Tea Time
JUN.15, 17 & 18 | MONTRÉAL
COURTESY OF JULIANA BIRNBAUM
JUN.12 | WORDS
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COURTESY OF JONATHAN DY
‘HIGH TEA’ Sunday, June 15, 7 p.m.; Tuesday, June 17, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, June 18, 9:30 p.m., at Cabaret du Mile End in Montréal. See website for future dates. $8-10. Info, 514-849-3378. montrealfringe.ca
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Thursday, June 12, 7 p.m., at Phoenix Books Burlington. Free. Info, 448-3350. phoenixbooks.biz
SEVEN DAYS
JULIANA BIRNBAUM
06.11.14-06.18.14
Juliana Birnbaum has lived and worked in the United States, Europe, Japan, Nepal, Costa Rica and Brazil. Along the way, the cultural anthropologist gained exposure to agricultural models that inform Sustainable Revolution: Permaculture in Ecovillages, Urban Farms and Communities Worldwide. Coedited with her partner, award-winning filmmaker Louis Fox, the book explores the potential of honoring nature’s patterns and living within its bounds. Featuring 60 community-based projects in diverse climates — think native Hawaiians reclaiming taro agriculture and green technologies in an Italian ecovillage — the collection pairs stunning photography with profiles, essays and interviews that highlight this harmonious practice.
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Back to the Land
hen Aaron Malkin and Alastair Knowles take the stage in High Tea, they turn the traditional cup-and-saucer affair upside down. Performing as the characters James Brown and Jamesy Evans, respectively, the critically acclaimed British comedians embody the best of physical comedy. Described by the London Free Press as a “child’s imagination on steroids,” this award-winning theatrical romp transforms a tea party into a buoyant mix of play and peculiarity. Driven by audience participation and the effortless interchange between Malkin and Knowles, this well-choreographed catastrophe heads to the StAmbroise Montréal Fringe Festival with an infectious barrel of laughs.