Here we are: the end of May. Activities in anticipation of the summer are proposed to you. Here are some suggestions.
From Friday to Sunday, more than 100 free activities await families at Parc Jean-Drapeau as the Eurêka festival unfolds at the foot of the Biosphere! Creative workshops, conferences, quizzes on chemistry, duel between science popularizers and street performances are part of the program for this great science festival. The theme of this 16th edition? Energy, in all its might.
This is not the first time that choreographer Dana Gingras has collaborated with members of the legendary Montreal group Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Monumental). This time, she called on four of them for her new creation, which could well cause a sensation at the start of the FTA with a free outdoor presentation, at nightfall, on the Esplanade Tranquille. They composed the music and will be accompanied on stage by four string musicians and as many singers; with them, eleven dancers will give the spectators a “metaphysical” experience, in a piece that combines virtuosity and sobriety, which is a call to environmental action. The London collective United Visual Artists signs the video projections. A reminder that humans are as capable of destroying as of creating beauty. It promises !
Back to normal for La Chasse-Balcon. From Thursday to Sunday, a musical aperitif will be held every day between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on a Montreal balcony. The elected officials are located this year in Verdun, Ahunstic-Cartierville, Ville-Marie and Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. It will be necessary to monitor the official site, the Facebook or Instagram page of the event to unearth the clues and hunt for the answers to finally find the music. This year, the music of Claude Méthé (Le Rêve du diable, Ni Sarpe Ni Branche, Entourloupe, etc.) will be performed by the Chasse-Balcon trio (Samuel Royer-Legault, Louis-Philippe Parent and Catherine Planet). , accompanied by Sophie Lavoie (violin), Olivier Arseneault (percussion and jig) and Elisabeth Moquin (violin and jig). -Alexandre Vigneault
The exhibition One of a kind: benevolence and openness to better understand presented at the Musée de la civilization takes a look at gender identity. “Based on the premise that every person has a gender identity and relates to people of different gender identities, the exhibition offers a series of content to illuminate and foster a better understanding of the dynamics related to this topic” , mentions the journalist Éric Clément in his article published on May 22.
In Master Gardener, horticulturist Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton) is employed by Norma Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver), a wealthy widow who lives on an estate with gardens. When the lady asks him to take her niece under his wing, the gardener finds himself confronting the demons of his past. “Dramatically surprising, Master Gardener is Paul Schrader’s most recent contribution to a highly relevant body of work, one that strives to uncover the gray areas of American society,” journalist Marc-André Lussier tells us in his review published on May 19.
This adaptation of Le otto montagne by Paolo Cognetti tells the story of Pietro who, in the 1980s, met Bruno, a boy of the same age. The friendship between the two men has stood the test of time, despite the different life choices. “We may find that this contemplative work sometimes drags on, but the filmmakers’ approach is to lead the viewer into an existential introspection before which we cannot remain indifferent. The result is a gentle melancholy, a bit as if, in a spirit of sobriety and truth, this film forced us to confront ourselves with the essential themes of life. And it’s beautiful,” journalist Marc-André Lussier tells us in his review published on May 19.
