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Last minute dance
by Marites Carino
VOX populi
by Mark Slutsky
Seven up
by Mark Slutsky
L'Amour fou
By Vincent Tinguely
This month's edition of the Madly Made cabaret series showcases francophone punk/Dadaist foursome Les Abdigradationnistes, whose recent second CD release, L'amour au fond de la gorge, grabs québécois folk, pop, poetry and kitsch culture by the scruff of the neck and puts it through a cuisinart.
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Divine tilin': Saturday sees Mosaïka Art & Design's (10 des Pins, #116) first-ever Mosaic MADness event, a holiday-themed show with over 100 mosaics (all by past students of this "Atelier de mosaïque") on display. The show runs 1-5 p.m. * Zineophilia: Help launch the December issue of Streeteaters this weekend with a show of performances by Dave Levine, Jessica Murphy, Paula Belina, Larissa, Butterfly, and others. Check it out at Yesterdays (1429 Bishop) this Sunday, December 16, 8:30 p.m., $5 (with zine). * You better shop around: Avoid the malls this holiday season and check out two cool craft sales this weekend: there's a Christmas Craft Sale at Zeke's Gallery (3955 St-Laurent) on Saturday, December 15, 12-4:30 p.m., with ceramics, leather, jewellery, Divadog T-shirts, books and other good stuff, and the traditional December Rusty Plum Holiday Bazaar at Elle Corazon (176 Bernard W.), this weekend and next, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., full of lightboxes, jewellery, nifty duds and all sorts of handmade goodness. * Garden party: With its new exhibition, Gardens, Fountains and Labyrinths, Galerie Mazarine (1448 Sherbrooke W.) showcases the elaborate European gardens of the 17th and 18th Century through period botanical, ornithological (?) and architectural engravings. The show runs until February 28, 2002. :
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Frantically searching for some dance before the year's end? Check out the 98th offering in the Vernissage-dance series from Montreal dance space Studio 303. A handful of choreographers present their works in Vernissage-dance #98. Vancouver choreographer Helen Walkley shows Aunt Norma and Uncle Bill, a choreography based on a recording of Walkley and her relatives talking. Then there's New Yorker Barbara Mahler, who gives us a peek of her work-in-progress The Love Dances. Plus, local choreographer Pamela Newell gives us a bedtime story called Desire and Marc Boivin, in collaboration with Walkley, performs in trust and discomfort, a structured improvisation dealing with the theme of meetings. At Studio 303 (372 Ste-Catherine W.) Dec. 15, 8:30 p.m., $5-10. Info: 393-3771.
Long-time photo gallery (and Mois de la photo operations base) VOX is undergoing some crazy changes this month. With Mois de la photo duties relegated now to a separate, independent organization, VOX is moving its exhibition space from its previous Ste-Catherine street location to the new L'Espace VOX in Marché Bonsecours (350 St-Paul E.) The move is marked by a big new show, Life in Real Time, which, in its first installment, Quick Mode (opening this month), focuses on the accelerated pace of day-to-day life.
Culled from the output of the NFB's French-language animation wing, Sept à voir collects seven short cartoons by seven very different animators. The media used run the spectrum, from sand, painted glass or charcoal to stop-motion dolls and digital collage. Standing out are Pjotr Sapegin's puppetoon Puccini pastiche Aria and Claude Cloutier's pen-and-wash evo-lunacy Du big bang à mardi matin, with its excellent score by Pierre Desrochers. Sept à voir runs Dec. 14-20, 3 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. daily, at Cinéma Parallèle in Ex-Centris (3536 St-Laurent).
Make your bubby happy: Jewish? Single? Looking for a way to while away those lonely hours on Christmas Eve? Well, you could always catch a movie, or--if you're feeling adventurous--you could check out the 15th annual Matzo Ball(TM), a Jewish singles' night. The international event--Matzo Balls(TM) will be held simultaneously in cities all over North America--will feature "a DJ with top-of-the-charts music for dancing" (gotta love that Jewishly phrased "music for dancing"), hors d'oeuvres, and door prizes. At Tokyo (3709 St-Laurent), Dec. 24, 8 p.m., $15-20. Check out www.matzoball.org for details.