Arts and culture - August 18, 2025
- elainebac1
- Aug 18
- 2 min read
Events:
Get your garlic fix right here:
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Starcatcher Productions – Little Women:
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News:
Deirdre Potash interview:
Hello all. Here is the link for the interview I did with the local media for NeoMedia. The interview was conducted in French. If this link doesn’t show in English, just change the language at the top of the page.
Photo: Félix Sabourin
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Forever Forward: Concordia’s 50th-anniversary campus tour podcast.
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Celebrating 100 years of OP (August 15th was his birthday):
In this July 16th 2005 file photo, Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson performs on the Stravinski hall stage during the 39th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)
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Artists to know about:
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Artist still enjoying life as she turns 107. Mollie Silver, who was alive during both world wars and has seen five monarchs take the throne, is celebrating the occasion with a party involving friends and family at the Women's Institute Hall in Constantine.
Friends said Mollie Silver is still proactive with her art and has a gallery in her garage (c/o Penny Lees)
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Watch this!
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A beautiful book:
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Just amazing! Giant Pacific octopus shoots video of itself after claiming camera from B.C. divers.
Marine biologist says octopus likely wasn't deliberate in taking selfie in widely shared video.
Diver and videographer Chris Mullen is seen in being embraced by a giant Pacific octopus after it seized the camera from his diving partner and fellow videographer John Roney, off Vancouver Island on Aug. 5, 2025. (Handout by John Roney/The Canadian Press)
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