<![CDATA[The Concordian - Arts RSS]]> http://www.theconcordian.com/se/the-concordian-arts-rss-1.527160 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:27:39 -0400 en <![CDATA[Hear the people sing]]> http://www.theconcordian.com/arts/hear-the-people-sing-1.1492072

By: Radina Papukchieva

Les Mis in Montreal

   The stage at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier on a weekday night is dimly lit; an orange glow makes it look like the page of a very old book, or like a photograph that is beginning to lose its colours.    A man stands in the spotlight. His ...

]]> 1.1492072 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:34:47 -0400 <![CDATA[Arts and literature in perspective]]> http://www.theconcordian.com/arts/arts-and-literature-in-perspective-1.1490766

By: Daniela Smith-Fernandez

The antidote to a world drowning in data is good art and nuanced perspectives

Minutes after the earthquake hit Chile on Feb. 27, expatriate Chileans were receiving tweets with the news. Within hours, Google had set up a page marking earthquake activity throughout the zone by city, province and even postal code. It took days to get ...

]]> 1.1490766 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:27:21 -0400 <![CDATA[Miles Through Miles]]> http://www.theconcordian.com/arts/miles-through-miles-1.1490762

By: Radina Papukchieva


Jazz legend Miles Davis honoured with new exhibit at Montreal Fine Arts Museum

Summertime, and the livin’ is easy, fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high. Your daddy’s rich and your momma’s good lookin’, so hush little baby, don’t you cry.    In a way, this line sums up what Miles Davi...

]]> 1.1490762 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:21:31 -0400 <![CDATA[It’s summer festival season, baby!]]> http://www.theconcordian.com/arts/it-s-summer-festival-season-baby-1.1490760

By: Daniela Smith-Fernandez


The reason Montrealers can survive the grim winter

The sun is out, and everywhere the delicate flutter of flyers can be heard, advertising yet another festival. As if it needed proving, summer is when Montreal justifies its reputation as the spiritual centre of arts in Canada, by offering yet again a full...

]]> 1.1490760 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:18:18 -0400 <![CDATA[Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]> http://www.theconcordian.com/arts/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-1.1490758

By: Radina Papukchieva


Goes well with popcorn, and sand

If you absolutely insist on visiting a desert at the movies this weekend, better choose horseback riding with a Persian prince over getting sunstroke while wearing stilettos à la Carrie Bradshaw. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has all the ingr...

]]> 1.1490758 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:13:37 -0400 <![CDATA[Ready, set, Fringe!]]> http://www.theconcordian.com/arts/ready-set-fringe-1.1490753

By: Sarah Deshaies


As fest celebrates 20 years of fringe theatre, Concordia student poised to take over as producer nex

It’s around the same age as the average Concordia student, and you’re cordially invited to its big birthday bash. The Fringe Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this June with an appropriate 20 days of theatre, dance parties, pancake...

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