What to do this weekend of June 1st and 2nd?

Summer at the Gardens

Place Émilie-Gamelin is opening its 10th day these days^e season of cultural events, workshops and free activities for all tastes, which will end on September 15. This weekend, we are invited to get moving, first Friday afternoon and evening to the rhythms of Montreal DJ Empress Cissy Low, then Saturday as part of the traditional Salsafolie evenings, where we can even perfect his style with pros of this dance. On Sunday, the Accès Asia Festival storms the square for its closing event in the early evening, which will include singer Big Daddy Queen Power and DJ Transpacific Express, among others.

Circassian shoots

While students from the Quebec Circus School perform in an ambulatory performance at the Musée de la civilization, in Quebec, with Gapgraduates of the National Circus School, based in Montreal, present their end-of-studies show, nicely titled Fall in love. We do not wish any unfortunate fall to these young circus artists during the performances of this ultimate “student” exercise created by clown arts aces Helena Bittencourt and Goos Meeuwsen, who invite us to explore the feeling of love in all its dimensions. On display at Tohu this weekend and next, until June 9.

At the concert (free)

The Les Rugissants choir continues its project Arches, a series of concerts that combine classical singing and the promotion of buildings that are associated with a given Montreal cultural community and whose architecture is particularly distinctive. After the program Presenza italiana, presented in fall 2021, the choir directed by Xavier Brossard-Ménard offers five (free) meetings in buildings associated with the Ukrainian community, where it will perform classical and folk works originating from this country. First stop Saturday, at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The series continues on June 8 at St. Sophia Orthodox Cathedral and June 15 at the Ukrainian National Federation.

Cinema, cinema

The Cinémathèque québécoise is hosting the Montreal South Asian Film Festival on Sunday to close its 13^e edition by the projections ofNo bearthe Iranian Jafar Panahi, andIn Flames, by Canadian-Pakistani Zarrar Kahn. The latter, unveiled at the Cinematographers’ Fortnight in 2023, is also presented free of charge, if you purchase a ticket on the festival website. Another work unveiled at Cannes last year, Lightning, by Swiss filmmaker Carmen Jaquier, is also showing at the Cinémathèque all week. A learning story set in the rural Alps of the early 20th century^e century, magnificently photographed and captivating, which follows the emotions and questions of a young novice returning to her family marked by the mysterious death of her older sister.

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