Culture

We are the voiceless generation that has yet to do something genuinely new to define itself – so the argument goes. Enter Terrence, a man-child… Read More »Who is KK Downey?: hipster comedy hits home

Rapid-fire art analysis Twenty images, and 20 seconds per image – this is the only guideline for the ten specialists presenting at next Wednesday’s Pecha… Read More »Culture Brief

A summer spent searching for the spirit of the city

[Correction appended] “If you erase the people of downtown America, the effect is bizarre, not to say disturbing… the familiar urban landscape without a soul… Read More »Wide urban spaces

Local author Andrew Hood delves into the gritty side of small-town Ontario in his debut short story collection Pardon Our Monsters

Expat Asian artists fall short as cultural ambassadors of their motherlands

The Daily’s Whitney Mallett gets the inside scoop on the Montreal drag queen scene

Montreal band Duchess Says can command the party without a full command of the English language

Nadine Gordimer fails to reinvigorate her pet themes in her new short story collection

David Rieff, son of Susan Sontag, remembers his mother’s final struggle with leukemia in a new memoir

My girlfriend George (short for Georgina) pulls on some stockings. They’re black, with little red hearts on them. Her coworker gave them to her. “She… Read More »The Hipless Boy: The big idea

Annual film series at the Goethe Institut places contemporary German film in dialogue with the country’s cinematic past

Montreal’s Throw Slam Poetry Collective merges camaraderie and competition

Amelia Schonbek delves into the dance scene in The Daily’s final installment on Montreal tastemakers

Montreal chef Nantha Kumar spices things up at Plateau restaurant Cash and Curry