A lifelong resident of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, Ekua Holmes (b. 1955) is an artist and community activist whose body of work explores themes of childhood, family bonds, memory, and resilience. This exhibition focuses on her award-winning children’s book illustrations—vibrant collages revealing stories of self-determination, love, and community that reflect the artist’s distinctive vision and commitment to Black imagery and representation.
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According to what criteria and in whose eyes do we achieve success? Lévriers is a theatrical investigation led by director Sophie Gee and five others who, like her, have remade their lives in Montreal: a Dutch actress, a Québécois dancer, a Rwandan rugby player, an Antillian rapper, and a retired Jewish businessman. Over the course of a creative laboratory, they all look back on their journey and their culture for ways to define success.
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Raised on biblical stories of how his Jewish ancestors fought oppression, and marked by childhood fears about the Holocaust, playwright Stephen Orlov began to ask himself why Jews, who had founded the state of Israel to end their oppression, were now dispossessing another people that had lived there for centuries. Birthmark, produced by Teesri Duniya Theatre, delivers a compelling vision for peace and social justice, ushering us across the cultural divide of Canada’s Jewish and Palestinian diasporic communities.
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Montreal – Productions Coracole presents another family show appealing to theatergoers of all ages; the world premiere of Daisy and the Wonder Weeds by Jean Elliott Manning, directed by Coralie Heiler and Sylvain Millette, playing on April 19 and 20.
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The MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) is proud to present for the first time in Quebec choreographer Arkadi Zaides who will grace us with his stunning work Quiet, a monumental work featuring Palestinian and Israeli performers.
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Montreal - The Conseil des artistes québécois presents, under the honorary presidency of Andy Nulman, the 5th edition of Montreal's Erotic Art Festival from August 27th until September 5th 2011.
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Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today (the Schulberg restoration) will be screened at 5:00 pm Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Moot Court, Faculty of Law, McGill University in Montreal. Following the screening, Professor Payam Akhavan will comment and lead a discussion. This film inaugurates the 2011 Kleinmann Family Foundation Symposium on Confronting Genocide: 1915-2011, with events scheduled for Concordia University (March 14-17) and Vanier College (April 4-8).
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With this exhibition, the Museum pays tribute to Miles Davis (1926-1991), one of the twentieth century’s greatest musicians. The multimedia retrospective (musical excerpts, film and documentary clips, drawings by Miles Davis; paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Mati Klarwein; photographs by Annie Leibovitz and Irving Penn; costumes, musical instruments and scores lent by the Davis family, etc.) recalls the highlights of his life and career, including his memorable concerts in Montreal.
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Invaluable witnesses to their era, painters in Montreal's Jewish community offer unique insight into the atmosphere that reigned in the city between 1930 and 1948, evoking both the history of the working class and the misery of the Great Depression.
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The Matisse Museum of Nice in France has chosen to display the works of the American painter Robert De Niro, Sr. (1922-1993), father of the actor Robert De Niro, to answer its vocation of making known the works of Matisse, master of the 20th century, through different angles and, on this occasion, as a source of inspiration.
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