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WLTM Montreal Edition - I am from Reykjavik

DatesMay 21, 2024 – May 24, 2024
WhereMontreal
Linkfb://event/?id=962694711749684
I’d like to meet some people in Montreal who are a bit like me.

Are you:

-a woman in her late 50s
-someone who cared for an elderly parent
-a single parent of a single child
-in a mixed-race relationship
-someone who used to be a political activist and has become one again
-fat
-Black
-a child of an immigrant
-someone who is not sure they’re living in the right place
-an artist for over 20 years
-someone who has been to jail
-someone who likes gardening
-someone who was born working class, but now is probably middle class

As part of my project to be free, to be a post-racial, global citizen, I would like to meet people a bit like me in Montreal.

You pick the place, I meet you, we have a chat, I’ll buy you a coffee, that’s it. If you’re curious to meet someone like you. Send me a message here, or via FTA.

I AM AVAILABLE TO MEET IN THE MORNINGS BEFORE 12 NOON OR AFTER 6 P.M IN THE EVENING.

part of FTA 2024

Astronomy night FR

DateTuesday, May 21, 2024
Time7 pm – 8 pm

Ambient2Dance2 [Dance2Ambient2]

DateWednesday, May 22, 2024
Time8 pm – 11 pm
WhereLa Sotterenea
Linkhttps://facebook.com/events/s/ambient2dance2-dance2ambient2/413033758252852/
Ambient2Dance2 [Dance2Ambient2]
Mercredi 22 mai 2024
La Sotterenea

An evening of live electronics and ambient-dance music.

Nick Schofield

No Cosmos (Solo)

Silicon Beats (feat. Camille Frey, Gaëlle Scali, Margo Corto, Estelle Schorpp)

viñu-vinu

La Sotterenea
4848 St-Laurent
Portes 20h
Show 20h30
15$ - 10$ prévente
https://www.venuepilot.co/events/98930/orders/new#/

Indigenous Literatures Book Club: Prairie Edge

DateThursday, May 23, 2024
Time7 pm – 10 pm
Where176 Rue Bernard O, Montréal, QC H2T 2K2, Canada
Linkhttps://facebook.com/events/s/indigenous-literatures-book-cl/3794142057539192/
Join our Indigenous Literatures Book Club as we meet on Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 at 7 PM to discuss Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr.

The Indigenous Literatures Book Club focuses on work by indigenous writers from around the world. Hosted by Tara McGowan-Ross, a Mi’kmaq multidisciplinary artist and writer, the meetings are free and open to all.

Where and How Can I purchase the book?
Pre-order the book here: https://tinyurl.com/ps698c63
More info on our webstore here:
mtlshop.drawnandquarterly.com/faq
We Ship Canada-wide!
By purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one, independent publishing and retailing, our neighborhood, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.

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The Giller Prize-longlisted author of Avenue of Champions returns with a frenetic, propulsive crime thriller that doubles as a sharp critique of modern activism and challenges readers to consider what “Land Back” might really look like.

Meet Isidore “Ezzy” Desjarlais and Grey Ginther: two distant Métis cousins making the most of Grey’s uncle’s old trailer, passing their days playing endless games of cribbage and cracking cans of cheap beer in between. Grey, once a passionate advocate for change, has been hardened and turned cynical by an activist culture she thinks has turned performative and lazy. One night, though, she has a revelation, and enlists Ezzy, who is hopelessly devoted to her but eager to avoid the authorities after a life in and out of the group home system and jail, for a bold yet dangerous political mission: capture a herd of bison from a national park and set them free in downtown Edmonton, disrupting the churn of settler routine. But as Grey becomes increasingly single-minded in her newfound calling, their act of protest puts the pair and those close to them in peril, with devastating and sometimes fatal consequences.

For readers drawn to the electric storytelling of Morgan Talty and the taut register of Stephen Graham Jones, Conor Kerr’s Prairie Edge is at once a gripping, darkly funny caper and a raw reckoning with the wounds that persist across generations.

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Conor Kerr is a Métis/Ukrainian writer living in Edmonton. A member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, he is descended from the Lac Ste. Anne Metis and the Papaschase Cree Nation. His Ukrainian family are settlers in Treaty 4 and 6 territories in Saskatchewan. He grew up in Saskatoon, Edmonton, and other prairie towns and cities. In 2022 he was named one of CBC’s Writers to Watch. He is the author of the poetry collections An Explosion of Feathers and Old Gods, as well as the novel Avenue of Champions, which was shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize and won the 2022 ReLIT award. Conor is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta where he teaches creative writing.

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Librairie Drawn & Quarterly recognizes that our bookstores are located on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. Many of us refer to Montreal as our home, but it is named Tiohtiá:ke. This has always been a gathering place for many First Nations and continues to be home to a diverse population of Indigenous peoples. It is important to think about how each and every one of us has arrived here. We are grateful that creating and sharing stories has been a part of this land for thousands of years and we urge you to seek out a story that is different from your own.
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Please email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions!

Montreal Comic Arts Festival / Festival BD

DatesMay 24, 2024 – May 26, 2024
https://www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/

compost!!!

DateSaturday, May 25, 2024
Time9 am – 11 am
The annual distribution of plants and compost will be held on Saturday, May 25 in the morning. Locations and activities will be communicated to you in a future newsletter, but you can already put this date on your calendar.

Scriven Spring Pop-up Market

DateSaturday, May 25, 2024
Time11 am – 5 pm
WhereThésaurus Thérrarium
Event: fb://event/7155138467872145

A wonderful teahouse will be the hosting venue for a small springtime pop-up market for all who love the fountain pens, inks, art, and stationary... and delicious tea.

Parking is on the street with parking meters or in a lot on Ethyl a couple blocks away. If you are taking public transit, then Metro de l'Eglise is down the street. The venue is between Wellington Street and Verdun Avenue.

A vendors list will start showing up in this description (6-8 vendors) sometime after January.

Entry is free, just come have some tea! In this way we support small businesses and local community alike.

Mama's Broke

DateSunday, May 26, 2024
Time9 pm – 11 pm
WhereQuai des brumes, 4481 R. Saint-Denis, Montréal, QC H2J 2L2, Canada
https://mamasbroke.ca/event/5436158/670299028/mama-s-broke

Fringe For All

DateMonday, May 27, 2024
Time7 pm – 11 pm
WhereClub Soda, 1225 Boul. Saint-Laurent Boul, Montréal, QC H2X 2S6, Canada
We’re happy to announce that the Fringe-For-All is back at Club Soda on May 27 at 7pm. This free event kicks off our festival with rapid-fire, two-minute teasers presented by all the companies performing at our festival this year.

L'appel festival

DateThursday, May 30, 2024
Time5 pm – 11 pm
https://parcolympique.qc.ca/en/events/half-moon-run-lappel-montreal/

Tour de vélo Montréal de nuit

DateFriday, May 31, 2024
Time6:45 pm – 11 pm
https://www.velo.qc.ca/evenement/festival-go-velo-mtl/tour-la-nuit/

Arches: presence ukrainienne - FREE VISIT AND HISTORY

DateSaturday, June 1, 2024
Time2 pm – 3 pm
https://www.rugissants.com/arches-presence-ukrainienne

Arches: presence ukrainienne - FREE VISIT AND HISTORY

DateSaturday, June 1, 2024
Time3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
https://www.rugissants.com/arches-presence-ukrainienne

Bookclub - What you Are Looking for Is In The Library

DateSaturday, June 1, 2024
Time4 pm – 6 pm
WhereThésaurus Thérrarium, 383 Rue de l'Église, Verdun, QC H4G 2M5, Canada
https://www.facebook.com/events/289627434201782/

Forgotten Jewish cemetery tour

DateSunday, June 2, 2024
Time2 pm – 4 pm
25$ - nearly forgotten jewish cemetery, slowly being swallowed by the marécage and the city.

Worth visit Montréal jewish museum beforehand to see Sonia bazar exposition beforehand :)

Marie's dome show

DateThursday, June 6, 2024
Time2 pm – 3 pm
WhereSociety for Arts and Technology, 1201 Boul. Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2X 2S6, Canada

Arches: presence ukrainienne - FREE VISIT AND HISTORY

DateSaturday, June 8, 2024
Time2 pm – 3 pm
https://www.rugissants.com/arches-presence-ukrainienne

Arches: presence ukrainienne - FREE VISIT AND HISTORY

DateSaturday, June 8, 2024
Time3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
https://www.rugissants.com/arches-presence-ukrainienne

Book Event: Gender/Fucking

DateTuesday, June 11, 2024
Time7 pm – 10 pm
Where1426 Beaudry, Montreal, QC, Canada, Quebec H2L 3E5
Linkhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1137729724137191/
Join us for author Florence Ashley's Montreal launch of their book Gender/Fucking. The author and researcher will be in discussion with Florence Chenel. The event will consist of a discussion followed by a Q&A with the public and a book signing.

A little more about the book: Taking the idea of intellectual masturbation a little too literally, Florence Ashley draws on their experiences as a transfeminist activist, academic and slut to question what it means to live in a gendered body in our difficult but sometimes loving world. With personal essays on the fetishization of trans bodies, the healing of surgery and the loss of hope, Florence's collection celebrates the queer messiness of gender and identity.

About the author: Florence Ashley (they/them/that bitch) is a transfeminine professor of law and bioethics. A prolific transdisciplinary researcher, Florence has mesmerized many academic fields with their incisive style and irreverent footnotes. Their first book was more boringly titled Banning Transgender Conversion Practices: A Legal and Policy Analysis. When not engaged in research or teaching, Florence enjoys speaking French, oversharing on social media, and getting railed in a sundress.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1137729724137191/

Montréal Monochrome IX · Défaire · Undoing

DatesJune 13, 2024 – June 22, 2024
Where6282, rue Saint-Hubert, Montréal, QC. Canada H2S 2M2
Linkhttps://facebook.com/events/s/montreal-monochrome-ix-defaire/444664878513476/
𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞́𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐈𝐗 · 𝐃𝐞́𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞
Événements du 13 au 21juin 2024

Qu'est-ce qui serait réceptif, ou non, à être défait : quels matériaux, objets, structures ou systèmes ? Comment pouvons-nous défaire, démêler, déstabiliser des systèmes d'oppression ou des attentes culturelles ? Dans le sillage du défaire, que reste-t-il à utiliser ?

Pour cette neuvième édition de Montréal Monochrome, articule invite les artistes et les collectifs à considérer l'art et l'acte de défaire.

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐄 :

𝐉𝐞𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝟏𝟑 𝐣𝐮𝐢𝐧 - 𝟏𝟖𝐡 - 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡
Un panel de discussion, une séance de lecture et une projection - Coprésenté par Dark Opacities Lab - Kevin Yuen Kit Lo, Kaie Kellough et Balbir Singh

𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢 𝟏𝟒 𝐣𝐮𝐢𝐧 - 𝟏𝟖𝐡 - 𝐀𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐝’𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐟
Atelier participatif de céramique - Amber Goveas et Laura Leong
— Amber Goveas et Laura Leong invitent les participant·e·s de la communauté d'articule à créer un ou plusieurs carreaux de céramique pour contribuer à une tapisserie d'argile unique construite collectivement. L'argile, récupérée et recyclée à partir de divers produits en pierre disponibles dans le commerce, sera cuite sans être émaillée afin de mettre en valeur ses différentes nuances allant des beiges aux rouges et aux bruns profonds. Après l'atelier, cette œuvre collective sera installée à l'extérieur d'articule.

𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢 𝟏𝟓 𝐣𝐮𝐢𝐧 - 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐢 - 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬
Performance immersive - Marcella França
— Marcella França travaille sur la volatilité de l'eau et ses implications sociopolitiques et émotionnelles. Dans sa nouvelle performance pour articule, inspirée par Monochrome IX, elle installera de longs morceaux de papier entre les murs et le sol, chacun surmonté d'une sculpture de glace myocardique. Tandis qu'elle écrit de sombres statistiques sur le papier, ces cœurs gelés de sang végétal se dissolvent, laissant derrière une traces visuelle. Cela représente la douleur et la violence du système patriarcal et colonial oppressif, qu'elle transforme en une installation artistique. Son travail mettra en lumière les taux alarmants de meurtres d'activistes écologistes, de violences LGBTQIA+ et de féminicides au Brésil, ainsi que l'impact sur les femmes et les enfants dans les conflits à travers le monde.

𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢 𝟏𝟓 𝐣𝐮𝐢𝐧 - 𝟏𝟔𝐡 - 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐝
Atelier participatif de nouage de nœuds chinois - Allegra Hu
— Inspirés par l'art ancien de la fabrication de nœuds chinois, les participant·e·s sont invité·e·s à contribuer à une tapisserie de nœuds, interconnectés avec différentes couleurs, différents styles et une touche personnelle. L'artiste sera là pour faciliter la fabrication des nœuds, en encourageant les gens à expérimenter, à collaborer les uns avec les autres pour que les nœuds s'assemblent, et à ne pas chercher à obtenir un produit fini parfait. Cette œuvre d'art interactive explore l'acte de reconstruire ce qui a été perdu et défait dans les communautés diasporiques, et la manière dont le processus peut ouvrir de nouvelles voies de connexion. Les participants devront collaborer les uns avec les autres pour trouver la meilleure façon d'ajouter des éléments à la tapisserie sans interrompre le travail des autres. Bien que les participant·e·s puissent créer n'importe quel type de nœud, l'artiste fournira un zine d'instruction sur la fabrication de nœuds chinois afin que les participant·e·s puissent ressentir ce que c'est que d'apprendre soi-même un métier culturellement significatif et de s'appuyer les unes sur les autres pour se soutenir. L'œuvre finale englobera le processus souvent désordonné et expérimental qu'est l'apprentissage lorsqu'il n'y a plus personne pour nous enseigner.

𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢 𝟐𝟐 𝐣𝐮𝐢𝐧 - 𝟏𝟒𝐡 - 𝐂𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢 𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞
Présentation et discussion - Super Boat People
— Pour Montréal Monochrome, le collectif propose une présentation-discussion invitant à « défaire » l’idée répandue selon laquelle les communautés réfugiées, particulièrement celles issues des guerres indochinoises (ou guerre du Vietnam), exercent intentionnellement un « silence » ou un « oubli » face à leur passé. En se basant sur des implications et recherches antérieures, des écrits en cours, et surtout l’expérience des ateliers, le collectif exposera le régime ou système narratif sous-jacent à ces discours de silence et d’oubli, et expliquera en quoi le projet contribue à un travail de mémoire alternatif et pertinent. La présentation mettra également la table pour l’exposition issue du projet, dont le vernissage aura lieu le 22 juin.

https://www.articule.org/fr/evenements/montreal-monochrome-defaire

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𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐈𝐗 · 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠
Events - June 13 to 21, 2024

What is receptive, or unreceptive, to being undone: what materials, objects, structures, or systems? How can we undo—untangle, unsettle—systems of oppression or cultural expectations? In the wake of undoing, what remains to be utilized?

For this 9th edition of Montreal Monochrome, articule invites individual artists and collectives to consider the art and act of undoing.


𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌:

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟑 - 𝟔𝐏𝐌 - 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡
A panel discussion, short reading and screening - Co-presented by Dark Opacities Lab - Kevin Yuen Kit Lo, Kaie Kellough and Balbir Singh


𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟒 - 𝟔𝐏𝐌 - 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩
Participatory ceramics workshop - Amber Goveas and Laura Leong
— Amber Goveas and Laura Leong invite participants from articule’s community to create one or more ceramic tiles to contribute to a single collectively built clay tapestry. The clay, recovered and recycled from various commercially available stonewares, will be fired unglazed to feature their various shades ranging from beiges, to reds and deep browns and following the workshop this collectively created work will be installed outside articule.


𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟓 - 𝐍𝐨𝐨𝐧 - 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬
Immersive Performance - Marcella França
— Marcella França has been working with water's volatility and its socio-political and emotional implications. In her new performance for articule, inspired by Monochrome IX, she will install long pieces of paper from the walls to the floor, each topped with a myocardial ice sculpture. As she writes sad statistical numbers on the paper, these frozen plant blood hearts will dissolve, leaving visual trails. This represents the pain and violence from the oppressive patriarchal and colonial system, transforming it into an art installation. Her work will highlight Brazil's alarming rates of land activist murders, LGBTQIA+ violence, and femicides, as well as the impact on women and children in conflicts around the world.


𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟓 - 𝟒𝐏𝐌 - 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐝
Participatory Chinese knot-tying workshop - Allegra Hu
— Inspired by the ancient art of Chinese knot making, participants are invited to contribute to a tapestry of knots, interconnected with different colors, styles, and personal touch. The artist will be there to facilitate the knot making, encouraging folks to experiment, collaborate with each other to make the knots flow together, and avoid striving for a perfected finished product. This interactive art piece explores the act of rebuilding what has been lost and undone in diasporic communities, and how the process can bridge new pathways for connection. Participants will have to collaborate with each other to figure out the best way to add to the tapestry without disrupting others from working. Although participants can contribute any type of knot they wish, the artist will provide an instructional Chinese knot-making zine so that participants can feel what it's like to teach themselves a culturally-significant craft, and lean on each other for support. The finished piece will encompass the often messy and experimental process that is learning when there is no one left to teach us.


𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟐 -

Canal festival

DatesJune 14, 2024 – June 17, 2024
Linkhttps://festivalsurlecanal.com
Bands!

Dumai dunai album release at the ukrainian foundation

DateFriday, June 14, 2024
Time7 pm – 8 pm
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dumai-dunai-montreal-album-release-show-tickets-906417718797?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaZbLAIw5u8n1i6WvVrPcS43LuqWK0X8n5E0c9H2ncfVTvkQDtaGyNzvGo_aem_AUJiCfCBRzpKF3AHwXjY6thD2fADEmkfPc8QH8uUux_41eq3iW9V71PAUENxCPoPDiu3xhNzt16F6jByxz_eyPIk

Arches: presence ukrainienne - FREE VISIT AND HISTORY

DateSaturday, June 15, 2024
Time2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
https://www.rugissants.com/arches-presence-ukrainienne

Polski piknik

DateSaturday, June 15, 2024
Time3:30 pm – 8:30 pm