Our favourite poet Sylvain Turner, author of In extremis, available on Éditions TNT, was a finalist for the prestigious « Prix d’excellence poésie » (Poetry Excellence Prize), awarded by the cultural website Lametropole.com. At the end of the day, poet and translator Francis Catallano (left) won first […] See more
By Colin McGregor I now live in a halfway house. But I will have to, one day or another, find myself an apartment. Which means I’ll be there alone. And living alone can be very bad for your health… I won’t be the only one […] See more
From Left to Right: Raymond Viger, Danielle Simard and Célie Dugand at the AMECQ awards banquet in Drummondville April 29th, 2023. By Colin McGregor Café Graffiti co-directors Raymond Viger and Danielle Simard attended this past weekend’s conference of the Association of Community Written Media of […] See more
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, April 19th, 2023: 4264 Ste-Catherine Street East is being held hostage even as we speak. It will be freed on April 27th. On that day, at 5 p.m., there will be a great unveiling at the site, to reveal the very effervescence of the […] See more
A program run by the Carrefour jeunesse emploi de Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve youth employment agency), public readers read poetry and short excerpts of books to members of the general public. Aimed chiefly at those 16 to 35, this program has been at work since 2019. […] See more
The roof of Café Graffiti’s new building, as seen from the air By Colin McGregor “Sleeping giants on a large surface that bring humans back to their small state of things.” This is how artists Ella & Pitr describe their colossal works. Ella & Pitr […] See more
A full schedule for appearances in the coming weeks by Luca Patuelli, aka Lazylegz, internationally renowned breakdancer and advocate of rights for the disabled: 24-25 February – WDSF Breakin for Gold, Kitakyushu, Japan 23 March – Conference in Rouyn-Nouranda 28 March – 9 April – On […] See more
Jean-Paul Daoust, Sylvain Turner, Jean-Simon Brisebois, Raymond Viger and their guests will mount the stage at the Bistro le Ste-Cath on Saturday February 25th, starting at 6 p.m. with their Nuit Blanche Hochelaga-Maisonneuve event. Jean-Paul Daoust and Raymond Viger will kick off the event. Our dean […] See more
A year of celebration and change. The Café Graffiti celebrates its quarter century while the Journal de la Rue celebrates its 30th birthday. The adventure began with the Journal de la Rue, the first French-speaking street newspaper in the world. It was followed in 1993 […] See more
By Colin McGregor We’ve moved! The offices of The Social Eyes inside the Café Graffiti (also responsible for Reflet de Société magazine) have moved a few blocks west on Ste-Catherine Street East. The new digs are quite impressive. There’s much more floor space and a […] See more
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