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Walking Turcot Yards: Clay Lipsky – Atomic Overlook
Clay Lipsky – Atomic Overlook All this reminds me of Alex Colville’s painting, Pacific. This fellow has evolved to where he now occupies the potential last chapter of history where the only options are waiting and suicide. He is the typical postarctic human no longer required to take action or
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Climate change is simple: David Roberts at TEDxTheEvergreenStateCollege
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Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Idle No More – Montreal, Friday at Noon
****An English version will follow**** FRANÇAIS: 17/12/2012 – Mouvement historique – Les autochtones se réunissent sous la bannière Idle No More pour dénoncer les politiques du gouvernement Harper – Joignez-vous à eux le 21 décembre à Montréal. Suivant l’impulsion d’un mouvement spontané, lancé par le mot-clic #IdleNoMore sur Twitter, des
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Hunger Strike As First Nations Serve Notice
Open letter on behalf of the First Nations leaders to the Right Honourable Governor General David Johnston and the Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper OTTAWA, Dec. 16, 2012 /CNW/ – On behalf of the National Executive of the Assembly of First Nations, we write today regarding an
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Josef Hoflehner – Jet Airliner
Josef Hoflehner – Jet Airliner
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Circular River by Kahn & Selesnick
PLATE 2: WE REACH THE FRONTIER OF THE BURYAT TERRITORY AND DISCOVER A PYRAMID OF PRAYER FLAGS. Well over a month since we parachuted onto the Siberian Steppe. Flat, featureless country still; it is impossible to judge scale and distance, havoc is wreaked with depth perception. Last week Bindon strode
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths
by Max Fisher for The Atlantic (reposted from July 23, 2012) I’ve heard it said that, if you take a walk around Waikiki, it’s only a matter of time until someone hands you a flyer of scantily clad women clutching handguns, overlaid with English and maybe Japanese text advertising one
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: December 6, 1989
I was sitting by myself in a small classroom at Concordia Fine Arts finishing off some booze from a party we were having on the last day of school. It had been a very interesting semester and I was pretty happy. Across town at the Universite de Montreal 14 women
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: The Strange Case of an Environmentalist Environment Minister
It’s been interesting to see the media making so much of Daniel Breton’s long and illustrious “criminal” life. You would swear being poor automatically made you a breaker of rules, a natural born cheat who only knows deception and wild behavior. Anyone who has ever attended a public consultation with
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: “Three trees and a Mayan Calendar”
Espace les Neuf Soeurs presents: “Three trees and a Mayan Calendar” This Friday November 30 vernissage 5-10 PM Also open Saturday and Sunday 11 AM to 5 Pm *bring kids!* Tree no 1 Artist Arpi is back! He has created a tree using discarded objects as a comment on our
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: À St-Henri, le 26 août – Screening Thursday Night
Great opportunity to see this film and pick up some information about Projet Montreal. From the NFB page– Glide along the boulevards of St-Henri with the charming perpetual motion machines that are this district’s diverse denizens, from the taciturn milkman to resourceful Doris the gleaner to a group of fashion-forward
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: New Album – Expwy in the sky
The new album is out! Expwy in the sky is a double concept EP. Don’t forget that you can play both EPs SIMULTANEOUSLY. Get it! Have a listening party! Invite your friends! Listen to it together! The first part is about a neighborhood that was destroyed to build the Ville-Marie
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: New David Fennario Play – Motherhouse
Don’t forget yer pots and pans! (en français ci-dessous) DAVID FENNARIO’S LATEST PLAY – A PERFORMANCE IN THE POINT FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY You are cordially invited to share an afternoon with David Fennario performing his latest play “Motherhouse”, a 65-minute story about the women workers of the
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: New Mural In Ville Emard
Murale de l’Arche Montréal : un projet inspirant qui réunit des graffiteurs et des personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle New mural at 6115 Jogues, looks to be on the side of the presbytery of St-Jean-Damascène. Before And After And here is the city blurb. Montréal, le 6 novembre 2012 –
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Tremblay Resigns!
One of the things that stands out in my mind regarding the merger of the cities on Montreal island involves former Verdun Mayor, Georges Bosse. After the merger Bosse became a key player on Montreal’s notoriously secretive Executive Committee. Soon after he was the City’s main shill for the massive,
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: “Hurricane Porn”?: The Aesthetics of Authenticity and Nature’s Wrath
Excellent article that discusses Superstorm Sandy and how events influence images and vice versa. By Paul Mullins n the wake of Hurricane Sandy photographers shared ten images every second on Instagram, documenting the storm, testifying to the power of nature, and underscoring the internet’s power to shape our collective imagination.
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: From The Creator Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Start hoarding canned food!
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Art And Pasta In Verdun November 10
It’s a fundraiser for Projet Montreal. We need to get the corrupt parties out of our city and this is a great chance to contribute to the campaign, get to know what’s going on, eat some fine food, maybe purchase a beautiful work of art by a local artist, or
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: New Play From Point Saint Charles Community Theatre
Just a reminder that our play “Kiss the Bride” Opens in just a little more than a week – November 9th 2012 Please note that our performance for Friday, November 16th is now SOLD OUT If you plan to attend and have not reserved as of yet, please visit our web
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