Monday, November 26th, 5:00pm
Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU), Clubs Lounge (4th floor)
A historical and strategic assessment of the black bloc tactic, with a mind to clearing up misconceptions, reducing harm (by adequately explaining how to participate in a black bloc and how not to), and sparking a broader dialogue in the revolutionary anti-capitalist movement about the usefulness of not just black blocs, but street fighting, property destruction, anonymity, uniformity, propaganda of the deed, and other themes.
THE LIGHT BULB CONSPIRACY & E-WASTELAND - Quebec premieres
Monday, November 26th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Concordia University, Room H110
Two potent films that follow the structured system of planned obsolescence from frenzied purchases in the West, to toxic trash heaps in Africa. This screening is co-presented with R4 Concordia's Zero Waste Campaign.
THE LIGHT BULB CONSPIRACY
Once upon a time..... products were made to last. Then, at the beginning of the 1920s, a group of businessmen were struck by the following insight: 'A product that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business' (1928). Thus Planned Obsolescence was born.
E-WASTELAND
e-wasteland is set entirely at the Agbogbloshie slum in Accra, the capital of Ghana. Situated on the banks of the highly polluted Korle Lagoon, Agbogbloshie is home to over 30,000 settlers, mainly from the poorer Northern regions of Ghana. It is also home to the largest e-waste dump site in Africa. Generally uneducated and with few employable skills, many of the settlers at Agbogbloshie are forced to make a small living salvaging and recycling e-waste.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
House for Sale at Image+Nation 2012
Monday, November 26th, 7:15pm
Cinéma du Parc, 3575 av. du Parc
You are invited to the screening of House for Sale (the film) screening at Image+Nation LGBT Film Festival. Please join us in the presentation of "House for Sale" a film by Eisha Marjara, starring Atif Siddiqi, Neil Napier and Suzanna LeNir and co-produced by Etienne Desrosiers of p7v inc.
http://houseforsalefilm.com/
KANATA’s 2nd Annual Peer-to-Peer Conference: Connecting Community
Tuesday, November 27, 10am - 5pm
SSMU Breakout Room, 3480 McTavish Street, 2nd Floor
The peer-to-peer conference provides an open, non-hierarchical space for sharing ideas, knowledge, and resources relating to Montreal's Indigenous community on and off-campus. This year's 'theme' is "Connecting Community" and we will have sharing circles and sessions that promote dialogue led by various on-campus (McGill) and off-campus groups including:
-McGill Indigenous Student Alliance
-First Peoples' House of McGill
-McGill Aboriginal Health Interest Group
-Quebec Native Women
-Native Women's Shelter of Montreal
-NETWORK Health Committee
-Concordia's First Peoples Program
-Barrier Lake Solidarity Project (TBC)
Our aim of the conference this year is to get to know some of these groups in the McGill and greater Montreal communities that have an Indigenous focus or mandate. We invite you all to join us in networking and engaging in discussion on the priorities and goals of each of the groups participating.
http://kanata.qpirgmcgill.org
Raising Resistance: Solidarity with the Unist’ot’en!
Tuesday, November 27th, 10:00am
RBC Place Ville-Marie
In inspiring resistance this past week, the Unist’ot’en and Grassroots Wet’suwet’en have, yet again, evicted pipelines from their territories!
The Unis’tot’en are now calling for solidarity and support actions to reaffirm their position and to amplify the message to Industry and Government that no proposed pipelines will proceed in their territories. There is a call for immediate actions on Tuesday November 27th to ensure that corporations, investors, and governments get a clear message that they have no right or jurisdiction to approve development on Unist’ot’en lands. Join anti-colonial, social and environmental Justice activists, and communities in Quebec and across Canada, to show with solidarity with the Unist'ot'en.
For more information: http://unistotencamp.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/solidarity-actions/ http://www.facebook.com/events/279802322123507/
DEBATE - Homeopathy, Mere Placebo or Great Medicine?
Tuesday, November 27th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
McGill Canada University, 1430 Peel Street
With André Saine, ND, President of the Quebec Association of Naturopathic Medicine
vs Joe Schwarcz, PhD, Director of McGill University's Office fo Science and Society
Conversation: Considering the Co-op
Tuesday, November 27th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
ECTO - espace coopératif de travail, 880 rue roy est
The United Nations has declared 2012 to be the International year of Cooperatives with the goal of raising public awareness of the role that co-ops play in poverty reduction, employment generation and social integration. In Canada, co-ops have evolved significantly from their rural roots in the farming and fishing industries, and can now be found cropping up in all kinds of urban settings. Right here in Montreal, new and varied breeds of cooperatives – from food buying groups, to housing communities, to artist-run initiatives – are flourishing and providing opportunities for more engaged consumption and production. What unique characteristics have led to the growing popularity of co-ops? Should we, as a society, be considering the co-op model as a more viable model for conducting business? In this public conversation we will reflect on the role co-ops play in the face of our changing social and economic realities and consider what contributions they make to Montreal’s urban landscape.
ANTI-COLONIAL THANKSGIVING
Wednesday, November 28th, 5:30pm until 8:30pm
2515 rue Delisle
Free Food, Programming, Childcare and Translation. Free Dinner Prepared by the People’s Potato and Midnight Kitchen. Bridget Tolley will come to speak about Sisters in Spirit. Clifton Nicholas will critically speak about the real history of Thanksgiving.Films and other speakers To Be Announced.
Small Scale Gardening Workshop
Wednesday, November 28th. 6:30pm until 8:30pm
111 Roy St. E
Come to meet Quebec's pionneer in small scale bio-intensive farming!
During this 2-hour long training, the urban gardener will learn all the tricks and tips of a professional farmer while those who are willing to start their own small scale commercial farming operation will find enough inspiration to get started!
To purchase your tickets or learn more about this training, click here: http://smallscalegardening.eventbrite.com/#
Jean-Martin Fortier has more than 10 years of experience as an organic vegetable grower. He is the founder and co-owner of Les Jardins de la Grelinette, a well-known farm in Québec for its intensive methods of production. Jean-Martin as recently published a book (in french) where he details how he and his wife manage more than 1 acrea and half, while using no tractor. His book, le jardinier-maraîcher, explains the methods, tools, and horticultural techniques, which can turn a market garden into a viable small farm. More information on Jean-Martin Fortier and his book can be found at this website:www.lejardiniermaraicher.com.
For a video of Jean-Martin's farm, click here: http://vimeo.com/46202406
During this training, Jean-Martin will present most of the tools and techniques he uses to make diversified bio-intensive vegetable production possible and productive!
A question period will follow his presentation.
COST? 15$ per person.
PANEL DISCUSSION - Political Barriers to Better Food Policy
Wednesday, November 28th, 7:00pm
Room H-110, Henry F. Hall Building (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.), Sir George Williams Campus
Panel discussion on the difficulties of implementing food policy that puts the public’s health before corporate profit. Come be part of the discussion on the federal barriers to food policy that puts the public’s health before corporate profit. Three distinguished panelists from diverse backgrounds will be discussing their thoughts on where we are now and speak about their experience pushing for change at the federal level. The event will consist of brief presentations, discussion among members of the panel, and a question-and-answer period with the audience.
Admission to this event is free of charge and open to the public.
Short&Sweet #9
Wednesday, November 28th, 8:30pm
La Sala Rossa, 4848 boul. Saint-Laurent
Now in it's 9th edition, this celebrated dance event showcases the diversity within the contemporary dance and performance communities. On Nov 28th, 2012 invited artists will have carte blanche to create whatever they want... as long as it is under 3 minutes. As usual, a timekeeper is present for the event and artists going over the allotted timeframe will have their music and lights immediately cut off!The goal of Short&Sweet is to encourage artists to question exactly what can be accomplished within the time constraint, and to keep their ideas precise! Taking place in a relaxed cabaret/bar setting, Short&Sweet manages to keep the atmosphere light and gives the public a chance to see dance outside of the traditional theatre context. This 9th edition features many newcomers to the Short&Sweet stage including puppeteers, performance artists and well known company dancers. It promises to be an exciting night of surprises and discoveries.
Billets/tickets: 10$ (à la porte)
Craft It Up!
Wednesdays at 5pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve O., 12th floor + follow signs to the 13th floor.
Need a break from it all?
Winter doldrums creeping up on you?
Come up to the Greenhouse for Atrium Craft Nights, Wednesdays at 5pm for a total departure. Look for us on facebook under Magic Time.
Meditation at the Greenhouse
Wednesdays from 9:45-10:45am, until December 5th.
Concordia Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve O., 12th floor + follow signs to the 13th floor.
Find a slice of serenity 13 floors up, in a room that's always warm and filled with greenery and sunshine. Beloved greenhouse intern Christina hosts weekly morning meditation sessions on Wednesdays from 9:45-10:45am, until December 5th. Christina will provide basic instruction for beginners and newcomers, and sessions will follow a fluid and open format, incorporating some guided meditation and some music, but sticking mostly to simple, silent meditation. Tea will be served after each session. All are welcome, hope to see you there!
Movie Night featuring "Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days"
Thursday, November 29, 6:30 PM
Nux Well Being Center,5221 Blvd De Maisonneuve West
The film follows each participant's remarkable journey and captures the medical, physical, and emotional transformations brought on by this diet and lifestyle change. We witness moments of struggle, support, and hope as what is revealed, with startling clarity, is that diet can reverse diabetes* and change lives.
Here's the trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwwKl6t6Cw
Additional wisdom is provided by Morgan Spurlock, Woody Harrelson, Rev. Michael Beckwith, David Wolfe and Doctors Fred Bisci, Joel Fuhrman, and Gabriel Cousens.
40 Tickets will be available for the screening.
Reserve your spot now at http://simplyrawatnux.eventbrite.ca/
$10 Film only or $25 movie + Dinner Combo (Includes a thai wrap, salad and fresh smoothie) More info: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=531856636844468
Food Politics Reading Group
Thursday, November 29th, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia University Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd
Normally, our next scheduled Food Sovereignty Reading Group meeting would be this Thursday, but we've decided to push it back one week for a specific reason!
OUR NEXT AND FINAL MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH AT 5PM!
Food Matters is a documentary that demonstrates the link between agribusiness and poor health. Essentially: how our illnesses, ailments, and pain are related to the kind of food that we eat. The documentary is available to view online from November 21st until the 30th ONLY.
IMPORTANT: If you wish to see this documentary online, you must REGISTER here: http://www.foodmatters.tv/2012-Free-Screening (it takes literally one minute). They will send you a confirmation of your registration, a link to view the first part of the film, and an update once it is available in its entirety.
Garden Ecology Workshop
Thursday, November 29th, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia University Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd
Its our last workshop in our Nerd Out On Plants! series for the semester.
Come out and learn about what the essential components are of a garden ecosystem. We'll discuss how to ways to help keep your garden growing in harmony through plant selection, companion planting, supporting soil life and more.And then we'll put our skills to work and as a group create a garden design for a small garden plot.
End-of-year PARTY! Celebrate Free Education, Say NO to War
Thursday, November 29th, 7:00pm
Kafein, 1429A Bishop St
End-of-year PARTY! Celebrate Free Education, Say NO to War. With live performances, including belly-dancing! A FREE DRINK For FREE EDUCATION For the first 30 folks!
ALL ARE WELCOME!!
(After the NO WAR protest! Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/events/443138832415649/)
A party to celebrate the successful mobilization at Concordia, leading up to the strike,
and throughout the movement. A party also to reconcile and attempt to heal collectively from the wounds inflicted by the admin, by the riot police, by the charges, by the private security guards, by the SPVM, by the SQ....
The Sensorium at the Greenhouse with Botanical Animal
Friday November 30th, 5pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve O., 12th floor + follow signs to the 13th floor.
Join us for a two-part encounter with Toronto Artist Amanda Marya White, as she presents Botanical Animal. Amanda is a multimedia artist whose work explores the relationships between people, cities, and ecology. During the ARTIST TALK, Amanda will introduce her body of work in a range of media from drawing to performance and interventions, with a special focus on food-related projects. This will provide a context for the TOMATO-CANNING EVENT to take place the following day.
During the TOMATO-CANNING EVENT, participants will be invited to can tomatoes together while experience a multimedia installation by Amanda, including drawings, photographic documentation, and plants. This installation emerges from an ongoing project in which Amanda develops a closed-loop system for growing her own tomatoes. Participants will take home the fruits of their labour in the form of a jar of very special tomatoes whose origins surely won't go unnoticed!
ARTIST TALK: 5pm on November 30th at the Concordia Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve O., 12th floor + follow signs to the 13th floor.
TOMATO-CANNING EVENT: 2pm on December 1st, meeting in the lobby of 1455 de Maisonneuve O. For more info: http://www.lesensorium.com/
Theatre of the Oppressed
Friday, November 30, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
4518 Papineau (à côté de La Tulipe sur la ruelle Généreux)
Join us at the Co-op for a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop! We will specifically be using techniques from Forum Theatre and Image Theatre. This training is open to all levels of experience. An exploration of how these theatrical tools can be used, for what purpose, its potential in instigating meaningful social change in our communities, and specifically how you might implement it in your own practice will be of great focus. If you are an artist, activist, educator, cultural worker, community worker, or someone who is simply interested in the artistic, thoughtful, provocative ways to instigate conversation and change around pressing social issues, then this experience is for you! Prepare to be active physically, emotionally and intellectually!
24 Hour XXX Mystery Cabaret (SHOW)
Friday, November 30, 9:00pm until 12:00am
Café Cleopatre – 1230 St. Laurent
VIDEO TEASER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvPtxJf-hQc&feature=plcp
What is a 24 Hour XXX Mystery Cabaret you ask? We’ve taken a Christmas Classic (either How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, or Frosty the Snowman) and made it nice and naughty with only 24 hours of preparation!
TAKE PART: If you want to perform with us please visit the (CALL FOR PERFORMERS) page for more details!!! Only 24 hours of commitment are required. Amateurs and professionals welcome: http://www.facebook.com/events/304293856346957/
TICKETS: Available at the door. $12 or $10 with a non perishable food item donated to Head & Hands http://headandhands.ca/
Visit www.glamgam.com for more info (COMING SOON)
Atelier d’une journée complète sur le maraîchage "bio-intensif" avec Jean-Martin Fortier, auteur du livre Le Jardinier-Maraicher
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Maison du Développement Durable 50, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, salle Clark
Organisé par Le réseau québécois d’Agriculture Soutenue par la Communauté (ASC) d'Équiterre.
Thèmes :
• Intensification de sa production maraichère et des avantages en
découlant
• Travail du sol en planches permanentes
• Phytoprotection contre les ravageurs
• Prolongement de la saison
• Planification culturale pour y inclure des successions
• Quelques trucs de production
15$ par personne/jour(taxes incluses) : intervenant, producteur agricole, citoyen
Gratuit : Fermes inscrites au réseau d’Agriculture Soutenue par la Communauté (ASC)
Confirmez votre présence auprès de Josée Gauthier au (514) 522-2000, poste 294 ou au jgauthier@equiterre.org
DIY Craft Sale
December 1 at 11:00am until December 2 at 7:00pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
Come find unique and affordable gifts made by local artisans!
Featuring:
Paper Dog Press and comic books, magnets and greeting cards, Foodstuffs, Paintings, Silk Screen Prints, Fabric and Cards, Upcycled Art and Zines by Sheena Swirlz, Upcycled Vintage Jewelery, Scarves and Mittens, Upcycled t-shirt art rugs, Jams and Sauces, Figurines and Dolls, Cards by neighborhood kids
To drink: Candy Cane Hot Chocolate, Imperial Chai and Mulled Cider, and baked goods, too!!
Blood Union for World Aids Day (with AIDS ACTION NOW!)
Saturday, December 1, 4:00pm until 6:00pm
VAV Gallery : 1395 René-Lévesque Ouest
Discussion/action/performance/crafting for World AIDS Day with SéroSyndicat // Blood Union. Come for a participative presentation, workshop, and sashes/sign/banner crafting intervention that is free and open to the public. Alex McClelland (AIDS ACTION NOW!) will present the poster/VIRUS project, followed by presentations from Jessica MacCormack and Jordan Arseneault about their posters for the 2012 series. We are also happy to have artist Sarah Mangle to present her spoken piece "Deathlist" as part of the interactive programme. Members of the SeroSyndicat will facilitate a discussion for the creation of hand-made fabric sashes, placards, and/or banners to transmit messages that address HIV stigma and criminalization, which will then be worn by the group to the annual World AIDS Day vigil at the Parc de l'Espoir (Ste-Catherine Est), at 7pm. For more info and questions: serosyndicat@gmail.com
http://postervirus.tumblr.com/
http://contrecriminalisationvih.blogspot.ca/
Fine Mess #7 ART BATTLE
Saturday, December 1, 7:30pm until 11:30pm
MTL BBOYING DOT COM DANSE STUDIO Saint-Laurent Blvd
For the very first time the FIne Mess event will take place outside of FRESH PAINT. Just to give us the time to built a BRAND NEW AWESOME SPACE !!
5 TEAMS / ART BATTLE
RULES: 2 to 5 pre-selected artists in a team. 30 min of brainstorming. 2h of painting.
WHO WINS: Your choice ! Drop some empty Pabst Blue Ribbon cans in the the trash can of your favorite team. The team who collects the most important amount of cans wins, and gets to cross out the artwork of all the loosing teams live in front of the crowd!
MUSIC: DJ Construct, Tchoupz, Henward
5$ at the door
Cabaret Eclectique (open mic)
Saturday, December 1, 8:00pm
Coop-sur-Généreux
As every month, on the coop invites you to our generous eclectic cabaret. Come on, we'll have fun! Clown, mime, poet, juggler, musician, actor, designer, dancer, puppeteer, Lego fan, shaman-legged unicyclist, acrobat, improvisers spontaneous manic ...You have 10 minutes to delve into your world :)
For those who do not want to go on stage, we also need a nice warm public who likes to drink beer;) even! we will sell at a price of $ 2.50!! But you can also get ... You can even bring the food also ... And of course, it ends with a dance party!
ÔFACK
Satuday, December 1 at 9:00pm until December 2 at 6:00pm
Rats9 - Belgo Bldg. 372 Ste-Catherine West, suite #530
ÔFACK is a night of the performance, video, drawing and sound of the accident that cannot be cheerily redeemed.
The greasy smudge is not coming out. ÔFACK.
Regret lingers in your tight chest when you think back to that night. ÖFACK.
That persistent feeling: I'm wasting resources. ÔFACK.
Some have advocated embracing failure as a strategy in resisting dominant society's impositions in our impoverished, faggy lives. But we’re talking about a deeper fuckup - the fuckup on your own terms. When your shit misses the mark of your own standards of success, truth and goodness what do you do? You revel in it. You dance in it and bathe in it and you smear it all over the place.
doors 9PM, $2 Show also open the next day noon-6 on sunday the 2nd of Dec.
Mange - Vernissage
Saturday, December 1, 6:00pm until 9:00pm
Coop Café TOUSKI, 2361, Rue Ontario Est
Art ate itself and got sick. Expressed as vandalism, remixed plagiarism and live action masturbation; we've exchanged meaning and beauty for a large quantity of chrome. Art itself isn't so precious except as a measure of who we are. If you sit still you'll notice our tribe repeatedly eating itself and getting sick. Mange is my formal and public protest, a critique in the form of elaborately stupid wooden machines that do nothing but eat themselves. Impressing and delighting ten year old children will be my crown, but everyone will be welcomed.
Book Launch: Newsgirls and The Collection
Sunday, December 2, 8:00pm
Le Cagibi, 5490 boul St. Laurent
Queer Between the Covers invites you for the book launch by New York Publisher Topside Press and Montreal's own B&D, presenting THE COLLECTION (Topside) — a trans fiction anthology, NEWSGIRLS (B&D) — a photographic glimpse at a women's and trans boxing gym. Photographer Andrea Clegg and author Oliver Pickle will be at the event, and both books will be available to buy, along with merch from Queer Between the Covers bookfair collective.
Read more about it here: http://topsidepress.com/thecollection/
Read more about the Newsgirls zine here: http://newsgirlszine.blogspot.ca/
Les présentations et les textes seront en anglais.