Massive Leonard Cohen tribute concert coming to CBC and more arts stories you might have missed
In this week's Art Post Outpost, CBC announced plans to broadcast Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute
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CBC/Radio-Canada to broadcast star-studded Leonard Cohen tribute concert (CBC Montreal)
"If you can't make it to Monday's star-studded Leonard Cohen tribute concert at the Bell Center, you're in luck! CBC/Radio-Canada will broadcast Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen the next day, Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. (8:30 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio 2, CBCMusic.ca, ICI MUSIQUE and ICIMusique.ca. The commemorative event, with all proceeds going to the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettresdu Québec and the Conseil des arts de Montréal, will feature renowned artists including Børns, Coeur de Pirate, Elvis Costello, Lana Del Rey, Feist, Philip Glass, k.d. lang, Adam Cohen and more."
If Schitt's Creek was a horror film (CBC Comedy)
"This is my town, and you're gonna play by my rules."
What if Schitt's Creek was a horror movie? Watch a spooky re-cut trailer of this CBC Comedy.
Stranger than fiction: The real-life CIA projects that inspired 'Stranger Things' (Day 6)
"Stranger Things 2 is set in 1984, one year after the events of the first season. The monsters are back — and bigger. But while the show's plot is pretty fantastical, it's not all science fiction. Stranger Things' creators actually borrowed parts of the story from real-life CIA experiments. Some of those experiments took place in Montreal, where, in the 1950s and '60s, psychiatrist Dr. Ewen Cameron subjected his patients to treatments including electroshocks, experimental drugs and long periods of chemically-induced sleep."
How power differentials can make LGBT actors vulnerable to sexual harassment, assault (CBC News)
"The entertainment industry is filled with power differentials. Each project has a hierarchy of producer, director, actor and the people in between, which can make many people vulnerable to sexual assault, harassment or advances. Allegations raised in the past week against actor Kevin Spacey have added a new focus to the pitfalls of these power differentials: when the target is a young, gay male. Actor and director Alex Winter, best know for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, told The Guardian that he was sexually abused as a pre-teen actor. 'I don't know of any boys in any pocket of the entertainment industry that do not encounter some form of predatory behavior. It's really not a safe environment,' Winter said."
Let a gumball machine choose your ink at this Saskatoon tattoo shop (CBC Saskatoon)
"A Saskatoon tattoo shop is letting its patrons chose their new ink with the spin of a dial. Ink Addiction Tattoos now has a retro gumball machine in its lobby, filled with plastic containers holding a plethora of designs. Customers pay $100 and take a spin, and get inked with whatever design comes out. If people don't like what comes out of the machine, they can pay $20 for another spin. People can also walk away if they change their mind. The money then goes to charity."
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