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Oh no – It’s Halloween!

How I hate Halloween! I remember, when my sons were young, all my efforts to maintain a positive attitude on that day. I could have awarded myself every César, Oscar and Co. for such amazing performances. And yet…

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Oh non, l’Halloween! Coeurs sensibles s’abstenir.

Comme je déteste l’Halloween ! Je me souviens de mes efforts, lorsque mes fils étaient jeunes, pour arriver à avoir une certaine contenance durant cette journée. J’aurais pu me mériter tous les Césars, Oscars et cie tellement ma performance était remarquable. Et pourtant…

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Stories About Storytellers: Mavis Gallant

Mavis Gallant

“I’ll kill him!” said Mavis Gallant. TCE Blog is proud to present an excerpt from Douglas Gibson’s new book Stories About Storytellers, appearing every Friday.

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Arcade Fire Wins the Polaris Music Prize

On Monday night, Arcade Fire, Canada’s most intriguing rock band (says Time magazine) walked away with the 2011 Polaris Music Prize and $30,000 for their album The Suburbs. With a Polaris Prize, a Juno, a Brit Award, a collaboration with director Spike Jonze and a Grammy Award under their belt, the Montreal eight-piece band is poised for [...]

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Quand la douceur et la beauté transcendent le machisme et la cruauté…

World Press Photo 2011

Un événement de marque se tient au marché Bonsecours à Montréal, jusqu’au 2 octobre prochain : la 54ième exposition World Press Photo 2011, qui regroupe les si émouvantes photos de cinquante-quatre photographes internationaux. Choisies parmi plus de 108 000 soumissions, ces photos sont regroupées dans une dizaine de catégories dont, la nature, le sport, les portraits [...]

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Bienvenue chez toi, OSM!

OSM

Un chef doit mériter le leadership…..sinon on ne peut diriger un orchestre comme l`OSM, qui possède des musiciens très forts individuellement. Créer le cadre dans lequel l` orchestre puisse s épanouir jusqu` à son plein potentiel exige aussi une certaine compétence“.

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Welcome Home, OSM!

A conductor must demonstrate leadership in order to direct an orchestra like the OSM, which is made up of highly skilled individual musicians. Creating a setting in which the orchestra can develop to its full potential also demands a certain skill.

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Festival des films du monde de Montréal … Action!

Un incontournable qui vient, si magnifiquement conclure l’été, la 35e édition du Festival des films du monde de Montréal prend son envol, du 18 août au 28 août ! À l’affiche, 383 films présentés dont 107 premières mondiales, et 51 en premières nord-américaines. Cette cuvée 2011 nous viendra de 70 différents pays. Sous la présidence [...]

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Montreal World Film Festival … Action!

Essential viewing to end the summer on a high note is the 35th annual Montréal World Film Festival that takes place August 18 to August 25. On the roster are 383 films, including 107 world premieres and 51 North American firsts, with this 2011 vintage coming from 70 different countries. With Spanish director Vicente Aranda [...]

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Music Mondays: Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson, acclaimed jazz pianist, dubbed the “Maharaja of the keyboard” by Duke Ellington, would have been 86 today. We remember his dazzling virtuosity in our weekly Music Mondays series.

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De Gaulle and “Vive le Québec Libre”

Charles De Gaulle

In the summer of 1967, General Charles De Gaulle, President of France, proclaimed from the balcony of Montreal’s City Hall a sentence that would change the history of Canada.

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