Vice President Mike Pence, you know the asshole who believes in “conversion therapy” was recently in my hometown of Buffalo NY to support another known […]
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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 […]
2014 in Posts
2015 has been off to quite a busy start, but before we get too involved, let’s take one final look back at 2014. Every year […]
Burlesque prevails in Buffalo Snowmageddon
The storm that was dubbed “the knife” buried Buffalo’s suburbs under record breaking tons of snow. People literally had snow packed over their doors and […]
Tonight we’re going to party like it’s before 2009! Café Cleopatre celebrates its right to continue to exist
Strength in numbers is strength for sure, but does it ever go beyond that? Well, sometimes it does. Sometimes the people united can actually defeat much greater foes. That’s exactly what has happened in the case of the artists of Café Cleopatre versus the City of Montreal and the Angus development corporation (SDA). If you haven’t been following the story from the get-go, allow me to recap…
Angus scraps plans to expropriate Café Cleopatre, but is the Cleo safe for good?
It looks like the independent burlesque, fetish and drag artists who call the second floor of Café Cleopatre on St-Laurent their artistic home will be able to continue doing so, at least for a while. City-backed developer Angus Development (SDA) told Radio Canada that they have scrapped their plans to expropriate the venue, and now plan to build two 13-storey buildings on either side of Cafe Cleo. This turn of events brings to a temporary end what is probably the biggest local David versus Goliath story to come about in a long while…