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Feature Friday - Jeffrey Weinstein
Jeffrey Weinstein started stand up six years ago as a change of life reflex to aging. As a senior comic on the spectrum, he struggles with emotional self-regulation and cannot hold back critiques of hypocrisy and social and moral injustices.
McSweeney’s List (25 June 2025)
Welcome to Summer 2025. It's a once in a lifetime moment, one generations before us dreamed about, and here we are, overwhelmed by the current state of affairs, barely even thinking about how The Jetsons were set in 2062.
Feature Friday - fernando belote (fern)
fernando belote (Fern) is a multidisciplinary bixa/queer artist and the president of DC-Art Indisciplinaire, the first artist-run center in Quebec exclusively supporting disability diversity.
McSweeney’s List (18 June 2025)
Looking back on the paths we've walked thus far, it's easy to see the things we might've done differently. From big things like what if I had pursued a different career, to I shouldn't have said that thing I said, we’re quick to judge ourselves for our past actions.
The #NoOneHungers Tour
I would argue that the Poet would generally be described as a lonely creature. It conjures the image of a tortured, tubercular young artist—or, through a more modern lens, a highly sensitive individual with a Moleskine in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
Feature Friday - Martin Saint
Martin Saint was the lead-singer and second guitar player with Montreal's The Ember Glows. He is now pursuing his own solo project full time as well as other collaborations with various local musicians.
McSweeney’s List (11 June 2025)
I've gotten better at choosing. From sussing out what's probably good on the menu, to the company I keep, lately I can't help but notice that I'm choosing wisely. This isn't to say that I'm making the right choice, as that's often arbitrarily defined by whom you ask, or societal expectations.
Feature Friday - Patrick O’Reilly
Patrick O'Reilly is a poet from Renews, NL, now living in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke. He is responsible for two chapbooks, A Collapsible Newfoundland (Frog Hollow Press, 2020) and Demographics Report November 2023 (Cactus Press, 2024).
McSweeney’s List (4 June 2025)
The sun is shining, dandelions are fluffing, bees are buzzing (and keeping our food supply going) -- everything is verbing. Humans -- understandably pent up after the snowy, rainy spring -- are out in their full glory, gussied up, and travelling in packs.
Andrew’s Reviews - FringeMTL 2025
Andrew Jamieson reviews Frankencéline, Cracks, MEAT FACTORY: MOMMY, Mr. Potts, and POZ for Forget The Box’s coverage of FringeMTL 2025.