November 24th to 30th

Friday, November 25th

Buy Nothing Day

Optative Theatrical Laboratories presents a culture-jam performance against American Apparel. (514) 583-FEST (3378), optativelabs@yahoo.ca or www.optative.net/bnd for more.

Concordia Co-Op Bookstore will be celebrating with games, free stuff and stuff-swapping in conjunction with the Timebomb organized activities on the Mezzanine of Concordia University's SGW Campus (1455 deMaisonneuve West) from 11am - 4pm.

Buddah/Zombie march through the Eaton Center, 4pm.

Café Blue Monday will be offering free food and drinks with the help of donations from the People's Potato and bread from Première Moisson. Please bring your own containers for take-out, we will only be serving with our re-usable dishes. 4424 Wellington, Verdun, de l'Eglise metro.

For more on all the Buy Nothing Day activities, please consult http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/

Kinky Cabaret

A fundraiser for www.cansex.org ...sexuality forum for people with physical disabilities.

Performances by Burlesque Striptease, Dead Dolls Dancers, Ro & the Virtuous Villains, Chastity, Baladi/Bellydancing, Seska Lee, Erotic Reading/Lecture, Sexy Saxophone, DJ Chris, DJ Beastie Bill.

@ InFerno (Previously Le Tube) 1592 Ste-Catherine Est (metro Papineau)

Doors open 10:00, Show: 11:30pm. Tickets: $13 at the door or $10 in advance. Presented by www.attitudes.cc

Sunday, November 27th

Co-Op Maison Verte 5th Anniversary Bash celebrating Buy Nothing Day with music, free food, tea and coffee (fair-trade and organic) and information on how the co-op works.

5785 Sherbrooke West, noon to 5pm.

Monday, November 28th

Cinema Politica presents: Seeds of Change

Seeds of Change is a feature length video documenting the impacts genetically engineered (GE) canola is having on farmers and rural communities in the Canadian Prairies.

Unfortunately, since it's completion in the fall of 2002, the filmmakers who are also researchers at the University of Manitoba have been prevented to screen the film due to ongoing suppression by that academic institution.

Many have speculated that perhaps this may be due to the delicate relationship between the University and Monsanto, a company in the film.

For more: www.dwdtv.org or www.cinemapolitica.org

7:30pm and 9 PM, Room H-110, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve West. Admission free
Special Guests in Attendance!

November 17th to 23rd

Friday, November 18th

Cinema Politica presents Scared Sacred

In a world teetering on the edge of self-destruction, award-winning filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimage. Visiting the 'Ground Zeros' of the planet, he asks if it's possible to find hope in the darkest moments of human history.

Ripper travels to the minefields of Cambodia; war-torn Afghanistan; the toxic wasteland of Bhopal; post-9/11 New York; Bosnia; Hiroshima; Israel and Palestine. This powerful documentary captures his five-year odyssey to discover if humanity can transform the 'scared' into the 'sacred'.

Deep in the jungles of Cambodia, Ripper meets Aki Ra, a child soldier forced to lay landmines for the Khmer Rouge. Today Aki wanders his ravaged country with a simple wooden stick, decommissioning thousands of mines each year. In the shattered land of Afghanistan, Ripper searches for a Sufi musician who was banned from performing or even listening to music, by the reign of fundamentalism. The musician discovered a way out: he filled his house with songbirds. In each Ground Zero, he unearths unforgettable stories of survival, of ritual, resilience and recovery.

ScaredSacred deftly weaves together stunning footage with haunting memories, inspirational stories, and an evocative soundscape. Featuring an engaging, first-person narrative, this film is an exquisite portrait of a search for meaning in times of turmoil, a luminous gift to a world in shadows.

There will be a Q&A with director Velcrow Ripper following the screening. Please see www.scaredsacred.org

7:30pm, Concordia University, Room H-110, 1455 de Maisonneuve West

Saturday, November 19th

The Trial

A staged reading of an adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Trial organized by Teesri Duniya Theatre and the Coalition for Justice for Charkaoui. Features David Fennario, Anita Rau Badami, Narcy of Euphrates, Diana Fajrajsl, Marthe Turgeon, Jaggi Singh and Adil Charkaoui, accused by Canada of being a terrorist. Directed by Lib Spry.

8 pm, F.C. Smith Auditorium, Concordia University (Loyola Campus), 7141 Sherbrooke St. W.

Suggested donation $20. (514) 859-9023 for more

Wednesday, November 23rd

Etat d'Urgence 05

A refugee camp downtown. Until November 25th. 24 hours a day. Parc Emilie-Gamelin, metro Berri-UQAM

November 10th to 16th

Ongoing

Condoville by David Fennario, directed by Gordon McCall.

Tickets $20-$41.50

Centaur Theatre, 453 St-Francois Xavier. Info (514) 288-1229 or www.centaurtheatre.com

Thursday, November 10th

The Dancer is A Person a conference by Zab Maboungou as part of the International Dance and Human Rights Conference. Studio K-S210 of Pavillon de Danse UQAM (840 Cherrier) from 1pm to 4pm

Friday, November 11th

Dances of Protest: Humanity and Transformation in African American Dance A panel chaired by Zab Maboungou as part of the International Dance and Human Rights Conference. Studio K-S210 of Pavillon de Danse UQAM (840 Cherrier) from 3:30pm to 5pm.

Saturday, November 12th

Lady Metitius's Late Night Cabaret featuring dance, drag, sketch and musical performances by The Bionic Yahoos, Dead Doll Dancers, Cory Bertrand, Robin Wilcox, the cast of the Three Apollos and MORE.

9:30pm, doors open 8:30, at Playwright's Workshop (4324 Boul St. Laurent).

$10 (canadian tire money accepted as legal tender for admission and/ or drinks!!!)
all proceeds go to the production of "The Three Apollos" dir. by Joel Fishbane
www.threeapollos.ca

Monday, November 14th

Cinema Politica Presents: Zero Degrees of Separation

If love conquers all, the couples at the center of this potent documentary have got a lot of conquering to do.

Based around a trip director Elle Flanders took back to Israel, where she lived as a child, ZERO focuses on two gay couples who literally span that country's divide.

Selim is a Palestinian who navigates the labyrinthine rules governing his presence in Israel to be with his Jewish lover, Ezra. The activist Ezra takes the filmmaker on a long driving tour of oppression, getting into heated and fearless exchanges along the way with Israeli soldiers, while Selim mournfully attempts to straighten out his legal status.

Meanwhile, Edit confronts her own guilt about being a part of the system that oppresses her Palestinian lover, Samira.

The searing honesty of these romantic realists will quickly dispel any sentimental notions the viewer may have about love in a time of war. The roads these partners travel to be with each other are tricky and full of emotional and physical land mines, and Flanders unflinchingly portrays Israel as a land in decline.

While the mournful tone is emphasized by haunting archival footage of Flanders family in the Holy Land in the 50s, the overall legacy of the film is one of gritty, hard-won hope, scraped out of the broken cement and rubble of occupation.

H-110, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, 7:30pm, FREE, www.zerodegreesofseparation.com for more

Tuesday, November 15th

Queer Mcgill Dyke Days "Out of the closet and into the library" (fundraiser for Queer McGill Library) featuring the" dancing talents " of the Dead Dolls and other beautiful invited performers. Drag, Music, poetry and much much more!

La Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent), doors open 9pm, showtime 9:30, $3-5 (sliding scale).

November 3rd to 9th

Ongoing

Condoville by David Fennario, directed by Gordon McCall.Tickets $20-$41.50

Centaur Theatre, 453 St-Francois Xavier. Info (514) 288-1229 or www.centaurtheatre.com

Friday, November 4th

Charity Comedy Show with DeAnne Smith, Dave Akerflug, Steven Crowder and Andrew Searles. 8pm at Champlain College, $5. http://deannesmith.blogspot.com

Tramway Trance: A multidisciplinary cultural extravaganza in support of Projet Montréal.

Two days before Montreal’s municipal elections, a varied lineup including Car Stories, Infringement Festival, Lubo Alexandrov, Emil Ilyev, Bleubird, Pino Style and DJ Yakub takes the stage in support of Projet Montréal’s platform of democratic renewal and sustainable urban development. This festive event takes place Friday Nov. 4 at Toc-Toc in Mile-End.

Aiming to give new meaning to the phrase ‘party politics’, Tramway Trance brings together innovative members of Montreal’s music and theatre scenes.

9pm to 3am at Les artistes du Toc Toc, 6091 ave du Parc, zero to five dollars

Saturday, November 5th

Little Birdie with The Spillers at Grumpy's (1242 Bishop), 10pm

Soma and Last Standing at Clyde's, 286 Lakeshore (Pointe-Claire)

Monday, November 7th

Cinema Politica presents The Future of Food

THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.

From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology.

H-110, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve West
7:30pm, FREE, www.thefutureoffood.com for more