Are you aware of vibes at all? When you walk into a room of people, can you feel the emotional temperature of the room? If you've ever joined a party and sensed that you just missed an argument, or that one is brewing under the surface, you understand vibes.

On October 9th, MAI and Danse-Cité will present MTL Arts Accessibles, an evening crafted with care and purpose. Thursday marks the official relaunch of the accessible arts showcase, its second iteration in Québec after a successful night displaying the 2024-2025 season.

Formed in 2023 from the beautiful city of Montréal, Dead Stick People bring a new and deliberate edge to the city’s up and coming alternative rock scene. With a bumpin’ rhythm section, gritty/pretty guitars, and deeply honest lyrics, Dead Stick People write music that is of equal parts fun and thought provoking

We all deserve love, respect, housing, safety, clean water….but we don't need to “show qualities worthy” of those things. We've just decided that those are human rights. That everyone deserves love, even if they act in distasteful or hateful ways.

I’m writing this on the fifth day we’ve marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. It’s a day to reflect on our country’s genocidal origins, and specifically a day to commemorate the victims of the Canadian residential school system.

Ever get wildly hyped (positive or negative) about the small things? I'm thinking I must have this dress right now or I will die. Or, lost at a game, and the world has now officially collapsed. Up at night replaying the awkward thing you did earlier, so mortified you never want to show your face in public again.

Folded between fingertips and passed under tables, this silent mode of communication can make a big impact. Zines, small collaged publications packed with message and creativity, are a place for true, grassroots expression.

Born and raised in NDG, Collin now lives in the South Shore as a full time single dad to his two teenage sons John and Patrick. Living with them are their younger half-siblings Harrison and Charlee, and their step-dad Gerry. A blended family brought together by the death of the children’s mother Sandee, who passed suddenly and unexpectedly in 2019.

Autumn hits our hemisphere on Sept 22, making this my last essay of technical Summer. I'm writing this in a fleece hoodie, hood up, and in a couple of hours, that’ll be too hot. A couple more hours, and I'll pop my shoes off in the grass, feel the sun, and notice how different it feels than it did a few weeks ago. Still, I'm so grateful for this gentle transition.

In the past few years, our cinematic landscape has been blessed with an increasing number of movies about the queer and trans experience. From Tangerine (2015), a movie about two transgender sex workers, to I Saw the TV Glow (2024), a powerful allegory about transness.