Etiket: Libre
[Style libre] Tribute to solidarity
“What effect does the horn have on you in the long run? » I asked Pascal, a primary school music teacher, who makes it a point to be outside for…
Georges Bataille and André Masson come back to life at Espace libre in the play “Une conjuration”
The co-artistic directors of the NouveauThéâtre Expérimental sometimes believed that their show, postponed twice during the pandemic, would never take place. But there is no question of giving up A…
“Libre”, one year after “Star Academy”, the sulphurous tease of Carla Dona
She is one of the candidates for the star Academy 2022 to have marked the competition. Eliminated alongside Paola during duos week, Carla Donna continues his journey in dance and…
“Battements”, poetic duo at Espace libre
The audience of the Espace libre theater will not have to wait for the 2024-2025 season to take the pulse of the artistic direction of Félix-Antoine Boutin, appointed to this…
Libre opinion – For an uninhibited and renewed Francophonie in business
In just a few days, Quebec will host the Rencontre des entrepreneurs francophones (REF), an international event of a rare scale. Thirty countries will take part. Gathered for three days,…
[Style libre] The girl’s return to herself
For Annie, Maryse, Gisèle and Patrice ” I’m coming, Broken heart of a family Where I lived in a corner Half silence, half girl. » This song by Marie Laforêt…
Espace Libre 2023-2024 Season | An exploded program that bridges the generations
Artists of all generations, carrying different backgrounds, will come to the stage of Espace Libre next season, for what will be the ultimate program imagined by Geoffrey Gaquère. Updated yesterday…
[Style libre] Writings, erasures, flashes
It was last October during a writing residency at Studio B-12 in Valcourt. A dozen writers gathered for a week in the spectacular Bombardier house, an architectural gem from the…
[Libre opinion] The Order of Nurses of Quebec or the art of slipping away
During its press conference on Thursday, May 11, the Order of Nurses of Quebec (OIIQ) reacted to the second progress report of the commissioner for admission to professions, Ms.e Andre…
[Style libre] These people born of hate
The needle finishes its jet of ink: queer joy is engraved behind my thigh in order to continue the fight against transphobia, to raise the voice – and this, even…
[Style libre] Tribute to the pianist from Île d’Orléans
I’m going to tell you about a pianist you don’t know. His name is Donald—his relatives call him Dunn—and I’ve known him for a short time, maybe two years, since…
[Style libre] An apple at the opera
Sunday evening, the landline rings. “Helene? » Only my mother calls me through this channel. Denise, this character. High as three apples, apple-woman, there is a fruit even in her…
[Style libre] My kingdom | The duty
I was 25 when I wrote Kingdom scotch tape, my first collection, and 27 when it was published. A little younger, I had written another book, which I sent to…
[Style libre] Write to the far side of the moon
The birds are beginning to grace my mornings again with their song. The light finally reaches things. I emerge from an eternal winter. Some people have winters that can last…
[Style libre] Tribute to the first “I love you”
I asked people around me if they remember the time when their great love said “I love you” to them for the first time. The context, the embarrassment, the happiness,…
[Libre opinion ] Inaccessible stars
The question of the evaluation of films through the prism of awarding stars is an old habit of the media… and of the tourist industry (French invention of June 1937),…
[Style libre] The blue step
Montreal of asperities and languors. However, the definitive spring is hoped for. Your myopia corrupts your vision. The people you meet in the street kiss you with their voices. A…
[Style libre] School Break Tribute
Writing about this topic is tricky, because not everyone experiences spring break the same way. Besides, at the risk of sounding like an ungrateful saint-ciborium, I have absolutely no memory…
[Style libre] Dare boredom | The duty
For long periods of my life, I allowed myself moments of idleness, small disappearances, parentheses in the face of the acceleration of things. When life became too intense, too overloaded,…
[Style libre] water lily flowers
Sad news is the death of Christine Caron, who repeatedly tried to get help for her mental health and took her own life last December. Christine and I shared the…