CULTURAL EVENTS OF THE BOROUGHS OF MONTRÉAL -FALL 2009 / VOL.6 / #2 / FREE 02 Accès culture Production: Service des communications et des relations avec les citoyens DEL’ÎLE À LA MER This autumn, for the outreach project entitled Chief Editor and Project Manager: De l’île à la mer, Montréal welcomes artists Judith de Repentigny from the maritime regions of the the Lower Editorial Committee: St. Lawrence, the Gaspé, and the Magdalen Islands Josée Asselin, borough of Lachine for a unique series of shows, performances and Maryse Bouchard, borough of Outremont exhibitions. Anne-Marie Collins, borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal Martin-Philippe Côté, borough of Sud-Ouest MUSIC Paul Langlois, Marie-Ève Bonneau and Julie Legault, Des airs de famille with Alan Côté (p. 7) Service du développement culturel, de la qualité du milieu Tour de bras / Ze Big Band (p. 15) de vie et de la diversité ethnoculturelle Le Quatuor Saint-Germain presents Accès culture the Projet Joseph Petric (p. 19) Original Grid: Subcommunication Logo: Jutras design POP, FOLK AND STORYTELLING Les produits du tiroir with Patrice Michaud (p. 7) Graphic Design: Centre de communications visuelles, Guillaume Arsenault & Les Hâmeçons salés (p. 8) Ville de Montréal, 07.65.047-1 (12-08) Translation (English version): Bottlegreen Media STORYTELLING L’esprit des lieux with Danielle Brabant (p. 39) Des histoires qui en mènent large with Danielle Brabant and André Vigneau (p. 42)
THEATRE Pierre-Luc à Isaac à Jos, produced by the Théâtre les gens d’en bas (p. 33)
VISUAL ARTS Nine exhibitions presented in collaboration with the Musée régional de Rimouski (p. 45 et 50).
On the cover: Valentin, main character in The Necktie/ Le nœud cravate, an animated short film by Jean-François Lévesque produced by the National Film Board of Canada. See the event description on page 23.
Photo: © 2008 National Film Board of Canada. All rights reserved.
ISBN : 2-7647-0347-3 3 OCEAN WINDS ON THE SHORES OF MONTRÉAL! This autumn, to strengthen its position as a cultural metropolis, the Ville de Montréal will launch an outreach project for artists from the regions, under the auspices of the Montréal cultural development agreement it has signed with the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec. To kick off the project, the city’s Accès culture network will open its doors to artists from the regions of the Lower St. Lawrence, the Gaspé and the Magdalen Islands.
This first segment of the project, entitled De l’île à la mer, “From the Island to the Sea,” brings you feauture shows and performances by storytellers, singers, dramatic actors, jazz improvisers and classical musicians – not to mention a great series of nine exhibitions produced in association with the Musée régional de Rimouski.
This new cultural season will also see the tenth anniversary of L’ONF à la maison. This invaluable series lets you watch recent documentary and animated films from the National Film Board of Canada, and also gives every audience a chance to talk with directors, crew members or special guests after each screening, making each event a unique experience. To highlight this anniversary year, a special screening will take place on Sunday, October 4, at the Maison de la culture Ahuntsic- Cartierville. For this occasion, three films will be presented with their directors in attendance: ONF 70 ans by Jean-François Pouliot, The Danish Poet by Torill Kove, and The Necktie, an award-winning animated film by Jean-François Lévesque. And since we’re on the subject of birthdays, there’s another ten-year anniversary to be celebrated as well – that of the Quebec Intercultural Storytelling Festival, which features local and international artists who will carry you Guillaume Lachapelle, Manège #7 Series, 2004-2006 away on the wings of their imagination. Be sure to hear as many of these yarn-spinners as you can!
All in all, the upcoming cultural season promises to be a superbly rich and entertaining one, with more than 500 performances and exhibitions happening in the different boroughs of the city. We invite you to keep a copy of this latest issue of Accès culture magazine and check out the great events described This magazine contains and abridged list (by field inside. You’re sure to find everything you need to put the wind in your sails this autumn. and by date) of upcoming events in the various boroughs of Montréal. To consult the complete arts calendar, visit our Web site: See you at the show! ville.montreal.qc.ca/culture 4
03 39 1 ADMISSION FEE FEATURE STORYTELLING, POETRY & LITERATURE 2 PASS REQUIRED 39 .storytelling Ticket policies vary from one borough to 44 .poetry & literature another. Contact the venue to learn when free passes become available for a particular 05 event. MUSIC . 06 .pop, folk, country 45 10 .rock, hip-hop FREE ADMISSION 11 .traditional, world EXHIBITIONS 3 15 .jazz, blues 6 THESE EVENTS ARE 18 .classical and contemporary RESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH 54 THE CONSEIL DES ARTS YOUTH EVENTS DE MONTRÉAL 23 EN TOURNÉE FILM THESE EVENTS ARE SUPPORTED 62 4 BY THE MONTRÉAL CULTURAL CULTURAL VENUES DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN index and information THE VILLE DE MONTRÉAL AND THE 30 MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE, DES THEATRE, DANCE, COMEDY & PERFORMANCE COMMUNICATIONS ET DE LA CONDITION 30 .theatre FÉMININE DU QUEBEC. 35 .dance 38 .comedy & performance 9 IN ENGLISH 8 BUS 7 METRO
Each event listing includes the name of the location and a borough code. Use the borough code to consult the list of venues, page 62 and 63. Ex: [CN] Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
For more information or for the complete list of cultural events:
ville.montreal.qc.ca/culture 5 music music
ELISAPIE ISAAC
On the heels of her success with the Taima duo, this talented singer brings us her latest inspirations. The music is a mix of folk and pop, with lyrics in both Inuktituk and English.
THU. SEPT. 24 key to the pictograms on page 4 [7:00 pm] 1 [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux
THU. NOV. 12 [8:00 pm] 2 [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal
THU. NOV. 19 [8:00 pm] 2 [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville
THU. NOV. 26 [8:00 pm] 2 [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac 6 SEPT. OCT. FRI. 25 THU. 01 [8:00 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] 2 ROBERT CHARLEBOIS CŒUR DE PIRATE [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle See the event description for September 28 l'Entrepôt [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville
SEPT. OCT. SAT. Photo : Michel Parent 26 FRI. 02 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 ANDREA LINDSAY AMYLIE.JUSQU'AUX OREILLES Despite her roots in Ontario, and the Brit-pop style of A young artist with a wonderful talent for making her tunes, this young singer-songwriter is a devoted words and sounds dance in the air. She has an agile Francophile and often sings her refreshing and inspired and soulful voice that brings out the joy in life. lyrics in French. [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier SEPT. [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost FRI. 18 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 OCT. BERNADETTE DAMIEN ROBITAILLE SAT. 03 A fun and passionate group whose star is quickly rising The original grunge crooner from Lafontaine, Ontario, [8:00 pm] pop, folk, country on the Quebec music scene. They play finely crafted performs songs from a new album that targets sensitive 2 BÏA.NOCTURNO themes with a comedian’s eye for the absurdities of and cleverly arranged French folk songs laced with See the event description for November 26 manouche and klezmer melodies from Eastern Europe. love and life. [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier
OCT. SEPT. SUN. 04 THU. 24 [2:00 pm] 2 [7:00 pm] 1 CÉLINE FAUCHER.À LA RENCONTRE DE PAULINE JULIEN ELISAPIE ISAAC A celebration of the songs of Pauline Julien, a legendary See the event description on page 5 figure in the history of Quebec music. [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent [8:00 pm] 1 DAN ET UNE BLONDE OCT. DAN BIGRAS AND MARIE-ÉLAINE THIBERT THU. 08
key to the pictograms on page 4 [AN] Église Jean XXIII [8:00 pm] 2 ÉMILIE CLEEPER.THINGS MAY COME [8:00 pm] 2 A charming artist with a unique voice. She sings lyrics THOMAS HELLMAN.PRÊTS,PARTEZ that reflect a mature and sometimes melancholy view This young singer-songwriter’s music saunters confi- of life. dently between folk, blues and jazz, with acoustic and SEPT. [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay electronic sounds arranged together in very modern MON. 28 harmony. [7:30 pm] [8:00 pm] [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay 2 2 CŒUR DE PIRATE THOMAS HELLMAN Béatrice Martin, a.k.a. Cœur de Pirate, writes songs full See the event description for September 24 of emotional recollections and captivating melodies. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal Her style ranges brilliantly from the Parisian concert hall to an underground folk café. [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds OCT. OCT. 7 PATRICE MICHAUD FRI. 09 SAT. 17 LES PRODUITS DU TIROIR [8:00 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] 2 BRUNO PELLETIER.MICROPHONIUM CATHERINE SÉNART. L'AMOUR SELON VENNE [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau An artist who steps delicately through the joys and sufferings of love, as expressed in the songs of Stéphane Venne. With Marc-André Cuierrier on piano. DES AIRS DE FAMILLE.EN MUSIQUE [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier PART OF THE De l’île à la mer EVENT Alan Côté, the founder of the Petite-Vallée song festival, and Danielle Vaillancourt, a guitarist, singer OCT. and percussionist, team up with their daughters FRI. 23 Mathilde and Jeanne to present a concert that reflects [8:00 pm] the importance of music in their family. 1 CARACOL One half of the popular world-music duo Dobacaracol, 4 she performs emotionally charged songs in a vintage folk style reminiscent of America in the nineteen- TUE. OCT. 13 fifties. [7:30 pm] 1 [VE] Centre communautaire Elgar [OU] Théâtre Outremont PART OF THE DEL'ÎLE À LA MER EVENT WED. OCT. 14 OCT. pop, folk, country A concert that looks at the stories we all share [8:00 pm] 2 SAT. 24 as human beings – the essential dramas of [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 1 everyone’s heart, and the absurd situations of [8:00 pm] 1 CATHERINE SÉNART. L'AMOUR SELON VENNE everyday life. As the times glide further and THU. OCT. 15 See the event description for October 17 further away from us, Patrice Michaud distills [8:00 pm] their spirit into words and music. 2 [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles 4
THU. OCT. 8 OCT. [7:30 pm] 2 THU. 15 [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds [8:00 pm] 1 YANN PERREAU THU. OCT. 15 [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux [8:00 pm] 2 [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire key to the pictograms on page 4 de Montréal-Nord OCT. FRI. 16 FRI. OCT. 16 [8:30 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] 1 ÉMILIE PROULX AND ALEXANDRE DÉSILETS [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – RÉVÈLE LA RELÈVE Salle de spectacle l'Entrepôt The singer-songwriter Émilie Proulx brings us bitter- sweet folk songs tempered with a sober, witty view of SUN. OCT. 18 the world, while Alexandre Désilets draws his listeners [11:00 am] 2 in with elegantly poetic compositions that connect the [IS] Bibliothèque de L’Île-Bizard inner spirit with the world beyond. [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve SAT. OCT. 24 [8:00 pm] 2 [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier 8 OCT. NOV. NOV. FRI. 30 SAT. 07 SAT. 14 [8:00 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] 2 CATHERINE MAJOR.ROSE SANG DANY BÉDAR.SUR SCÈNE... LÀ OÙ J'HABITE DAVID JALBERT.DES HISTOIRES Initially trained in classical music and jazz, this hot One of Quebec’s hottest pop stars returns to the stage, An artist who pours his love of life and romantic spirit into new singer-songwriter now plays electrifying, lyrical this time with a more hard-rocking sound. For this new every song, mixing memory and joy with great sensibility. pop music with piano as the lead instrument. show, Michel Courtemanche collaborates as stage [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle director. l'Entrepôt [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle [8:00 pm] 1 l'Entrepôt FLORENCE K [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle NOV. NOV. l'Entrepôt THU. 05 THU. 12 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 BOOM JACAK CÉLINE FAUCHER.GENS D’ICI D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI NOV. A vocal quintet that revives the a-cappella spirit while The artist invites you to join her in celebrating the SUN. 15 exploring new landscapes of sound by means of invented repertoire of eminent figures of Quebec music, such [2:00 pm] words, original compositions, and improvisation. 1 as Gilles Vigneault, Félix Leclerc, Claude Léveillée and CATHERINE SÉNART. L'AMOUR SELON VENNE [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost Raymond Lévesque. See the event description for October 17 [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun pop, folk, country NOV. [8:00 pm] 2 FRI. 06 ELISAPIE ISAAC.THERE WILL BE STARS NOV. [8:00 pm] SÉRIE VOIX DE FEMMES MON. 16 1 See the event description on page 5 MARIO PELCHAT CHANTE MICHEL LEGRAND [7:30 pm] [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal 1 [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau RENAUD PARADIS CHANTE BREL A celebration of the passionate artistry of Jacques Brel [8:00 pm] 1 by an actor who recently made his mark in a stage GUILLAUME ARSENAULT MES AÏEUX.LA LIGNE ORANGE –EXTRA SHOW adaptation of Les Parapluies de Cherbourg. &LES HÂMEÇONS SALÉS [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds
PART OF THE DEL'ÎLE À LA MER NOV. EVENT THU. 19 TUE. NOV. 17 [8:00 pm] The singer-song- 2 ELISAPIE ISAAC.THERE WILL BE STARS writer Guillaume [8:00 pm] 2 SÉRIE VOIX DE FEMMES Arsenault presents [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges key to the pictograms on page 4 See the event description on page 5 Géophonik, a show that channels poetic WED. NOV. 18 [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville lyrics about nature [8:00 pm] 2 and the environment [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal [8:00 pm] 2 through folk and PHILIPPE NOIREAUT. L'AMOUR SORCIER electro-pop THU. NOV. 19 See the event description for November 21 melodies. To open [8:00 pm] 3 [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce the show, the musi- [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension cal theatre of Les [8:00 pm] 2 Hâmeçons Salés will charm spectators with a story FRI. NOV. 20 VIVIANE RENARD.RIRE ET SOURIRE EN CHANSONS entitled Icitte Asteure. [8:00 pm] 1 Her versatile repertoire ranges through great [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun artists like La Bolduc, Lynda Lemay, La Poune, 4 Yvon Deschamps and Clémence Desrochers. [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 1 NOV. NOV. 9 FRI. 20 FRI. 27 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 1 MARYSE LETARTE.DES PAS DANS LA NEIGE LA BOÎTE À CHANSONS This accomplished singer-songwriter will play her own Pierre Calvé, Claude Gauthier, Pierre Létourneau and Jean- Christmas songs as well as some tunes from her Guy Moreau revive some of the best songs of yesteryear upcoming album. with help from their artistic director, Robert Charlebois. [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau
[8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 1 CARACOL SYLVAIN COSSETTE. 70'S –EXTRA SHOW See the event description for October 23 [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost Leda & St-Jacques NOV. NOV. SAT. 21 SAT. 28 [8:00 pm] 2 NOV. [8:00 pm] 1 PHILIPPE NOIREAUT. L’AMOUR SORCIER SUN. 22 CŒUR DE PIRATE A show that pays tribute to Claude Nougaro, one of the See the event description for September 28 great legends of the French music hall. [10:30 am] 1 ISABELLE CYR.LE LARGE EN DEDANS [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier A singer-songwriter whose honeysweet voice and l'Entrepôt pop, folk, country delicate piano melodies take the listener down the private hallway of her imagination. [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle DEC. l'Entrepôt FRI. 04 [7:30 pm] 2 MARTIN DESCHAMPS.LE PIANO ET LA VOIX NOV. [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent TUE. 24 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 1 PAULE-ANDRÉE CASSIDY.PIEDS NUS NICOLA CICCONE.STORYTELLER Influenced by song styles from France and the United [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau States, this performer makes creative forays into folk, funk, country, blues, jazz and rock. [8:30 pm] 1 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges LES FRÈRES GOYETTE &AVEC PAS D'CASQUE RÉVÈLE LA RELÈVE These five musicians and one vocalist share a passion key to the pictograms on page 4 NOV. for folk music – but that doesn’t mean they can’t rock THU. 26 out once in a while, does it? Here they share the stage [8:00 pm] 2 with a performance artist who creates a new piece at BÏA.NOCTURNO every show. Born from the marriage of a drum case and This up-and-coming Brazilian singer will perform the a discount-store guitar, Avec pas d'casque takes us entrancing Latin folk songs found on Nocturno, her on a strange ride where country music, folk and grunge most recent album. all fight for the steering wheel. [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve Photo : Cécé [8:00 pm] 2 ELISAPIE ISAAC.THERE WILL BE STARS SÉRIE VOIX DE FEMMES See the event description on page 5 [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac 10 DEC. DEC. NOV. SAT. 05 WED. 16 TUE. 10 [8:00 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 FRÉDÉRICK DE GRANDPRÉ CŒUR DE PIRATE ANDRÉ DUCHESNE [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier See the event description for September 28 After working on his own for several years, this [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal singer-songwriter returns to the stage for a special [8:00 pm] concert presentation. 1 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges PÉPÉ ET SA GUITARE A leading light of Quebec’s folk-punk scene, Pépé DEC. combines raw lyrics with a rhythm guitar worthy of Billy SAT. 19 Bragg. Look for tunes from the new album, Fakek'choz. [8:00 pm] 2 [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle CHANTAL ROSSI.CHRISTMAS CONCERT l'Entrepôt [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord
DEC. SUN. 06 NOV. FRI. 06 [11:00 am] 2 LUC LOPEZ [8:00 pm] 2 Accompanying himself on accordion, Lopez plays tunes GATINEAU
pop, folk, country for the holiday season and invites the audience to join A group that squeezes rap, punk rock, and electro-pop him in singing some popular refrains. into a satisfying cocktail. Seba, lyrics and vocals; Keüke, [IS] Bibliothèque de L'Île-Bizard bass, synthesizer, programming and backup vocals; Burne Macpherseünd, drums and wolf. [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce DEC. DEC. AND DEC. FRI. 11 THU. 10 FRI. 11 [8:30 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] ONE DAY CLINIC AND KEITH KOUNA [8:00 pm] 1 1 KARKWA MARIE-DENISE PELLETIER.NOËL, PARLE-MOI RÉVÈLE LA RELÈVE.COUP DE CŒUR FRANCOPHONE A pillar of Quebec’s indie rock scene, the band will play [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux (December 10) Straight outta Belgium, it’s the singer and songwriter Keith Kouna, who grabs hold of your collar with sharp tunes from their third album, Le volume du vent, which [SO] Église Saint-Irénée (December 11) lyrics and intensely emotional rock music. One Day they released last year. It’s a record that manages to be Clinic, a hard rock quartet, are also from Belgium. both sophisticated and simple, both heavy and humorous. [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle l'Entrepôt rock, hip-hop Photo : Sébastien Leblanc Gatineau SEPT. OCT. 11 FRI. 25 THU. 15 [7:30 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 LYNDA THALIE LA VOLÉE D'CASTORS.TRADITIONAL MUSIC Taking inspiration from her Québécois and Algerian This group plays innovative and lively world music heritage, Lynda Thalie writes finely crafted songs full of where violin, accordion, harmonica, guitars, bass joy, mystery and sensuality. and Latin percussion are accompanied by Québécois [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent foot-tapping. [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay
SEPT. TO OCT. WED. 30 SAT. 03 OCT. FRI. 16 [8:00 pm] 2 [7:30 pm] DOMINIC MANCUSO.UN ECO NEL MONDO 2 LA VOLÉE D'CASTORS By delving into the repertoire and dialect of southern See the event description for October 15 Italy, where his ancestors originated, and then adding his North American sensibility, this Toronto artist suc- [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent cessfully merges the music of old and new worlds.
A Musique Multi-Montréal presentation. [8:00 pm] 2 world, traditional [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges (September 30) LILISON [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac (October 1) Joined by three singers and three musicians, Lilison sings in the Portuguese Creole of Guinea-Bissau, [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville (October 3) and plays guitar and traditional West African drums. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal
OCT. SUN. 18 [2:00 pm] 16 ENSEMBLE SERGIU POPA See the event description for October 22 [VE] Centre communautaire Elgar key to the pictograms on page 4
OCT. MON. 19 [7:30 pm] 16 ENSEMBLE SERGIU POPA OCT. See the event description for October 22 THU. 22 [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds [8:00 pm] OCT. 16 THU. 08 ENSEMBLE SERGIU POPA Instead of just replaying his favourite songs from the [8:00 pm] 26 Romany culture of eastern Europe, this virtuoso accor- ALPHA THIAM dionist transforms them with new arrangements that The singer-songwriter and guitarist plays original songs merge jazz, Latin and world music. With Samito inspired by the musical culture of Mali, Senegal, Côte Matsinhe, piano, kalimba, cajón and guitar; Jessica Gal, d’Ivoire, Liberia and Burkina Faso. He’s backed up by violin; and Magdi Abdallah, percussion. A Musique Nathalie Cora, harp-lute; Cédric Dind-Lavoie, bass; and Multi-Montréal presentation. Moïse Matey, percussion. A Musique Multi-Montréal [AN] Église Jean XXIII presentation. [RPT] Église Saint-Joseph 12 OCT. NOV. NOV. FRI. 23 THU. 05 SAT. 07 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 LA VOLÉE D'CASTORS FOLK COMME JAMAIS.FESTIVAL DU MONDE ARABE MANOU GALLO See the event description for October 15 A chance to enjoy traditional music and folklore from See the event description for November 21 [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost the Middle East. With Khalil Roukoz. [VSP] TOHU [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac
OCT. SAT. 24 [8:00 pm] 26 ENSEMBLE SERGIU POPA See the event description for October 22 [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve
OCT. AND OCT. SAT. 24 THU. 29 [8:00 pm]
world, traditional 2 YAGONG GUAN AND GUESTS SACRED MUSIC FROM CHINA Three musicians and one dancer show us the sacred music of China, in a performance of pieces inspired by Buddhism, Taoism and ancient Chinese religion. With Yadong Guan, pipa; Zhilin Zhou, zither; Zhaobin Zeng, flute; and Zhuzi Cui, dance. [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Salle Jean-Eudes (October 24) [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac (October 29)
OCT. Photo : Sébastien Pichette THU. 29 Samian and Shauit e
key to the pictograms on page 4 LE 8 FEU [8:00 pm] 3 WED. NOV. 11 CHAD DIABO AND THE TAMBOUR TIOHTIAKE ENSEMBLE LA MAISON DES CULTURES NOMADES [8:00 pm] 2 A concert presented in association with Terres en vues / Young musicians from the First Nations and diverse [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Land InSights, a society for the promotion of First cultural communities blend their voices and chant their Nations culture. dreams of solidarity and sharing. A show that includes FRI. NOV. 13 [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension the rapper Samian, the Inuit reggae singer Shauit, [8:00 pm] 2 Claude Mckenzie, Sola et ses Solas, Elby & Woods and [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac many others. Artistic director: Manon Barbeau. OCT. SAT. NOV 14 FRI. 30 4 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles DOMINIC MANCUSO SUN. NOV. 8 See the event description for September 30 [3:00 pm] 3 FRI. NOV. 20 [RPT] Église Saint-Joseph [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension [7:30 pm] 2 [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent TUE. NOV. 10 [7:30 pm] 1 [OU] Théâtre Outremont NOV. NOV. NOV. 13 WED. 11 FRI. 13 WED. 25 [8:00 pm] 26 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 26 GALANT, TU PERDS TON TEMPS.VOCAL ENSEMBLE DOMINICA MÉROLA.APPASSIONATA GALANT, TU PERDS TON TEMPS Five witty and open-hearted singers perform a-cappella Her rich and sensual voice carries listeners away to the See the event description for November 11 from the traditional but seldom heard repertoire of Italian heartland with songs by Modugno, Conte and [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac ancient songs for women. With Evelyne Gélinas, Paoli, and some compositions of her own. Isabelle Payette, Jacinthe Dubé, Josianne Hébert and [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent [8:00 pm] Mia Lacroix, vocals; and Jean-François Berthiaume, 2 VERÓNICA LARC.PULSIÓN LATINA percussion and foot-tapping. A leading light of Montréal’s Latin music community, [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal NOV. this passionate vocalist explores the sounds of tango, SAT. 14 boléros, son, zamba, milonga and candombe. [8:00 pm] 26 [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce ALPHA THIAM See the event description for October 8 [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord NOV. SAT. 28 [8:00 pm] 1 NOV. TRIO NICOLAS PELLERIN.TRADITIONAL MUSIC world, traditional WED. 18 Traditional music full of nuance, played with great [8:00 pm] verve and subtlety on violin, strings and percussion. 26 With Nicolas Pellerin, Simon Lepage and Simon Marion. GALANT, TU PERDS TON TEMPS See the event description for November 11 [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville
NOV. THU. 19 [8:00 pm] 2 Florent Vollant RENCONTRE AUTOUR DU DAN BAU A show that highlights two instruments: the dan bau, NOV. a Vietnamese monochord, and the theremin, an early THU. 12 form of electronic instrument that uses antennas and key to the pictograms on page 4 [8:00 pm] radio frequencies to produce sound merely from a 2 waving motion of your hands. With Adam O'Callaghan, DIGA /FLORENT VOLLANT DOUBLE BILL theremin; Ramon Cespedes, vocals, guitar and The guitarist Diga writes compositions that depict cajón; and Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé, vocals and the landscapes of the Far North. The music of Florent guitar. Vollant is a passionate balance of folk, Amerindian and country styles. [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges [VSP] TOHU
NOV. SAT. 21 [8:00 pm] 3 TRÉSORS DU SÉRAIL.FESTIVAL DU MONDE ARABE [8:00 pm] 1 An evening of classical Arab music, including ancient MANOU GALLO.WOMAN BAND forms and operettas of the early twentieth century, as This talented musician from Côte d’Ivoire has established performed by the Montréal artists Eldeiri Namir and herself as a bassist, percussionist and singer with a Nazih Elmassri. great sense of groove and sincere passion in her lyrics. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac Opening act: Monique Dauphin (stories). [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux Photo : Olivia Droeshaut 14 DEC. ANDDEC. DEC. FRI. 11 TUE. 15 FRI. 04 [8:00 pm] 2 4 [8:00 pm] 2 BOBELO BON DÉBARRAS.TRADITIONAL MUSIC TRADITIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FROM QUEBEC A band that opens the box of our collective memories A new ensemble that reinvents the songbook of leading to play folk and roots music from all over the American figures in traditional Québécois music such as Louis continent with reckless energy. With Dominic Pitou Boudreault, Jos Bouchard, Philippe Bruneau and Desrochers, guitar, washboard, vocals and dance; Roger Miron. With Liette Remon, violin; René Lussier, Jean-François Dumas, guitar, banjo, mandolin, guitar and foot-tapping; Pierre Langevin, clarinets; and harmonica, percussion, foot-tapping and vocals; Pierre Tanguay, special guest. Luzio Altobelli, accordion and vocals. [RPT] Église Saint-Joseph (December 11) [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges (December 15)
Photo : L. Altobelli DEC. ANDDEC. FRI. 04 SAT. 05 DEC. [8:00 pm] 2 SAT. 12 NOV. ZEELIA [8:00 pm] MON. 2 30 An ensemble from Vancouver that plays Slavic music LA VIRÉE DANS VILLERAY world, traditional [7:30 pm] 1 from the Ukraine, the Balkans, the Baltics and Canadian GALANT TU PERDS TON TEMPS /LES POULES À COLIN SAGAPOOL prairies. A Musique Multi-Montréal presentation. An invitation to discover two exciting groups: Galant With contagious pleasure, these six talents play speedy [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce tu perds ton temps, the only female a-cappella jazz in the manouche and klezmer styles, creating an (December 4) vocal group in Quebec, and Les Poules à Colin, unforgettable atmosphere in the concert hall. [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville (December 5) a traditional folk band from Lanaudière. [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost
DEC. DEC. SUN. 06 WED. 02 [3:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 AVELADEEN ULTREÏA! ... AU-DELÀ... LA NEF EARLY MUSIC AND Celtic music guided by Michel Payer’s imaginative DUO DE LONGA.OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL stories about demons, angels and spirits.
key to the pictograms on page 4 Don’t miss this special concert that unites the entrancing [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges sounds of ancient music for strings, courtesy of La Nef, and the fiery improvisations of the Duo De Longa, formed by Andrew Wells-Oberegger and Pierre Alexandre Saint-Yves. [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve
DEC. THU. 03 [8:00 pm] 2 BARDEFOU Seven alchemist-musicians join together to revive musical traditions from Quebec, Ireland and around the world. With Pierre Drainville and Nicolas Froment, gui- tars, mandolin and vocals; Robert Jourdain, guitars and vocals; Sarah Lesage, violin and vocals; Alain Magnan, bagpipes, mandolin, didjeridoo and vocals; and Joël Ménard, percussion and vocals. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac Photo : Yann Pocreau Galant tu perds ton temps SEPT. 15 FRI. 25 TOUR DE BRAS /ZE BIG BAND [8:00 pm] 2 ANNIE COMTOIS.PRÉCIEUSES MINUTES LES VENDREDIS BLUES.LES JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE A singer-songwriter who serves up a delicious cocktail of soul, Latin and swing. [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun
OCT. THU. 01 [8:00 pm] 1 DENIS CHANG.JAZZ MANOUCHE
LES ENTRÉES EN SCÈNE LOTO-QUÉBEC jazz, blues Chiefly inspired by the music of Django Reinhardt, but also by influences like Bach, Chopin, George Benson and Michael Jackson, the guitarist Denis Chang has created PART OF THE DEL'ÎLE À LA MER EVENT his own unique style. OCTOBER 7 – 15 [AN] Église Jean XXIII OCT. WED. 14 [8:00 pm] 2 4 A group project, featuring an ever-changing [8:00 pm] 2 ensemble of players, that was initiated by Tour OCT. BERTHIAUME-TANGUAY-DONATO TRIO de Bras, a Rimouski-based production team that FRI. 02 FRONTENAC JAZZ supports improvisational music. Each concert [8:00 pm] The guitarist Antoine Berthiaume and his veteran col- pairs musicians who are active in the Lower 1 laborators perform tunes from their intense 2006 album, St. Lawrence region with improvisers from SUE FOLEY.BLUES Ellen's Bar. With Michel Donato, double bass; and Montréal, under a tripartite flag of conceptual The guitarist and singer-songwriter pulls us into a Pierre Tanguay, drums. experiments, improvisational games, and creative universe where polished modern blues are the collaborative fun. stylistic focus. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [VE] Centre communautaire Elgar
WED. OCT. 7 key to the pictograms on page 4 [10:00 pm] OCT. [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges 3 THU. 15 JAZZ FACTION &QUATUOR CLAUDEL [8:00 pm] 2 THU. OCT. 8 LUEURS.JAZZ NOCTURNE [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville Classical music and jazz share the stage in this new FRANÇOIS BOURASSA.LES JEUDIS JAZZ project masterminded by the tenor saxophonist Pascal For this solo concert, the pianist plays original WED. OCT. 14 Tremblay. With Sylvain Provost, guitar; Frédéric Alarie, compositions in which lyrical, open-hearted jazz leaves [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal double bass; Jean-François Barbeau, drums; Élaine great room for improvisation. Marcil and Marie-Josée Arpin, violins; Annie Parent, [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville THU. OCT. 15 viola; and Chantal Marcil, cello. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur [8:00 pm] 2 RODÉOSCOPIQUE.PANORAMIC MUSIC A group created five years ago by the composer and OCT. FRI. OCT. guitarist Antoine Berthiaume. For this show they present 16 SAT. 03 a long instrumental piece inspired by the world of [8:00 pm] cinema. With Philippe Lauzier, Mélanie “Magnolia” 2 [8:00 pm] SYLVAIN PROVOST TRIO.FRONTENAC JAZZ 1 Auclair, Stefan Schneider, Pierre-Yves Martel and With his new album, entitled Désirs Démodés, the gui- THIERRY CROMMEN Guido del Fabbro. After eight years of playing behind Michel Fugain, the tarist Sylvain Provost created original pieces inspired [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Belgian artist Thierry Crommen, a virtuoso on the har- by the rich natural timbre of his instrument. With Guy monica, is now leading his own group. They play Boisvert, double bass; and Alain Boyer, drums. acoustic groove streaked with folk and jazz. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux 16 OCT. NOV. FRI. 23 THU. 05 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 YVES LÉVEILLÉ SEXTET.FRONTENAC JAZZ DUO TRUDEL–BOURBONNAIS When composing, the pianist Yves Léveillé takes The piano and harmonica team of Marianne Trudel and ideas from classical, world and jazz music and reshapes Lévy Bourbonnais draws from a deep well of classical, them in exciting new ways. With Aron Doyle, trumpet; jazz, tango and Brazilian music to channel their free Roberto Murray, saxophones; Frank Lozano, saxo- expression into original forms. phones and bass clarinet; Marc Lalonde, double bass; [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, and Ugo Di Vito, drums. Studio 1 [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [8:00 pm] 2 FRANÇOIS RICHARD NOUVEL ORCHESTRA OCT. JAZZES-TU?SERIES SAT. 24 See the event description for October 22 jazz, blues [8:00 pm] 26 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges JEAN-NICOLAS TROTTIER BIG BAND L'OFF FESTIVAL DE JAZZ OCT. Comprising 16 of the best musicians in Montréal, NOV. WED. 21 the group performs original contemporary jazz FRI. 06 [8:00 pm] composed and arranged by their musical director, [8:00 pm] 2 Jean-Nicolas Trottier. 1 RAFAEL ZALDIVAR TRIO.FRONTENAC JAZZ BHARATH AND HIS RHYTHM FOUR A product of the highly demanding Cuban scene, this [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord Old-school, sepia-tinted blues in the Chicago style of the young pianist combines dazzling technique with rich early fifties, played with sly passion and serious heat. nuances of expression. With Morgan Moore, double [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun bass; and Jim Doxas, drums. OCT. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac MON. 26 [7:30 pm] NOV. 1 WED. 11 DENIS CHANG.LES ENTRÉES EN SCÈNE LOTO-QUÉBEC OCT. See the event description for October 1 [8:00 pm] 3 THU. 22 key to the pictograms on page 4 [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds JAZZ DE BEYROUTH.FESTIVAL DU MONDE ARABE [8:00 pm] 2 Hosted by the group Trait d’union, this concert draws FÉLIX STÜSSI.LES JEUDIS JAZZ its inspiration from the eastern jazz styles of Ziad Rahbani and Toufic Farroukh. The Swiss pianist Félix Stüssi creates new blends of OCT. sound, taking the best from jazz traditions and world THU. 29 [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac music to push his art relentlessly forward. With Alexandre Côté and Bruno Lamarche, saxophones, [8:00 pm] 2 clarinet and flute; Clinton Ryder, double bass; Isaiah FRANÇOIS RICHARD NOUVEL ORCHESTRA.LES JEUDIS JAZZ Ceccarelli, drums; and Jean-Nicolas Trottier, trombone. See the event description for October 22 [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville
[8:00 pm] 2 FRANÇOIS RICHARD NOUVEL ORCHESTRA.FRONTENAC JAZZ NOV. TUE. The flautist and composer François Richard plays a 03 classical form of jazz influenced by post-Romantic [8:00 pm] 2 modernism. With François Richard, flute; Ligia Paquin, BOMATA.JAZZES-TU?SERIES viola; Yannick Rieu, saxophones; Sheila Hannigan, Jean Félix Mailloux will perform his own compositions, cello; Geoff Lapp, piano; Guy Boisvert, double bass; which fire up intense jazz melodies over world-beat Michel Lambert, drums; Stéphane Allard and Mélanie rhythms. With Guillaume Bourque, clarinet; Jean Félix Photo : Pierre Crépô Bélair, violins. Mailloux, double bass; and Ziya Tabassian, percussion. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges François Richard NOV. 17 MON. 23 [7:30 pm] 1 CAROL WELSMAN This singer and pianist mixes the languages and rhythms of swing, Latin, R&B, pop and jazz. [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds
NOV. THU. 26 [8:00 pm] 26 SIMON LEGAULT QUARTET A guitarist who knows how to pick the cleanest phrases from his instrument, using the minimum of notes but the maximum of intensity. With Annie Dominique, jazz, blues tenor saxophone; Sébastien Pellerin, double bass; and Alain Bourgeois, drums. [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 1 Simon Legault [8:00 pm] 2 VUE D'ENSEMBLE.JAZZES-TU?SERIES DEC. Christian Pamerleau and his trio play jazz music that is THU. 03 deeply original and colourful but remains accessible [8:00 pm] nonetheless. With Mario Fraser, piano; Clinton Ryder, 2 FRANÇOIS RICHARD NOUVEL ORCHESTRA
© Kyle Cunjak double bass; and Christian Pamerleau, drums. See the event description for October 22 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges NOV. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal SAT. 14 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 LA ZIZIQUE À BORIS VIAN LES PAÏENS As a writer, lyricist, composer and poet, Boris Vian DEC. key to the pictograms on page 4 FRI. Mesmerizing instrumental music that distills multiple left us nearly 450 songs. To mark the fiftieth 04 influences like jazz, funk, and 1970s rock through anniversary of the passing of this great artist, the [8:00 pm] 1 experimental ideas from contemporary music. With Swiss-Montréal singer De Saval and his backup band ROB LUTES Denis Surette, guitar; Marc Arsemault, bass; Jean have prepared a concert in tribute. With Alexandre [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux Surette, drums; and Sébastien Michaud, trumpet, Grogg, piano; Daniel Lessard, double bass; and saxophone and flute. Émile Primeau, drums. [VSP] TOHU [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal DEC. THU. 10 NOV. [8:00 pm] FRI. 20 NOV. 2 SAT. 28 DRAX.THEATRE OF STELLAR ELEMENTS [8:00 pm] 2 A performance that marks more than 20 years of QUARTETSKI RENCONTRE SATIE [8:00 pm] 1 collaboration between the saxophonist and flutist Not your ordinary chamber music group. They recast VIC VOGEL. 75TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR Claude Maheu and the percussionist Guy Thouin. To works from the traditional repertoire into a new space A chance to review the group’s marvellous history, which continue their creative odyssey, these veterans of the that lies halfway between written composition and has been distinguished by gold and platinum discs, and scene explore the music and the poetry of Max Jordan. improvisation. On the bill: the music of Érik Satie. With musical encounters with the biggest names in jazz. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal Gordon Allen, trumpet; Isaiah Ceccarelli, drums; [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau Philippe Lauzier, saxophones; and Pierre-Yves Martel, double bass. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal 18 SEPT. SEPT. OCT. WED. 16 SUN. 27 THU. 08 [7:30 pm] 16 [11:00 am] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 ORCHESTRE MÉTROPOLITAIN ISABELLE HÉROUX.BONS BAISERS DES AMÉRIQUES ENSEMBLE KORE YANNICK ET LES SOLISTES DU MÉTROPOLITAIN The guitarist performs a recital of inviting melodies ANDRÉ PRÉVOST:LA MUSIQUE QUE JE SUIS On the programme: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 from Quebec, Mexico, Paraguay and Puerto Rico. A concert that echoes a book of the same title, by J.S. Bach, Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" [IS] Bibliothèque de L’Île-Bizard recently published by Lyse Richer. The ensemble by Haydn, and Symphony No. 2 by Schumann. performs the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings by Conductor and continuo: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. André Prévost, with clarinettist Xavier Brossard- [VE] Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs Ménard, as well as a series of solo pieces for violin, SEPT. cello and viola, entitled Improvisation. MON. 28 [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 1 [8:00 pm] SEPT. AND SEPT. 2 THU. 17 SAT. 19 TRIO HOCHELAGA.LES LUNDIS D'EDGAR [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] On the programme: Trio in E flat Major Hob. XV: 30 by IRINA KRASNYANSKAIA AND JEAN-FRANÇOIS SCHNEIDER 16 Haydn, Trio in G Minor by Smetana and Trio in C Minor, PIANO FOUR-HANDS ORCHESTRE MÉTROPOLITAIN Op.66 by Mendelssohn. Anne Robert, violin; Paul Music by Schubert, Brahms, Milhaud and Gershwin. YANNICK ET LES SOLISTES DU MÉTROPOLITAIN Marleyn, cello; and Stéphane Lemelin, piano. See the event description for September 16 [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [MHM] Église Saint-Nom-de-Jésus
SEPT. OCT. SAT. 26 THU. 01 [2:00 pm] [8:00 pm] 2
classical and contemporary 3 À LA RENCONTRE DU NEM FRANCO TENELLI DENYS BOULIANE, FEATURED COMPOSER The tenor will sing popular arias from Georgia, Russia, LES JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE Mexico and Italy. The Nouvel Ensemble Moderne orchestra, conducted [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, by Lorraine Vaillancourt, presents a composition by Studio 1 Denys Bouliane. [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur [8:00 pm] 2 WONNY SONG, PIANO. 20th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT [7:30 pm] 3 On the bill: works by Bach, Schubert, Debussy and GALA CONCERT.THOMAS HEYWOOD, Stravinsky. AUSTRALIAN ORGANIST [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur [LA] Église des Saints-Anges Gardiens key to the pictograms on page 4 [8:00 pm] 3 FRIEDRICH KLEINHAPL, CELLO / OCT. SUN. 04 ANDREAS WOYKE, PIANO Music by Beethoven and Friedrich Gulda. [3:00 pm] 26 Presented in association with the Austrian Cultural QUATUOR FRANZ JOSEPH Forum, the Austrian Consulate and the Austrian MOZART:DON JUAN OU LA PASSION À QUATRE Society of Montréal. A man of violent passions, destined for a tragic fate, Carlos [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur Don Juan returns, along with the other protagonists of this joyful drama (drama giocoso) by Mozart, in a fascinating arrangement for string quartet. Olivier Brault and Jacques-André Houle, violins; Hélène Plouffe, viola; and Marcel Saint-Cyr, cello. [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost OCT. 19 QUATUOR SAINT-GERMAIN FRI. 16 FRI. OCT. 9 THE JOSEPH PETRIC PROJECT [8:00 pm] 2 [7:30 pm] 3 [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost CLÉO PALACIO-QUINTIN, FLUTE AND ELECTRONICS; MARIE-ÈVE LAUZON, FLUTE;ÉLIN SÖDERSTRÖM, VIOLA DA SUN. OCT. 11 GAMBA.CONTEMPORARY MUSIC On the programme: works by Gilles Tremblay, Robert [3:30 pm] 2 Dick, Michel Frigon and Cléo Palacio-Quintin. [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur WED. OCT. 14 [8:00 pm] 2 OCT. [CN] Maison de la culture de SUN. 18 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce [10:30 am] 1 FRI. OCT. 16 CAROLINE LOUIS [8:00 pm] UN VOYAGE VERS L'ESPAGNE ET LE PORTUGAL 2 The pianist revives compositions written by Spanish [RPT] Église Saint-Joseph and Portuguese composers between 1890 and 1930, when the influence of Mediterranean folklore was SAT. OCT. 17 at its height. [8:00 pm] 1 [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux l'Entrepôt Photo : Steve Leroux SUN. OCT. 18 [8:00 pm] PART OF THE DEL’ÎLE À LA MER EVENT [4:00 pm] 2
1 MUSIC FROM FRANCE AND BEYOND classical and contemporary [SLE] Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo PART OF THE EN CONCERT SERIES A concert that highlights the virtuosity of the concert Music by Gounod, Schumann, Schubert, Poulenc, accordionist Joseph Petric, the nuanced playing of Tchaikovsky, Fauré, Duparc and Chopin. Andrzej Stèts, the Quatuor Saint-Germain, and the great music tenor, and Jean-Eudes Vaillancourt, piano. that happens when these two worlds meet. Works [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur by Mozart, Andrew P. MacDonald, Villa-Lobos and OCT. Astor Piazzolla. Élise Lavoie and Hugues Laforte- WED. 14 Bouchard, violins; Steve St-Pierre, viola; James Darling, cello; and Joseph Petric, accordion. [8:00 pm] 2 OCT. QUATUOR ALCAN THU. 22 On the programme: works by Beethoven, [7:30 pm] 4 Mendelssohn, Debussy, Schubert and Evangelista. 16 ORCHESTRE MÉTROPOLITAIN.À LA RUSSE Laura Andriani and Nathalie Camus, violins;
See the event description for October 24 key to the pictograms on page 4 Luc Beauchemin, viola; and David Ellis, cello. OCT. [OU] Théâtre Outremont FRI. 09 [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur [8:00 pm] 2 NATA BELKIN, CELLO AND ET BERTA ROSENOHL, PIANO OCT. OCT. On the programme: works by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, THU. 15 FRI. 23 Brahms and Saint-Saëns. [8:00 pm] [7:30 pm] 3 [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur 2 GUY LIVINGSTON, PIANO. 60 X 60 SECONDES DUO LAVOLTA Olivier Brault, violin; and Grégoire Jeay, oboe. CONTEMPORARY MUSIC On the programme: works by Gilles Tremblay, [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur Cléo Palacio-Quintin and 60 composers. Videos by Nelleke Koop, Juan de Graaf, Newt Hinton, Menno Otten and Thijs Schreuder. [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur 20 OCT. AND OCT. MON. 26 TUE. 27 [8:00 pm] 2 LES IDÉES HEUREUSES.HANDEL LES LUNDIS D'EDGAR A concert in honour of George Frideric Handel, who passed away 250 years ago. Geneviève Soly, harpsi- chord, and Natalie Michaud, recorder. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac (October 26) [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges (October 27)
OCT. TUE. 27 [7:30 pm] 16 ORCHESTRE MÉTROPOLITAIN.À LA RUSSE See the event description for October 24 [AC] Église évangélique arménienne
OCT. THU. 29 [8:00 pm] 2 Photo : Eric Larrayadieu ENSEMBLE MAGELLAN
classical and contemporary Yossif Ivanov On the programme: works by Dvorák, Martinu and Janacek. Olivier Thouin, violin; Yukari Cousineau, viola; OCT. OCT. Yegor Dyachkov, cello; and Jean Saulnier, piano. SAT. 24 SUN. 25 [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur [8:00 pm] 16 [3:00 pm] 3 ORCHESTRE MÉTROPOLITAIN.À LA RUSSE ENSEMBLE LA CHAMAILLE On the bill: Russian Easter Festival Overture by Rimsky- LES INVENTEURS DU VIOLONCELLE OCT. Korsakov, Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky and CONCERT À LA VISITATION FRI. 30 Symphony No. 2 by Borodine. Conductor : Leo Hussain. A chance to hear the first compositions written for cello Soloist: Yossif Ivanov, violin. in Italy during the Baroque period. Daniel Finzi and [8:00 pm] 2 [RPT] Salle Désilets, Cégep Marie-Victorin Caroline Goulet, cellos; Guy Ross, theorbo and soprano LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN lute; and Alexis Risler, archlute. Some of the country’s finest young singers treat us to this fanciful tale in which passions, dreams, and love key to the pictograms on page 4 [AC] Église de la Visitation fuse together into a marvellous and magical fantasy. OCT. SUN. 25 [3:00 pm] 3 [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost FRÉDÉRIC CHAMPION, ORGAN [3:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] LA NEF EARLY MUSIC.DOWLAND IN DUBLIN: Winner of the Canadian International Organ 3 Competition. ENSEMBLE KORE AN EVENING OF LUTE SONGS IN AN IRISH PUB [LA] Église des Saints-Anges Gardiens BRUCE MATHER BIRTHDAY CONCERT Ever imagined how a pub in Ireland would have been Works by Bruce Mather. Guest artist: in the sixteenth century? That’s the idea behind this Marie-Annick Beliveau, mezzo-soprano. concert in honour of the Irish lutist, composer and [3:00 pm] 2 [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur singer John Dowland (1563–1626). Musical directors: ATELIER LYRIQUE DE L'OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL Sylvain Bergeron and Seán Dagher. Guest soloist: A miniature gala of operatic arias performed by Michael Slattery. young artists from the 2009–2010 season. [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Salle Jean-Eudes OCT. NOV. 21 SAT. 31 SUN. 15 [2:00 pm] 3 [3:00 pm] 3 QUATUOR MOLINARI.DIALOGUES À LA CHAPELLE ENSEMBLE AMAN.NOCHES, NOCHES On the programme: works by Henri Dutilleux, Benjamin CONCERT À LA VISITATION Britten and Alexina Louie. Olga Ranzenhofer and Founded by the vocalist Hélène Martinez, the Ensemble Frédéric Bednarz, violins; Frédéric Lambert, viola; Aman concentrates on exploring the rich heritage of and Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello. Sephardic musical culture. Voice, flute, strings, lute and [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur percussion all combine to evoke the turbulent history of the Jews in medieval Spain. [AC] Église de la Visitation NOV. THU. 05 [8:00 pm] NOV. 36 MON. PSUKHÔ EN CONCERT.EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC 16 A fascinating encounter between the composer and [8:00 pm] 2 sound artist Jean-François Laporte, creator of the sound DEUX AMIS:CLAUDE DEBUSSY ET ÉRIK SATIE installation Psukhô, and Jean-Marc Bouchard and Marie- BRIGITTE POULIN, PIANO Chantale Leclair, members of the Quasar saxophone LES LUNDIS D'EDGAR quartet. For almost three decades, these two composers would [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville meet once a week at Debussy’s home. The pianist Brigitte Poulin presents a concert in honour of their [8:00 pm] 2 friendship and mutual admiration, in the form of a col- YEGOR DYACHKOV, CELLO AND lection of musical impressions. On the program: Sports et divertissements and Trois Gymnopédies by Satie and RUVIN OSTROWSKY, PIANO classical and contemporary [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur 12 Préludes by Debussy. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac
NOV. SUN. 08 NOV. NOV. SUN. 22 [2:00 pm] 2 THU. 19 SOCIÉTÉ DE MUSIQUE VIENNOISE [8:00 pm] [3:00 pm] 2 Music by many different composers with a connection 16 QUATUOR FRANZ JOSEPH DEUX AMIS:CLAUDE DEBUSSY ET ÉRIK SATIE to Vienna. They include Schrammel, Strohmayer, See the event description for November 16 MOZART:DON JUAN OU LA PASSION À QUATRE Schubert, Lanner and the Strauss family. See the event description for October 4 [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent [AN] Église Jean XXIII key to the pictograms on page 4
[3:30 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] NOV. ERIC SOUCY, VIOLA 2 FRI. 27 LES VOIX HUMAINES.FANTASIAS BY PURCELL PART OF THE EN CONCERT SERIES With Margaret Little and Suzie Napier, viola da gamba. [8:00 pm] [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur 1 [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur TRIBUTE TO ANDRÉ MATHIEU An ensemble of seven musicians, whose ages range [8:00 pm] 1 from 19 to 79, and the conductor Lucie Brisebois, SERHIY SALOV, PIANO present their homage to André Mathieu and his father A recital that lets you discover the talents of a Rodolphe Mathieu. 28-year-old pianist of Ukrainian origin. [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau 22 NOV. SUN. 29 [2:00 pm] 26 QUATUOR FRANZ JOSEPH MOZART:DON JUAN OU LA PASSION À QUATRE See the event description for October 4 [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay
[3:00 pm] 3 DENIS BÉDARD A composer from Quebec who also works as the TUE. DEC. 8 organist at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver. L'ORCHESTRE MÉTROPOLITAIN [7:30 pm] [LA] Église des Saints-Anges Gardiens NOËL ÀL'OPÉRA 1 [SLA] Église Saint-Sixte The Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal and the WED. DEC. 9 DEC. choir of the Orchestre Métropolitain perform excerpts THU. 03 from masterpieces like Massenet’s Werther and [7:30 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] Puccini’s La Bohème. Some traditional Christmas [VE] Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs 2 carols will conclude the evening’s program. RECITAL Conductor: Giuseppe Pietraroia. FRI. DEC. 11 This show features a string duo whose virtuosity and intensity are always impressive. Antoine Bareil, violin, [8:00 pm] 1 and Sébastien Lépine, cello. 6 [PR] Église Marie-Reine-de-la-Paix [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur SAT. DEC. 12
classical and contemporary [4:00 pm] DEC. 1 DEC. SUN. 13 [SLE] Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo SAT. 05 [10:30 am] 1 [8:00 pm] MON. DEC. 14 1 CHANTAL SCOTT, MEZZO-SOPRANO [8:00 pm] CORDES EN DÉLIRE See the event description for December 17 1 This show features a string duo whose virtuosity and [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle [MHM] Collège Maisonneuve, Salle Sylvain-Lelièvre intensity are always impressive. Antoine Bareil, violin, l'Entrepôt and Sébastien Lépine, cello. [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux [3:00 pm] DEC. 36 THU. 17 QUATUOR FRANZ JOSEPH MOZART:DON JUAN OU LA PASSION À QUATRE [8:00 pm] 2
key to the pictograms on page 4 DEC. CONCERT À LA VISITATION ENSEMBLE MAGELLAN THU. 10 See the event description for October 4 [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur [8:00 pm] 1 [AC] Église de la Visitation QUARTOM Four vocalist buddies bring their irresistible love of [3:30 pm] 2 DEC. ANDDEC. comedy to a performance of Gregorian chants, arias CASSE-NOISETTE THU. 17 SAT. 19 from the great operas, French music hall classics, pop The pianist Maneli Pirzadeh performs a transcription of [8:00 pm] hits from the sixties, and everyone’s favourite the famous ballet by Tchaikovsky. 2 Christmas songs. CHANTAL SCOTT, MEZZO-SOPRANO [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur Endowed with one of the most beautiful voices on the [AN] Église Jean XXIII classical music scene, this amazing new talent will per- form songs from her first album. [8:00 pm] 26 [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles QUATUOR FRANZ JOSEPH (December 17) MOZART:DON JUAN OU LA PASSION À QUATRE [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord See the event description for October 4 (December 19) [VM] Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur 23 film film
TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF L’ONF À LA MAISON!
For the past ten years, this series has allowed you to discover recent documen- taries and animated films from the National Film Board of Canada, free of charge and only a short distance from your door.
The films are screened with directors, crew members or special guests in attendance, and a question period gives the audience a chance to learn more about how each film was made. key to the pictograms on page 4
SPECIAL SCREENING Don’t miss the party! Jean-François Pouliot will present ONF 70 ans, his personal tribute to the National Film Board; Torill Kove, winner of an Oscar® for The Danish Poet, will discuss her great love of storytelling in animated film; and Jean-François Lévesque will talk about his animation technique and bring along his animated short entitled The Necktie, a critical look at the apparently immutable powers-that-be, the dehumanizing nature of futile work, and hope reborn after all.
SUN. OCT. 4 [3:00 pm] 2 [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic- Cartierville
The Necktie / Le nœud cravate Photo: National Film Board of Canada 24 SEPT. EVERY MONDAY FRI. 25 [7:30 pm] 1 CINÉ-OUTREMONT [7:30 pm] 2 J’ME VOYAIS DÉJÀ.A FILM BY BACHIR BENSADDEK [OU] Théâtre Outremont (CANADA, 2008) L’ONF À LA MAISON.LES JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE An intimate look at the lives of thirteen aspiring actors enrolled at the Conservatoire d’art dramatique, in Montréal. The director will attend the screening. [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux
film [8:00 pm] 26 SHORT FILMS FROM THE WAPIKONI MOBILE A nomadic project that provides training in digital tech- nology and video techniques to young artists from the National Film Board of Canada Algonquin, Atikamekw, Cree, Innu and Mohawk nations. On the bill: L’amendement , Les enfants per- SEPT. SUN. dus, Le rêve d’une mère, La ville, Mobilisation généra- 27 tion, Petit Prince, Un grand départ, Renaissance, Elle et [1:30 pm] 2 moi and La battante. LE DERNIER CONTINENT [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, A FILM BY JEAN LEMIRE (CANADA, 2007) Studio 1 L’ONF À LA MAISON.LES JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE Taking a handpicked crew of specialists with him, the biologist and filmmaker Jean Lemire heads south to Antarctica to observe the consequences of climate change. SEPT. SAT. 26 [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds [4:00 pm] 3 [2:00 pm] LA MÉMOIRE DES ANGES. L’ONF À LA MAISON 36 LE BARBIER.A FILM BY JULIE DESCARPENTRIES See the event description for November 12 (BELGIUM–QUEBEC, 2008) [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac key to the pictograms on page 4 SEPT. RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES DU DOCUMENTAIRE WED. 23 DE MONTRÉAL.LES JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE AportraitofRoger,abarberwhohasdedicatedhistimeformany [7:30 pm] 26 [7:30 pm] 3 yearsasavolunteerattheAccueilBonneaushelter.Screened BORDERLINE L'ATELIER DE MON PÈRE secondisUntroudansletemps,afilmbyCatherineProulx. LES RENDEZ-VOUS DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS A FILM BY JENNIFER ALLEYN (CANADA, 2008) [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac See the event description for October 19 LES JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac Like an anthropologist, the director scrutinizes the work- shop and canvases of her late father, the celebrated painter Edmund Alleyn, in a brave quest to understand his career SEPT. and passions. The director will attend the screening. THU. 24 [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [8:00 pm] 2 FOLLE DE DIEU.A FILM BY JEAN-DANIEL LAFOND (CANADA, 2008) L’ONF À LA MAISON An astonishing portrait of Marie Guyart, a woman who was born in France, in 1599, but was so inspired by her love of God that she abandoned son and country to found the Ursuline convent in Quebec City, in 1639. With Marie Tifo in the lead role. A discussion with Aline Apostolska follows the screening. [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost OCT. OCT. OCT. 25 SUN. 04 MON. 05 TUE. 06 [2:00 pm] 26 [7:30 pm] 2 [1:30 pm] 2 WAPIKONI MOBILE LA BATAILLE DE RABASKA FOLLE DE DIEU. L’ONF À LA MAISON See the event description for September 25 A FILM BY MAGNUS ISACSSON AND MARTIN DUCKWORTH See the event description for September 24 [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay (CANADA, 2008) L’ONF À LA MAISON [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges A record of the battle led by citizens and ecologists against the building of a methane gas port by the [7:30 pm] Rabaska consortium on the south shore of the 2 [3:00 pm] LE COLONEL MACIÁ.A FILM BY JOSEP MARIA FORN 26 St. Lawrence River. Magnus Isacsson will attend the LE MAGICIEN DE KABOUL (SPAIN, 2008) screening. Also on the bill: a film by Jean-François A FILM BY PHILIPPE BAYLAUCQ (CANADA, 2008) A study of conflict between Spanish soldiers and Lévesque entitled The Necktie / Le nœud cravate. Catalan political militants. Presented in tandem with
L’ONF À LA MAISON film In 2001, Haruhiro Shiratori, a Japanese restaurateur, lost his [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds the exhibition République! Affiches et affichistes only son in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Instead of (1931-1939), described on page 49. isolating himself in grief, he went to Afghanistan to meet and [7:30 pm] 26 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges help its people. Screening to be followed by a discussion. CE QU'IL FAUT POUR VIVRE [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges A FILM BY BENOÎT PILON (QUEBEC, 2006) LES RENDEZ-VOUS DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS OCT. After being admitted to a sanatorium in Quebec City, WED. 07 an Inuit hunter stricken with tuberculosis undergoes a [7:30 pm] [3:00 pm] 2 painful journey of adjustment and recovery, helped in 2 CE QU'IL RESTE DE NOUS TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF L’ONF À LA MAISON great measure by his friendship with a young patient at SPECIAL SCREENING the institution. A special guest will attend the screening. A FILM BY FRANÇOIS PRÉVOST AND HUGO LATULIPPE (CANADA, 2004) L’ONF À LA MAISON See the event description on page 23 [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville KalsangDolma,ayoungTibetanrefugeeinQuebec,crosses theHimalayas.Shecarriesavideomessagerecordedbythe DalaiLama,thespiritualandpoliticalleaderofherpeople. ScreeningwillbefollowedbyadiscussionwithKalsangDolma. Alsoshowing:Retouches. [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun key to the pictograms on page 4
OCT. TUE. 13 [7:30 pm] 2 LIBERTY, USA. A FILM BY ALAN HANDEL (CANADA, 2008) L’ONF À LA MAISON In the United States, more than 200 towns and counties are called Liberty. This new documentary takes us on a journey to the core of America’s most celebrated value as we travel to six of these towns and meet a cast of memorable characters. [SLE] Bibliothèque Saint-Léonard
OCT. WED. 14 [1:30 pm] 2 MARIE-HÉLÈNE ALLAIN EN DIALOGUE AVEC LA PIERRE A FILM BY RODOLPHE CARON (CANADA, 2008) An ordained nun as well as a professional artist, Marie- Hélène Allain talks passionately about how she initiated her “dialogue with stone.” She will attend the screening. [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles National Film Board of Canada Production still 26 OCT. OCT. OCT. WED. 14 TUE. 20 THU. 29 [7:30 pm] 2 [2:00 pm] 2 [7:30 pm] 2 SOUS LA CAGOULE, VOYAGE AU BOUT DE LA TORTURE MARIE-HÉLÈNE ALLAIN EN DIALOGUE AVEC LA PIERRE DIEU A-T-IL QUITTÉ L'AFRIQUE? A FILM BY PATRICIO HENRIQUEZ (CANADA, 2008) L’ONF À LA MAISON A FILM BY MUSA DIENG KALA (CANADA, 2008) L’ONF À LA MAISON See the event description for October 14 L’ONF À LA MAISON Exposing how torture has been used, both past and [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville The struggles of five young African men who are des- present, as a political weapon, this alarming documen- perate to immigrate to the West, whatever the cost. tary shows the real face of suffering and explains how a The director will attend the screening. new, institutional form of barbarism is rising in the OCT. [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges modern world. The director will attend the screening. WED. 21 [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville film [7:00 pm] 36 BORDERLINE See the event description for October 19 [IS] Bibliothèque de L’Île-Bizard
OCT. THU. 22 [8:00 pm] 2 SILENCE, ON VACCINE.A DOCUMENTARY BY LINA B. MORECO (CANADA, 2008) L’ONF À LA MAISON A disturbing look at a controversial issue for public health, that of vaccination. The director will attend the screening. [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost TVA Films Shown above: Isabelle Blais OCT. key to the pictograms on page 4 MON. 26 [7:00 pm] 36 OCT. TOUT EST PARFAIT MON. 19 See the event description for December 2 [7:30 pm] 26 [AN] Bibliothèque Jean-Corbeil BORDERLINE.A FILM BY LYNE CHARLEBOIS
(QUÉBEC, 2008) Photo : André Gill Shown above: Alanis Obomsawin LES RENDEZ-VOUS DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS OCT. Kiki is trying desperately to finish her master’s thesis TUE. 27 NOV. because she feels forever preyed upon by the ghosts SUN. 01 of her troubled past. With Isabelle Blais, Angèle Coutu [7:00 pm] 2 and Sylvie Drapeau. For ages 16 and over. CE QU'IL RESTE DE NOUS.SORTIES CINÉ [2:00 pm] 26 [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle See the event description for October 7 WABAN-AKI: PEUPLE DU SOLEIL LEVANT L’Entrepôt [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord A FILM BY ALANIS OBOMSAWIN (CANADA, 2006) L’ONF À LA MAISON The director returns to Odanad, the village where she [7:30 pm] 2 grew up, to record a luminous and lyrical portrait of her MARIE-HÉLÈNE ALLAIN EN DIALOGUE AVEC LA PIERRE OCT. own people. Obomsawin will attend the screening. L’ONF À LA MAISON WED. 28 [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal See the event description for October 14 [7:30 pm] 26 [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent CLUB NATIVE. L’ONF À LA MAISON See the event description for November 15 [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun NOV. NOV. NOV. 27 TUE. 03 TUE. 10 TUE. 17 [7:00 pm] 2 [7:00 pm] 26 [7:00 pm] 2 LE DIABLE AU CORPS LE MAGICIEN DE KABOUL.SORTIES CINÉ DES BILLES, DES BALLONS ET DES GARÇONS A DOCUMENTARY BY JOHANNE PRÉGENT (CANADA, 1989) L’ONF À LA MAISON A DOCUMENTARY BY MARQUISE LEPAGE (CANADA, 2007) L’ONF À LA MAISON See the event description for October 4 Two young boys discuss how they have been mistreated Looking at the lives of people afflicted with mental ill- [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord and exploited in their lives, and confide in us their hopes ness, this film shows how difficult it can be for them to and dreams. The director will attend the screening. work and live alongside “normal” members of society. [7:00 pm] 2 [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, The director will attend the screening. MARTHA QUI VIENT DU FROID Studio 1 [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 1 L’ONF À LA MAISON See the event description for December 9 [7:30 pm] 2 film [7:30 pm] 2 [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, CE QU'IL RESTE DE NOUS. L’ONF À LA MAISON LE PEUPLE INVISIBLE Studio 1 See the event description for October 7 A FILM BY RICHARD DESJARDINS AND ROBERT MONDERIE [SLE] Bibliothèque Saint-Léonard (QUEBEC, 2007) L’ONF À LA MAISON A passionate study of the Algonquins, a nation of barely NOV. 9,000 people that continues to suffer in silence. Robert WED. 11 Monderie will attend the screening. [7:30 pm] [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 26 CLUB NATIVE. L’ONF À LA MAISON See the event description for November 15 [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville NOV. WED. 04 [1:30 pm] 26 NOV. WAPIKONI MOBILE THU. 12 See the event description for September 25 [2:00 pm] [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges 1 LA MÉMOIRE DES ANGES A FILM BY LUC BOURDON (CANADA, 2008) [7:30 pm] key to the pictograms on page 4 2 L’ONF À LA MAISON TOPOGRAPHIE DE LA MÉMOIRE In La mémoire des anges, Luc Bourdon revisits Montréal A FILM BY DOLORS GENOVÈS (SPAIN) in the 1950s and 1960s as seen through the lens of film- Reflecting on how public space and public memory can makers at the National Film Board of Canada. be manipulated for political motives, this documentary studies the way that some communities address or [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle ignore their past. The director will attend the screen- l'Entrepôt ing, which is presented in tandem with the exhibition République! Affiches et affichistes (1931-1939), described on page 49. [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges NOV. SUN. 15 [2:00 pm] 26 CLUB NATIVE A FILM BY TRACEY DEER (CANADA, 2008) L’ONF À LA MAISON Born in Kahnawake, the director studies the contempo- rary reality of First Nations identity through the prism of four women’s lives. The director will attend the screening. Two short films by the Wapikoni Mobile are also on the bill. National Film Board of Canada [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal An angel in Alfred Desrochers, poète, a film by Claude Fournier 28 NOV. NOV. NOV. WED. 18 SUN. 22 TUE. 24 [7:30 pm] 2 [2:00 pm] 2 [7:00 pm] 2 CITIZEN LAMBERT:JEANNE D'ARCHITECTURE CHERS ÉLECTEURS TRIBUTE TO PIERRE PERRAULT. L’ONF À LA MAISON A FILM BY TERI WEHN-DAMISH (CANADA, 2006) A DOCUMENTARY BY MANUEL FOGLIA (CANADA, 2008) Two films directed by René Bonnière and produced by A unique glimpse into the world of Phyllis Bronfman L’ONF À LA MAISON Pierre Perrault. In Attiuk, the director spends twelve Lambert, renowned Canadian architect, urban activist, From the comfort of the National Assembly to the door- days on snowshoes with the Montagnais people as they patron, and founder of the Canadian Centre for to-door canvassing in their ridings, the director follows track the caribou across the wilderness. Ka Ke Ki Ku Architecture in Montréal. (In English with French the lives of two provincial politicians: Daniel Turp, a PQ takes a more general view of the lives of the subtitles.) Also showing: The Necktie/Le nœud cravate, minister from Mercier, and Charlotte L’Écuyer, a Liberal Montagnais. Yolande Simard, the widow of an animated film by Jean-François Lévesque. minister from Pontiac. The director will attend the Pierre Perrault, will attend the screenings which [VE] Centre communautaire Elgar screening. is presented in tandem with the exhibition Les film [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal Montagnais, described on page 51. [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, NOV. [2:00 pm] 2 Studio 1 THU. 19 LA MÉMOIRE DES ANGES. L’ONF À LA MAISON [8:00 pm] 26 See the event description for November 12 CE QU'IL FAUT POUR VIVRE [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay NOV. See the event description for October 5 WED. 25 [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost [1:30 pm] 2 LA MÉMOIRE DES ANGES. L’ONF À LA MAISON See the event description for November 12 [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles
[7:30 pm] 2 BUCAREST, LA MEMÒRIA PERDUDA A FILM BY ALBERT SOLÉ (SPAIN, 2008) A record of the troubled lives and memories of people in Spain who suffered during the struggle against General Franco and the oppression of the Cold War key to the pictograms on page 4 years. In Catalan with French subtitles. Presented in tandem with the exhibition République! Affiches et affichistes (1931-1939), described on page 49. [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges
NOV. SUN. 29 [2:00 pm] 2 ROADSWORTH:CROSSING THE LINE A DOCUMENTARY BY ALAN KOHL (CANADA, 2008) L’ONF À LA MAISON A look at the unusual career of Peter Gibson, alias Roadsworth, a Montréal artist whose experiments in land art (adapting official street-markings with his own creative images) begged the question, Who owns pub- lic space? Original English version with French subtitles. Peter Gibson will attend the screening. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal National Film Board of Canada DEC. DEC. 29 WED. 02 TUE. 08 [1:30 pm] 2 [7:30 pm] 26 LA MÉMOIRE DES ANGES. L’ONF À LA MAISON CE QU'IL FAUT POUR VIVRE See the event description for November 12 See the event description for October 5 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges [SLE] Bibliothèque Saint-Léonard
[7:30 pm] 26 TOUT EST PARFAIT.A FILM BY YVES CHRISTIAN FOURNIER DEC. (QUEBEC, 2008) WED. 09 A few weeks after their friend Sacha takes his own life, [7:30 pm] three teenagers go through with a suicide pact of their own. 2 MARTHA QUI VIENT DU FROID.A DOCUMENTARY BY film People then turn to Josh, the closest friend of the deceased, MARQUISE LEPAGE (CANADA, 2009) L’ONF À LA MAISON to find out what he may have known about the plan. In the nineteen-fifties, Martha and her family were [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac forced to leave their Inuit village. Taking the story of her difficult and isolated childhood as its centrepiece, this film sheds light on a dark corner of Canadian DEC. history. The director will attend the screening. SUN. 06 [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville [2:00 pm] 2 LA MÉMOIRE DES ANGES. L’ONF À LA MAISON See the event description for November 12 [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal
Shown above: Alexis National Film Board of Canada
DEC. TUE. 01 key to the pictograms on page 4 [7:00 pm] 2 ...ET LA MUSIQUE A DOCUMENTARY BY MICHEL LAM (CANADA, 2008) L’ONF À LA MAISON Students at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Sherbrooke are learning French, math, history . . . et la musique. This film looks at how influential the arts can be for the overall education and maturity of a child. [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 1
[7:30 pm] 3 TOPOVIDÉOGRAPHIE Groupe Intervention Vidéo, a production centre for independent movies by female artists, invites you to discover eclectic works from Quebec and around Canada. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal
Shown above: Martha Flaherty Photo: Évangéline De Pas 30 theatre, dance, comedy & performance
COMA UNPLUGGED 5F WRITTEN BY PIERRE-MICHEL TREMBLAY THÉÂTRE DE LA MANUFACTURE After breaking up with his lover, Daniel Martin is deep in the doldrums. Then an accident occurs that plunges him into a coma. Strangely, the condition will allow him to regain a certain degree of freedom, to question his identity and even to reinvent his life. Performed by Benoît Gouin, Louise Laparé, Steve Laplante and Marie-Hélène Thibault. Directed by Denis Bernard. 6 SAT. SEPT. 19 [8:00 pm] 2 [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux- Trembles theatre, dance, comedy & performance THU. OCT. 8 [8:00 pm] 2 [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord
FRI. OCT. 9 [8:00 pm] 1 [IS] Salle Pauline-Julien
TUE. DEC. 1 [7:30 pm] 1 [SLA] Cégep Saint-Laurent, Salle Émile- Legault key to the pictograms on page 4
FRI. DEC. 4 [8:00 pm] 1 [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle l'Entrepôt Photo: Rolline Laporte The actor Steve Laplante SEPT. SEPT. 31 THU. 17 FRI. 25 [7:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 L'OTAGE.WRITTEN BY CATHERINE HUARD PLATERO ET MOI THÉÂTRE IN-EXTREMIS A show inspired by the poetry of the Spanish writer The summer before she begins university, Marie-Pierre Juan Ramón Jiménez and the music of the Italian com- works in a restaurant in Old Montréal. The job exposes poser Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Wandering from her to several human tragedies, and she is forced to town to town, accompanied by a donkey named question her view of the world and her understanding Platero, a poet observes the daily life of humans and of what kind of person she is and wants to be. Directed their relationship with nature. Directed by Milena by Benoit Landry. Buziak. With Marcela Pizarro-Minella, narration, and [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac André Rodriguez, guitar. [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce theatre SEPT. FRI. 18 SEPT. AND SEPT. [8:00 pm] 2 FRI. 25 SAT. 26 L'OTAGE [7:30 pm] 3 See the event description for September 17 PARADE ISSIMO.LES SAGES FOUS [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac LES JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE Martin Drainville and Nathalie Malette A wonderful, walkabout show that lets us discover some unusual characters in a brand new way. SEPT. AND SEPT. SUN. TUE. SEPT. [RPT] Maison du Bon Temps (September 25) 27 29 SAT. 19 [RPT] Sanctuaire de la Réparation au Sacré-Cœur (September [7:30 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] 26 26) FEMME DE RÊVE.WRITTEN BY NORM FOSTER COMA UNPLUGGED.THÉÂTRE DE LA MANUFACTURE For Denis’s 47th birthday, his friend Jean-Louis has See the event description on page 30 signed him up at a dating service. After compiling a list of the ten qualities that his ideal lover must have, this [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles SEPT. SAT. 26 rare pearl suddenly appears before them like magic. But is it only the product of their imagination? [7:00 pm] 3 Directed by Martin Faucher. Performed by Luc Guérin, key to the pictograms on page 4 SEPT. LES VIEILLES Martin Drainville and Nathalie Malette. THU. 24 LES JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE [SLE] Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo (September 27) [8:00 pm] Street theatre in which some tough old dames use [SLA] Cégep Saint-Laurent, Salle Émile-Legault 2 colourful masks and clever puppetry to depict and TOP DOGS.THÉÂTRE DE LA MARÉE HAUTE (September 29) See the event decription for November 5 deflate certain social stereotypes about women and [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac aging. [CN] Parc Notre-Dame-de-Grâce OCT. THU. 01
SEPT. [8:00 pm] 2 SUN. 27 TOP DOGS.THÉÂTRE DE LA MARÉE HAUTE See the event description for November 5 [2:00 pm] 2 [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost PLATERO ET MOI LES JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE See the event description for September 25 [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun 32 OCT. OCT. NOV. THU. 08 SUN. 18 THU. 05 [8:00 pm] 26 [8:00 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] 2 COMA UNPLUGGED.THÉÂTRE DE LA MANUFACTURE FEMME DE RÊVE.WRITTEN BY NORM FOSTER TOP DOGS.WRITTEN BY URS WIDMER See the event description on page 30 See the event description for September 27 THÉÂTRE DE LA MARÉE HAUTE [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau The title of this play refers to a group of brash, ultra- competitive executives who suddenly become unem- ployed. These top dogs are in for some hilariously bizarre therapy as they try to adapt to their new status. OCT. OCT. Directed by Michel-Maxime Legault. FRI. 09 FRI. 23 [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal [8:00 pm] 16 [8:00 pm] 2 COMA UNPLUGGED.THÉÂTRE DE LA MANUFACTURE LES MAINS FROIDES See the event description on page 30 WRITTEN BY AUDREY-ANNE BOUCHARD AND JACYNTHE theatre [IS] Salle Pauline-Julien RIVERIN Lisa is a brilliant concert pianist, a meticulous profes- [8:00 pm] 2 sional. But tonight, in the middle of a recital, the music PLATERO ET MOI awakens old memories that she thought she had buried See the event description for September 25 forever. Performance by Jacynthe Riverin. [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce [8:00 pm] 2 SUNK IN THE TRUNK; L'EXTRAORDINAIRE DÉMÊLÉ D'UN CLOWN AVEC L'IMMIGRATION OCT. TO OCT. WED. SAT. WRITTEN BY JONATHAN HIMSWORTH AND LYNNE COOPER 28 31 PRODUCTION:TRUNK COLLECTIF [8:00 pm] 2 An allegorical, wordless clown show which depicts an PIPOKA CIRKUS MIRAKULUS absurd encounter between one clown living in a trunk, CREATED BY MARIANNE DESJARDINS and another who is the sole guardian of a national bor- Madam Pipoka is miracle-worker, soothsayer, and healer, der marked out with nothing more than toilet paper. someone who is used to looking deep into the crystal Combining theatre, dance and video projections, this ball. Even though she sometimes looks like a puppet, can
key to the pictograms on page 4 rollicking tragicomedy covers themes of power, loneli- we be sure just who is manipulating whom? Performed ness and fear of the unknown. by Myriame Larose and Noë Cropsal. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal [8:00 pm] 2 TOP DOGS.THÉÂTRE DE LA MARÉE HAUTE See the event description for November 5 NOV. AND NOV. SUN. 01 TUE. 03 [RPT] Salle Désilets, Cégep Marie-Victorin [7:30 pm] 16 LES FRÈRES LAFORÊT JANVIER TOUPIN THÉÂTRE D'ENVERGURE OCT.
See the event description for November 15 Photo: Claude Hamel FRI. 16 [SLE] Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo (November 1) [8:00 pm] 2 [OU] Théâtre Outremont (November 3) BOUSILLE ET LES JUSTES.WRITTEN BY GRATIEN GÉLINAS NOV. This play introduces us to the mentally-challenged SAT. 07 Bousille, and a socially paranoid family, the Grenons, [8:00 pm] one of whose members is guilty of deadly assault. 26 LES FRÈRES LAFORÊT Bousille was the only witness to the crime – will his tes- JANVIER TOUPIN THÉÂTRE D'ENVERGURE timony be trusted? Directed by Michèle Deslauriers. See the event description for November 15 Performed by Marc-André Coallier, Béatrice Picard, Yves Corbeil, Christine Lamer and Paul Dion. [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier NOV. NOV. AND NOV. PIERRE-LUC À ISAAC À JOS 33 TUE. 10 TUE. 17 THU. 19 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 26 PRODUCED BY THÉÂTRE LES GENS D’EN BAS TOP DOGS.THÉÂTRE DE LA MARÉE HAUTE LES FRÈRES LAFORÊT PART OF THE DEL’ÎLE À LA MER EVENT See the event description for November 5 JANVIER TOUPIN THÉÂTRE D'ENVERGURE In this sensitive comedy, we meet Pierre-Luc, who was [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville See the event description for November 15 born into a family where the profession of fisherman is [MHM] Collège de Maisonneuve, Salle Sylvain-Lelièvre passed on from father to son. But when he decides to study Fine Arts instead, he is disowned by his father, (November 17) who cannot accept an end to the family tradition. NOV. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac (November 19) THU. 12 Written by Cédric Landry. Directed by Eudore Belzile Performed by Yves Bélanger, Hubert Lemire and [8:00 pm] 3 6 Reynald Robinson. LES ÉMIGRÉS.THÉÂTRE DEUXIÈME RÉALITÉ NOV. Featuring an intellectual political refugee and a migrant SAT. 21 theatre worker obsessed with the need to earn money, this play [8:00 pm] 4 depicts the complex feelings of emigrants and immi- 26 ROLAND OU LA VÉRITÉ DU VAINQUEUR THU. NOV. 26 grants with humour and finesse. Directed by Alexandre THÉÂTRE DE LA PIRE ESPÈCE [8:00 pm] Marine. 2 A show that combines theatre, puppetry and shadow [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension play. Each in their own fashion, two characters retell the de Montréal-Nord story of the Song of Roland, the oldest surviving major work of French literature. Directed by Olivier Ducas. FRI. NOV. 27 [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, [8:00 pm] 1 Salle Jean-Eudes [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle l'Entrepôt
SAT. NOV. 28 NOV. THU. 26 [8:00 pm] 2 [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier [8:00 pm] 26 LES FRÈRES LAFORÊT SAT. DEC. 5 JANVIER TOUPIN THÉÂTRE D'ENVERGURE [8:00 pm]
2 key to the pictograms on page 4 See the event description for November 15 [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost Salle Jean-Eudes [8:00 pm] 2 SUN. DEC. 6 LUI.AN EXISTENTIAL FANTASY.WRITTEN BY MARC-ANTOINE CYR [7:30 pm] 1 KOBOL MARIONNETTES [SLE] Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo A new work of puppet theatre for adults. It offers a poetic and surreal story embellished with lucid reflec-
Photo: Sylvain Laquerre tions about the paradoxes of life. Written by Marc- Shown above: Dany Michaud Antoine Cyr. Directed by Marcelle Hudon. [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles NOV. SUN. 15 NOV. [8:00 pm] 16 FRI. 27 LES FRÈRES LAFORÊT JANVIER TOUPIN THÉÂTRE D'ENVERGURE [8:00 pm] 2 After the death of their father, Philippe and Daniel MIRABILIS.WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ANNE-SOPHIE must decide whether or not to fulfill his last wishes. ROULEAU.MATÉRIAUX COMPOSITE The two brothers must also learn to deal with their Combining dance, theatre and music, this play is contrasting personalities and their diverging ideas. inspired by the spirit of collectors and “the cabinet of Directed by Patrice Dubois. curiosities,” a form of exhibit which was popular in [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau Renaissance Europe, and which represents a precursor to the modern museum.
[CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Photo : Steve Leroux Hubert Lemire, Reynald Robinson and Yves Bélanger 34 DEC. THU. 10 [8:00 pm] 2 LUI.AN EXISTENTIAL FANTASY See the event description for November 26 [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
DEC. SUN. 13 [8:00 pm] 1 UN PEU, BEAUCOUP, PASSIONNÉMENT WRITTEN BY RICHARD BAER A romantic comedy that features a 65-year-old widower theatre who decides to pay court to a 63-year-old widow. Directed by Monique Duceppe. Performed by Pierrette Robitaille, Donald Pilon and Normand Lévesque. [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau DEC. FRI. 18
Photo : Marlène Gélineau-Payette DEC. FRI. 18 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 L'UN POUR L'AUTRE.DUO PHIL &MIRKO AU CENTRE DU DÉSERT CLOWN THEATRE Shown above: Benoît Gouin and Steve Laplante BASED ON SAINT-EXUPÉRY’S NOVEL TERREDES HOMMES It’s birthday time for the twins Phil and Mirko. But this DEC. AMACAKROUX PRODUCTION year, their exchange of gifts leads to a conflict that TUE. 01 We follow the struggle of Saint-Exupéry and his shows how completely different they are, despite mechanic Prévot as they fight to survive after their [7:30 pm] appearing identical. 16 plane crashes in the desert. Directed by Julien Keable [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac COMA UNPLUGGED.THÉÂTRE DE LA MANUFACTURE and Laurent Boudreault. Presented by Coup de pouce – See the event description on page 30 Vue sur la relève. [SLA] Cégep Saint-Laurent, Salle Émile-Legault [CN] Maison de la culture de key to the pictograms on page 4 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
DEC. AND DEC. TUE. 01 WED. 02 [8:00 pm] 26 LES FRÈRES LAFORÊT JANVIER TOUPIN THÉÂTRE D'ENVERGURE See the event description for November 15 [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville (December 1) [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal (December 2)
DEC. FRI. 04 [8:00 pm] 16 COMA UNPLUGGED.THÉÂTRE DE LA MANUFACTURE See the event description on page 30 [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle l'Entrepôt she focuses on the trivial but telling details that give us 35 TRANSATLANTIQUE MONTRÉAL 2009 OCT. AND OCT. a real understanding of our history. In Madness tango, FRI. 02 SAT. 03 CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL Noel Straza and Pablo Pugliese wander through a garden of emotion, from the casual to the sensual, [8:00 pm] 2 BLANCHE-NEIGE (PAS SELON DISNEY!) from boredom to violence, before arriving at a poignant SEPT. CHOREOGRAPHY BY MANON OLIGNY state of vulnerability. FRI. 18 The choreographer transposes the identity of [6:30 pm] 3 [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve Snow White onto contemporary society, as a means THIERRY SHICKES AND ISMAËL MOUARAKI of asking whether or not, in our relentless search for In Première Liberté, the choreographer and performer perfection, we are all a little bit like her. Thierry Shickes will surprise you with an unusual combi- SEPT. [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, nation of dancing and large-scale painting. In Passages 1, SAT. 19 Salle Jean-Eudes Ismaël Mouaraki, from the Destin Croisé company, [8:00 pm] 1 draws his inspiration from unconventional locations. NELISIWE XABA (SOUTH AFRICA) dance His body strives to create a relationship between In Plasticization, Nelisiwe Xaba demonstrates how our horizontal and vertical surfaces. sense of touch has been lost in the materialist and syn- [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve thetic environment we have created around us. In a second piece, They Look at Me and That's All They Think, the choreographer alludes to Sara Baartman, an African slave in the nineteenth century who has become a symbol of colonial oppression. For Nelisiwe Xaba, the story has echoes of her own artistic journey. [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve
SEPT. AND SEPT. FRI. 25 SAT. 26 [8:00 pm] 2 The program includes Pervers Comme le Ciel Bleu and Pop! Bang! by Alyson Wishnousky, Shitoi & Dordur by Dany Desjardins and Distance and Jo Leslie, Affair of the Heart by Zoja Smutny. key to the pictograms on page 4 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges
SEPT. AND SEPT. TUE. 29 WED. 30 [8:00 pm] 2 FLUIDENGIN CHOREOGRAPHY BY NORMAND MARCY Madness tango Fluidengin, choreographed by Normand Marcy Choreography by Noel Straza and Pablo Pugliese and produced by the Bang ! de brut theatre company, launches the viewer into a series of paintings-in-motion [8:00 pm] 1 whose non-linear structure and polyphonic soundtrack Fluidengin. Choreography by Normand Marcy OPENING NIGHT create a wonderful collective energy. The evening With P-DJ #1, the choreographer Roger Sinha shows us begins with a short piece entitled Blind Age. his Indian heritage through a fascinating hybrid of [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce movement, words, sounds and technology. Klimtic (Solo #1) by Lina Cruz pulls us into a surreal but playful world. Next, in Dulcinée-Épisode II, Dulcinea Langfelder explores the origins of our humanity in search of a more profound sensibility. In Épisode V, 36 OCT. OCT. FRI. 02 SAT. 10 [8:00 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] 26 YOGINI GANDHI.DANSE POUR LES DIEUX ET LES ROIS DIEU NE T'A PAS CRÉÉ JUSTE POUR DANSER An internationally acclaimed talent, Yogini Gandhi is CHOREOGRAPHY BY MARIE BÉLAND amongst the very few dancers who perform two Indian MARIBÉ – SORS DE CE CORPS classical dance styles, kathak and odissi, with equal An amusing analysis (or outright send-up?) of all that is dexterity and virtuosity. routine and codified in contemporary dance. Beyond [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville straight comedy, the piece challenges the audience to consider what it thinks a dance show should be. [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Salle Jean-Eudes
dance SPOKEN WORD/BODY PRODUCTION LAPS OCT. A show that combines dance, theatre and THU. 15 performance art and raises questions about [8:00 pm] 2 the future of the human body in the Age of MAN AND MOUSE Technology. CHOREOGRAPHY BY KATIE WARD AND THEA PATTERSON A show inspired by the John Steinbeck novel Of Mice and Men. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal Photo: Élaine Phaneuf
OCT. FRI. 16 [8:00 pm] OCT. 26 TUE. 27 DIEU NE T'A PAS CRÉÉ JUSTE POUR DANSER See the event description for October 10 [7:30 pm] 1 4 key to the pictograms on page 4 [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord CIBLER.CHOREOGRAPHY BY KARINE LEDOYEN DANSE K PAR K This highly rhythmic but sensitive piece, written for three dancers and one actress, strives to express the OCT. fragility of human existence during the key moments FRI. 23 of our lives.
Photo: Franck Desgagnés [8:00 pm] 2 [OU] Théâtre Outremont Martin Bélanger and Jean-Sébastien Durocher DÉCOMPTE.CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE BY ZAB MABOUNGOU NYATA NYATA DANCE COMPANY 6 OCT. Guided by the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, this FRI. 30 TUE. OCT. 6 complex and codified dance becomes a meditation on [8:00 pm] 2 the nature of movement and existence. [8:00 pm] 2 [MHM] Maison de la culture Frontenac Accompaniment: Marc Keyevuh on drums, and LANCER DU NAIN Jean-Christophe Lizotte on cello. CHOREOGRAPHY BY GENEVIÈVE GAGNÉ THU. OCT. 8 [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville AND EMILY HONEGGER [8:00 pm] 3 Directly inspired by the personalities of the four [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension dancers, this choreography represents a marriage between contemporary dance and hip-hop, presented SAT. OCT. 10 in a playful and energetic spirit. [4:00 pm] 2 [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal NOV. AND NOV. 37 FRI. 06 FRI. 13 [8:00 pm] 26 DIEU NE T'A PAS CRÉÉ JUSTE POUR DANSER See the event description for October 10 [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost (November 6) [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal (November 13)
NOV. AND NOV. SAT. 14 FRI. 20
[8:00 pm] 26 dance ENFIN VOUS ZESTES LOUISE BÉDARD DANSE Inspired by the work of the Canadian painter Marianna Gartner, this dance fashions a world where nothing is quite what it seems. The sometimes comic, sometimes absurd movements of the dancers create a mood that
borders on the surreal. Photo: Geneviève Lizotte Creative director and choreographer: Louise Bédard. Shown above: Jean-François Déziel and Sarah Williams [RPT] Salle Désilets, Cégep Marie-Victorin (November 14) [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord NOV. (November 20) FRI. 27 [8:00 pm] 26 DIEU NE T'A PAS CRÉÉ JUSTE POUR DANSER NOV. See the event description for October 10 FRI. 20 [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [8:00 pm] 2 Photo: Bo Huang
ESPOIR DANSE II. JEUNE BALLET DU QUÉBEC key to the pictograms on page 4 The Jeune ballet du Québec is formed by a small but [8:00 pm] 1 6 multi-talented group of dancers, aged between 16 and ENFIN VOUS ZESTES 20 years old, who have graduated from the École See the event description for November 14 supérieure de ballet contemporain de Montréal. [SLE] Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier DEC. SAT. 05 DEC. FRI. 04 [8:00 pm] NOV. 2 WED. 25 [8:00 pm] 2 RÉTROSPEK CHOREOGRAPHY BY ALEXANDRA “SPICEY”LANDÉ [8:00 pm] ESPOIR DANSE II 26 JEUNE BALLET DU QUÉBEC LES ENTRÉES EN SCÈNE LOTO-QUÉBEC ENFIN VOUS ZESTES See the event description for November 20 Through a powerful combination of theatrical See the event description for November 14 [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord expression and hip-hop dance, the nine performers [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal evoke themes of despair and death, of love and passion. [RPT] Salle Désilets, Cégep Marie-Victorin 38 OCT. SEPT. OCT. FRI. 16 SUN. 13 THU. 29 [8:00 pm] 1 [3:00 pm] 3 [7:00 pm] 2 FRANÇOIS LÉVEILLÉ FRONTENAC A 20 ANS: 20 COUPS DE CANON! UN ORTEIL DANS LE VIDE.CIRCUS AND DANCE [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau Actors, dancers and puppeteers stationed in the library, Two figures carry and support each other, reaching showrooms, amphitheatre, entrance hall and box office out across the void to dance with a child who is no present scenes that refer to a literary work in the longer there. A performance by Sandy Bessette and OCT. Marie-Claude Roulez. Opening act: Stairway, an SAT. 24 library’s collection or to an important event in the history of the Maison de la culture Frontenac. urban dance troupe. [8:00 pm] 1 [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [VSP] TOHU RÉAL BÉLAND.SIMPLICITÉ VOLONTAIRE – NEW SHOW [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle l'Entrepôt NOV. SAT. 14 NOV. [4:00 pm] 3 MON. 09 DYNAMO COLÉOPTERA [7:30 pm] 1 5E This multidisciplinary group puts on an eclectic show JOEY ELIAS full of drama, music, dance and video projections. This native Montrealer began performing comedy in [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension 1992 after losing a pool-hall bet to a friend. Since comedy & performance then, he’s performed eleven times at the Just For Laughs Festival. [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds photo: Len Langevin
NOV. AND NOV. FRI. 13 SAT. 14 [8:00 pm] 1 Les Parfaits inconnus LES GRANDES GUEULES.COMPLICES [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau OCT. SUN. 18 NOV. [8:00 pm] 2 FRI. 20 LES PARFAITS INCONNUS Sylvain Dubois and Emmanuel Bochud bring us an hour
key to the pictograms on page 4 [8:00 pm] 1 of wild delight in this show that unites madcap comedy, PETER MACLEOD acrobatics, juggling and music. [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle NOV. [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord SAT. l'Entrepôt 28 [3:00 pm] 1 LES PARFAITS INCONNUS NOV. OCT. See the event description for October 18 SAT. 21 SAT. 24 [SLE] Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo [8:00 pm] 1 [8:00 pm] 1 ANDRÉ SAUVÉ.EXTRA SHOW MESSMER [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau A master of hypnosis and the magnetic arts will DEC. mystify the audience with strange experiences and TUE. 08 inexplicable events. DEC. [8:00 pm] SAT. 12 [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau 2 CONCOURS PORTFOLIO.VARIETY SHOW [8:00 pm] 1 A new generation of artists in theatre, music, dance and FRANÇOIS MASSICOTTE.MASSICOTTE NO 5 comedy team up for a great variety show. [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac l'Entrepôt 39 storytelling, poetry & literature
L'ESPRIT DES LIEUX DANIELLE BRABANT The tale of one strange year in the life of a woman on the edge of an abyss. She receives a marvellous offer that brings her new hope, but it carries with it a bizarre stipulation that she must obey, however reluctantly.
PRESENTED AS PART OF THE DEL’ÎLE À LA MER EVENT AND THE QUEBEC INTERCULTURAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL storytelling, poetry & literature
WED. OCT. 21 [8:00 pm] 24 [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay key to the pictograms on page 4 40 SEPT. AND SEPT. 10TH QUEBEC INTERCULTURAL FRI. 25 WED. 30 STORYTELLING FESTIVAL [8:00 pm] 2 LE FANTÔME DANS LA TÉLÉVISION.MICHEL FAUBERT OCTOBER 16 TO 25 A new show featuring a delightful assortment of True to its biennial tradition, the festival offers anecdotes that will charm, amuse and disturb you audiences a chance to enjoy imaginative stories in both while blurring the line between fantasy and memory. French and English, with tellers from Quebec to Algeria, With Daniel Roy on traditional instruments. passing through Colombia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost (September 25) Poland, France, Britain, Germany and Italy. [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord (September 30) OCT. FRI. 16
storytelling [6:30 pm] 3 9 OPENING NIGHT PARTY A chance to meet the local and international artists who will take part in the festival. [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
[8:00 pm] 2 9 THE GREAT NIGHT OF STORIES.GALA EVENT Featuring Jan Blake (UK/Jamaica), Ivan E. Coyote (Yukon) and Jan Gregory (Montréal). [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
OCT. SAT. 17 [4:00 pm] 3 Jan Blake NORA ACEVAL
key to the pictograms on page 4 Born in Tousnina, on the Tiaret plateau in southwest Algeria, Nora Aceval revives the stories and legends [8:00 pm] 2 she has inherited from the women of her tribe. LEGENDARY AFRICA [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension From Burkina Faso, Kientega Pingdéwindé Gérard, alias KPG, delivers a message of justice, love and respect. Souleymane Mbodj, from Senegal, gives us tales that show the funny side of human and animal behaviour. Nora Aceval, a native of Algeria, draws her inspiration from the traditional stories she heard as a child. OCT. MON. 05 [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] LES VEILLÉES DE LA PLEINE LUNE.STÉPHANIE BÉNÉTEAU 2 9 MAN,WOMAN,LIFE,LOVE.JAN BLAKE LUNE MÉDIÉVALE:LA ROMANCE DE TRISTAN ET YSEULT An evening of African and Caribbean stories. A bewitching medieval tale, full of passion and [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce vengeance. [AC] Maison du Pressoir du parc-nature de l’Île-de-la-Visitation
Nora Aceval OCT. OCT. 41 SAT. 17 TUE. 20 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 POURQUOI LA LUNE EST SI HAUTE DANS LE CIEL? CONTES DE FORÊT ET DE MER NICOLÁS BUENAVENTURA VIDAL (COLOMBIA) DANIELLE BRABANT AND PIERRE LABRÈCHE Working as a film director and a screenwriter as well as Growing up on the Lower St. Lawrence, Danielle a storyteller, Vidal reshapes the African and Amerindian Brabant absorbed the wisdom of traditional tales, and myths he learned from his father and grandfather, both now forges ahead with new stories of her own. A true experts in the art of words. “man of letters,” the poet, storyteller and postman [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Pierre Labrèche recreates scenes from life in Abitibi Studio 1 that will charm, move and amuse any audience. [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 1 [8:00 pm] 2 TUTTI SANTI!TUTTI PAGANI!LUIGI RIGNANESE (ITALY) [8:00 pm] 2 A talented storyteller and musician, Luigi Rignanese NICOLÁS BUENAVENTURA VIDAL See the event description for October 17
revels in the hilariously absurd and the absurdly storytelling hilarious – he twists words and language and sounds [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges into a gleefully madcap song. [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles [8:00 pm] 2 NORA ACEVAL See the event description for October 17 [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Klentega Pingdéwindé Gérard
OCT. SUN. 18 [3:00 pm] 2 PAROLE DE FORGERON.KLENTEGA PINGDÉWINDÉ GÉRARD A.K.A. KPG (BURKINA FASO) Combining the talents of one storyteller and one
musician, this show features a compilation of stories key to the pictograms on page 4 from KPG’s native village of Moaga, as well as African instruments like bottle gourd, mouth harp, bendré drum and maracas. [RPT] Église Saint-Joseph
[8:00 pm] 2 9 STORIES OF LOVE AND SEX An evening of erotic tales from all over the world. Storytellers: Jan Blake, Ivan E. Coyote and Alan Shain. Host: Stéphanie Bénéteau. Nicolás Buenaventura Vidal [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
OCT. WED. 21 [8:00 pm] 2 4 L'ESPRIT DES LIEUX.DANIELLE BRABANT Luigi Rignanese PART OF THE DEL’ÎLE À LA MER EVENT See the event description on page 39 [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay 42 Brabant tells stories that reflect the river’s great influence on the tempo and texture of life in the region. [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve
[8:00 pm] 2 CONTES COQUINS Hosted by Nadine Walsh, this event features three
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s FEMMES PIRATES OU CRISE DE FOI(E). NADINE WALSH
[PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal Photo : Monic Richard A chance to hear about the exploits of Anne Bonny and Kim Yaroshevskaya Mary Read, two lady pirates who actually roved the Caribbean seas in the early eighteenth century, although [8:00 pm] 2 OCT. the record of their lives is now a mix of fact and fancy. TALES FROM THE CELTIC WORLD FRI. 23 [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal Mike Burns, a native of Ireland, and FX Liagre, originally from Brittany, meet up again to rework ancient stories [8:00 pm] 2 from the oral traditions of Celtic Europe, and to sing AMARANTA PORQUÉ.NICOLÁS BUENAVENTURA VIDAL [8:00 pm] 2 songs such as the gwerziou, a traditional Breton lament, A special brand of show in which a Colombian storyteller POLKA GALOPKA.MAGDA LENA GÓRSKA in the original language. shows us how difficult and heartbreaking it can be to Strange narratives in which imagination and reality grow up. [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges twist and twirl to the rhythm of a devilish violin. Górska [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal tells us of Warsaw, a city where traditional stories are forever part of the landscape. [8:00 pm] [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 2 KIM YAROSHEVSKAYA AND JOCELYN BÉRUBÉ Two artists who share a passionate enthusiasm for telling [8:00 pm] 2 stories, and for using words and music to inspire wonder key to the pictograms on page 4 TALES FROM THE FIRST NATIONS and reverie in the mind of the listener. Supporting them NICOLE O’BOMSAWIN AND ROBERT SEVEN-CROWS BOURDON are the instrumental talents of Denis Poliquin. Nicole O’bomsawin transmits Abenaki myths about the [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier creation of the world, about how people and animals got their names. A musician and storyteller in one, Robert Seven-Crows Bourdon has a deep memory for [8:00 pm] 2 traditional Micmac tales, not to mention a great reper- AN EVENING OF ACADIAN TALES toire of modern stories. Dominique Breau, from New Brunswick, helps to preserve the collective memory of her Acadian heritage [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 1 with masterful and sensitive portraits. Clara Dugas is an Acadian from Nova Scotia who uses the experiences OCT. of her mother to show us scenes of Acadian life from THU. 22 1950 to the present. And from the Magdalen Islands [7:30 pm] 2 4 comes André Vigneau, telling marvellous yarns about DES HISTOIRES QUI EN MÈNENT LARGE shipwrecks and the wrath of the sea. ANDRÉ VIGNEAU AND DANIELLE BRABANT [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 1 PART OF THE DEL’ÎLE À LA MER EVENT Inspired by his work as a fisherman, Vigneau’s stories about the Magdalen Islands pay tribute to island life through vivid stories of shipwrecks and storms. Anchored on the shores of the St. Lawrence, Danielle André Vigneau OCT. OCT. 43 SAT. 24 WED. 28 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 LA MER RACONTE.JOCELYN BÉRUBÉ AND DOMINIQUE BREAU L'HOMME DE PIOCHE.RENÉE ROBITAILLE These two storytellers show us how the ocean is also a Accompanied by Étienne Loranger on accordion, great teller of stories, one who can reveal the deepest Robitaille reimagines, with great wit and colour, the of secrets, if you know how to listen. true stories she has collected in her home of Abitibi.
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CLAUDETTE L’HEUREUX MON. 02 t The stories of this teller begin like this: Once upon a [8:00 pm] y time there was a little girl who fell into a great big hole. 2 r LES VEILLÉES DE LA PLEINE LUNE.STÉPHANIE BÉNÉTEAU After landing on the bottom, she met an old woman, o LUNE COQUINE:CONTES QUE VOS MÈRES NE VOUS t who gave her three pebbles. “Where shall I go with s these?” said the little girl. The old woman replied, CONTAIENT PAS An evening with Stéphanie Bénéteau, who regales us “You’ll find out once you get there!” with sly stories about women who fear neither power [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal nor pleasure. [AC] Maison du Pressoir du parc-nature de l’Île-de-la Visitation OCT. SUN. 25 [12:00 pm] NOV. 3 THU. MARATHON DE CONTES 05 DEC. LA DIVERSITÉ DE CHACUN... FAIT LA RICHESSE DE TOUS [8:00 pm] 3 WED. 02 To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Quebec CONTES COQUINS [8:00 pm] Intercultural Storytelling Festival, forty artists from 2 See the event description for October 22 LES VEILLÉES DE LA PLEINE LUNE Canada and abroad will team up for a ten-hour [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension LUNE NOIRE:MYSTÈRES ET ENCHANTEMENTS marathon of stories. Stéphanie Bénéteau returns with some spellbinding [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac tales about werewolves, zombies, and black magic as NOV. imagined by different cultures in different eras. [3:00 pm] 3 FRI. 13 [AC] Maison du Pressoir du parc-nature de l’Île-de-la key to the pictograms on page 4 LUIGI RIGNANESE [8:00 pm] Visitation See the event description for October 17 1 L’HOMME DE PIOCHE.RENÉE ROBITAILLE [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension See the event description for October 28 [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun DEC. [3:00 pm] 2 SAT. 12 PAROLE DE FORGERON [8:00 pm] KIENTEGA PINGDÉWINDÉ GÉRARD (BURKINA FASO) 2 LE FANTÔME DANS LA TÉLÉVISION.MICHEL FAUBERT See the event description for October 18 See the event description for September 25 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Salle Jean-Eudes
For more information, visit www.festival-conte.qc.ca 44 OCT. TUE. 13 WALSER [8:00 pm] A show about the Swiss writer Robert Walser, a 26 great influence on the likes of Franz Kafka, Robert LES TEMPS QUI COURENT, VINGT ANS DE PAROLES TENUES Musil and Walter Benjamin. Directed by Catherine DES MOTS D’LA DYNAMITE Vidal. Performed by Renaud Lacelle-Bourdon and Nathalie Derome takes the microphone to bring us Pier Paquette. Music by Christophe Papadimitriou. moments of humour, rage and wisdom, in a show that blends poetry, music, theatre and performance arts. Joining her on stage are Jean Derome, Frank Martel and 6 Martin Tétreault. [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges MON. NOV. 2 [7:30 pm] 2 [PR] Centre culturel de Pierrefonds OCT. AND OCT. TUE. 13 WED. 14 WED. NOV. 4 [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 LES POÈTES DE L'AMÉRIQUE FRANÇAISE.ANTHONY PHELPS [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal A native of Haiti, this author has numerous collections Photo : Studio Zarov to his credit, and has won the Casa de las Américas Prize
poetry & literature THU. NOV. 5 on two occasions, in 1980 and 1987. [8:00 pm] [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal (October 13) 2 [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges (October 14)
SUN. NOV. 8 NOV. FRI. OCT. [3:00 pm] 2 20 FRI. 16 [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, [8:00 pm] 2 [8:00 pm] 2 Salle Jean-Eudes LES QUATRE SAISONS DE GABRIELLE POETRY SLAM A show devoted to the writings of Gabrielle Roy. The Ivy and his fellow slam poets invite all those who love THU. NOV. 12 audience will hear excerpts from Bonheur d'occasion, free-form word play to come up and share the stage. [8:00 pm] 2 La Petite Poule d'eau, Ces enfants de ma vie and La Détresse et l'enchantement. With Catherine Bégin, [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges Céline Bonnier, Alexia Bürger and Marcel Pomerlo. key to the pictograms on page 4 FRI. NOV. 13 [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay OCT. [8:00 pm] 3 SUN. 18 [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension [2:00 pm] [8:00 pm] 2 2 POETRY SLAM LA DÉTRESSE ET L'ENCHANTEMENT.LITERARY MONOLOGUE Gabrielle Roy would have had her 100th birthday this See the event description for October 16 year. La Détresse et l'enchantement, her last book, is [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux an autobiographical work that retraces the author’s NOV. AND NOV. formative years, from her childhood in Manitoba until TUE. 10 WED. 11 her return from Europe on the eve of the Second World [8:00 pm] 2 DEC. ANDDEC. War. Written and performed by Marie-Thérèse Fortin. LES POÈTES DE L'AMÉRIQUE FRANÇAISE.BALMAN SADIGHI TUE. 08 WED. 09 [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay Born in Tehran in 1960, Balman Sadighi has taught [8:00 pm] 2 French literature in five different universities in Iran as LES POÈTES DE L'AMÉRIQUE FRANÇAISE well as collaborating on many works of criticism. MARIE-CLAIRE BLAIS NOV. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal Marie Claire Blais reads from her own work in a friendly SUN. 01 (November 10) setting enlivened by the music of the pianist Nathalie [2:00 pm] 2 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges Tremblay and the voice of the mezzo-soprano Claudine LE TEMPS QUI M'A MANQUÉ.PUBLIC READING (November 11) Ledoux. Sophie Faucher reads excerpts from the second volume of [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal (December 8) the autobiography of Gabrielle Roy. Presented in associa- [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges (December 9) tion with the Festival international de la littérature (FIL). [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay 45 exhibitions
3 Please take note that all the exhibitions are free and that no pass is required unless indi-
cated otherwise. exhibitions
DEL’ÎLE À LA MER This autumn, nine exhibitions produced in association with the Musée régional de Rimouski will be presented across the city’s cultural network as part of a special event intitled De l'île à la mer .
4 key to the pictograms on page 4 OCT. 22 TO NOV. 29 CONFLUENCES:MONTRÉAL MEETS THE LOWER ST.LAWRENCE CURATOR:BERNARD LAMARCHE
Comprising many different art forms and media, this group exhibition aims to highlight the work of eleven young artists living in Montréal, the Lower St. Lawrence and the Gaspé. They are Magalie Comeau, Maryse Goudreau, Frédéric Henri, Guillaume Lachapelle, David Lafrance, Josée Landry-Sirois, Ariane Lord, Sylvie Moisan, Julie Morazain, Natascha Niederstrass and Jean-Philippe Roy. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac
For the solo exhibitions, see page 50
Jean-Philippe Roy, Continent, 2005 46 IN PROGRESS.
UNTIL SEPT. 27 L'INCERTITUDE DU SUJET.INSTALLATION, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING BY MARC GAGNON Once again this artist takes pleasure in moving our aesthetic goalposts around by adapting and jumbling several different mediums and styles. [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville
JOËLLE MOROSOLI An installation-in-motion that features shadows grow- ing and fading at a mesmerizing pace. [OU] Galerie d’art d’Outremont exhibitions
UNTIL OCT. 04 APPARENTLY PERVERSE PHOTOGRAPHS BY NIKOL MIKUS Jeff Guess. From Hand to Mouth, 1993 A series that amplifies stereotypes repeated in modern media and society, raising the question of what consti- tutes normality. LE MOIS DE LA PHOTO À MONTRÉAL TO [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges OCT. 11TH EDITION SEPT. 11 11 FAÇADE ARRIÈRE The city’s international biennale of contemporary pho- BEAT STREULI (SWITZERLAND) tography. This year, the event is organized around the These anonymous portraits of people in the street fol- ANDREA KASTNER.MIXED MEDIA Capturing the tumbledown beauty of Montréal’s old theme of The Spaces of the Image. It will explore the low a classic composition technique. Every image is alleyways, Kastner makes colourful collages with layers use of mechanisms and staging, perceived as essential shot with a telephoto lens that highlights the subject through a shallow depth of field and a faint back- of acrylic paint and everyday materials like masking
key to the pictograms on page 4 keys to reading the different photographic projects tape, grocery bags, and metro tickets. presented in recent years. ground. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [SLE] Galerie Port-Maurice During the event, the Accès culture network will present the work of five guest photographers. Visit JEFF GUESS.FROM HAND TO MOUTH (UNITED STATES) LES NOCES DE PLASTIQUE moisdelaphoto.com to view the complete schedule. With this 22-metre-long digital print, the artist con- INSTALLATION BY ALEXANDRA DUCHASTEL fronts the viewer with an original visual experience. The Concocted with shopping bags and other recycled Guest curator: Gaëlle Morel. spatial arrangement takes the form of a circular panora- materials, these plastic wedding clothes tease us for ma suspended from the ceiling of a room plunged into our obsession with performance, our worship of speed, darkness. our myth of the perfect romance. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 2 TO SEPT. 04 OCT. 04 OSCAR MUÑOZ (COLOMBIA) CHERYL PAGUEK AND DAVID ROKEBY (CANADA) ALIENTO (1996—2002) In her series entitled Reflection and Flow, Cheryl The piece consists of perfectly polished metal discs Paguek assembles different layers of images from old whose surface is printed with portraits of political vic- photographs and her own colour snapshots to immerse tims. To reveal the portraits, viewers must blow on the the visitor in an unusual perception of time and space. discs. David Rokeby, in the series entitled Taken, has created [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac images that seem eternally on the verge of being. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal UNTIL UNTIL 47 OCT. 11 OCT. 18 LES ARCHI RÊVERIES.NORMAND HAMEL FRACAS: RESTAURATION REQUISE Inspired by a trip to Albania, this series crosses the bor- An exhibition that examines the issues raised by the der between painting and sculpture. By breaking work of artistic conservation and restoration. through traditional boundaries the artist strives for a [LA] Musée de Lachine poetic exploration of space. [RPT] Bibliothèque Rivière-des-Prairies, salle d’exposition 6 and MÉCANISMES D'INTÉRIEURS [RPT] Maison du Bon Temps MANON LABRECQUE DAZIBAO, CENTRE DE PHOTOGRAPHIES ACTUELLES BARJOLS/MONTRÉAL –ALLER/RETOUR By inventing her own mechanisms for recording sound A group exhibition that includes works by Canadian and video, which she links to simple movements of the artists and others dubbed “Barjolians” after taking part body, Labrecque creates new states of mind and new in a residency project in Barjols, France. sensations. [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce exhibitions
MOVERE.SYLVIE CORNEZ,JOHANNE RICARD AND GWYLAN GODDARD Three women artists present their latest creations in a magnificent setting. [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle d'exposition l'Entrepôt
Molinari, Alternance, 1963 Photo : Guy L’Heureux UNTIL MARCH 13, 2011 TO Gilbert Poissant, Le jeu du collectionneur (excerpt), 2008 1 SEPT. 09 NOV. 01 LE JEU DU COLLECTIONNEUR MADE IN MONTRÉAL?
THE COLLECTION OF THE CENTRE D'HISTOIRE DE MONTRÉAL key to the pictograms on page 4 GILBERT POISSANT 6 Inspired by the modernist tradition of architectural The manufactured objects and brands that surround us MORCEAUX CHOISIS.GUIDO MOLINARI modelling, the artist has arranged hundreds of wood all originate from somewhere. Montréal, as an econom- Thirty paintings by Guido Molinari (1933–2004), a objects into a structure that questions our utopian ic centre, has been the source of many items in the native of Montréal whose dedication to abstract art ideas of the perfect city. museum’s collection. But appearances can be deceiving! made him a giant on the Canadian scene. Presented in This exhibition of products from the popular culture [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges association with the Molinari Foundation. of yesteryear challenges visitors to guess where they [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay really came from. [VM] Centre d’histoire de Montréal LA NATURE AU CŒUR.PIERRE LEBLANC Leaves, trees and fruits are the iconic images for this TO exhibition. Models of monumental projects, related SEPT. DEC. works on a more intimate scale – they all converge to COMING UP. 09 13 form a tribute to nature. Presented in collaboration LA PETITE POULE D'EAU.JEAN-PAUL LEMIEUX with C2S Arts et Événements. A series of 20 lithographs inspired by the writings of TO Gabrielle Roy. A loan from Bibliothèque et Archives [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve SEPT. 05 NOV. 01 nationales du Québec. [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay 6 UNTIL ENTRE ÉTATS /BETWEEN STATES OCT. 16 TO PHOTOGRAPHS BY DARREN ELL SEPT. 10 OCT. 18 IN THE HALL OF WONDERS.DRAWINGS BY KIM KIELHOFNER DAZIBAO, CENTRE DE PHOTOGRAPHIES ACTUELLES The artist reveals ghostly characters that seem sus- ÉTIRER MA PEAU SUR LA VILLE.KAREN HIBBARD Twelve large-format images portray the fate of immi- The exhibition brings together media art projects presented pended in time, being immersed in habits and duties grants to Canada who have no official status. and pursuits that are both mundane and mysterious. on computer, and a variety of prints and illustrations. [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord [VE] Centre communautaire Elgar LE DOM (DANSE-O-MATON). TRANSATLANTIQUE MONTRÉAL 48 TO TO SEPT. 10 OCT. 18 The DOM is a viewing booth showing experimental SEPT. 12 NOV. 15 videos produced by special research projects in the art ATTENTION, FRAGILE!PHOTOGRAPHS BY YVES SAUVAGEAU 6 of dance. Choreographer: Sylvain Poirier. Editor: Yves Fifty large-scale colour shots created in the style of still-life FAMILLE.PHOTOGRAPHS BY GABOR SZILASI St-Pierre. Fifty years of family photographs shot by a Canadian painting. [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce photographer whose documentary photographs and [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier portraiture have been highly influential. While humour is often evident, it is the sense of love and tenderness MICHAEL SLOBODIAN AND THE ART OF DANCE: LA VILLE ET SES AMBIANCES which most clearly marks this engaging series. THIRTY YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS.RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBIT PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALAIN COGNARD Curator: Hedwidge Hasselin BY TRANSATLANTIQUE MONTRÉAL These photographs record the special moods of [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges A presentation of images captured on stage and in the Montréal, Paris, Berlin, Venice, Basel and New York. studio, as well as videos shot in collaboration with [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier dancers and choreographers. [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce TO SEPT. 12 NOV. 22 exhibitions SAUTER À PIEDS JOINTS.MICHEL MARTINEAU TO The artist’s work revolves around different themes: the SEPT. 12 OCT. 18 body and identity, media events, the perception of space, and the artistic process. 6 [VSP] TOHU
Photo : Gabor Szilasi LES REFUSÉES.POSTERS FROM QUÉBÉCOIS CINEMA CENTRE DE DESIGN DE L’UQAM TO A presentation of poster mockups submitted by design- SEPT. 18 DEC. 20 ers and graphic artists for the advertising campaigns of Gabor Szilasi, Montréal, 1964 25 ANS D'HEUREUSES RENCONTRES Québécois films. It includes the posters which were Photographs, newspaper articles, exhibition cards, con- rejected and those which were approved for use. cert programs, posters and other documents recall the [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier history of the Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de- Grâce. TO [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce SEPT. 11 OCT. 18 ENTRELACS.PHOTOGRAPHS BY LOUIS PERREAULT key to the pictograms on page 4 Seeking to question the idea of a wilderness that is pure TO and alien to human nature, the artist approaches the SEPT. 23 OCT. 18 natural world with a sense of otherness that may express itself universally. 6 ABÉNAKI FÉMININ [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce See the event description on page 49 [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux, Galerie Les Trois C
TO OCT. 01 25 FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GALERIE D’ART D’OUTREMONT As a tribute to those who have made it such a popular centre, the Galerie d’art d’Outremont opens its doors to artists who have exhibited there over the years. [OU] Galerie d'art d'Outremont Photo : Louis Perreault
Louis Perreault, untitled, from the Entrelacs Series, 2008 Photo : Michel Brunelle Cheech, poster by Alexandre Renzo, 2006 49 TO TOSPRING TO OCT. 01 NOV. 21 OCT. 11 2010 OCT. 16 NOV. 22 6 LES BEAUX PARLEURS LES CROIX DE CHEMIN PSUKHÔ.SOUND INSTALLATION BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS LAPORTE OUTDOOR INSTALLATION BY MARC WALTER PHOTOGRAPHS BY VANESSA OLIVER-LLOYD Exploring the specific acoustics of a certain type of Using organic materials harvested from the Complexe With these images of roadside crosses, the artist hopes membrane, this exhibit features “tu-yos,” balloon- environnemental de Saint-Michel, the artist will create to inspire more interest in their historical and artistic shaped sound devices which include an electronic and a temporary piece on the grounds of La TOHU. value. mechanical system that makes the instruments resound [VSP] TOHU, place publique [RPT] Maison du Bon Temps without human breath. [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville TO OCT. 21 NOV. 08 TO ARCHI RÊVERIES.NORMAND HAMEL OCT. 03 NOV. 15 See the event description on page 47 SUCRERIES ET MIGNARDISES.ENGRAVINGS AND [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux exhibitions PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARILYSE GOULET With visions of sugar-plum fairies dancing in her head, the artist celebrates the human appetite and the dainty confections it inspires. [RPT] Maison Beaudry
TO OCT. 07 NOV. 08 LES FAMILLES.SCULPTURES BY STELLA PACE In addition to representing the members of her family, the artist’s sculptures evoke the relationships that are forged among them. [SLE] Galerie Port-Maurice key to the pictograms on page 4 TO OCT. 09 NOV. 08 SCÈNES DE VIE.DRAWINGS AND MIXED MEDIA BY HUBERT MACÉ DE GASTINES Felt-pen miniatures depict scenes from life shaded with a humorous dissection of human concerns. [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 2 Alanis Obomsawin, Mère de tant d’enfants VIII, 2004
TO TO OCT. 09 JAN. 10 OCT. 22 NOV. 22 RÉPUBLIQUE!AFFICHES ET AFFICHISTES (1931–1939) 6 During the Spanish Civil War and the Second Spanish ABÉNAKI FÉMININ Republic, these political posters were popular and TERRES EN VUES /LAND INSIGHTS effective propaganda tools used by right-wing and left- Montréal’s society for the promotion of Native culture wing groups alike. An exhibition produced by the exhibits prints by Alanis Obomsawin and sculptures by Catalan History Museum in Barcelona. Christine Sioui Wawanoloath. Their work draws upon [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges the creation myths of the Abenaki people, as well as legends and teachings passed on by their ancestors, and provokes new understanding [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges 50 DEL’ÎLE À LA MER TO OCT. 24 NOV. 29 JEAN-PHILIPPE ROY The methods of this artist foster a sense of narrative in which the vocabulary of sculpture comes into play. In addition to the group exhibition described on page [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges 45, a number of different cultural venues around the city will offer the public a chance to discover the work of the participating artists. Curator: Bernard Lamarche
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Steve Leroux, Laval (hiver), Screen Series, 2007-2008 exhibitions
TO OCT. 22 NOV. 29 STEVE LEROUX The artist documents the world of drive-in theatres, now an endangered species. At the mercy of time and the elements, these monochrome ghosts slowly fade into the landscape. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac
VIRGINIE CHRÉTIEN With each new exhibition, the artist approaches the gallery space as a territory to explore and celebrate Louis-Philippe-Côté, Médiaparanoïde (ou La logique du pouvoir), 2008-2009 using the poetic resonance of objects, images and Josée Landry-Sirois, untitled (excerpt ), 2008 words. [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles key to the pictograms on page 4 TO LOUIS-PHILIPPE CÔTÉ OCT. 09 NOV. 15 His recent paintings offer an incisive reflection on the JOSÉE LANDRY-SIROIS TO nature of great events, seeking to explore “the violence In these sometimes monumental drawings, the artist OCT. 23 NOV. 29 of sight” and the influence of “clandestine thoughts”. shows us accidents, encounters and dramas with the aid ARIANE LORD [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce of invented calligraphy and invasive signs, all arranged Through sculptures, photographs and kinetic structures, in a well-ordered chaos. Lord seeks to identify the nature of being according. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve
TO OCT. 21 NOV. 29 ÉMILIE RONDEAU With drawings, photographs and videos, the artist rein- Virginie Laganière, 2008 vents sections of the natural landscape. [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord VIRGINIE LAGANIÈRE The artist continues her research into sound with an installation that relies on dialogue and music trans- planted from spy movies. [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Ariane Lord, Embrasser la routine (excerpt), 2009 TO TO 51 OCT. 23 NOV. 29 NOV. 17 AUG29 2010 LACHINE FROM 1667–1669 TO 2009 1 SOCIÉTÉ D’HISTOIRE DE LACHINE THE ADVENTURES OF THE UNPREDICTABLE DR BETHUNE The modern borough of Lachine is the product of three A Montrealer by choice, a Communist by conviction, an forces: industrialization, municipalization, urbaniza- idol to millions of Chinese, Norman Bethune was a pio- tion. Beginning in the 1840s, they radically transformed neering surgeon and a man of many talents who strode the farmland of the old parish territory inherited from through the events of the twentieth century with great New France. intensity. Using techniques borrowed from comic books [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle d'exposition and Pop Art, this exhibition depicts his life during the l'Entrepôt turbulent 1930s. [VM] Centre d’histoire de Montréal 6 LES REFUSÉES.POSTERS FROM QUÉBÉCOIS CINEMA See the event description on page 48 TO exhibitions [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce NOV. 18 27 LA DUALITÉ ET SA COMPLÉMENTARITÉ COLLECTIF EMPREINTES D'ARTISTES TO This exhibition focuses on the dualities of human exis- OCT. 24 NOV. 29 tence, on life and death, on the eternal struggle of the psyche against prejudice. 6 [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun FAMILLE.PHOTOGRAPHS BY GABOR SZILASI See the event description on page 48 [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent TO NOV. 19 JAN. 17 TO FAHRENHEIT 665. PHOTOGRAPHS BY TSHI TO NOV. 08 DEC. 13 OCT. DEC. In this series of portraits and landscapes, the Montréal- 28 18 CONSTRAINT/RESTRAINT LES OISEAUX DE L'ÎLE-DES-SŒURS based photographer Tshi evokes the contradictions of MEDIA ARTS FROM BRAZIL AND PERU PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHEL BORDELEAU media technologies that have no permanence but are A selection of works illustrating what Brazil and Peru instantly available. An invitation to discover the wonderful birds to be seen have in common in the cultural, social and political key to the pictograms on page 4 [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal on Nun’s Island. domain regarding the use of media technologies. A [VE] Centre communautaire Elgar Groupe Molior presentation. [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay TO NOV. 21 JAN. 10 TO LE CANADIEN, UN SIÈCLE DE HOCKEY OCT. 29 NOV. 22 TO NOV. DEC. DRAWINGS AND CARICATURES BY ANDRÉ PIJET FUGUES.LOUISE PRESCOTT 11 13 An exhibition that depicts the glory days of the Montréal This painter reinterprets memories of her travels in a DEL'ILLUSION DU SENS.FRANÇOISE ISSALY Canadiens hockey team. free and imaginative way, while being influenced by her By layering multiple spaces on the canvas, the artist [RPT] Maison Beaudry love for the fugue, a musical form that influences the explores the interplay of two- and three-dimensional pace and emotional drive of her art. space. Thanks to a glazing technique, the various layers [OU] Galerie d'art d'Outremont remain visible without contradicting each other. TO [SLE] Galerie Port-Maurice NOV. 26 DEC. 20 TO NOV. 06 DEC. 20 JUSTIN LALANCETTE TO These paintings resemble photographic stills that 6 NOV. 13 DEC. 12 depict anti-heros with ugly profiles, people who are in MORCEAUX CHOISIS.GUIDO MOLINARI LES MONTAGNAIS.PHOTOGRAPHS BY PIERRE PERRAULT disgrace but whose suffering allows us to glimpse a See the event description on page 47 These twenty-six photographs offer respectful and moment of truth. [LA] Musée de Lachine poignant images of the Montagnais people. [OU] Galerie d'art d'Outremont [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 2 52 TO NOV. 26 FEB. 07 BALAGAN! Russian circus posters from different eras are arranged into an impressive survey of this rich pictorial tradition. Curator: Pascal Jacob. [VSP] TOHU
TO NOV. 27 JAN. 03 6 PSUKHÔ.SOUND INSTALLATION BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS LAPORTE See the event description on page 49 [RPT] Maison du Bon Temps exhibitions
TO NOV. 28 JAN. 10 LE GOÛT DU NOIR.GROUP EXHIBITION OF PRINTS “The taste for black as a need for truth. The taste for black as a return to the self, towards a painful but necessary simplicity. Black as the bearer of wisdom and time, as a link to the shadow of our ancestors.” F.X. Marange. Works by Stéphanie Béliveau, Jean-Michel Cropsal, Charlotte Fauteux, Jean-Pierre Larocque, Catherine Farish, Denis Saint-Pierre and François Vincent. François Vincent, Golfe, 2000 [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension key to the pictograms on page 4 TO © www. jeromedube.com NOV. 26 DEC. 23 TO REPÈRES NOV. 28 JAN. 17 Recent photographs by Montréal artists present an PORTRAITS ET RITUELS.JANINE GUAY original view of the African continent and its diaspora. The exhibition focuses on creating a timeless and Curator: Érika Nimis. Presented in association with universal space for the human spirit. Afriques Nouvelles Images and the Centre International [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier TO de Documentation et d’Information Haïtienne, DEC. 02 JAN. 29 Caribéenne et Afro-canadienne (CIDIHCA). 6 L'UN OU L'AUTRE.PHOTOGRAPHS BY CATHERINE TREMBLAY [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges ABÉNAKI FÉMININ Fifty portraits of individuals encountered at random by See the event description on page 49 the artist. Her composition technique is greatly inspired [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier by the Romantics of the eighteenth century. TO [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun NOV. 26 JAN. 09 LES GRANDES FINALES DES CANADIENS EN RÉTROSPECTIVE TO ANDRÉ PIJET DEC. 02 20 TO These amusing caricatures, originally published in La DEC. JAN. MONTRÉAL MUR-MUR.CÉLINE LALONDE 05 03 Presse during the Canadiens–Nordiques playoff series A documentary photographer brings us an original por- CASSE-NOISETTE 3D. PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROLAND LORENTE of 1993, record a memorable moment in the province’s trait of the metropolis, featuring mural and urban art Life-sized images of characters from Tchaikovsky’s ballet sporting history. which typifies the Montrealer’s sense of humour. The Nutcracker, created for a production by the Grands [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. The photographer uses a 150-year-old process to give them a three-dimensional look. [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles 53 TO TO DEC. 05 JAN. 17 DEC. 10 JAN. 17 CRÊTE.JUDITH KLUGERMAN AFFAIRES CLASSÉES.JEAN MAROIS This series of woven pieces reflects, in an abstract man- Like an archaeologist, Marois raids his personal archives ner, how the colours and textures of mountain ridges to find elements from art history that have influenced are engraved in our memory. Klugerman pushes the his imagination. Curator: Pascale Beaudet. limits of printing technique by converting the printed [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac image into parchment or tapestry. [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Diane Trépanière, excerpt from the installation, 2009 exhibitions TO DEC. 08 JAN. 17 UN CRI, UN CHANT, DES VOIX INSTALLATION BY DIANE TRÉPANIÈRE With this photographic installation marking the twenti- eth anniversary of the 1989 massacre at the École Polytechnique in Montréal, the artist raises some fun- damental issues about the tragedy, while contrasting the pain of loss with signs of what has survived. [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges
VARIATIONS.YOLANDE HARVEY 3e CONCOURS PORTFOLIO The artist develops a variety of production systems Works by young and emerging artists who recently
Julianna Joos based on the repetition of gestures. Her works are built made their mark with the art sponsorship program of Julianna Joos. Les rêves de la raison, 2009 like a novel written line by line, word by word. key to the pictograms on page 4 Carrefour jeunesse-emploi Centre-Sud / Plateau Mont- [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac Royal / Mile-End. TO DEC. 05 JAN. 24 [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac APPRIVOISER SA FRAYEUR.JULIANNA JOOS Inspired by an article on the presence of bats in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney, this multimedia TO installation combines drawings, weaving and new tech- DEC. 16 JAN. 31 nologies in an effort to tame our fear of these animals. LA BOUCHE GARDE EN ELLE [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce PORTRAITS BY SUZANNE LAFRANCE These enigmatic drawings in charcoal and acrylic show us children who are large-eyed witnesses, who are small and restless metaphysicians, anxious and eager to per- ceive the world. TO DEC. 05 JAN. 31 [SLE] Galerie Port-Maurice CHEAP THRILLS.DOMINIC PAPILLON Guided by the various types of apparatus that usually accompany religious rituals, the artist’s work aims to evoke the element of pathos, the emotional subtext, that underlies festivals and ceremonies. [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Dominic Papillon, Le Buisson ardent (excerpt), 2009 54 youth events
youth events GROS BISCUIT!RENÉE ROBITAILLE (AGES 3 TO 8) Discover some outlandish tales, zany characters, and wild imaginations in this madcap performance by Renée Robitaille. An adaptation of stories by Robert Munsch.
SUN. SEPT. 27 [3:00 pm] 2 [RPT] Salle Désilets, Cégep Marie-Victorin
SAT. OCT. 24 [2:00 pm] 2 [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac
key to the pictograms on page 4 SUN. OCT. 25 [2:00 pm]2 [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay
SUN. NOV. 1 [3:00 pm] 2 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges
SUN. NOV. 15 [2:00 pm] 2 [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord
SAT. DEC. 12 [2:00 pm] 1 [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun
SUN. DEC. 20 [3:00 pm] 1 [IS] Salle Pauline-Julien Photo: Jean-François Bérubé SEPT. OCT. 55 SAT. 19 SAT. 03 [2:00 pm] 2 [2:00 pm] 2 BENOÎT:SOURIRES (AGES 3 TO 6) WOÂNDA.CO-PRODUCED BY THÉÂTRE ÀL’ENVERS AND With help from his musician friends, the Tiguidous, THÉÂTRE QUATRE/CORPS (AGES 6 TO 10) Benoît Archambault (a veteran of the folk group Mes LES ENTRÉES EN SCÈNE LOTO-QUÉBEC Aïeux) performs enchanting children’s songs in which In this profound story of loss and hope, Laura, a little girl everyday events blossom into charming stories. whose mother is seriously ill, finds a special friend in the [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac frog Woânda who lives in the water pipes under her bath- room sink. Written and directed by Patricia Bergeron. [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost SEPT. SAT. 26 [10:00 am] OCT. 2 SUN. 04
LES COSMOS CLOWNS youth events LES JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE [2:00 pm] 2 LE BAIN.THÉÂTRE BOUCHES DÉCOUSUES (AGES 3 TO 6) Two cosmonaut-clowns find themselves boldly going to SEPT. a strange new land. Each must find his own space and SUN. 27 After a hard day as a firefighter, Madame Pin-Pon gives her piglet a bath. Despite a fear of trucks, the little fel- learn to respect the other. [3:00 pm] [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun 2 low dreams of becoming a firefighter too. A tender look GROS BISCUIT!RENÉE ROBITAILLE (AGES 3 TO 8) at the intimate moments of a child’s imagination. See the event description on page 54 Written and directed by Jasmine Dubé. [RPT] Salle Désilets, Cégep Marie-Victorin [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord SEPT. SUN. 27 [2:00 pm] 2 [10:30 am] 3 LA ROBE DE MA MÈRE CONFITURE, LE DRAGON QUI AIMAIT LES FRUITS (AGES 3 TO 7) OCT. FRI. THÉÂTRE L’ARRIÈRE-SCÈNE (AGES 6 AND OVER) The story of a dragon who loves fruit. One fine morn- 02 Two men find themselves standing on the beach. ing, he goes looking for his breakfast and discovers [7:00 pm] 1 9 Haunted by a singer’s floating voice, they are both wait- Partafruit, a country inhabited by animals who know OZ.A FREE ADAPTATION OF L. FRANK BAUM’S ing for a woman who never arrives. A simple and tender how to farm. THE WIZARD OF OZ.VOX THÉÂTRE key to the pictograms on page 4 play, written by Serge Marois, about the special bonds Swept up by a terrible tornado, Dorothy and her dog [AN] Centre communautaire Chénier that connect us with our mothers. Toto find themselves in the mysterious country of Oz. [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier [2:00 pm] Longing to return to Kansas, Dorothy goes in search of a 2 great wizard, the only one who can help. As she CONTES POUR ENFANTS (AGES 3 TO 5) follows the Yellow Brick Road, she meets some L’ONF À LA MAISON amazing characters. A delightful compilation that includes Le petit garçon et l’oie des neiges,Le rat de maison et le rat des [PR] Centre communautaire de l'Est champs and Rêve roulis. [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux [7:30 pm] 3 6 MUSICAL IMPROV WITH THE [IKS] CONTEMPORARY [2:00 pm] JAZZ GROUP (AGES 8 TO 12) 2 This concert inspires young viewers to use their LÀ-HAUT.A FILM BY PETE DOCTER AND BOB PETERSEN voices as melodic and percussive instruments as (UNITED STATES, 2009) part of a great experiment in musical improvisa- SORTIES CINÉ FAMILLE tion. Carl, a cranky 78-year-old, decides to realize his life- long dream by attaching thousands of balloons to his [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension house and flying to South America. [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord MJ Chagnon design 56 OCT. OCT. FRI. 16 SUN. 18 [7:30 pm] 2 6 [2:00 pm] 2 SIMON ET L’ŒUF.YOUTH THEATRE (AGES 6 TO 12) SOULEYMANE MBODJ.STORIES AND MUSIC FROM SENEGAL A giant egg shining with light and brimming with mys- QUEBEC INTERCULTURAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL terious packages leads Simon to travel to the mysteri- Introduced to percussion and storytelling in his early ous and wonderful island of Penumbra. Written, direct- childhood days, this Senegalese storyteller now ed and performed by Michel Lefebvre. devotes himself to preserving and transmitting the sto- [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost ries and music of West Africa. [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Studio 1 OCT. SUN. 18 [4:00 pm] 1 6 [2:00 pm] SIMON ET L’ŒUF (AGES 6 TO 12) 1 See the event description for October 16 FREDO.CIRCUS ARTS AND JUGGLING [OU] Théâtre Outremont Once again, Fredo has missed the bus! Now he is stuck youth events waiting for the next 60 minutes. Unable to sit still, he invents new magic tricks with his imagination and the objects that surround him. OCT. [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux SAT. 24 [2:00 pm] 36 [2:00 pm] and [3:30 pm] 2 MAX.MINSKY ET MOI A FILM BY ANNA JUSTICE (AGES 8 TO 12)
Photo : Alexis Chartrand HIMA.THÉÂTRE DES PETITES ÂMES (AGES 3 TO 5) See the event description for November 14 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM POUR ENFANTS DE [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges MONTRÉAL (FIFEM) OCT. Nelly is a studious 13-year-old girl who has a crush on SUN. 04 the prince of Luxembourg. When she learns the school [3:00 pm] [2:00 pm] 2 basketball team is going to Luxembourg to compete in 2 SUNNY ET L'ÉLÉPHANT.A FILM BY FRÉDÉRIC LEPAGE AND KOUKOULIA ET LES OISEAUX a tournament sponsored by the prince, she decides to OLIVIER HORLAIT (AGES 8 AND OVER) PUPPET THEATRE AND DANCES try out for the team. In the great forests of Northern Thailand, Sunny, a A chance to see how our native birds express them- [VSP] Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension key to the pictograms on page 4 teenager, dreams of becoming an elephant driver. But selves in poetry, song and movement. Written and per- the mechanization of the timber industry is forcing the formed by Danielle Schneider. elephant drivers and their elephants to leave the [2:00 pm] 2 [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce forests. All that’s left for them to do is to go to LUIGI RIGNANESE.STORIES AND MUSIC FROM ITALY Bangkok. (AGES 8 AND OVER) [4:00 pm] 1 [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier QUEBEC INTERCULTURAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL MIA ET LE MIGOU.A FILM BY JACQUES-RÉMY GIRERD For centuries, in the Mediterranean, men fought each (FRANCE–ITALY, 2008) DIMANCHE JEUNE FAMILLE other for reasons of religion. Over time, some came to A ten-year-old girl has a premonition of danger, and realize it was better to laugh than to die. Luigi decides to leave her native village, in South America, to Rignanese, from Italy, tells us about the troubled love go in search of her father. affair between the hermit Angelo Bruno and Donna [OU] Théâtre Outremont Bella Rosa Fresca. [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal OCT. FRI. 09 [3:00 pm] 1 [7:00 pm] 2 LE BAIN.THÉÂTRE BOUCHES DÉCOUSUES LA ROBE DE MA MÈRE (AGES 6 AND OVER) See the event description for October 4 See the event description for October 4 [SLE] Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie,
Salle Jean-Eudes Christian Savard OCT. AND OCT. OCT. NOV. 57 SAT. 24 SUN. 25 SAT. 31 SUN. 01 [2:00 pm] 2 [10:00 am] 2 [3:00 pm] 2 GROS BISCUIT! (AGES 3 TO 8) VERRULA LA SORCIÈRE GROS BISCUIT! (AGES 3 TO 8) QUEBEC INTERCULTURAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL PUPPET THEATRE (AGES 3 TO 6) See the event description on page 54 See the event description on page 54 A kind witch has turned cruel overnight! She drank a [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges potion which was supposed to make her Little Miss [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac (October 24) Kind, but she became Little Miss Cruel instead. It’s now [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay (October 25) up to a tiny mouse to summon all his courage and all his [3:00 pm] 2 wits to rescue her from this terrible fate. Written and DU LIVRE AU FILM performed by Jacques Boutin. CLASSIC ANIMATIONS BY SHELDON COHEN (CANADA, 2005) OCT. [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville L’ONF À LA MAISON SUN. 25 Inspired by the books of famous [2:00 pm] authors, these animated shorts 2 deal with universal themes in SOULEYMANE MBODJ NOV. a fun and educational way. TORIES AND MUSIC FROM ENEGAL S S youth events SUN. 01 Also on the bill: Nuit QUEBEC INTERCULTURAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL d’orage, a film by Michèle See the event description for October 18 [1:30 pm] 1 6 PIERRE ET LE POU.SACRÉ TYMPAN (AGES 4 TO 8) Lemieux. [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles See the event description for November 21 [CN] Maison de la culture de [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle Notre-Dame-de-Grâce [3:00 pm] ONF 2 l'Entrepôt PAROLES DE MAMMOUTH.VANESSA LEFEBVRE [4:00 pm] (AGES 4 TO 8) 1 6 LA MIGRATION DES OISEAUX INVISIBLES QUEBEC INTERCULTURAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL [3:00 pm] 2 6 COMPAGNIE MATHIEU,FRANÇOIS ET LES AUTRES... Through storytelling, songs and mime, we learn about L'ARCHE. L'ARSENAL À MUSIQUE (AGES 7 AND OVER) the amazing adventures of Ariane and Arthur. Acrobats, a virtuoso musician and breathtaking images DIMANCHE JEUNE FAMILLE are all featured in this sharp look at the fragile balance Sinbad and Water Rat, two young travellers, are setting [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce between man and nature. The audience is inspired to out to sea with only their hopes for baggage. Sinbad is see how the future of the world is in their hands. sure that he has the power to turn invisible. Water Rat [4:00 pm] 1 Conceived and directed by Reggi Ettore and Lorena is in charge of finding stowaways on their ship. LE VOYAGE.THÉÂTRE DE L'AVANT-PAYS (AGES 5 TO 9) Corradi. [OU] Théâtre Outremont DIMANCHE JEUNE FAMILLE [RPT] Salle Désilets, Cégep Marie-Victorin key to the pictograms on page 4 As they travel to a new village in Japan, a mother tells her child three stories that will help him to walk in the cold and the dark, and to accept the new life that awaits NOV. them. Written and directed by Marie-Christine Lê-Huu. FRI. 06 [OU] Théâtre Outremont [7:00 pm] 1 6 PIERRE ET LE POU.SACRÉ TYMPAN (AGES 4 TO 8) See the event description for November 21 [PR] Centre communautaire de l'Est
[7:30 pm] 1 6 L'ARCHE (AGES 7 AND OVER) See the event description for November 1 [IS] Salle Pauline-Julien Photo : Julien Lefebvre 58 NOV. NOV. SUN. 08 SUN. 15 [4:00 pm] 1 [2:00 pm] 2 6 C'EST PAS MOI, JE LE JURE!A FILM BY PHILIPPE FALARDEAU PIERRE ET LE POU.SACRÉ TYMPAN (AGES 4 TO 8) (QUEBEC, 2008) DIMANCHE JEUNE FAMILLE See the event description for November 21 In the summer of 1968, the life of a young boy is thrown [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier into turmoil when his mother leaves their family and runs away to Greece. [3:00 pm] [OU] Théâtre Outremont 2 PETIT COCHON, UNE HISTOIRE VRAIE.PIPO ATELIER THÉÂTRE Little Wolf has taken to bullying Little Pig whenever he can. Little Pig wants to defend himself but he is not NOV. sure how to do it. Who will help him keep that silly wolf SAT. 14 away? Written, directed and performed by Claudine [2:00 pm] 2 Raymond. HIMA.THÉÂTRE DES PETITES ÂMES (AGES 3 TO 5) [CN] Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce youth events This dreamlike musical show tells the story of a tiny little lady who is fascinated by crystals of silver that fall [3:00 pm] 2 from the sky. Written and performed by Isabelle LE SPECTACLE DE L'ARBRE Photo : Stéphane Guy Payant. COMPAGNIE DES MOTS D’LA DYNAMITE (AGES 3 TO 5) [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal Stories, dances, songs, rhymes and puppets are waiting NOV. to show you how this funny idea we call Time can be so SAT. 07 abstract and pervasive, yet amusing and poetic at the same time. A show conceived by Nathalie Derome. [2:00 pm] 2 NOV. AND NOV. ALADIN ET LE LUTH MAGIQUE SAT. 14 SUN. 15 [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges WRITTEN BY JULIE LEBLANC (AGES 6 AND OVER) [2:00 pm] 16 FESTIVAL DU MONDE ARABE MAX ET LES OGRES.MUSICAL TALE BY THE ENSEMBLE This show provides an introduction to Arab culture PENTAÈDRE (AGES 4 TO 8) through instruments, sounds and stories that empha- A group of musicians are running late for their concert. size harmony and openness. They take a shortcut through the forest and come upon
key to the pictograms on page 4 [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal a family of vegetarian ogres. But their new friends begin to wonder, Does a clarinettist tastes better than [2:00 pm] 2 6 mushrooms? With Karine Saint-Arnaud, puppeteer. LA VÉRITABLE HISTOIRE DU PÈRE NOËL (AGES 6 AND OVER) [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun (November 14) See the event description for December 20 [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux (November 15) [RPT] Bibliothèque Rivière-des-Prairies, salle d’exposition
[7:00 pm] 2 6 NOV. SIMON ET L’ŒUF (AGES 6 TO 12) SUN. 15 SORTIE CHIC EN FAMILLE [2:00 pm] See the event description for October 16 2 GROS BISCUIT! (AGES 3 TO 8) [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville See the event description on page 54 [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord NOV. SUN. 08 [2:00 pm] 2 [1:30 pm] 1 PEKKA.THÉÂTRE DES PETITES ÂMES (AGES 2 TO 5) WOÂNDA (AGES 6 TO 10) Each evening, after the moon rises in the sky, the old LES ENTRÉES EN SCÈNE LOTO-QUÉBEC Jacynta tells a story to Pekka, a brave little turtle. But See the event description for October 3 one evening, the moon does not appear, so Pekka [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle decides to go looking for him. l'Entrepôt [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay Photo : Émilie Bouchard NOV. NOV. 59 SAT. 21 SAT. 28 [2:00 pm] 2 6 [11:00 am] 2 6 PIERRE ET LE POU.SACRÉ TYMPAN (AGES 4 TO 8) MAIS OÙ EST PASSÉ LE CHEVAL DE SAINT-NICOLAS? A great concert show for the whole family. Three per- A FILM BY MISCHA KAMP (BELGIUM, 2007) formers blend funky jazz and galloping country tunes FESTIVAL DU FILM POUR ENFANTS DE MONTRÉAL (FIFEM) with storytelling and theatre to dramatize three differ- Winky Wong is taking care of Saint Nick’s horse while ent tales. he’s away on a visit to Spain. One day, when nobody [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac else is at the farm, Winky loses control of the horse, and it runs away! How can she find it again? [2:00 pm] 2 [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles LE SPECTACLE DE L'ARBRE (AGES 3 TO 5) See the event description for November 15 [2:00 pm]2 [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal UN BOULOT POUR UN DRÔLE D'OISEAU (AGES 5 TO 10 ) See the event description for November 21
[PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal youth events NOV. AND NOV. SAT. 21 SUN. 22 [2:00 pm] 2 HISTOIRES CACHÉES ET OMBRES FOLLES! (AGES 5 TO 10) PRODUCED BY THE OMBRES FOLLES THEATRE COMPANY An invitation to discover the stories that hide behind everyday objects, and in the dances of shadow and light. [RPT] Bibliothèque Rivière-des-Prairies, salle d’exposition
NOV. SUN. 22 Photo: Paul Fournier [2:00 pm] 1 key to the pictograms on page 4 SHILVI NOV. Part of a singing tour by this well-known personality, SAT. 21 who is loved by children and parents throughout [1:30 pm] Quebec for her songs and her adventures with Popo 2 6 the Hippo. MAX.MINSKY ET MOI See the event description for October 24 [LS] Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau [SLA] Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent [3:00 pm] 1 [2:00 pm] PETITE JACINTHE.PYJAMA SINGALONG (AGES 2 TO 8) 1 Two founding members of the group Bande Magnétik UN BOULOT POUR UN DRÔLE D'OISEAU play rock, reggae, country and blues (and even some PUPPET SHOW (AGES 5 TO 10) classical stuff) while sharing funny songs and stories Follow the hilarious mishaps of a forgetful little puppet about everyday life. as he tries to make some money to replace his uncle's lost parrot. He let it fly away by mistake! [IS] Salle Pauline-Julien [VE] Centre culturel de Verdun 60 DEC. DEC. FRI. 04 SAT. 05 [8:00 pm] 26 [2:00 pm] 2 4 SIMON ET L’ŒUF (AGES 6 TO 12) PAS DE PROBLÈMES!PETIT THÉÂTRE DE SHERBROOKE See the event description for October 16 A musical tale about a young adventuress who dreams [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Salle of distant worlds, but only until she falls asleep! Jean-Eudes Written by Isabelle Cauchy. [VM] Maison de la culture Frontenac
DEC. [3:00 pm] 2 6 SAT. 05 PIERRE ET LE POU.SACRÉ TYMPAN (AGES 4 TO 8) [10:30 am] See the event description for November 21 2 [VSP] Auditorium Le Prévost L'HIVER DE LÉON A FILM BY PIERRE-LUC GRANJON AND PASCAL LE NÔTRE Photo : Martin Blache
youth events NOËL,NOËL.A FILM BY NICOLAS LEMAY (AGES 5 AND OVER) L’ONF À LA MAISON DEC. SUN. 06 NOV. Léon is an adopted bear suffering from an identity cri- SUN. 29 sis. Along with two good friends, a hedgehog and an [2:00 pm] 2 elephant, he embarks on a great adventure to save a L'HIVER DE LÉON ET NOËL,NOËL (AGES 5 AND OVER) [1:30 pm] 1 princess. In Noël, Noël, a misguided billionaire falls in OCÉANE.MUSICAL THEATRE L’ONF À LA MAISON love with Beatrice, a bespectacled fairy who prefers In this song-filled show, Océane wonders what will hap- See the event description for December 5 true love to all the diamonds in the world. pen when she walks for the first time on the hot sands [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay of Oceania. As it turns out, she will meet a character [RPT] Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles who unwittingly holds the key to her destiny. [2:00 pm] [1:00 pm] 2 [LA] Complexe culturel Guy-Descary – Salle de spectacle 2 6 GAËTANE BRETON (AGES 2 TO 7) MAX.MINSKY ET MOI l'Entrepôt With a giant illustrated book and a friendly puppet See the event description for October 24 named Poiléplume, Gaëtane Breton tells us all about [2:00 pm] 2 [PR] Centre communautaire de l'Est her childhood memories of Christmas. LE GRAND BAL DE NOËL (AGES 3 TO 5) [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier key to the pictograms on page 4 JEUNESSES MUSICALES DU CANADA Three penguins travel all the way to the North Pole for [2:00 pm] 1 6 some musical celebrations. But the gates to the party are MAIS OÙ EST PASSÉ LE CHEVAL DE SAINT-NICOLAS? closed. To enter, they have to come up with an original See the event description for November 28 Christmas carol. [LS] Centre Henri-Lemieux [MHM] Maison de la culture Mercier
[2:00 pm] 2 6 MAIS OÙ EST PASSÉ LE CHEVAL DE SAINT-NICOLAS? See the event description for November 28 [MHM] Maison de la culture Maisonneuve [2:00 pm] 2 UNE NUIT AU MUSÉE: LA BATAILLE DU SMITHSONIAN A FILM BY SHAWN LEVY (UNITED STATES, 2009) SORTIES CINÉ FAMILLE A former night-watchman is drawn back to his old museum. There, he discovers that his favourite exhibits have been deemed out-of-date. Packed into crates, they await shipment to the vast Smithsonian archives in Washington. [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord Illustration : Lorraine Beaudoin, Alpha Zulu DEC. DEC. 61 SAT. 12 SUN. 20 [2:00 pm] 36 [2:00 pm] 2 4 LA VÉRITABLE HISTOIRE DU PÈRE NOËL (AGES 6 AND OVER) COPEAUX DE NEIGE (AGES 4 TO 9) See the event description for December 20 See the event description for December 12 [IS] Bibliothèque de L’Île-Bizard [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal [3:00 pm] 1 DEC. GROS BISCUIT! (AGES 3 TO 8) SUN. 13 See the event description on page 54 [2:00 pm] 2 6 [IS] Salle Pauline-Julien LA VÉRITABLE HISTOIRE DU PÈRE NOËL (AGES 6 AND OVER) See the event description for December 20 [4:00 pm] 1 6 [SO] Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay LA VÉRITABLE HISTOIRE DU PÈRE NOËL (AGES 6 AND OVER) A FILM BY JUHA WUOLIJOKI (FINLAND, 2007) DEC. youth events FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM POUR ENFANTS DE FRI. 11 DEC. MONTRÉAL (FIFEM) DIMANCHE JEUNE FAMILLE [7:00 pm] 2 6 FRI. 18 Hundreds of years ago, in Lapland, a little boy named LA VÉRITABLE HISTOIRE DU PÈRE NOËL (AGES 6 AND OVER) [7:00 pm] Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers See the event description for December 20 1 decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a COPEAUX DE NEIGE (AGES 4 TO 9) [RPP] Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, year, at Christmastime, he moves to a new home. To See the event description for December 12 Salle Jean-Eudes show his gratitude, he makes toys for the children of [PR] Centre communautaire de l'Est each family as farewell presents. [OU] Théâtre Outremont
DEC. DEC. SAT. 12 SAT. 19 [2:00 pm] 1 [2:00 pm] GROS BISCUIT! (AGES 3 TO 8) 2 6 LA VÉRITABLE HISTOIRE DU PÈRE NOËL (AGES 6 AND OVER) See the event description on page 54 See the event description for December 20
[VE] Centre culturel de Verdun key to the pictograms on page 4 [PM] Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal [3:00 pm] 2 COPEAUX DE NEIGE.PRODUCED BY THÉÂTRE DE DEUX DEC. MAINS (AGES 4 TO 9) SUN. 20 Upon revisiting the workshop of his late master, a young sculptor rediscovers some forgotten memories [2:00 pm] 2 and the touching stories they inspire. Louis-Philippe CHANTONS NOËL Paulhus performs. Lou and Jo are two magical singers who have come to [CN] Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges see us on a special mission. These lively and engaging messengers aim to ensure that citizens north of the 45th parallel can truly find the spirit of the holidays. [7:00 pm] 2 4 [MN] Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord BOBELO.MUSIC SHOW (AGES 8 AND OVER) SORTIE CHIC EN FAMILLE Brimming with fantasy and imagination, the Bobelo show revisits classic icons of traditional Quebec music. [AC] Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville 62 [AC] Ahuntsic-Cartierville • 514 872-8749 [IS] L’Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève Maison de la culture Mercier 2 8105 rue Hochelaga • 514 872-8755 Église de la Visitation Bibliothèque de L'Île-Bizard 7Honoré-Beaugrand 8189 1847 boulevard Gouin Est • 514 872-8749 500 rue de l'Église • 514 620-6257 Henri-Bourassa 69 East Musée du Château Dufresne 7 8 Salle Pauline-Julien 2929 avenue Jeanne-d’Arc • 514 872-2200 Église évangélique arménienne 15615 boulevard Gouin Ouest, 7Pie-IX 11455 rue Drouart • 514 872-8749 514 626-1616 7Henri-Bourassa 869 West and 868 Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville [MN] Montréal-Nord 10300 rue Lajeunesse • 514 872-8749 7Henri-Bourassa [LA] Lachine • 514 634-3471 Cégep Marie-Victorin, Salle Désilets 7000 rue Marie-Victorin • 514 328-4150 Maison du meunier du parc-nature de Bibliothèque Saint-Pierre 7Henri-Bourassa 869 East l’Île-de-la-Visitation 3 183 rue des Érables • 514 634-3471, Ext. 826 Maison culturelle et communautaire de 10897 rue du Pont • 514 872-8749 7Vendôme 890 Montréal-Nord 2 Maison du Pressoir du parc-nature de Complexe culturel Guy-Descary 12004 boulevard Rolland • 514 328-5640 l’Île-de-la-Visitation 3 Salle de spectacle l'Entrepôt 7Henri-Bourassa 849 East 10865 rue du Pont • 514 872-8749 2901 boulevard Saint-Joseph cultural venues 7Henri-Bourassa 869 East 514 634-3471, Ext. 302 7Angrignon 8195 [OU] Outremont • 514 495-6211 [AN] Anjou • 514 493-8200 École Martin-Bélanger 3 Centre communautaire intergénérationnel 29 rue Ouellette • 514 595-2057 d’Outremont Bibliothèque Jean-Corbeil 999 avenue McEachran • 514 495-6211 7500 avenue Goncourt • 514 493-8260 Église des Saints-Anges Gardiens 7Outremont 7Honoré-Beaugrand 885 1400 boulevard Saint-Joseph • 514 634-3471 Galerie d'art d'Outremont Centre communautaire Chénier Musée de Lachine – Maison Leber-Lemoyne and 41 avenue Saint-Just • 514 495-7419 8330 avenue Chénier • 514 493-8200 Musée plein air de Lachine 7Outremont 1 chemin du Musée • 514 634-3471, Ext. 346 Centre Roger-Rousseau 7Angrignon 8110 Théâtre Outremont 2 7501 avenue Rondeau • 514 493-8200 1248 rue Bernard Ouest • 514 495-9944 Honoré-Beaugrand 85 7 8 7Outremont [LS] LaSalle • 514 367-6373 École secondaire Anjou, Agora 8205 rue Fonteneau • 514 493-8200 Centre culturel Henri-Lemieux, Théâtre du Grand [PR] Pierrefonds–Roxboro • 514 624-1100 Sault and Galerie Les Trois C Église Jean XXIII 7644 rue Édouard • 514 367-5000 Centre communautaire de l'Est 7101 avenue de l'Alsace • 514 493-8200 7de l’Église 858 West 9665 boulevard Gouin Ouest • 514 624-1100 Galerie d’art Goncourt 7Côte-Vertu 864 North and 868 West Salle Jean-Grimaldi, Cégep André-Laurendeau 7500 avenue Goncourt • 514 493-8260 1111 rue Lapierre • 514 367-6373 Centre communautaire de l'Ouest 7Angrignon 8110 or 113 17760 rue Meloche • 514 624-1100 [CN] Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Centre culturel de Pierrefonds 13850 boulevard Gouin West • 514 624-1114 Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges [MHM] Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Côte-Vertu 64 North and 68 West 5290 chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges 7 8 8 Auditorium du Jardin Botanique 514 872-6889 4101 rue Sherbrooke Est • 514 872-2200 École St-Anthony 7Côte-des-Neiges 7Pie-IX 17760 rue Meloche • 514 624-1100 Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Collège de Maisonneuve, Salle Sylvain-Lelièvre Église Marie-Reine-de-la-Paix 3 3755 rue Botrel • 514 872-2157 3800 rue Sherbrooke Est • 514 872-2200 11075 boulevard Gouin West • 514 624-1100 7Villa-Maria 7Pie-IX Église Roxboro United Church 3 Parc Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Église Saint-Nom-de-Jésus 116 rue Cartier • 514 624-1100 rue Girouard & chemin Côte Saint-Antoine 4215 rue Adam • 514 872-2200 Polyvalente de Pierrefonds Segal Centre for Performing Arts 2 Pie-IX 139 South 7 8 13800 boulevard de Pierrefonds • 514 624-1100 5170 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine Maison de la culture Maisonneuve 2 Côte-Vertu 64 North and 68 West 514 872-6889 7 8 8 4200 rue Ontario Est • 514 872-2200 7Côte-Sainte-Catherine 7Pie-IX 8139 South [PM] Plateau-Mont-Royal • 514 872-2266 [RPP] Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie • 514 872-1730 Centre culturel de Verdun 63 5955 rue Bannantyne • 514 765-7170 Église de l’Immaculée-Conception Cinéma Beaubien 2 7LaSalle 8108 1855 rue Rachel • 514 872-2266 2396 rue Beaubien Est • 514 872-1730 Papineau 45 Beaubien 18 East Édifice Guy-Gagnon, Studio B 7 8 8 5160 boulevard LaSalle Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste Église presbytérienne Saint-Luc 4237 rue Henri-Julien • 514 872-2266 5790 17e Avenue Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix 3 Lionel-Groulx 345 avenue Strathmore • 514 765-7150 Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Chapelle Saint-Louis 7 4230 rue Drolet Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs 3 7Mont-Royal Salle Jean-Eudes 4155 rue Wellington • 514 765-7150 3535 boulevard Rosemont • 514 872-1730 Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal 2 7Rosemont 8197 465 avenue du Mont-Royal Est • 514 872-2266 [VM] Ville-Marie 7Mont-Royal Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Studio 1, Studio 2 Centre d'histoire de Montréal Parc du Mont-Royal 6707 avenue De Lorimier • 514 872-1730 335 place D'Youville • 514 872-3207 Lac aux castors • 514 872-6889 Square Victoria 7Beaubien 818 East 7
Sanctuaire Saint-Sacrement Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur cultural venues 500 A avenue Mont-Royal Est • 514 872-2266 [SLA] Saint-Laurent • 514 855-6110 100 rue Sherbrooke Est • 514 872-5338 7Sherbrooke 824 West Cégep Saint-Laurent, Salle Émile-Legault 3 [RPT] Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles 613 avenue Sainte-Croix • 514 855-6110 Maison de la culture Frontenac 2 2550 rue Ontario Est • 514 872-7882 Bibliothèque de Rivière-des-Praires, 7du Collège 7Frontenac Salle d’exposition Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent 9001 boulevard Perras • 514 872-9425 1375 rue Grenet • 514 855-6110 Henri-Bourassa 43 West and 49 [VSP] Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension 7 8 8 7Côte-Vertu 8128 North 514 872-6131 Centre communautaire Roussin Église Saint-Sixte 3 12125 rue Notre-Dame Est • 514 645-4519 1895 rue de l'Église • 514 855-6110 Auditorium Le Prévost 7Honoré-Beaugrand 8189 East 7355 avenue Christophe-Colomb • 514 872-6131 7Jean-Talon École Simone-Desjardins, Pavillon Gouin [SLE] Saint-Léonard • 311 10004 boulevard Gouin Est • 514 872-9814 Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension Bibliothèque Saint-Léonard and 421 rue Saint-Roch • 514 872-6131 Église Saint-Joseph 3 Galerie Port-Maurice Parc 10050 boulevard Gouin Est • 514 872-9814 7 8420 boulevard Lacordaire • 311 Salle l’Intro Maison Beaudry Crémazie 192 East or 7 8 911 rue Jean-Talon Est • 514 872-6131 14678 rue Notre-Dame Est • 514 872-2240 7Cadillac 832 North Honoré-Beaugrand 189 7 8 Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo TOHU 2345 rue Jarry Est • 514 376-TOHU (8648) Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles 8350 boulevard Lacordaire • 311 Jarry 193 East 14001 rue Notre-Dame Est • 514 872-2240 7Crémazie 8192 East 7 8 7Honoré-Beaugrand 8189 Maison de la culture Rivière-des-Praires [SO] Sud-Ouest • 514 872-2044 Maison du Bon Temps Unless indicated otherwise, all the 8000 boulevard Gouin Est • 514 872-9814 Église Saint-Irénée 3044 rue Delisle • 514 872-2044 venues can be accessed by people with 7Henri-Bourassa 848 or 89 East physical disabilities. Salle Désilets and Salle Rond-Point, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay 2 Cégep Marie-Victorin 1 6052 boulevard Monk • 514 872-2044 1 Personal attendant required 7000 rue Marie-Victorin • 514 872-9814 7Monk 836 East 7Henri-Bourassa 869 2 Hearing aid system available [VE] Verdun • 514 765-7150 Sanctuaire de la Réparation au Sacré-Cœur 3 Non-accessible venue 3650 boulevard de la Rousselière • 514 872-2240 Centre communautaire Elgar 260 rue Elgar • 514 765-7270 7Square Victoria 8168 Last minute o ers tickets to all shows, TICKETS events and cultural activities in the Greater Montreal Region ON SALE NOW!
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