“It’s impossible to live here [Pointe-Saint-Charles] and not get sucked into the culture,” says Jules Rodschat, who moved to the neighbourhood nestled in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal in 2024.

Tina Cruz is a multidisciplinary artist, comedian, and writer known for her sharp, introspective humour that skillfully explores the intersections of cultural identity, family dynamics, and personal experiences.

We talk about everything these days. Through cursory conversations and social media posts, we learn about someone's politics, preferences, the cycles of their mental reality.

When my grandmother told me the family used to be bookmakers, I thought they were publishers. Turns out, that's not at all what she meant. When Jessica Bebnek talks about bookmaking, she couldn't be more literal.

Gabrielle Lacoste is a Chilean/Belgian visual artist. Born in Zimbabwe, they moved to Santiago, Chile at the age of 3 and stayed until 19 years old. They then moved to France to study art, where they lived 1 year in Paris and 3 in Nantes. They received their undergraduate degree from Nantes' School of Fine Arts, which included a semester exchange at Bergen's Academy of Art and Design in Norway.

The nature of creativity (and creatives) has been explored and debated since they began exploring and debating concepts like that. Is creativity a gift from God? Have these people made a deal with a fiddle playing Devil? Are they simply crazy? (statistically also, but never simply). Nature vs nurture, and can it be taught at all?

Montreal's G String blends punk/grunge with a mission: creating a space where femmes, queer people, POC, and anyone who's been left out can rock out together. Talia, Tara, Julia, Saraluz, and Raven bring the energy, the community, and the unforgettable music.

Not everyone is a performer, which is probably a good thing. Let's be honest, there are only so many spotlights to go around, and frankly, it would be inconvenient if everyone was wearing stage makeup all the time, dropping sequins as they went.

Studio Mile-Ex, an expansive industrial space in the rapidly evolving Mile-Ex neighborhood of Montreal, served as the setting for Imago Theatre’s “immersive and site-specific” Scorpio Moon. Once our tickets were scanned, we passed through a door, then a passage lined with plastic sheeting and tarps, entering the world of the play.

We’re about to see first-hand the danger in both the (unfortunately rampant) belief that American politics don’t affect us Canadians, and in the denial of the political nature of art.