Week of August 8, 2025

Events:

You are invited to Wendake, near the city of Quebec, to discover an enchanted night walk that celebrates the Wendat Nation and their way of life. As night falls, you will be transported along a 1.2-kilometre pathway infused with the magic of light, sound and video projections. This immersive multimedia experience will invite you into a collective adventure rich with emotion, that bridges the founding myth to a vision of a bright and promising future. Under the starry sky, immerse yourself in ancestral rhythm and song. Step inside the Great Circle to feel your connection with all living things. 

Onhwa’ enter into the heart of Wendat culture:

https://onhwalumina.ca/en/ 

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La Virée classique OSM du 13 au 17 août, 2025:

https://www.osm.ca/fr/viree-classique-2025/ 

Lots of events are free:

https://www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/la-viree-classique-osm-edition-2025 

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Mondes disparus:

https://mondesdisparusexperience.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=dc&utm_campaign=268784_yul&utm_content=725234966833&utm_term=_&gad_source=2&gad_campaignid=22021131056&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwqe43av5jgMVUyYEBB3wkS1kEAEYASAAEgJeBfD_BwE 

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Visible Storage Gallery in the McLennan Library - Located on the fourth floor of the McLennan Library Building, the Visible Storage Gallery includes dozens of artworks from McGill University’s Visual Arts Collection. The works are hung salon-style in an eye-catching display on a vibrant indigo coloured wall just outside the Rare Books & Archives Reading Room.

McGill University Library, ROAAr, 3459 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C9.

Visible Storage Gallery in the McLennan Library | Visual Arts Collection - McGill University 

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Artists to know about:

Ruth Asawa:

https://ruthasawa.com/ 

Jessica Drenk:

Jessica Drenk 

Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo:

Great Concordian: Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, award-winning dancer, choreographer and artistic director | Alumni & friends - Concordia University 

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A story about a survivor:

https://www.bonsaiempire.com/blog/hiroshima-survivor 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-5383306/bonsai-survived-hiroshima-bombing-anniversary 

https://www.mistralbonsai.com/en/the-bonsai-that-survived-hiroshima/ 

Worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYPeNcnyZ6g 

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Fun stuff:

Artist who draws 'terrible portraits' vows to never improve

‘In this digital age of AI art, I think what I offer is an incredibly human experience,' says Jacob Ryan Reno.

Reno drew this terrible portrait of journalist Rebecca Zandbergen ahead of his interview with her on CBC Radio's As It Happens. (Sheena Goodyear/CBC)

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/terrible-portrait-artist-1.7604699

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