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May 3 to 19

Kevin Laforest — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

This year’s Festival Accès Asie will notably feature dance performances by Yvonne Ng and Julio Hong, a tour of Chinatown grocery stores, and a screening of Tibet, Land of the Brave. May 3 to 19. www.accesasie.com

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May 3

Kevin Laforest — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

On the occasion of the third anniversary of their Jeudis on the Rocks nights, Pat Dynamite and Mikey B. Rishwain will welcome guest DJs Marc-André Grondin, Graham Van Pelt (Miracle Fortress) and Sammy Goldberg (Broken Social Scene). At Salon Officiel, May 3. www.salonofficiel.com

May 3

Kevin Laforest — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

The 2012 Syli d’Or world music competition is coming to an end. The finalists are Heavy Soundz (Latin America), King Shadrock (Jamaica) and Benkadi (Guinea). At Cabaret du Mile End, May 3. www.festivalnuitsdafrique.com

Until July 15

Kevin Laforest — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Loosely inspired from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna is a typically impressive and enchanting production, with the notable distinction that 70 percent of the cast is made up of women, from the acrobats, contortionists and equilibrists to the musicians (Prince would love the female guitarists draped in purple!). At Quai Jacques-Cartier (under the Grand Chapiteau), until July 15. www.cirquedusoleil.com

April 26-27

Kevin Laforest — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Chris Kraus’ Poll opens the 20th anniversary edition of the German Highlights series. At Cinema Excentris, April 26; at the Goethe-Institut, April 27. www.goethe.de/ins/ca/mon

April 19 to September 16

Kevin Laforest — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

After Indiana Jones last year, it’s now time for another Lucasfilm franchise to belong in a museum. The Star Wars Identities exhibit features a collection of some 200 objects (props, models, costumes, artwork). At Montreal Science Centre, April 19 to September 16. www.montrealsciencecentre.com

To April 23

Kevin Laforest — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

The 14th Blue Metropolis Literary Festival will notably give awards to Joyce Carol Oates, Ahdaf Soueif and Edoardo Nesi, showcase Cuban literature and crime writing, and will feature workshops, book launches and much more. At Hotel Opus, to April 23. www.bluemetropolis.org

To June 13

Kevin Laforest — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

The inaugural International Digital Arts Biennial will "highlight both the effervescence of the digital arts locally and the maturity they have attained internationally." Particularly promising is Fragmentation, an adaptation of three scenes excerpted from Robert Lepage’s Lipsynch for the Reactor, a six-screen 3D projection system designed by Sarah Kenderdine and Jeffrey Shaw. To June 13. www.bianmontreal.ca

April 19 to 27

Kevin Laforest — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

The seventh edition of Temps d’images "explores the whole spectrum of possibilities afforded by the relation between stage and image" via works by Hiroaki Umeda, Marie Brassard, Stéphane Gladyszewski and others. At Usine C, April 19 to 27. www.usine-c.com

To April 29

Kevin Laforest — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Aspiring theatre artists are invited to sign up for the 2012 Playwright Development Showcase, a two-day workshop with a group of established writers, including Pat Darbasie, Djanet Sears and Andrew Moodie. At Black Theatre Workshop, April 15 and 16. www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca