In the news…

We’re really excited about Quebec’s initiative to re-work liquor laws!  It could have a great affect on restaurants with alcohol permits like Le Cagibi:  Check out articles in  La Presse and the Montreal Gazette for more info.

NUIT BLANCHE AU CAGIBI 2012

“Ca a Passé Juste / It Just Barely Went”
As part of Nuit blanche à Montréal presented by Hydro-Québec during the HIGH LIGHTS FESTIVAL Saturday, February 25th, 2012.

Marking the third year in a row, le Cagibi is pleased to participate in Nuit blanche à Montréal. The cafe will be open all night long, entry is FREE and all are welcome.

Ca a Passé Juste / It Just Barely Went is a Francesca Tallone (patternclash) curation.
Playing with the idea of minimal, ambient space at le Cagibi, the back room will be filled with sound and given a double sided projection to face both inside and out of the cafe. There will also be a mini show-within-a-show, exhibiting small scale works in the Distroboto machine.

Markus Lake (+ Drew Barnet) Questionably Related
Celebrating the idea of spontaneous orchestration, independent/random noise-making and James Joyce’s Ulysses, Lake’s sound installation will create a cellphone/laptop orchestra using QR codes. The QR codes point to short videos created for this project, all of which relate directly to readings of Ulysses (celebrating Joyce’s public doma[i]n-ance!).

Jacqueline Lachance Swinging Ski Girls A-D-A-D-A-D-A-D
Analogue/Digital video loop, 7:55, 2011
Analogue matter decays, digital matter becomes outdated. A loop suspends time. Analogue signal sent to digital and back again and back again etc. Ending in digital, decay is preserved, only to become outdated.

Distroboto Minishow
DISTROBOTO machines are former cigarette dispensers which have been converter to no longer sell cigarettes, but instead, sell art in the form of miniature books, crafts, comics, music, film, animation and more. Opening the night of Nuit blanche will be a new group of artists in the Distroboto machine: Danielle St Amour; Jody Zinner; Steve Wiseman; among others.
http://distroboto.com/

Francesca Tallone is a Montreal-based photographer and curator who has both exhibited in and curated shows in Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Munich, and has been featured in Surface Magazine, ANTLER, PLAID, Lines & Shapes and Films & Grains. Her photography work is based mainly in fine art and fashion, and she tends to enjoy curating tiny, alternative spaces.
http://patternclash.com/

HOWL ARTS COLLECTIVE: ART + ACTIVISM

Artist interviews + video from Howl Arts Collective panel: ART + ACTIVISM, January 26th at Le Cagibi.  Watch it here.

THE GAZETTE: THE ALCOHOL CONUNDRUM

Bartek Komorowski’s follow up article for The Montreal Gazette on alcohol laws, explaining why you have to grab a meal if you want to consume alcohol at licensed restaurants in Quebec.

MONTREAL MIRROR: ADD MEAT FOR BEER

Check out Bartek Komoroski’s article for the Montreal Mirror on Quebec’s restaurant license stipulations- aka why we ask you to grab a Grilled Cheese with your pint.

POP at CAGIBI/POP TACO Cheap Eats!

Cheap/ speedy — food/drinks for POP Montreal!!

POP TACOS// $2.50 each

(19h-close) with special guest fillings daily.

Or if you want to take it ease, our regular menu with special daily sandwiches and salads will be available as well. Brunch styles on the weekend.

POP SCHEDULE @ CAGIBI:

Mercredi 21

20h Seniorhand
21h Pat LePoidevin
22h Elgin Skye
23h Extra Happy Ghost!!!

Jeudi 22

21h30 Mussaver
22h30 Dinah Thorpe
23h30 Rebekah Higgs

Vendredi 23

Youth Club Records Showcase:

21h Special Costello
21h45 Old n’ Weird
22h20 Quivers
22h45 The Ether
23h15 Crosss

Samedi 24

Hillside Festival Présente:

20h James Irwin
21h Lowlands
22h Honeyman & The Brothers Farr
23h Common Grackle

Dimanche 25

21h Matt Stern
22h Goh Nakamura
23h Jim Ward

See ya around!
xo
Cag

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