Category: arts, culture, music
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theatre of the absurd
Read more: theatre of the absurd“It’s one of those things a person has to do; sometimes, a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.” — Edward Albee, The Zoo Story A play in one act, The Zoo Story was written by the late American playwright Edward Albee. According…
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Nuit Blanche
Read more: Nuit BlancheI went looking for the origin story of Nuit Blanche. The usual online search results did not satisfy, so I logged into my university library to get at the journal databases, just to verify (am down with the peer-reviewed research, how could I not be?). The search engines and the virtual library stacks both led…
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micro-blog, after one year
Read more: micro-blog, after one yearOne two, one two. I’m starting there today. One year ago, I decided to dive into the micro-blog-sphere. I launched a-few-words.ca in celebration of my first year back in Montréal. Two years ago, I got the keys to the place in Montréal that I call home (which I describe to friends and family as “a…
a few words ... from Montréal 