friday, september 5, 5 - 9pm: Vernissage
Featuring performances by Diana Arce and The Shining Mantis

wednesday, september 10, 7 - 9pm: David Widgington on Ink on Paper on Poles
Montrealer David Widgington - author of the 2007 publication Picture This!, founder of the renowned yet now defunct Cumulus Press and member of the activist filmmaking collective Les Lucioles - joins guests in a discussion of the history of the poster as both political tool - ideal for its rapid, efficient and powerful dissemination of information - and visual culture object, artifact and evidence of Montreal’s historically rich cultural landscape.

saturday, september 13, 2 - 4pm: The Writing on the Wall with Sterling Downing
Join Under Pressure founder, publisher and spokesperson Sterling Downing for a high colour, in gallery slide show and moderated discussion with Isa Tousignant about the legal ramifications and political quagmire of graffiti in Canada. Where does freedom of expression end?

thursday, september 18, 7 - 9pm: Radical Cinema with Santiago Bertolino
This two-hour event will be a screening of short films followed by a discussion period with the filmmaker Santiago Bertolino and guests. Bertolino, who has produced and directed films on current social struggles and was one of the founders of filmmaking collective Les Lucioles, has run the video blog Parole Citizen for the last two years and recently co-founded Funambules Media, a co-operative with a mandate to produce, make and distribute radical films.

thursday, september 25, 7 - 9pm: Puppets as Protest with Mark Sussman
An introduction to the community-based approach of Great Small Works and to the creation of political and socially-minded performances that animate public space, while renewing the spirits of participants and audiences alike, and promoting participation in public life. Mark Sussman is a theatre artist, scholar and co-founder of New York’s celebrated Great Small Works collective, producing giant community-based puppet shows, and miniature toy theatre spectacles.

sunday, september 28, 12 - 8pm: Closing Reception
Featuring Dayna Mcleod’s performance HotBeaverWetPussy.com from 2-6pm