Eight plans for the weekend | To end the spring break in style

Theater in the afternoon? Why not. Additional parts Not lost of the duo composed of Émile Proulx-Cloutier and Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette have been added and afternoon performances are offered on the 1^er and March 2. This play was critically acclaimed during its run at the Center du Théâtre D’Aujourd’hui. And, according to journalist Stéphanie Morin, it is a play “printed with humanity”.

One inevitably feels unease when visiting the exhibition Here Comes the Sun, presented until March 18 at the SBC gallery of contemporary art, because Irene de Andrés, Katherine Kennedy, Joiri Minaya and Ada M. Patterson highlight the exploitation linked to mass tourism in the Caribbean. Through photos and videos, the artists deconstruct the gaze imbued with exoticism that Westerners in general pose on these islands and recall the violent colonial past of this vast region that they associate today with all-inclusive tourism which enslaves the local populations. We cannot remain indifferent to such a demonstration. Don’t forget your phone: one of the works is strewn with Q&A codes that you can “decode” to better understand the social dimension of the exhibition.

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In this adaptation of Goethe’s masterpiece, Faust is an oncologist in a Parisian hospital and falls in love with a patient, Margot, a botanist and author suffering from incurable cancer. These are 13 authors who sign this play and Florent Siaud directs it. The director has been working on this project for six years for his troupe Les songes turbulents. There are tickets left for this 3:15 a.m. play, including two intermissions.

Comedian Virginie Fortin continues her Quebec tour, stopping on 1^er March in Terrebonne and March 3 in Victoriaville. According to journalist Marissa Groguhé, the comedian is up to expectations. “We laughed from the start, we laughed towards the end. His jokes are well put together and it is necessary when one does not have recourse to the more “easier” process of a punch every two sentences. Virginie Fortin skillfully installs the moments of laughter that she wants to provoke, ”she wrote in her review published in March 2022.

There are only a few days left to see the exhibition dedicated to Pink Floyd at L’arsenal. The end of the exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of the release of the album The Dark Side of the Moonpublished on 1^er March 1973 and remained for almost 20 years in the Billboard top 200.

The exhibition Their Mortal Remains retraces the journey of the British band, from the psychedelic years with Syd Barrett to the trio albums of the 1990s. Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here And The Wall is obviously represented.

You can see various objects that belonged to the members of the group, posters, David Gilmour’s guitars, Richard Wright’s keyboards. We recreated atmospheres, even stage sets, described our journalist Jean-Christophe Laurence. The music, but also the sound, the lighting, the recording and the design of some famous album covers.

Jean-Christophe Laurence and Alexandre Vigneault, The Press

To blow his 15^e candle, the culinary festival Happening Gourmand is getting there in advance, by spreading out its program throughout the month of March this year. Eleven restaurants in Old Montreal will be offering special brunches and dinners at reasonable prices. An appetizer? Smoked salmon carpaccio, homemade mushroom ravioli and truffle sauce, sweet clover crème brûlée, strawberry and tonka bean jam… Participating restaurants: Brasserie 701, Bevo Bar + Pizzeria, Japanese Kyo Bar, Maggie Oakes, Méchant Bœuf, Modavie , NELLi, Pincette, Gaspar, Jacopo, Vieux-Port Steakhouse. Enjoy your food !

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Young Max (Oscar Desgagnés) has just moved to the countryside. An entrepreneur at heart, he decides to go into business with his cousin Charles (Joey Bélanger) and Alice (Emma Bao Linh Tourné). The project ? A company producing fresh eggs laid by “happy hens”. In her review, journalist Véronique Larocque writes that “ Coco Farm is an all too rare opportunity for Quebec children to see young people who look like them on the big screen. An opportunity that all families should not hesitate to seize. »

The best-selling novel by Stéphane Larue, The plunger, is brought to the screen by director Francis Leclerc. Stéphane (Henri Picard) finds a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant, which allows him to earn money and regain control. However, he easily finds himself penniless as soon as he comes across a slot machine, a symbol of his gambling addiction. According to journalist Marc-André Lussier, “ The plunger is not only a real one, but an excellent cinema film”.