MADOC PHOTO & SAGE – Délire photolyrique I

Local photographer Mario Jean has put together a short film of his favorite images from the last year. I sure would like to see more of this, in fact I find it quite inspiring, a Turcot film to come?:)

The words were written and spoken by local artist SAGE.
And please check out Mario’s Jean’s website.

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Poetry In Griffintown Tuesday Night

Calendrier Dalhousie Calendar

NB: Il s’agit des événements en plein air et les places sont limitées, svp apportez vos chaises de jardin.
These are outdoor events and seating is limited, please bring a lawn chair.

Poèsie au Corridor culturel

Poetry in the Cultural Corridor

mardi le 24 août à 19h00
Tuesday August 24th at 7pm

Place to Grow // Un endroit à la croissance : Poèsie
au coin des rues Ottawa et Dalhousie (Griffintown)

Said Azzaoui

Ehab Lotayef

Brian Campbell

Dale Matthews

Abby Paige

R de Smit

erika white

Angela Leuck

Lesley Pasquin

& Micro ouvert // & Open Mic

DALHOUSIE
Une initiative de la communauté du Griffintown
Dans un cul-de-sac niché entre le viaduc du CN et le New City Gas, DALHOUSIE est un espace extérieur accueillant toutes les formes d’expression. Ceci est une invitation à participer à une série d’événements qui aura lieu à l’angle des rues Dalhousie et Ottawa en face du Jardin de consultation et de concertation.
Les citoyens sont encouragés à participer et à s’exprimer dans le cadre d’une série d’expositions, de prestations musicales, de performances « spoken word », de présentations, d’ateliers, d’installations sculpturales, d’événements artistiques, de conférences et d’échanges d’opinions et d’idées dans un environnement urbain.
Pour en savoir plus sur Griffintown et le Corridor culturel, visitez http://www.griffintown.org/
Des informations sur les événements et installations seront affichées à http://griffintown.org/corridorculturel/
Pour participer, proposer un événement, une installation ou tout autre projet pour le site, ou pour de plus amples renseignements, s’il vous plaît contacter corridorculturel@griffintown.org

DALHOUSIE
A Griffintown community initiative
In a cul-de-sac nestled between the CN viaduct and the New City Gas, DALHOUSIE is an outdoor space in which to celebrate all forms of expression. This is your invitation to participate in a continual series of events to take place at the corner of Dalhousie and Ottawa Streets across from Griffintown’s Jardin de Concertation et de Consultation.
Citizens are encouraged to participate in interactive works, installations, exhibits, musical events, spoken word, performances and workshops, expressions of arts and sculpture, opinions, lectures and ideas in an outdoor urban environment.
To learn more about Griffintown and the Cultural Corridor, please visit http://www.griffintown.org/
Information about scheduled events will be posted at http://griffintown.org/corridorculturel/
To get involved, propose an event, installation or something else for the site, or for more information, please contact corridorculturel@griffintown.org.

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Ice Storm (2)

Dug up a few pictures from around Verdun.

The jewelry store on the corner, Dube, was better known as Gaulins for about 40 or more years. Vacant lot is a result of a fire in the 80′s.

Oddly the lights at La Grande Marquise were on and emergency lights of the Galt Metro entrance. Restaurant is closed today.

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Creative Blogger Award

Sylvied over at Bagatelles honoured this blog with this award, so in true blogospheric spirit I will pass it on to five others who will surely luv me 4 evr for it.

And in no particular order……

Riot Sauce

Raincoaster

Spy’s Spice 

Jack Ruttan 

Red Ravine 

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Dear God,

Found this on a page over at Friendster.

dear god,

when the weather warms winter
and we see skinny snowmen lining
the streets of suburbia, we are
going to check out the turcot yards
before it is made ugly with new
buildings that actually work.

amen.

By Emily

And here is her photograph of Turcot Yards.

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