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Madeline Coleman

April 6, 2010 Fringe Arts

Beyond the closet

Gay musicians need to ‘grow some fucking balls,’ says Ezra Axelrod

by Madeline Coleman

These queers are getting awfully ostentatious. They’re in the streets, in movies and in literature. Boys are holding hands with other boys on cable TV while lady-lovin’... » Full Story

March 30, 2010 Fringe Arts

Building a buzz

Plywood and prints at grad student art show The Hive

by Madeline Coleman

The only Hive Concordians may be familiar with is the boozy kind, thanks to Loyola’s campus bar. The watering hole’s moniker is a tribute to Concordia’s varsity athletes.... » Full Story

March 23, 2010 News

Community plagued by last-minute controversy

Breaking rules ‘not the worst thing in the world’: presidential candidate

by Madeline Coleman

Only a few hours before the last day of campaigning came to a close, Michael Xenakis was faced with multiple accusations of dirty campaign tactics. The presidential... » Full Story

March 16, 2010 Fringe Arts

No experience necessary

Not just for esthetes: the International Festival of Films on Art dishes up art docs both mainstream and obscure

by Madeline ColemanVivien LeungAshley opheimNikola Grozdanovic

There was a time when appreciating films about art required detective skills rather than a sense of esthetics—at least if you lived in Montreal. When the International... » Full Story

March 16, 2010 News

Community currency

Slate proposes money to boost student-run services

by Madeline Coleman

Forget Chartwells, the Community slate running in this month’s Concordia Student Union general election thinks that if students are going to spend money on campus, they... » Full Story

March 9, 2010 News

Community slate: outnumbered and outresourced

Presidential hopeful comments from behind the throng

by Madeline Coleman

A knot of purple T-shirts and bouncing wigs clamour around the base of the escalators in Concordia’s Hall building, the backs of their shirts stuffed with pre-taped... » Full Story

March 2, 2010 Fringe Arts

Fêting esthetics

Concordia’s Art Matters festival turns 10, brings the party

by Madeline Coleman

Art Matters is awfully precocious for a 10-year-old. This year’s incarnation of the art festival brings the work of almost 200 artists into professional galleries all over... » Full Story

February 16, 2010 Fringe Arts

Ready for his close-up

Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy, ‘opens his bathrobe’ with new album

by Madeline Coleman

Owen Pallett is stretching, yawning and asking his boyfriend for an order of buttermilk pancakes. “Sorry,” he says, turning his attention away from room service and... » Full Story

February 16, 2010 Special Issue

Seeing sounds

Racializing alternative and hip-hop music

by Madeline Coleman

Martin Cesar never questioned whether he was listening to the right kind of music. As a kid who never quite fit in, he fell in love with the rock of bands like Sonic... » Full Story

February 9, 2010 Opinions

editorial

Conservatives denying the simple truth

by Madeline Coleman

Turns out abortion has nothing to do with women’s health—or so some have argued this past week. When Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff dared to suggest the two might be... » Full Story
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