November is here!
- elainebac1
- 5 days ago
- 3 min read
Exhibits and Events:
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From October 31 to November 16, 2025, Place des Arts will thrill to the rhythms of the 26th edition of the Arab World Festival of Montreal – FMA. This flagship cultural event continues to build bridges between Arab and Western cultures through its exceptional program of music.
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Arts and culture news:
THE DOROTHY PROJECT - ART & SCIENCE TO RAISE ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS.
We are a community of artists, storytellers, scientists, and filmmakers dedicated to reconnecting people to nature and our habitat the Earth through our science-based immersive storytelling.
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Where art and science mix:
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Although it is over for 2025, Halloween has a long and interesting history:
Día de los Muertos - Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration:
SERGIO MENDOZA HOCHMANN/GETTY IMAGES
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Music:
2025 Honens Gold Laureate - ÉLISABETH PION.
Élisabeth began playing the piano at age five in a household filled with music. She felt an intuitive physical relationship to the keyboard and could play for hours on end. She loved science, literature, and philosophy, but decided at 19 to pursue a career in music.
2025 Honens Silver Laureate - CARTER JOHNSON
There wasn’t a strong musical tradition in the family when Carter Johnson grew up in Campbell River, a small town on Vancouver Island. But with encouragement from his grandmother, his parents enrolled him in piano lessons when he was five and Carter fell in love with making music. By age seven, he knew he wanted to be a concert pianist.
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Renée Fleming’s brain scan revealed something surprising about the healing power of music.
Over the last decade, the opera singer has been spreading awareness about the therapeutic benefits of music.
Renée Fleming is a multi-Grammy-winning and National Medal of Arts-awarded soprano. (Andrew Eccles)
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Food:
A new, and award-winning, Chapman flavour: Sweetgrass.
Chapman's ice cream tied for first place for most innovative at the International Ice Cream Consortium with a new, unique flavour: Sweetgrass. Developed with the help of Chef Zach Keeshig, his Indigenous roots created the vanilla, almond, cinnamon-y taste of the Canadian ice cream. But during this time, Canada's economy faces a wave of uncertainty with on-going trade talks with the US. Despite that, Chapman has announced a 200-million-dollar expansion. The Canadian born and loved ice cream brand has plans to go international — and this award helps.
Made with locally sourced, fresh sweetgrass and sweetened with Canadian maple syrup, this ice cream certainly made an impression, taking first place within the category. Chef Zach Keeshig, who also attended the event, accepted the award together with the Chapman’s team.
“This international recognition means that Indigenous food and culture are being recognized on a worldwide platform now,” noted Chef Zack Keeshig, the owner of Nagaan, a restaurant in Owen Sound, Ontario, featuring Aboriginal cuisine.
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Books:
The beauty and inspiration behind “The Illuminated Book of Birds”
Artist and bird enthusiast, Robin Crowfut-Brittingham talks about the beautiful watercolour illustrations in her book. She also includes notes on some of their behaviours, habitats, their symbolism, and their significance to many different cultures. She’s launching her book at the De Still Bookstore in Montreal on October 30th and you can see more of her art here:
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Chris Murray on photography and art:
c/o Chris Murray
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