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At Georgia and Henry’s, in their pajamas

There is the museum at night and now, the museum in your pajamas. This is what the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is offering for a special visit to the exhibition dedicated to Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore. The instructions are good for the little ones and the most daring of the large visitors who accompany them. A creation and dance activity is planned after the visit. And as if that wasn’t enough happiness, we add donuts from the legendary Bernie to the package. Book quickly, we predict high traffic.

Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to noon. Free for children under 20, children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult, preferably in pajamas.

Stéphanie Bérubé, The Press

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Carmina Burana at the Grands ballets canadiennes

Excellent idea from the Grands ballets canadiennes to present again Carmina Burana, an extremely famous piece by Karl Orff seen by the brilliant choreographer of Romanian origin Edward Clug. This large-scale show, first presented in 2019, brings together more than 30 dancers, the choirs and orchestra of the Grands ballets, as well as three soloists. The evening is rounded off by a work by the late German choreographer Uwe Scholz, Young manthe name of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9, and which is therefore the soundtrack of this ballet in three movements created in 1986.

Josée Lapointe, The Press

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Film meetings with filmmaker Catherine Martin

Launched last fall at the RIDM, Praise of the Shadowdocumentary essay by Catherine Martin (Weddings, A young girl) inspired by the eponymous essay by Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizak published in 1933, is intended to be a meditation on the origins of photography and cinema. On Saturday, April 13, at 8 p.m., the filmmaker will attend a question-and-answer period following the screening of her film at the Maison du Cinéma, at the Sherbrooke World Cinema Festival. She will also be present on Sunday, April 14, at 8 p.m., at the Cinéma Public, at the Casa d’Italia, in Montreal. The film is also presented at the Cinémathèque québécoise until Sunday.

Manon Dumais, The Press

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A heart inhabited by a thousand voices

In a complex and fleeting plot, the room A heart inhabited by a thousand voices addresses the importance of transmission between generations. With magical, incantatory words, taken from the novel by Marie-Claire Blais. This text, adapted by Kevin Lambert, is rigorously directed by Denis Marleau and Stéphanie Jasmin. A slow and demanding spectacle, but of great formal beauty. And worn by two magnificent and great actresses, Christiane Pasquier and Élisabeth Chouvalidzé, among other members of the cast.

At the Espace Go Theater, until April 28.

Luc Boulanger, The Press

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The second round of Francouvertes begins

The nine semi-finalists selected during the first stage of the 28^are Francouvertes will participate from April 15 to 17 in the second round of the competition, at the Cabaret Lion d’Or as well as online. The sounds of the performances will be very varied, between rock, rap, pop, country, electro and soul. Karolan Boily, Soleil Launière, Sensei H will perform on April 15, Le Belladone, PRINCESSES, Nectar Palce will take the stage on the 16th and La Monarque, Loïc Lafrance and Patrick Bourdon will participate in the last day of the semi-finals. The public, along with a jury of industry members, will decide the three finalists.

The selected artists will take part in the grand final, at Club Soda, on May 13.

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From Las Vegas to Joliette

Daniel Lanois is a real wall-breaker, here is the umpteenth proof. On March 3, the legendary director took the stage of the Sphere, in the capital of vice, to perform the song with U2 Onetaken fromAchtung Baby, one of the many albums by Larry Mullen Jr.’s band on which he collaborated. But this week and the next, it is the roads of his native province that the native of Hull will travel, stopping in rooms a little less breathtaking than that of Las Vegas, but still very warm, in Gatineau, Sainte -Thérèse, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Joliette, April 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17. Although his most recent album, Player, Piano (2022), gives pride of place to the ivories, the veteran announces a trio show, built around vocal harmonies and his essential guitar. “Yes, I’m going to play Pretty Louise And Under a Stormy Sky and probably O Mary also, it should keep the tomatoes away,” he told colleague Ian Bussières from Sun about his few superb songs flirting with French.

Dominic Tardif, The Press