In 2015, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre announced that the concert space on the western end of Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène is getting a redesign. The […]
Category: Arts
FTB’s Person of the Year 2016: Have Your Say
So you may have seen that Time Magazine named Donald Trump its 2016 Person of the Year. This announcement was greeted with vocal condemnation and […]
FTB Podcast #34: Political Art in the Time of Trump, RIP Leonard Cohen & News Roundup
Panelists Cat McCarthy and Der Kosmonaut discuss political art following the Trump victory and the legacy of the late, great Leonard Cohen with host Jason […]
Montreal World Fringe Conference Denial is an Outrage
I will be attending the Montreal Infringement Festival this year and simultaneously protesting the World Fringe Conference. Everyone who tried to attend the conference from […]
Ask Cat: Public Naked Trump Statues Incite Body Shaming
Question: Is the recent guerrilla art installation Emperor Has No Balls (nude Trump statues in various parks) just an example of body shaming or does […]
David Bowie on the Future of the Internet in 1999: He Was Absolutely Correct (VIDEO)
The internet has been mourning and remembering David Bowie ever since news of his passing broke a week ago. Amidst all the sharing of classic […]
Alan Rickman’s Solidarity: Beyond Snape and Hans
Thursday we got news of the passing of theatre and film legend Alan Rickman, just days after fellow Brit artist David Bowie lost his battle […]
Hot Tramp, I Loved You So: RIP David Bowie (1947-2016)
There are stars, legends, and then there’s David Bowie. I was speechless. My roommate got a text from her best friend that read “David Bowie […]
Top Posts of 2015
2015 was quite a year. As we prepare to welcome in the next 365 days, it is time, once again, to take a look back […]