ethnic’ backgrounds and their sets made sure everyone got a good laugh. Entering Club Soda with my […]
Once again, the world-famous Just for Laughs festival is about the begin in Montreal. There is a lot of cool gigs planned for our laughing pleasure, and one of them is the Ethnic Show, hosted by Alonzo Bodden and starring Frank Spadone, Rachid Badouri, Gina Yashere, Ahmed Ahmed, Ronny Chieng and Dan Naturman. On the […]
As a migrant, I’ve started to think about the concept of ‘belonging.’ I never truly felt like I belonged to any particular piece of land. Similarly, I never thought of myself as ‘entitled’ to any land. And before I go any further, don’t worry. I will not say anything about ‘feeling like a world citizen.’ […]
“Enough is enough” was the message of the silent demonstration on June 8th. More than 30 demonstrators met in front of the SPVM headquarters in Downtown Montreal to express their frustration with police violence and brutality. Among the participants were people who had been brutalized by the police – one still had his arm in […]
Everybody knows about Star Wars, nowadays. There’s no denying that. Earlier today, I was looking at my Twitter feed and I saw NASA making a Star Wars joke. To be fair, I found it really cute. This universe, created by George Lucas, has shaped the brains and minds of (dare I say?) millions of people. There […]
Yesterday was International Workers’ Day – not in Canada though, at least officially speaking. Thousands of people took to the streets yesterday to mark the beginning of the grève sociale against the austerity measures of the provincial government. Called to action by the Coalition opposée à la tarification et à la privatisation des services publics, […]
Most people go through their lives, believing in ideals, yet never taking any action. They simply go with the flow of the world, not caring where history might take them. Others, however, wish to alter that flow. They do not believe that their fate is set in stone, and they dare to change it – […]
Around 100 demonstrators gathered on March 15, at the intersection of Berri and Ontario streets, where Alain Magloire, a man who was homeless and mentally ill, was shot and killed by a member of the SPVM in February 2014
La Coalition opposée à la tarification et à la privatisation des services publics has declared this week a week of action. More than 15 demonstrations will take place in the Greater Montréal area alone. As they say on their Facebook page, The Non Aux Hausses coalition invites everyone, everywhere to join in on the demonstrations against the […]
So today, the good ol’ Anarchopanda made a Facebook post that might signify the beginning of the end of bylaw P-6
On Sunday, January 18, around 300 people gathered in Place Émilie-Gamelin, in remembrance of the thousands of people murdered by Boko Haram, a militant insurgent group active in Nigeria. Active since 2002, the group has killed nearly 10,000 people in 2014, and has caused nearly 1,5 million people to escape from their homes. Boko Haram came […]
