Weekend plans | Lots of entertainment

Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull and Ricky Martin at the Bell Center

He will do very hot at the Bell Center Thursday evening during this stop of the Trilogy Tour, which is made up of three flamboyant Latin artists. Cuban-born rapper Pitbull, Spanish crooner Enrique Iglesias and Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin have joined forces for this tour that seems as spicy as it is fun, and above all, very danceable. To add warmth to your month of February, this is the perfect antidote.

Josée Lapointe, The Press

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Cinema lesson with Rafaël Ouellet

The 42nd edition of Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma is in full swing until March 2 and offers, in addition to screenings of films such as Simple like Sylvain, Heart of Slush Or Will, many activities for movie buffs. Among the film lessons offered, we remember that of Rafaël Ouellet, presented on Sunday February 25. The filmmaker behind the films Truck (2012) and Arsenault and Son (2022), in particular, and the series New address, Fatale-Station And Blue Moon for television, will talk about his inspirations on the big and small screen. He will comment on the works in his filmography, discuss the creative process that inspired his projects and share his vision of the profession.

Marie-France-Lou Lemay, The Press

Sunday, February 25 at 5:30 p.m., at the Cinémathèque québécoise, Hydro-Québec room

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Voïvod’s last concerts in Quebec

After having multiplied concerts in Quebec over the last three years, Voïvod will play this weekend in Joliette and Saint-Hyacinthe their last two shows on Quebec soil before undertaking a tour with the group Prong which will bring them to the Midwest and in the western United States – a concert is also planned in Vancouver on March 6. This will be the last series of concerts of the legendary Quebec metal group before a deserved break – Voïvod marked its 40th anniversary with dozens of shows in Europe and America following the launch last year of the album Morgoth Tales, a rereading of some of its great successes which followed Synchro Anarchy, the last studio album which allowed the group to win the Juno Award for best hard rock/metal album in Canada in 2023.

Tickets available from the Voivod website

Liebestod at Factory C

Here is a show to mark a milestone in the Usine C program. The director, author and performer Angélica Liddell is passing through to present one of her most recent creations, Liebestod. Based in Madrid, this leading figure of the European scene is inspired here by the final aria of Tristan and Isolde of Wagner, but also of bullfighting and the paintings of Bacon, to create a work where the desires of life and death merge. This tragedy, received a standing ovation in Avignon as in Paris, will be presented for three evenings only. In Spanish with French and English surtitles.

At Usine C, February 22, 23 and 24

Stéphanie Morin, The Press

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Calls me Mohamed Ali at TNM

Nine Afro-descendant performers are back on stage this week to bring forth the rhythmic and scathing prose of Congolese playwright Dieudonné Niangouna. The play dazzled critics and the public during its appearance at the Festival TransAmérique then at the Théâtre de Quat’sous. Here she comes to the big stage of TNM, to denounce ordinary racism and the discrimination that still affects the black community. A favorite show, immense and essential, because it is still burning with current events.

At the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde from February 23 to March 3

Stéphanie Morin, The Press

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Montreal loves Dilla

James Dewitt Yancey, aka J Dilla or Jay Dee, would have celebrated his 50th^e birthday February 7. However, the illness took his life in 2006, when he was only 32 years old. The prolific rapper and producer, however, left an indelible mark on music and his work is still as relevant today. It is celebrated annually here on the occasion of the event Montreal Loves Dilla. On Saturday, February 24, fans of the brilliant musician are invited to Club 2061, on Saint-Denis Street, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., to see and listen to artists who will pay tribute to him. Artbeat Montreal, De La Rap and Sunday Scratch are organizing the evening which is being held indoors for the first time since 2020. Admission before 11 p.m. is $10 and all proceeds will be donated to Dilla’s family.

At 2061, rue Saint-Denis, February 24, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Pascal LeBlanc, The Press

The begetting : another look at motherhood

For four years, artists Heidi Barkun, Caroline Boileau, Kimberley de Jong and Hermione Wiltshire reflected on motherhood, an experience marked by happiness in the collective imagination, but often preceded by forms of violence for the mother-to-be. From the rich and well-documented sharing of their visions was born the exhibition The begetting, presented as part of their residency at the McConnell Chair-University of Montreal. The artists offer, through watercolors, installations, videos and performances, a reflection on the violence of medically assisted procreation (Heidi Barkun), invasive medical interventions during childbirth and repair (Hermione Wiltshire), the gaze of the medicine on women’s bodies (Caroline Boileau) and the range of experiences surrounding parenthood (Kimberley de Jong). Moving performances by artists, who express their experiences through dance, are on the program, notably on February 24 at 2 p.m. and February 29 at 5:30 p.m.

Valérie Simard, The Press

Until April 6, at the Galerie de l’Université de Montréal. FREE ENTRANCE

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