Category: arts, culture, music

• WILLS and secret ingredients

  

  The first time I went to Bar WILLS, it was an early winter evening, map on my phone guiding me on a zigzag walking route from Montréal’s Parc de la Petite-Italie. Reconnaissance mission. One of my favourite collectives that puts on events for listening to music on vinyl was going to be on deck at…

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  Johanne Provençal

  14 Jul 2024

  arts, culture, music, food & drink, neighbourhoods

  block party, microbrasserie

• 41 million+

  

  When I see Canada Day approaching in the calendar, I have mixed thoughts and feelings. Some have remained constant and some have changed over time. Some are happy and some are sad. Some are frivolous and some are factual. In advance of Canada Day tomorrow, a few words and a few numbers (sourced from Statistics…

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  Johanne Provençal

  30 Jun 2024

  arts, culture, music, events & festivals, everyday life, research and academics

  Canada Day, Indigenous, Statistics Canada

• I am a (temporary) no-go zone

  

  In December 2023 (for the post, “the sofa bed and sleepovers“), I did a tally of family and close friends from out of town that had visited me since I moved into my place in Montréal in February 2022. I landed on a count of 21, an average of one for each month. I will…

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  Johanne Provençal

  2 Jun 2024

  all, arts, culture, music, everyday life, research and academics

  stillness