Zaynab Mohammed is a Lebanese, Iraqi, and Palestinian award-winning poet, author, performer, visual artist, and filmmaker now based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. Her multidisciplinary practice spans community storytelling projects, public murals, and her acclaimed one-woman show Are You Listening?, which was nominated for two awards at the 2026 Montreal Fringe Festival.

Out for coffee with a friend last week, her phone rang. They hardly ever ring anymore; often there's a text to set up a call, or a string of intermittent texts over days that replace phone calls entirely. This time though, it rang, doing what phones were meant to do, and, crazy as it may sound, she picked up.

When I began developing my method, what I term Immersive Reality (IR), codifying it in my essay, Strategies of Immersion, I understood simply that I wanted to build theatrical experiences that carried real visceral weight. I knew I couldn’t look to traditional theatre for the answers.

After turning to spoken word at age fifty, IF became a two-time Canadian Slam Champion, placed third at the World Cup of Slam in Paris, and was the subject of a CBC documentary. Now based in Montreal's Plateau, he recently published his first full-length poetry collection, In The Palace Of The Present Moment, with local publisher Cactus Press.

While discussing attachment styles is all the rage, there's always the flip side. In this case, it's the concept of detachment, but as this one doesn't have any memes about different styles, detachment can get muddy fast.

META-winning theatre actor and vocalist Augusta Wind transitioned into the drag world during the pandemic after graduating from John Abbott College’s Professional Theatre program and winning Mado’s Drag Moi in 2022. Now a staple of Montreal’s queer performance scene, she produces monthly cabaret and drag nights at Club DDs alongside hosting her street-interview series, The Winds of our Lives.

As much as tribalism is comforting, it's also a destructive limitation, one that implies we're always one thing, always part of the same group. I prefer an analogy of us all being in this human hotel together, moving between rooms.

This year the organizers at Wild Pride have built something joyful, political, and community driven. Is it annoying to say that they’re bringing us a Pride celebration we can be Proud of? Sure, but I feel compelled to say it anyway.

Montréal-based composer, sound engineer, and producer Racine, creates experimental soundscapes spanning solo albums, film compositions, and collaborative projects like the duo Corporation. His work blends creative sampling, experimental turntablism, and cinematic elements, earning international acclaim alongside releases on labels such as Haunter Records and Danse Noire.

Growing up, we believe the world we will come of age in is the world we see before us. As a child in the 80s, I couldn't wait to grow up and have big hair and bright colours. Cyndi Lauper was my style icon. I wanted a Swatch watch, a crop top, skin tight acid wash jeans.