February 2012 Archives

Tuesday February 28, 2012

Pierre Hébert

Grants can be hard to come by for artists and filmmakers. 

So when a 100-thousand dollar grant is handed out, people stand up and take notice. 

Filmmaker Pierre Hébert has been awarded a grant of that covetable amount from the Conseil des arts et des lettres of Quebec. 

It is a bursary that honours career achievement for filmmakers. 

Hébert has been creating animated shorts with the National Film Board since the 1960s. 

He plans to use the money for a project he is working on right now, called Lieux et monuments. 

Listen to Jeanette's Cinq à Six Web Exclusive feature-length interview with Pierre Hébert. 

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View films by Pierre Hébert on the NFB Web site. 

Image above is a still from Pierre Hébert's 1985 film Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World: The Subway. 

Categories: Film

 

Saturday February 25, 2012

Anne of Green Gables

This week, Monique Polak chose Anne of Green Gables, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery in 1908. 

Here is what Monique says about why she chose this book: 

There is no resisting Anne Shirley, the mischievous, outspoken and  huge-hearted heroine of this novel. Originally written for adults,  Anne of Green Gables was appropriated by a younger audience. This  book for readers of all ages is about friendship (Anne Shirley longs,  as we all do, for "a kindred spirit"), the bonds of community and the  power of imagination.

 

Click here to listen to Monique present Anne of Green Gables (in French) on Plus on est de fous, plus on lit. 

 

Listen to Monique explain why she chose Anne of Green Gables (in English):

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Categories: 10 Essential Books

 

Saturday February 25, 2012

Allan Hawco at the National Theatre School

The star and creator of Republic of Doyle visits his alma mater and takes questions from the students. 

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Categories: Film and TV, Theatre

 

Saturday February 25, 2012

Le Survenant

For the first week of 10 Essential Books, Thomas Hellman brought Le Survenant to the Cinq à Six studio. 

 

Read Thomas's blog entry. 

Listen to Thomas talk about Le Survenant on Radio Canada's Plus on es de fou, plus on lit. (in French)

Listen to him explain why he chose this book as his first entry on the list of 10 Essential Books: 

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Categories: 10 Essential Books

 

Friday February 24, 2012

The Columnists

Thomas Hellman

Thomas Hellman will be presenting his Top Five Francophone Canadian Books on Cinq à Six. 

Known as a singer-songwriter in Quebec, Thomas Hellman was a judge on Combat des livres (the French version of Canada Reads) in 2010. 

Since then, he has been indulging his passion for literature as a regular book columnist on Radio-Canada's Plus on est de fous, plus on lit. 

In January 2012, he was invited to give "literary concert" at the Studio littéraire de la Place des Arts, where he performed music and readings from some of his favourite texts. 

He holds a Masters Degree in French Literature from McGill University. 

Monique Polak

Monique Polak will be presenting her Top Five English Canadian Books on Plus on est de fou, plus on lit, a Radio-Canada national radio show about books, reading and writing. 

She is the author of 12 novels for young adults, including What World is Left?, which is based on the story of her own mother's experience in a Nazi Concentration camp. That book won the the 2009 Quebec Writers' Federation Prize for Children's and YA Literature. 

Monique also works as a freelance journalist.

Her writing has appeared in The Montreal Gazette and Macleans Magazine. 

Monique teaches English and Humanities at Marianapolis College in Montreal. 

Categories: 10 Essential Books

 

Monday February 20, 2012

Have Your Say and Win!

The contest is now closed. Thank you for your entries. 

We asked our listeners to send us their suggestions for the 10 Essential Books list. 

We received dozens of great messages by e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, and right here on the comment section of this page. 

The Winners

Congratulations to  Aurel Emelcuic, winner of the Sony E Reader with the 10 Essential Books in e book form. 

We also gave away 10 CBC Prize Paks. The winners are: Denis Salter. Beverly Akerman, James Little, Nicole Bergeron, Joan Rzadkiewicz, Jean Pycock, Jimmy Luong, Amber Neysmith, Nicole de Rouin and Seosamh.

 

The contest is closed, but you are still welcome to send us your suggestions for the list. 

 

Email us at cinqasix@cbc.ca

Tweet your choices using  the hashtag #5a6 in your tweet 

Comment on our Facebook page

Comment right here at the bottom of this Web page

 

Categories: 10 Essential Books

 

Saturday February 18, 2012

Chelsea Smokehouse

The often-overlooked Outaouais Region is in the spotlight for the Montreal Highlights Festival. 

Jeanette went to the Marché Jean Talon to meet with James Hargraves and Line Boyer, the owners of the Chelsea Smokehouse. 

They "don't smoke beavers" (listen to the audio to see what we mean) but they do smoke everything from butter to oysters, in addition to running a small restaurant called Le Resto.

James and Line tell us about their business, the remarkable story of how they got together (It involves a trip to the North Pole...) and then take the Cinq à Six Culture Quiz. 

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Here are links to some of the people and places James and Line mentioned in the Culture Quiz: 

Favourite Public Space: The National Gallery of Canada

Favourite Restaurant in the Outaouais Region: Les Fougères and Domus Café

One to Watch: Photographer Louise Tanguay 

What James is reading: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Favourite Quebec Blog: Mitaine écarlate

A link they recently shared: Olivia Chocolat from Cantley, Quebec

Categories: Culture Quiz, Food

 

Saturday February 18, 2012

Illuminating the Highlights

Creative - some may even say artistic - lighting seems to be a new trend in Montreal in recent years. 

For the Highlights Festival, lighting designers have created "progressive architectural lighting" for the Quartier des Spectacles.

Listen to lighting designer Marc Tetreault's conversation with Jeanette: 

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Categories: Digital Art

 

• August 2012
  • Sat., 18 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- August 18, 2012
     
  • Sat., 11 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- August 11, 2012
     
  • Sat., 4 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- August 4, 2012
     
• July 2012
  • Sat., 28 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- July 28, 2012
     
  • Sat., 21 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- July 21, 2012
     
  • Fri., 20 – Cinq à Six in the Summer Schedule
     
  • Sat., 14 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- July 14, 2012
     
  • Sat., 7 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- July 7, 2012
     
• June 2012
  • Sat., 30 – The Montreal X Factor
     
  • Sat., 23 – Ads put car company under pressure
     
  • Sat., 23 – Adam Cohen takes the Culture Quiz
     
  • Sat., 23 – Cartooning Calamities!
     
  • Wed., 20 – Culture minister Christine St-Pierre
     
  • Fri., 15 – Chef Michele Forgione's street food
     
  • Fri., 15 – Street Food Renaissance
     
  • Fri., 8 – New Cree Cultural Institute in Oujé-Bougoumou
     
  • Fri., 8 – Better than reality TV
     
  • Wed., 6 – Montreal's urban beach to be a "window to the water"
     
  • Mon., 4 – Beyond Pop Art: Tom Wesselman
     
• May 2012
  • Sat., 19 – Are all the artists red?
     
  • Wed., 16 – Matt & Nat bags a deal with Apple
     
  • Fri., 11 – Is modern motherhood a new form of oppression?
     
  • Wed., 9 – Montreal's First Digital Art Biennial
     
  • Fri., 4 – Quebec City biennial examines man's relationship with machines
     
  • Fri., 4 – Quebec's Religious Heritage
     
• April 2012
  • Fri., 27 – Made in China with Pride
     
  • Fri., 27 – A Quebec Design Made in China
     
  • Fri., 27 – Montreal International Poetry Prize
     
  • Wed., 25 – Judging Books by their Covers
     
  • Fri., 20 – Beautiful Books
     
  • Fri., 20 – École de la montagne rouge
     
  • Sat., 14 – La Station
     
  • Sat., 14 – The sky is NOT falling
     
  • Sat., 14 – Cree Culture Class
     
  • Sat., 14 – White Filmmakers in Black Africa
     
  • Sat., 7 – Rebelle
     
  • Sat., 7 – NFB to cut St. Denis Location
     
  • Mon., 2 – Cutting out the middle man
     
• March 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Arts students in the protest movement
     
  • Sat., 24 – Arvida
     
  • Sat., 24 – Fall on Your Knees
     
  • Fri., 23 – Is Montreal a world jazz capital?
     
  • Tue., 20 – Lost Action: Trace
     
  • Mon., 19 – Sid Lee redefines advertising
     
  • Mon., 19 – Marketing direct to your mobile phone
     
  • Sat., 17 – Selected Stories
     
  • Sat., 17 – L'Homme blanc
     
  • Sat., 17 – "Trop" Hollywood for Quebec
     
  • Sat., 17 – "Bla Bla" -- A film for your computer
     
  • Mon., 12 – Imperfect Health
     
  • Mon., 12 – Is design an issue of public health?
     
  • Fri., 9 – The Stone Diaries
     
  • Fri., 9 – L'énigme du retour
     
  • Sat., 3 – La Charrette
     
  • Fri., 2 – Richard Sommer's Cancer Songs
     
  • Fri., 2 – Fifth Business
     
• February 2012
  • Tue., 28 – Pierre Hébert
     
  • Sat., 25 – Anne of Green Gables
     
  • Sat., 25 – Allan Hawco at the National Theatre School
     
  • Sat., 25 – Le Survenant
     
  • Fri., 24 – The Columnists
     
  • Fri., 24 – About the Series
     
  • Fri., 24 – Projet Trame lights up the Quartier Latin
     
  • Mon., 20 – Have Your Say and Win!
     
  • Sat., 18 – Chelsea Smokehouse
     
  • Sat., 18 – Illuminating the Highlights
     
  • Sat., 18 – Gaëtane Verna has the power
     
  • Mon., 13 – Art by women in 2012
     
  • Mon., 13 – Wesli Louissaint takes on the culture quiz
     
  • Sat., 4 – Should we have more World Heritage sites in Quebec?
     
  • Sat., 4 – Can Quebec learn from Soviet-era architecture?
     
  • Sat., 4 – Uprooted/Déraciné
     
  • Sat., 4 – Wangechi Mutu at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art
     
• January 2012
  • Sat., 28 – I am Leah, I am LilyBear
     
  • Sat., 28 – "Art-house" arcade
     
  • Sat., 28 – Super Mario at a Rave!
     
  • Sat., 28 – The next step for the Olympic Park
     
  • Sat., 21 – Bridging the literary divide
     
  • Sat., 21 – A new soundtrack for skating
     
  • Sat., 21 – For the love of translation
     
  • Sat., 14 – Igloofest: showing winter's playful side
     
  • Sat., 14 – Winter culture in Canadian art
     
  • Sat., 14 – The Ice Cloud: Reimagining winter in the Quartier des Spectacles
     
  • Sat., 7 – Chef Hugue Dufour and the future of M. Wells
     
  • Sat., 7 – Gita Seaton and the Nouveau Palais: from old-school diner to culinary hotspot
     
  • Sat., 7 – Costas Spiliadis makes Milos a global brand
     
• December 2011
  • Sat., 31 – Quebec Writing Competition Winners
     
  • Sat., 24 – Christmas Eve Concert Special
     
  • Thu., 22 – The making of... our Christmas Eve special
     
  • Sat., 17 – ORA is a film like you've never seen before
     
  • Sat., 17 – 3D Films: The way of the future, or an expensive headache?
     
  • Sat., 17 – Designs for the homeless
     
  • Sat., 10 – Peter Simons wants avant garde design in suburban malls
     
  • Sat., 10 – Boutique Design
     
  • Fri., 9 – Window Dressing
     
  • Sat., 3 – The Canada Notebook
     
  • Sat., 3 – Do we need better product design in Quebec?
     
  • Sat., 3 – Quebec Symphony Orchestra's new conductor
     
  • Sat., 3 – Cinq à Six Holiday Shopping Guide
     
• November 2011
  • Sat., 26 – Is Quebec fashion too commercial?
     
  • Sat., 26 – Opus 3900 -- Building the organ for La Maison Symphonique
     
  • Sat., 26 – ANA -- A bilingual play
     
  • Sat., 19 – New energy in the Quebec contemporary art scene
     
  • Sat., 19 – An art lover's dream job
     
  • Sat., 19 – Francois Rochon's private collection
     
  • Sat., 12 – Reimagining the Olympic Park
     
  • Sat., 12 – Liberté! Liberté?
     
  • Sat., 12 – Maestro Culture Quiz
     
  • Sat., 5 – Warner Brothers video game studio opens in Montreal
     
  • Sat., 5 – Why is Jeanette playing backgammon on a show about video games?
     
  • Sat., 5 – Can video games save the world?
     
  • Sat., 5 – Culture Quiz: Mathieu Roy
     
• October 2011
  • Sat., 29 – Perfume Artist
     
  • Sat., 29 – Scent Sculptor
     
  • Fri., 28 – Occupy Montreal
     
  • Sat., 22 – Quebec Writers' Federation Literary Awards
     
  • Fri., 21 – Farming on Film
     
  • Sat., 8 – New pavilion of Quebec and Canadian Art
     
  • Sat., 8 – Are bilingual films a good idea?
     
  • Tue., 4 – Foodlab fuses food and art
     
  • Tue., 4 – The art of food packaging
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – Arty Food is "In"
     
  • Fri., 30 – CBC Open House & Culture Days
     
  • Sat., 24 – Art: What's the Point?
     
  • Sat., 24 – Karine Vanasse's career takes off with Pan Am
     
  • Sat., 24 – Arcade Fire's homecoming
     
  • Sat., 17 – Creating a look
     
  • Sat., 17 – Daytrip to Joliette
     
  • Sat., 17 – YUL-MTL Moving Landscapes
     
  • Sat., 10 – Ils Dansent
     
  • Sat., 10 – Film Festival News and Blues
     
  • Sat., 10 – James Darling in Rimouski
     
  • Tue., 6 – Getting to know Catherine Perrin
     
  • Tue., 6 – New artistic director for Black Theatre Workshop
     
  • Sat., 3 – L'adresse symphonique, Montreal's new concert hall
     
• August 2011
  • Sat., 20 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- August 20, 2011
     
  • Sat., 13 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- August 13, 2011
     
  • Sat., 6 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- August 6, 2011
     
  • Mon., 1 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- July 30, 2011
     
• July 2011
  • Mon., 25 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- July 23, 2011
     
  • Mon., 18 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- July 16, 2011
     
  • Mon., 11 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- July 9, 2011
     
  • Mon., 4 – Cinq à Six in the Summer -- July 2, 2011
     
• June 2011
  • Sat., 25 – The Culture Club -- Festival Edition
     
  • Fri., 24 – Stanley's Summer Reads
     
  • Fri., 24 – Can paper magazines survive?
     
  • Sat., 18 – Art à la table
     
  • Sat., 18 – The Culture Club -- June 18, 2011
     
  • Sat., 18 – Diatribes of a Dying Tribe
     
  • Fri., 10 – SOS Richelieu
     
  • Fri., 10 – Culture Club -- June 11, 2011
     
  • Thu., 9 – Jean Paul Gaultier
     
  • Sat., 4 – Circus artist Anna Kichtchenko
     
  • Sat., 4 – An architectural vision
     
  • Fri., 3 – Culture Club -- June 4, 2011
     
• May 2011
  • Sat., 28 – Culture Club -- May 28, 2011
     
  • Sat., 28 – Masq'alors
     
  • Sat., 28 – Five years as a UNESCO City of Design
     
  • Sat., 21 – Opera's next generation
     
  • Sat., 21 – Culture Club + Guest DJ -- May 21, 2011
     
  • Sat., 14 – Culture Club - May 14, 2011
     
  • Sat., 14 – A day in the life in St-Henri
     
  • Thu., 12 – Swing, swing, swing!
     
  • Fri., 6 – Denis Gagnon's New Boutique
     
  • Fri., 6 – The Culture Club -- May 7, 2011
     
  • Fri., 6 – Sherbrooke's Fashion Blogger
     
• April 2011
  • Sat., 30 – Painting the Royal Couple
     
  • Sat., 30 – La mechanique de l'amour
     
  • Fri., 29 – Culture Club -- April 30
     
  • Sat., 23 – A new album from Miracle Fortress
     
  • Sat., 23 – The Culture Club -- April 23
     
  • Sat., 23 – Kim Thuy, author of "Ru"
     
  • Sat., 16 – Marc Séguin
     
  • Sat., 16 – Culture Club -- April 16
     
  • Sat., 16 – Big bucks for writers
     
  • Sat., 9 – Equus
     
  • Sat., 9 – The Culture Club
     
  • Sat., 9 – The Bend
     
• March 2011
  • Fri., 11 – Joe Ollman's Mid-Life
     
  • Fri., 11 – Michel Faubert
     
  • Mon., 7 – Saguenay Short Film Festival
     
  • Mon., 7 – Emilie Clepper's roadtrip soundtrack
     
  • Fri., 4 – The Culture Club
     
• February 2011
  • Mon., 28 – Karine Vanasse
     
  • Mon., 28 – Shira Lazar, a broadcaster for the digital age
     
  • Mon., 28 – The Culture Club
     
  • Tue., 22 – Books with Stanley Péan
     
  • Tue., 22 – Corno's Art and Desire
     
  • Tue., 22 – The Culture Club: Cement, Stones, and Alt-Rock
     
  • Mon., 14 – Knowing it by Harp
     
  • Mon., 14 – Front seat on the Runway
     
  • Mon., 14 – Heading down Degeneration Street
     
  • Mon., 7 – Marc-Aurèle Fortin retrospective
     
  • Mon., 7 – Jorane's new album
     
• January 2011
  • Mon., 31 – Funkytown, the film
     
  • Mon., 31 – The Culture Club goes to the theatre
     
  • Mon., 31 – Denis Villeneuve heads to the Oscars
     
  • Mon., 24 – Coeur de Pirate + Bedouin Soundclash
     
  • Mon., 24 – Culture Club - Kamouraska to Funkytown!
     
  • Mon., 24 – Quebec books - Stanley Péan's picks
     
  • Tue., 11 – Rémy Girard plays bungling spy on English TV
     
  • Tue., 11 – Culture Club on artist Shary Boyle
     
  • Tue., 11 – Domestic Crisis Group - Two Tired Hearts EP
     
  • Sat., 1 – Winning Words
     
• December 2010
  • Mon., 20 – Culture for Christmas (CDs)
     
  • Mon., 20 – Culture for Christmas (DVDs)