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Bastian Baker

13 Saturday Apr 2013

Posted by Wade Edwards in Culture, Francophonie, Music

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Bastian Baker is a Swiss pop musician.

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Must Dogs in Montreal Be Blilingual?

17 Monday Dec 2012

Posted by Wade Edwards in Culture, Francophonie, Language

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From the CBC: A fictitious story about a controversial Montreal bylaw proposal requiring dogs to be comfortable in the country’s two official languages has rippled through the realms of social media and fooled even some seasoned news sites.

The story, a deadpan parody crafted by CBC Radio’s This is That, went viral this week after the show posted a segment on its website about the “untenable chaos” that was rife in Montreal dog parks because some animals were receiving commands in French and others in English.

An interview featured a man with a French accent posing as a councillor and answering the host’s questions

The show’s website included a quote from a phoney Montreal city councillor, Benoit LaDouce.

“Dog parks in our city are chaotic and communication is at the heart of the conflict,” the fake city official is quoted as saying.  Continuez.

Matisse: In Search of True Painting

04 Tuesday Dec 2012

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An art review from the NYT:

“Matisse: In Search of True Painting” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is one of the most thrillingly instructive exhibitions about Henri Matisse, or painting in general, that you may ever see. As ravishing as it is succinct, it skims across this French master’s long, productive career with a mere 49 paintings, but nearly all are stellar if not pivotal works.

Organized at the Met by Rebecca Rabinow, a curator of modern and contemporary art, this exhibition, sheds new light on Matisse’s penchant for copying and working in series. (It was seen in somewhat different versions at the Pompidou Center in Paris and the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen.) To this end, the paintings proceed in pairs or groups aligned by subject: two still-life arrangements with fruit and compote, from 1899; two versions of a young sailor slouching in a chair, from 1906; four views (1900 to 1914) of Notre Dame seen from Matisse’s window across the Seine; three portraits (1916-17) of Laurette, a favorite dark-haired model, seen from various distances in a voluminous green robe from Morocco.  Continuez.

Quebec Irks Retailers over Language Laws

27 Tuesday Nov 2012

Posted by Wade Edwards in Culture, Francophonie, Language

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From the NYT: Quebec’s stringent language laws, passed in 1977, have long meant that regardless of the name out front, all large retailers serve customers in French and post signs that are predominantly, or entirely, in French along their aisles.

Now, after decades of permitting a plethora of English-language trade names on signs, the government agency responsible for enforcing language laws has changed its mind.

Its efforts, accompanied by threats of legal action and fines, to add French phrases and slogans to those trade names prompted six major U.S. retailers to take the province to court last month.  Continuez.

Les Technologies du Passé

21 Sunday Oct 2012

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What happens when some young Francophone children encounter older technology?

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