Part Cat in the Hat for adults, part spiritual quest, Sea Peach is the title of both a book/CD and a live multimedia performance by wordwright Catherine Kidd and sound sculptor Jack Beetz. The CD features seven collaborative recordings by the duo. “It has a lot to do with love and loss,” says Kidd. “Knowing when to run, knowing when to stay. It’s about a character who flees everything, until she learns from other species the qualities, the characteristics she needs to have in her own life. The sea peach is the final, most inspiring creature for its groundedness and grace.”

Beginning tonight, Nov. 14, Kidd and Beetz perform Sea Peach live at Bain St-Michel (5300 St-Dominique), a former neighbourhood swimming pool turned performance space. “The audience is in the pool too, we’re all in the pool together,” Kidd explains. “There’s this subaquatic theme that goes throughout the show, including the sea peach itself. The underwater theme seems to mean a lot of different things—the dreamscape, the subconscious.” The show runs until Nov. 24, Tuesday–Sunday at 8 p.m., $10–$15. Book & CD launch after-party Saturday, Nov. 16, with musical guests The Shamefuls. Call 987-1774 ext. 3 for more info. : » Vincent Tinguely

When you think about Brazil, soccer cleats probably come to mind before dance slippers. But dance genres like ballet are big in Brazil, and this week one of their most famous dance companies, Grupo Corpo, performs in Montreal for the first time,

In the mid-’70s, choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras founded the company with his brother Paulo, the group’s artistic director. The brothers’ background is in classical ballet, but they take elements of modern, jazz and Afro-Brazilian dance to create a unique movement language. Two choreographies make up the evening’s program. Digging back 10 years into the company’s repertoire, 21 is a piece set to a score based on permutations of that number by composer Marco Antônio Guimarães. Next, Rodrigo created something a little more contemporary to celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary in O Corpo, a work for 19 dancers with the human body as its theme. Nov. 14–16, 8 p.m. at Place des Arts, call 842-2112 for tickets. : » Marites Carino

Both tongue-in-cheek anti-consumer propaganda and shameless self-promotion, Mathieu Doyon and Simon Rivest use the omnipresent logo to their advantage in an exhibition that opens this weekend at Articule (4001 Berri, #105). In the gallery, giant billboards advertise unspecified somethings, always adorned with a seductive “Doyon/Rivest” pseudo-corporate stamp, lending the photographs an air of importance. “Commerce has always used art and artists for its own profit,” explain the duo. “We want to reverse this trend and use commerce for the benefit of art.” Doyon/Rivest: Your Experts in Utopia Managament opens Saturday, Nov. 16, at 3 p.m., runs until Dec. 15. : » Matthew Woodley

Arriving in Montreal after attending a Cher concert with Miuccia Prada, Swiss architect Jacques Herzog recently breezed into the Canadian Centre for Architecture (1920 Baile) to shake hands and answer questions. His childhood friend and partner, Pierre de Meuron, would later join him for the opening of their exhibit, Herzog & de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind, which runs until next April.

Herzog and de Meuron are Europe’s reigning architectural duo since designing the Tate Modern in London for the millennium. Their current exhibit at the CCA is anything but a typical show-and-tell event with wall text. There are no floor plans, no documentary photography and no client models. According to the mandate, the CCA’s curators pretended to be future archaeologists looting Herzog & de Meuron’s archives for relics that reveal their experimental process. (That’s a bit unnecessary, but who cares?) All of the archival goodies are laid out flat, as if in a museum of natural history.

Don’t miss the chance to see the halls of the CCA lined in thick, grey felt, www.cca.qc.ca or 939-7026 for more info. : » Joanne Latimer

Fun with fingernails: If there’s anything more girly-girl girly than sipping a lychee martini while getting a manicure and gossiping with a girlfriend, then God help us. And if you’re a lady looking to partake in such decadent multi-tasking, Martini Manicure Thursdays were designed with you in mind. Inspired by New York in general and an episode of Sex and the City in particular, Sofia Grill and Tonic Salon Spa have teamed up for an evening of cocktail swigging and nail care ($25 gets you a basic manicure and the martini of your choice). The kicks for chicks can be had every Thursday, 5–7 p.m., at Sofia Grill (3600 St-Laurent). Note: you must reserve ahead of time at www.sofiagrill.com. : » Genevieve Paiement

Conduit culture: Swiss-Canadian artist Thomas Kneubüler looks at the bizarre and removed world of airports, “where architecture creates spaces without places and jetlag separates bodies from souls,” in Zones, an exhibition of digital photography running until Nov. 30 at Observatoire 4 (372 Ste-Catherine W., #426). • Pan-Pacific palette: Representing five countries and the work of six artists, the first annual Asian-Canadian Women Artists Exhibition runs at Espace Adagio in the Delta Hotel (475 President-Kennedy) until Nov. 30. • Abstract passages: Jerusalem-born painter Kamal Boullata traces his roots in Palestine and subsequent journey to the U.S. through Morocco, Andalucia and France in Mare Nostrum, his upcoming exhibition of abstract paintings at the Musée de Château Dufresne (2929 Jeanne-D’Arc, métro Pie-IX), Nov. 15–Dec. 15. :

Artistat: Minimum number of silkscreened show posters by designers Sériographe Populaire (www.seripop.com) that will be on sale at their space (406 St-Éloi, #300) for $2–$25 this Sunday, Nov. 17: 100 :

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