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Sleepless night in Montreal

What is your creative fantasy? It is under this theme that the next Nuit blanche à Montréal will take place. Several activities are offered for all tastes. Note the proposal from TOHU, which invites night owls to an evening of circus, song, rap and visual art.

March 2

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Alaclair solo

Two members of Alaclair Ensemble will offer shows in the coming days. First, this Thursday, February 29, from 8 p.m., Eman and a group of musicians will play pieces from the MC de Québec repertoire at the Musée de la civilization, which is still presenting the exhibition On words. The sound of queb rap. Rapper Sensei H and the winner of the second season of the End of the weak, KJT, will provide the opening act. The next day, the 1^er March, KNLO, will perform at Ausgang Plaza to mark the release of their album 438published on 1^er last December. A few guests are expected. Singer MODLEE will take the stage first, at 8 p.m.

Eman at the Musée de la civilization (81, rue Dalhousie, Québec), February 29, 8 p.m.

KNLO at Ausgang Plaza (6524, rue Saint-Hubert, Montreal), on 1^er March, 8 p.m.

Pascal LeBlanc, The Press

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Marco Ema at Petit Outremont

Marco Ema released an excellent second album last fall, Anyway, Mommy Love, a very personal work, both rock and moving. The singer-songwriter will be visiting Petit Outremont on 1^er March, as part of a great series of shows intended to introduce young artists from the French-speaking world. Looking forward to seeing how Marco Ema’s highly cinematic universe will come to life on stage, but there is certainly a high potential for great emotions and music that takes you on a journey.

Josée Lapointe, The Press

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Literary Thursday evening in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

On February 29, starting at 5:30 p.m., books come to life in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie as part of Black History Month, with the collaboration of the Association des libraires du Québec (ALQ). First in the form of a public reading at the La Maison des Feuilles bookstore, then rue Bélanger and on the Plaza Saint-Hubert, with spontaneous readings which will be presented to passers-by by the literary brigade of the Public Reader, accompanied by Lorrie Jean-Louis and Joujou Turenne. The book extracts were selected by Gabriella Garbeau, from the Racines bookstore, where a second public reading will take place to close the evening.

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The return of Me in the red ruins

Created in 2012 at the Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui, the play Me in the red ruins of the century, written by Olivier Kemeid for the actor of Ukrainian origin Sasha Samar, is taken up by Duceppe in the explosive context of the war led by Russia for two years. We follow the actor’s quest for identity, and in particular his desire to become famous so that his mother can find him. But the small story quickly joins the big one, that of the collapse of the USSR, the Chernobyl disaster or the war in Afghanistan. A brilliant, moving show, but also full of humor.

Chez Duceppe until March 30

Jean Siag, The Press

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Evenings for poets and rockers at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma

The Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma continues until March 2 and we are presenting, this Thursday, in collaboration with the Montreal Poetry Festival, the Cœur de rocker evening. For the occasion, cinema and poetry lovers are invited to the presentation of the documentary We finish off the rockers well, intimate portrait of the poet-rocker Lucien Francoeur by his daughter, Virginie. A discussion will follow with several authors such as Carole David, Emmanuelle Riendeau, Alexandre Dostie, Juliette Langevin and Mathieu Arsenault.

This Thursday at 8 p.m., Buvette Crave, at the Cinémathèque québécoise

Marie-France-Lou Lemay, The Press

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Dark Side of the Moon in the SAT dome

This is the same immersive experience presented at the Montreal Planetarium last May to mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary Pink Floyd album. Created by the NSC Creative studio with the participation of English designer Aubrey Powell, who designed the album cover A Saucerful of Secretsthis sound and visual installation stops this time at the dome of the Society of Technological Arts (SAT), which is reopening its doors after having carried out renovation work in recent months.

At the SAT from March 5 to April 13

Jean Siag, The Press

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