Wednesday-Night

Helen Fotopulos will run in the Côte-des-Neiges district for team Tremblay-Applebaum
And sister Natasha, her Campaign Manager, writes:
If you’re available on Monday evening [June 29] we’d love to see you at the Nominating Convention to cheer [Helen] the Candidate.
Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Nominating Convention 7pm,
Loisirs Sportifs Côte-des-Neiges, 4880 Van Horne Avenue
25 May
Felix von Geyer will be teaching a […]

Growth is not the Holy Grail. What if we changed the nature of our society and everyone reduced their level of expectations
Despite the serious nature of the topics, the general ambiance was one of levity, no doubt sparked by everyone’s curiosity regarding the identity of the mysterious Montreal billionaire (we didn’t know we had any […]

Guided as usual by the events of the week, our topics will likely be limited to the financial crisis and proposed bailout in the U.S., the elections in Canada and the U.S. and/or anything crucial that happens between now and Wednesday Night. Please see this page and/or www.wednesday-night.com for updates.
As promised previously, we again pose […]

Where is money safe today? Where should the investor be? Cash? What currency? To whom can you turn for advice that is not tinged with self-interest? What institution can you trust? We have heard that even proverbial Swiss banks may not be that safe (ex.UBS) …. One Wednesday Nighter suggests that we should start each […]

We talked about the moon which made me think about Odysseus who must have spent a lot of time looking at it as he was trying to find his way home. We are trying to find our way out of the energy problem and are looking at the moon again. We talked about nations being […]

24 October 2007
Lately, we have spent a lot of time agonizing over the political scene in this country. So much so, that it appears to us we have been neglecting many international news items and issues, so this Wednesday, appropriately United Nations Day , we propose to look at some of (it is hardly […]

Of course the news this week for the inhabitants of this northern realm is all about the Speech from the Throne and the will-they-won’t-they reaction from the Opposition (Liberals above all). Incidentally, we are not overwhelmed by a great feeling of inclusiveness when the full text of said speech published on the Gazette website […]

22ND Annual Gemini Awards Open With Documentary, News and Sports Winners
First of three nights for Industry Awards
(Toronto, ON)  October 15, 2007– At the first of three industry award evenings, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television awarded 29 winners in the Documentary, News and Sports categories. Tony Burman, winner of the Gordon Sinclair […]

A Song for Africa
Curtin documentary wins prize
Last week, Montreal filmmaker John Curtin won the Canadian International Development Agency’s Deborah Fletcher prize for his documentary A Song for Africa.
Following the screening of the film at the Ex-Centris media centre on St. Lawrence Blvd., a solid crowd of people lined up to congratulate the filmmaker.
“Lord, it’s […]

January 19, 2005
What is art?
A video news clip of the opening of the Moishe Safdie-designed Desmarais Pavilion of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (reported by a very young John Curtin) introduced the discussion and new guest, Marm Rapp. This gave her an opportunity to remind everyone that Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art […]