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- elainebac1
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Exhibits and Events:
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CBC News Special: Remembrance Day - CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault hosts special coverage of the national Remembrance Day ceremony from Ottawa. Tuesday at 10:00 AM.
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Concordia EPIC Used Book Fair.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
J.W. McConnell Building 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Atrium
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Canada-Italy Forum on Artificial Intelligence.
Concordia is proud to take part in the 2025 Canada–Italy Forum on Artificial Intelligence, hosted by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada on November 11-12 in Montréal.
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The first-ever museum exhibition dedicated to the Montréal-born painter John Little (1928–2024)
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Music:
Alain Simard has received a Félix honorary award in recognition of his years running festivals and managing artists. In 1977, he co-founded Équipe Spectra, which would operate the Jazz Festival, Francofolies and Montreal en Lumiere - all major parts of the Montreal arts calendar. He speaks to Daybreak host Sean Henry about this honour and his career.
Alain Simard est le fondateur du Festival international de jazz de Montréal, des Francos et de plusieurs autres événements montréalais. PHOTO: Radio-Canada / Cécile Gladel
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The musical and cultural impact of the saxophone.
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Books:
It’s finally time for Margaret Atwood to tell her own story. Writing has shaped Margaret Atwood’s life, from childhood poems about rhyming cats to watching The Handmaid’s Tale become “an approaching reality” in Trump’s America. The Queen of CanLit sat down with Matt Galloway to discuss her new memoir, Book of Lives — and ended up giving Galloway an impromptu palm reading.
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Arts and culture news:
Flower power: How a Concordia grad is growing success with peonies. Kate-Lynn Clark’s En Fleurs farm is home to 500 cultivars — and counting.
“I like to keep the history going. Canada has a strong peony culture — not everyone knows that.” says Kate-Lynn Clark, owner of En Fleurs flower farm.
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Watercolour 101:
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McGill VAC Interview with artist Clovis-Alexandre Desvarieux. The McGill Visual Arts Collection (VAC) has acquired Marasa, a large-scale diptych by Montreal-based artist Clovis-Alexandre Desvarieux. Clovis-Alexandre Desvarieux is a rising mid-career artist born in Haiti. Marasa (2023) is a homage to the Marassa Jumeaux, divine twin spirits rooted in Haitian Vodou; marasa, or marassa, means “twin” in Haitian Creole. It’s now installed in the main reading room of the McLennan Library Building, one of McGill’s busiest library branches.
Website of the artist: https://www.clovisalexandredesvarieux.net/
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Robert Bateman is one of Canada’s most misunderstood artists. The famous wildlife painter joins Q's Tom Power to discuss how critics have often dismissed his work.
Robert Bateman is one of Canada's most famous wildlife painters. (Submitted by Robert Bateman)
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