Photos: The Fake Yellow Lawn on Vancouver's Robson Street
Vancouver is working hard to shake off its reputation as a somewhat pious city that values good mountain views over vibrant streetlife. Its architecture has …
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Female Writers Don't Get Bylines—And It's Not Always Their Fault
The dearth of female writers in major magazines and newspapers has become a chicken-or-egg question: are women too chicken to pursue journalism careers, or are …
Titus Andronicus and the Trouble with Onstage Rape
Did William Shakespeare really pen Titus Andronicus? Does it matter? The play's unremitting violence is what's often brandished by the con side of the debate, …
How to Bike Around Montreal in 1897
The modern bicycle was invented in the 1860s, but it wasn’t until the “safety bicycle” was introduced in the 1890s that cycling really caught on. …
Fireworks in the Age of Digital Isolation
On a recent trip to the West Coast, Caitlin and I went to see fireworks at Vancouver's English Bay. We expected to pick our way …
Female Writers Don't Get Bylines—So What?
Last December, Anne Hays, the founding editor of Storyscape Journal, noticed a shocking imbalance while reading the latest issue of the New Yorker. After a …
The Natural
A friend of mine told me that she planned to take music lessons. She had never played an instrument before, but she wasn't intimidated. I …
On Norway
The village of Reine in Lofoten, Norway. Photograph by Petr Šmerkl, Wikipedia. A few weeks ago I found myself staring at a video report on …
Why Halifax Loves Joel Plaskett
A few months ago, I was having drinks with a fellow music writer who admitted to me that she strongly disliked Joel Plaskett. That she …
Have Not Been the Same: The Past and Future of Canadian Music
I first heard of Have Not Been the Same from my friend and coworker, James. I was telling him about this book I had just …
Montreal's Navarino Cafe: A Love Letter
Eight years ago, I was an undergraduate student in Montreal, living in a two-room apartment that had nice wood floors but no natural light. One …
Bon Iver, Irony and the Return of Soft Rock
Given the last several years of eighties dance-pop revivalism, it was inevitable that we would eventually move on to that decade's other great musical form: …
Listen to an Audio Recording of "Last Man Standing"
Photograph by Patrick Alonso. Click here to download or stream an audio recording of "Last Man Standing," written by Anna Leventhal and appearing in Maisonneuve's …
The Lewis Klahr Experience: Sex, Drugs and Animation
A scene from Lewis Klahr's film Altair. When I walked down the stairs to the Segal Centre's CinemaSpace in Montreal on May 18, I had …
Our Top Five Polaris Picks
Though I’m a regular AV Club reader—and was even before my brother started writing for them—it’s rare that one of their articles strikes a nerve …
Scene from a Montreal Clinic
Montreal, Quebec. Monday morning. Downtown doctor's office. A patient finds herself in a sterile doctor's office, earbuds in, dangling her legs over the side of …
Laura Fernandez’s Spanish Flair
One, two, three, four: pianist Don Naduriak sets the tempo at Montreal's Upstairs jazz bar. After a few measures, the trumpet player, Eduardo Sanchez, takes …
Photos: Montreal in Early Summer
I’ll be returning to Montreal for a visit in late July — the same hot, humid time of year I left for Hong Kong three …
Lady Gaga, Born This Way and the Complications of Common Ground
“All rock and roll is homosexual” By the time I became a fan of Welsh rockers the Manic Street Preachers in the late nineties, the …
Is Odd Future's Tyler the Creator a Hatemonger?
“When will misogynistic and homophobic ranting and raving result in meaningful repercussions in the entertainment industry?” – Sara Quin “If Tegan And Sara Need Some …
