There's nothing witty or clever or pun-related that I even want to think up for today's blog post title. It is what it is. While there are still things to do and people to see this Sunday, its undercurrent is this fact that women were targeted to die simply because they were women. And this targeting continues today, around the world and here in Quebec and Canada. Jamie writes about that day eloquently in his column this week. And a survivor of the attack 20 years ago writes about it and its ongoing repercussions - and much there is left to do - here. Here's to honouring the memory of Dec. 6, 1989 by making life better for women everywhere.
At 1:30 p.m. at Place Emilie Gamelin, at Ste. Catherine and Berri Sts., the public is invited to be a part of a human chain, organized by the Fédération des femmes du Québec. There is also a memorial at Queen Mary Rd. and Côte des Neiges Rd., at 2 p.m.
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I was also thinking about this yesterday when writing about the craft fairs around the city this weekend, realizing how many talented, innovative women fills these rooms with their creative output - every year, I'm further impressed and heart-warmed.
Today, the Rusty Plum holiday art/craft fair continues at Église St-Michel (105 St-Viateur
W.), today to 5 p.m., the Besuto Craft Show, with a focus on fair trade goods, is at Trinity Memorial Church Hall, (5220 Sherbrooke W.), and the massive Quebec Arts and Crafts Fair continues to Dec. 22 at Place Bonaventure.
More in the way of creative minds is at Montreal Comic Con, with plenty of comicbooks and comicbook-related materials on sale, plus events such as filmmaker Lloyd
Kaufman's talk about how to "Produce Your Own Damn Movie!" -
at Place Bonaventure, see montrealcomiccon.com.
And the mind behind
Slow Dance Night and Strip Spelling Bee has a new
hate-to-love/love-to-hate/love-to-love idea: Arcade Choir. Which I love. Singers, bring an MP3 player with Arcade Fire's Funeral on it. Watchers, bring your open-minded awe and tolerance for the off-key. But hey, singing is good for the soul, off-key or not. At Mainline Theatre (3997 St-Laurent Blvd.), 9 p.m.