FEATURES
Feature Friday - Swiim
Born in the '90s in Barcelona, Spain, and with Montreal deep in his soul, Swiim is a multidisciplinary artist who blends music and visual art to create immersive experiences. Known for his ambient beats, downtempo electronic tracks, and boom-bap hip-hop, he’s also a rapper and film composer.
McSweeney’s List (9 July 2025)
It's so hard to re-capture the freewheeling feelings of childhood summer. For one thing, the season would last forever; months off from school with no direction left us with enough time to explore all the options, and also get bored enough to envision new ones.
Low Stakes, High Passion
In a Montreal theatre scene that can often feel burdened by predictability, a new production is busting down the doors with raw passion and an unbridled spirit. Étienne Lepage’s Kick, presented by Les Productions Syncope in partnership with the Rialto Theatre…
Feature Friday - Foster Gareau
Foster Gareau is a queer montreal-based, French-Canadian poet, bibliophile, sentimentalist and recovering alcoholic. He is currently serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Soliloquies Anthology for the 2025/2026 academic term.
McSweeney’s List (2 July 2025)
I don't like being a hard ass. I mean, I'm pretty good at it, but that doesn't mean I enjoy it. It's like that meme “I'm a strong, independent woman, against my will”. I understand that some situations call for firm, or even stern lines to be drawn;
Feature Friday - Jeffrey Weinstein
Jeffrey Weinstein started stand up six years ago as a change of life reflex to aging. As a senior comic on the spectrum, he struggles with emotional self-regulation and cannot hold back critiques of hypocrisy and social and moral injustices.
McSweeney’s List (25 June 2025)
Welcome to Summer 2025. It's a once in a lifetime moment, one generations before us dreamed about, and here we are, overwhelmed by the current state of affairs, barely even thinking about how The Jetsons were set in 2062.
Feature Friday - fernando belote (fern)
fernando belote (Fern) is a multidisciplinary bixa/queer artist and the president of DC-Art Indisciplinaire, the first artist-run center in Quebec exclusively supporting disability diversity.
McSweeney’s List (18 June 2025)
Looking back on the paths we've walked thus far, it's easy to see the things we might've done differently. From big things like what if I had pursued a different career, to I shouldn't have said that thing I said, we’re quick to judge ourselves for our past actions.
The #NoOneHungers Tour
I would argue that the Poet would generally be described as a lonely creature. It conjures the image of a tortured, tubercular young artist—or, through a more modern lens, a highly sensitive individual with a Moleskine in one hand and a cigarette in the other.