February 23rd to March 1st

Saturday, February 25th

Haiti for the Haitians Demonstration Since the U.S, France and Canada overthrew Haiti's elected governmenttwo years ago, thousands have been killed, raped, incarcerated orexiled in a brutal campaign of political repression. Two years later,Haiti is still under foreign military occupation.

1pm, Guy and deMaisonneuve, bring your noise-makers, banners and placards!

Little Birdie is playing at Barfly (4062A St-Laurent) with opening act Trish Robb.

Got the blues? Come out for some heartwarming. Old songs, new songs, some accodion, and good ol' alcohol.

Monday, February 27th

CinemaPolitica presents "Between Midnight and the Rooster's Crow" and "Oil on Ice"

Two excellent films that interrogate the problem of oil, the environment, and those who wish to profit from it. This special event is co-sponsored by the CKUT News Collective.

Between Midnight and the Rooster's Crow investigates the operations of the EnCana Corporation, a firm that, despite proud public declarations of its social responsibility, is shown to be answerable for widespread environmental contamination and human rights violations. The film focuses on EnCana's development of a heavy crude oil pipeline from the Amazon across the earthquake-prone Andes to the Pacific coast for export.

Oil on Ice is a one-hour documentary that examines the the battle over oil development within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This is a classic struggle in a stunning place, featuring the dramatic wildlife that adapted to this environment and the cultures of the Gwich’in Athabascan Indians and Inupiat Eskimos that rely on this wildlife for their subsistence. For more: www.oilonice.org

7:30pm, Concordia University, 1455 deMaisonneuve West, Room H-110, FREE

For more: www.cinemapolitica.org

February 16th to 22nd

Sunday, February 19th

Covering and Uncovering the Coup: A multi-media soiree of culture and politics reflecting on Haitian resistance to Canadian Imperialism and the coup d'Etat of 2004 with presentations by Patrick Elie, a longtime political and human rights activist from Port au Prince, members of CKUT's Community News Collective. XX, 338 Terrace St-Denis

Tuesday, February 21st

CinemaPolitica presents Aristide and the Endless Revolution

One hour away from Miami the elected President of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation was twice removed from office with the complicity of the international community. “ARSITIDE and the Endless Revolution” is a feature documentary that explores through investigative lenses the events that led to the removal of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected President of Haiti. For more, click here

Co-sponsored by Haiti Action Montreal

7:30pm, Concordia University, 1455 deMaisonneuve West, Room H-110, FREE

February 9th to 15th

Thursday, February 9th

Anti-Hallmark Valentine's Day party! This Valentine’s Day, Head & Hands wants to invite you to come celebrate love in all of its forms. The evening will feature Montreal DJs DJ Maus and Julie D alongside rockout act Kill the Lights, and punk band Tundra. Andrew Johnston, who has a side project from The gentlemen's Club called The Hearts In Transit will also be part of the show. In addition we will have a theatre performance by The Dead Doll Dancers.

The evening will also act as the launch party to Head & Hands’ 2006 Save Our Sex Ed (SOS) campaign which aims to raise funds for Head & Hands sex education programs. Unlike other diseases, STIs and AIDS are completely preventable and education is the key to protection. Support Head and Hands in the SOS campaign and help us make sure that Montreal youth get the sex education they deserve.

8pm at El Salon, 4388 Blvd. St. Laurent. $10 in advance or $12 the door. Tickets are available at Head & Hands, 5833 Sherbrooke W, 481-0277.

Tomson Highway A lecture on his work, part of Festival Voix d'Amerique. McGill University, 4pm. For more www.fva.ca or (514) 495-1515

Friday, February 10th

Festival Voix d'Amerique Grand Opening: One of North America’s leading Aboriginal writers, Tomson Highway presents his words and songs in a very special evening. He is joined onstage by Patty Cano, an actor with Arianne Mnouchkine’s Théâtre du Soleil, and Eastern European saxophonist Ulrich Kempendorff, whose wistful notes lend just the right feeling to the Cree composer’s nostalgic music. La Salla Rossa, 4848 St-Laurent, 8:30pm, $15

Every winter for the past five years, Montreal has been celebrating oral literature, text performance and spoken word. This year’s Festival Voix d’Amériques (FVA), presented by Les Filles électriques, takes place February 10 to 17, 2006 with special guest Thomson Highway. For more on the festival: www.fva.ca or (514) 495-1515

Saturday, February 11th

Redbird Studios Party A circus atmosphere with Burlesque, Carnival and Freakshow performances throughout the evening.

Redbird Studios, 135 Van Horne, 10pm to 3am

Sunday, February 12th

Universal Nomads presents Full-Moon Chill Night: The Love Edition With special guests Omesha (hulahoop show), S-Vestas (fire-eaters), beatboxing, DJs Samira, Omshanti, Renaud-K & DJ Neerav (Interchill). Also, there will be tables to sell work made locally - don't be shy, come share your talents. Participate by bringing love poems to read to the crowd over DJ Music.

Les Minots, 3812 St-Laurent, 7pm to 3am, $4

Monday, February 13th

CinemaPolitica presents Dangerous Living and Locks, Chains and a City

Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World is a feature-length documentary that explores the immense changes that occurred for gays, lesbians and transgender people living in the Global South.

In the last decade of the 20th Century, a new heightened visibility began spreading throughout the developing world and the battles between families, fundamentalist religions, and governments around sexual and gender identity had begun. But in the West, few people knew about this historic social upheaval, until 52 men on Cairo’s Queen Boat discothèque were arrested for crimes of debauchery. That explosive story focused attention to the lives and trials of gay people coming out in the developing world and the film chronicles those events. For more, click here

Lock, Chains and a City is a creative and evocative look at the increasing security measures taken by the residents of San Jose, Costa Rica against a perceived rise in crime in the capital city. The film is a personal essay of the filmmaker's own experience at his parent's house, which - like many other middle to upper class homes in San Jose - begins to look like a barricaded fortress due to one break and entry where a carton of orange juice was stolen and left empty on the driveway.

Through the bundles of razor wire, titanium bars, and alarm systems, we see a society that is continually enclosing themselves in their own prisons in an effort to keep out thieves and other imagined riff raff. For more, click here

7:30pm, Concordia University, 1455 deMaisonneuve West, room H-110. For more: www.cinemapolitica.org

Wednesday, February 15th

Comedy on the Main's Comedy for the Loveless Here's the deal: comedy is funny, beer is yummy and cheap ($1 a bottle, seriously), sandwiches are tiny and $5 gets you in, AND...AND...AND you can win an all-expenses dinner-and-a-movie date* with the sexy comedian of your choice: De Anne Smith, Chantel Marostica, David Akerflug, Peter Radomski, George Braithwaite, Dan Bingham or Kwasi Thomas.

* Action not guaranteed, except with Akerflug

9pm, Kandyba Cuisine, 4147 St. Laurent

February 2nd to 8th

Thursday, February 2nd

The Dictatorship of Debt Why are the world's poorest countries sending money to the world`s richest? A fun, interactive dinner theatre evening.

A theatrical re-enactment of the history of how countries came to behighly impoverished and heavily indebted, and how people in thosecountries have been impacted. A satirical look at the ideology of globalisation.

Each audience member is part of the performance. You can participate actively to the extent that you wish to.

$8 in advance ($10 at the door) Dinner included!!!

7pm, Diocesan College, 3473 University Street. Tickets available at Snax in the Leacock Building (McGill University, 855 Sherbrooke West) or by contacting socialjusticetheatre@hotmail.com

Presented by the McGill Global AIDS Coaltion, the Social JusticeCommittee of Montreal, and CKUT Invisible Cities Network. For more: www.invisiblecitiesnetwork.org

Also February 3rd and 4th

Friday, February 3rd

HORRORCHOIR sing the songs of Matt Snell ...A night of grimm folksonging & barnstorming voice, presented by Out of the BasementProductions...guaranteed to put hair on yr back, gleamin yr eye & rust in yr bucket...a free for all free-for-all in black graveyard dirt...also featuring: CT Staples & other special guests. FREE.

10 PM@ Grumpy's, 1242 Bishop Street

The Dictatorship of Debt, 7pm, SEE FEBRUARY 2ND

Saturday, February 4th

The Dictatorship of Debt, 7pm, SEE FEBRUARY 2ND

Monday, February 6th

CinemaPolitica presents Bus 174

BUS 174 is a careful investigation of the hijack of a bus in Rio, based on an extensive research of stock footage, interviews and official documents.

The hijack took place in June 12, 2000 (Valentines day in Brazil) and was broadcast live for 4 and a half hours. The whole country stopped to watch the drama on TV.

The film tells 2 parallel stories. Not only does it explain the dramatic events that unfolded as the police tried, and failed, to handle the hijack situation; but it also tells the amazing life story of the hijacker, revealing how a typical Rio de Janeiro street kid was transformed into a violent criminal because society systematically denied him any kind of social existence.

Both stories are interwoven in a such a way that they end up explaining why Brazil, and other countries with similar social and economic problems, are so violent.

For more on the film: www.bus174.com

7:30pm, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, room 110