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Brooklyn noisemakers build pedals, not songs

Migr@tions finds unity in the immigrant experience

Licensing puts copyright in the hands of artists

It is telling about the nature of Chet Baker’s fame that fashion photographer Bruce Weber first discovered the jazz legend not by hearing his music,… Read More »Culture brief: Embraceable Chet

One woman’s breakup becomes 107 women’s multidisciplinary artwork

European cinema on the road and in the streets

Party on the poop deck for Montreal’s weird punks

As a third-grader, I voraciously consumed stacks of Sweet Valley High and Baby-sitter’s Club novels that I borrowed from the library on a weekly basis.… Read More »Culture Brief: Still Spellbound

Twelve musicians from Brooklyn mumble their way though postmodern romance

Sick and tired of misleading news out of Palestine? Fed up with journalists taking the same-old storylines that just perpetuate the suffering of Israelis and… Read More »A good time for Grassroots

A retrospective of the first annual Quebec Triennial at the Musée d’Art Contemporain

Break a leg Sweaty palms? Shaky voice? Mind gone blank? If you’ve ever auditioned for a play, you’ll recognize these symptoms not as the warning… Read More »Culture Briefs

The World Press Photo Exhibition makes detachment impossible

Studio photography pays homage to the Japanese Canadian experience

Yves Saint Laurent inverts the rules of women’s vogue