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Rain or shine, the Montreal Comic Arts Festival is coming to St-Denis Street this week
CBC Montreal Daybreak guest host Rebecca Ugolini spoke with with Mlanie La Roche, the executive director of the Montreal Comic Arts Festival, which begins Friday.
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Porchfest NDG brings music and community spirit to a balcony near you
Daybreak's Sean Henry speaks with Rebecca Ugolini about Porchfest NDG, a yearly music festival raising money for community groups. Hear from musical artists Christian, Just Costa and Hip By Proxy, as well as festival co-organizer Sarah Ring.
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Pointe-Saint-Charles artist Gail Par picks up the paintbrush to make you 'stop, think and look'
From her childhood as the fourth of nine children in a mining town in northern Quebec, to working as a chef in Montreal and living through both carpal tunnel syndrome and breast cancer, Gail Par shares her path to becoming a painter with Rebecca Ugolini.
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How a dream led this beadwork artist to create mind-blowing designs
Nico Williams' grandmother used to create beadwork, when he was growing up Aamjiwnaang First Nation near Sarnia, Ontario. Though Nico doesn't have any of her creations today, he's forging his own path as an innovative beadwork artist.
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He's hard to categorize. And that's how Flore Laurentienne likes it.
Audiophiles would be in good company at Mathieu David Gagnon's desk, poring over his notebooks. The Quebec composer draws inspiration from the landscapes around him in Saint-Pacme, but his inspiration is filtered through the many mysteries of being an inquisitive music-lover.
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Learn the story behind 'Canada's smallest book fair'
The Westmount Antiquarian Book Fair holds its 30th edition this Saturday, April 8th. Rebecca Ugolini introduces Daybreak host Sean Henry to Wilfrid M de Freitas and Susan Ravdin, the husband-and-wife bookseller duo who run the fair, in this edition of her column Making Montreal.
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How has streaming changed your taste in music?
Daybreak's Rebecca Ugolini was curious how services like Spotify and Apple Music have changed how you listen to music. She took to the streets to find out, and spoke with musicologist Claire McLeish.
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From blooms to books, all the ways you say 'I love you'
Flowers are a classic way to say you care. To find out how else you do it, Daybreak's Rebecca Ugolini spoke to people buying flowers for Valentine's Day. She visited Dragon Flowers in Mile End where she spoke with owner Tamey Lau, and her customers.
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Kimono Yuki brings traditional Japanese artistry to Montreal
Combining her love of fashion and her desire to offer elements of Japanese culture to her own children, Yuki Asano started Kimono Yuki in Verdun. She offers kimonos for sale, photoshoots, as well as teaching classes on the garment itself. Rebecca Ugolini tells Daybreak host Sean Henry about Yuki's mission.
Mala MTL brings being bad to plus-size fashion
Sandra Munoz Diaz is creating her own fashion rules.Her boutique, Mala MTL, is one of few in Montreal devoted to vintage and second-hand clothing in plus sizes.
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