Eight plans for the weekend | To combat the lack of light

Singer-songwriter Alicia Moffet is on tour in Quebec. She will be performing on February 10 at the Center des arts Juliette-Lassonde in Saint-Hyacinthe, as well as at the Palace in Granby on February 11. However, tickets sell out fast! According to journalist Marissa Groguhé, who wrote on February 3, that “Alicia Moffet’s vocal talent is remarkable, she and her microphone are enough to give a very good performance. But it was obvious Thursday that the arrangements (signed Gabriel Thibault and Richard Bynon), the musical direction and the performance of the musicians who accompanied the singer greatly raised the level. »

Illusionist Luc Langevin will be on stage at Théâtre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts on February 8 and 9. Journalist Stéphanie Morin wrote on November 17 that, “once again, the illusionist multiplies the tours de force, but here with a dose of poetry that we did not know him. »

The National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa presents Songs for Murdered Sistersa composition by Jack Heggie based on texts by best-selling author Margaret Atwood (The Scarlet Maid, The Testaments). Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins performs the songs for the occasion.

The 6^e edition of the Taverne Tour will take over the premises of the Plateau Mont-Royal, from Thursday to Sunday. Among the fifty or so guest artists, Backxwash, Gros Mené, Julie Doiron, Adam Green, The Sadies and Frankie Rose will be part of the party in nearly twenty taverns, pubs and small rooms on Mont-Royal Avenue, Boulevard Saint-Laurent and Rue Saint-Denis.

Laila Maalouf, The Press

A bird spreading its large wings. A giant chameleon-like creature. Funny characters stormed more than thirty shop windows on Van Horne, Bernard and du Parc avenues in Outremont. Until March 5, young and old are invited to discover the exhibition trail Puppets on display!, which features more than 70 puppets from the Motus theater company. This entertaining walk is created as part of the Festival de Casteliers, the 18^e edition will be held from 1^er to March 5.

The 17^e edition of the Reading and Youth Book Festival will be held at the Jean-Louis Millette hall of the Théâtre de la ville in Longueuil. On the menu: free shows and signing sessions with children’s authors, including guest of honor Caroline Héroux (series No admittance !). The actress Gabrielle Fontaine is the spokesperson for the event. From Friday 10 to Sunday 12 February.

The popular James Cameron film returns to theaters on February 9. The film returns to the inaugural crossing of the famous transatlantic, which sank in the waters of the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. Rose (Kate Winslet) and Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) are on the trip. “We will especially remember the great mastery of James Cameron who, during the three and a quarter hours that the film lasts, never loses sight of the viewer. The effects – impressive it goes without saying – never throw dust in the eyes. And are only there to evolve the narrative. The breath of the staging impresses just as much…”, wrote the journalist Marc-André Lussier on December 20, 1997.

Close tells the story of two preteens, Léo (Eden Dambrine) and Rémi (Gustav De Waele), lifelong friends who come to attend the same school and find themselves in the same class. However, a gesture will disturb their friendship. “Fully assuming the melodramatic nature of his story, the filmmaker is not afraid of emotion, but he has the tact and finesse to let it arise on its own, without emphasizing anything or underlining everything in broad strokes”, explains the journalist Marc-André Lussier in his review.