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5 à 7 at Casa
February 11
5:00 pm
Nouvelle vague
Hosted by Mahalia Verna
With:
Nomadic Massive
Casa del Popolo, Montréal,
Québec
Free admission
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Bilingual. A cocktail party featuring performances by emerging voices from the city’s
intercultural spoken word mosaic. With Nomadic Massive, a Montréal-based collective of independent
hip hop artists who have come together in an effort to combine their energies and spread their
unique words and rhythms across borders.
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February 12
5:00 pm
Caniche Hara-Kiri
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In French. Launch of the first CD by this daring and poetic new group.
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February 13
5:00 pm
Astres / Stars / Goleuadau
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Bilingual. Agence TOPO launches a new Web site of sound poems and visual poetry with a screening
and reading of the poem Astres/Stars/Goleuadau in English/French/Welch by poet Peter Noël Meilleur
(a.k.a. Childe Roland) and his guests.
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February 14
5:00 pm
McGilligan Books Showcase
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In English. Jointly with McGillian Books.
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February 15
5:00 pm
Cabaret Poètes de Brousse
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In French. Trash tribute to H.P. Lovecraft by incisive poets and musicians.
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February 16
5:00 pm
CBC Poetry Face-Off
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In English. For the fifth consecutive year, CBC Radio One will celebrate Canada’s poetic
imagination with a twist: by giving it a competitive attitude. Fourteen selected cities across the
country will host live-before-an-audience poetry combats, and five poets in each city will be
commissioned to write and perform their work on a common theme. This year’s exciting theme is
irresistible. The audience at each combat will choose their champion and the winning entry
will move on to the national play-offs. The finalists will then be heard on CBC Radio’s Sounds Like
Canada in April 2006, the national listening audience will be able to vote for their favourite, and
a Canadian champion will emerge. The Montreal event will be hosted by Patti Schmidt and the
performances, by an eclectic group representative of Quebec's new generation of literary artists,
will be accompanied by double bass player Nicolas Caloia. Recorded by CBC Radio One 88.5 FM
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February 17
5:00 pm
Chérivolver t’embrasse un peu!
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In French. The power of youth with an electrifying girl group and their poet companions.
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