Cinq à Six
with Jeanette Kelly
Friday May 17, 2013
First-ever Black Fashion Week in Montreal
Black Fashion Week has already been held in Paris and Prague, and now it's come to Montreal.
The founder of the event, Adama Paris, says Black Fashion Week showcases designers and models who get overlooked in mainstream fashion weeks.
But a couple months ago Haitian designer Ralph Leroy made headlines by attracting Will Smith to his show during Montreal Fashion Week.
So do we need a separate Black Fashion Week?
It turns out to be a tricky question. Listen to Jeanette's interview with Adama Paris.
Categories: Fashion
Wednesday May 1, 2013
How a Montreal heiress shaped New York's skyline
The Seagram Building is known as one of the world's great architectural masterpieces.
And it came to be, in part, because of the vision of a young woman from Montreal.
Phyllis Lambert is the founder of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, a philanthropist, and a member of Montreal's storied Bronfman family.
In the 1950's, her father Samuel Bronfman, head of the Seagram company, decided to move the company's headquarters from Montreal to New York City.
Bronfman wanted to a make statement with a new skyscraper on Park Avenue.
He sent some initial drawings to his daughter Phyllis.
What happened next not only set Phyllis Lambert on the path to adopting architecture as a career, it also led to one of the most iconic and innovative buildings of the twentieth century: the Seagram Building, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Phyllis Lambert has now chronicled that story in her handsome new book Building Seagram (Yale).
Listen to Jeanette Kelly's interview with Phyllis Lambert:
Pictured: Philip Johnson, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Phyllis Lambert in front of an image of the model for the Seagram building, New York, 1955.
Photo courtesy Fonds Phyllis Lambert, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal.
Categories: Books, architecture
Saturday April 27, 2013
Elle Quebec puts model's curves front and centre
This month's Elle Québec has a lot of people talking, and is even making headlines internationally.
The May edition of the French-language magazine focuses on diversity.
Fashion insiders are lauding the concept.
But some in the fashion industry question why Justine Legault, the beautiful plus-size model on the cover was photographed in what seems to be an unflattering angle that would rarely be used for sample-sized models.
An article in the magazine also revealed a lukewarm reception for plus-sized models among designers.
How much progress is being made in the fight to have more diversity of body types in the world of fashion?
Jeanette Kelly speaks to the magazine's brand director, Sandra Abi-Rahed, as well as Marie-Josée Trembe, the president of Specs Model Management.
Categories: Our Show
Friday April 26, 2013
E-lending and the future of libraries
The last hold-out among the top publishers in the United States, Simon and Schuster, finally agreed to make its "e-books" available to libraries this month. More and more libraries in Quebec are venturing into e-lending, though it's still in the embryonic stages. We ask the question, will a rise in e-lending change the way we use our libraries?
And how do librarians see their role in a brave new digital world?
photo: AP/Richard Drew
Categories: Our Show
Friday April 26, 2013
How I started writing: Rae Spoon
The Quebec Writing Competition deadline is May 1st, 2013.
The competition is run by the CBC in partnership with the Quebec Writers' Federation, and is open to unpublished short stories.
The winner receives a cash prize of $1500, as well as a broadcast of their story on Cinq à Six, and publication in Maisonneuve Magazine and in an anthology by Vehicule Press.
Today, a final story in our series about how established writers got started. Everyone has to start somewhere, and we want to inspire you.
Today we hear from Rae Spoon.
Rae Spoon is a transgendered musician and author who lives in Montreal.
After fighting for years to be referred to as "he," Rae decided to "retire gender" and has embraced the pronoun "they."
Rae Spoon was part of the first ever Pride panel, called "Writing Queer" at this year's Blue Metropolis literary festival.
Listen to them describe how they started writing:
Categories: Our Show
Friday April 19, 2013
Saint-Sauveur becoming "Quebec City's Mile End"
Artists and young people are moving to Quebec City's working-class neighbourhood of Saint-Sauveur. Jeanette Kelly speaks to Yannick Cimon Mattar, a young entrepreneur about his efforts to save the Union Commercial venue.
Categories: Our Show
Monday April 15, 2013
Schools shouldn't "blindly" integrate technology
Vivek Venkatesh is an Associate Dean at the Concordia Department of Education.
He also happens to be a huge fan of metal music.
Venkatesh uses online chat forums about metal music to study the way people learn using technology.
As many academic institutions are grappling with how to integrate techology and social media into the classroom, Venkatesh has some surprising findings.
Teachers think discussions and interactive activites create a positive experience in the classroom.
But students say the best predictors of class enjoyment are stimulating lectures, regardless of whether or not technology is used.
"There is a large movement to digitizing," explains Venkatesh, "because it's becomes such an integral part of our life, we would expect that it also becomes part of our education and training domain."
"But I think it's a mistake to subscribe to it in a blind fashion. Often, people want that face-to-face contact, and they want that to be blended with some sort of online discussions."
Listen to Vivek Venkatesh's conversation with Cinq à Six host Jeanette Kelly.
Photo: Tanya Birkbeck
Monday April 15, 2013
How I started writing: Alice Petersen
The Quebec Writing Competition deadline is May 1st, 2013.
Categories: Books, Writers
Monday April 8, 2013
How I started writing: Gillian Sze
The Quebec Writing Competition deadline is May 1st, 2013.
Categories: Books, Writers
Monday April 8, 2013
Editors tell stories from their 'hoods
Hyperlocal is a CBC project that allows you to tell your own story about changes happening in your neighbourhood.
Cinq à Six host Jeanette Kelly spoke to two Hyperlocal editors about changes taking place in their neighbourhoods.
And in the Villeray neighbourhood, Maria Turner bemoans a new condo development. Not only do the buildings lack any inspiration when it comes to design, but they've also displaced Nick Le Roi du Sous Marin, her favourite Italian family restaurant.
Categories: Urban Design, Writers
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