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Thaïs Lacoste-Frémont
Thaïs Lacoste-Frémont, women’s rights activist, journalist, speaker (born 18 October 1886 in Montréal, Québec; died there 6 April 1963).
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Menaka Thakkar
Menaka Thakkar, dancer, choreographer, director and teacher (born 3 March 1942 in Bombay, India).
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The Band
The Band. Rock group, internationally popular in the late 1960s and the 1970s. First known as The Hawks, it evolved from a US group taken to Ontario in 1958 by Ronnie Hawkins.
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The Beau-Marks
The Beau-Marks. Montreal rock group established in 1958; their hit single "Clap Your Hands" was the first hit rock recording made entirely in Canada. Under the name The Del-Tones, the group first released the rockabilly single "Rockin' Blues/Moonlight Party" in April 1959.
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Beaver Hall Group
The Beaver Hall Group (also known as the Beaver Hall Hill Group) was a group of artists (both male and female) who shared studio space at 305 Beaver Hall Hill in Montréal and exhibited together; A.Y. Jackson was the first president.
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The Bells
The Bells (The Five Bells 1965-70). Montreal-based pop group active predominantly 1965-73.
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The Body Politic
The Body Politic was an influential Toronto-based monthly newspaper. Published from 1971 until 1987, it was the leading organ of Canada’s gay liberation and lesbian feminist movements. Read by gay activists around the world, the Body Politic challenged sexual orthodoxies, documented community resistance, and celebrated queer history and culture. It reported incidents of discrimination, police harassment and media homophobia, as well as activist efforts to pressure governments to change discriminatory laws. Complete issues of the newspaper formed the basis of the ArQuives, now one of the largest independent LGBTQ2 archives in the world.
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Quebec Film History: 1896 to 1969
This entry presents an overview of Quebec cinema, from its beginnings in the silent film era to the burgeoning of a distinctly Quebec cinema in the 1960s. It highlights the most important films, whether in terms of box office success or international acclaim, and covers both narrative features and documentaries. It also draws attention to an aspect of filmmaking that still has difficulty finding its place: women’s cinema.
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The Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies. A folk-rock band formed in Winnipeg around 1985, the Crash Test Dummies initially played acoustic cover versions of songs by such rock and folk-pop artists as Alice Cooper and the Roches, at the Blue Note Café.
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The Diamonds
The Diamonds. This rock and roll vocal quartet was formed in early 1953 at the University of Toronto by baritone Phil Levitt (b 9 Jul 1935), lead Stan Fisher, tenor Ted Kowalski (b 16 May 1931; d 8 Aug 2010), and bass Bill Reed (b 11 Jan 1936, d 22 Oct 2004).
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The Flying Bulgars
The Flying Bulgars is a folk band renowned for its presentation of Klezmer-inspired music. Originally known as The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, the group was founded in Toronto in 1987 by composer/trumpeter David Buchbinder.
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The Good Brothers
The Good Brothers. Country group based in Richmond Hill, near Toronto. It was formed in 1969 as a country-folk group, James and the Good Brothers, by the guitarist James Ackroyd and the twins Bruce and Brian Good (autoharpist and guitarist respectively, b Toronto 27 Jan 1946).
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The Great Farini
William Leonard Hunt (a.k.a. The Great Farini), performer, circus impresario, inventor, (born 10 June 1838 in Lockport, New York; died 17 January 1929 in Port Hope, Ontario). Hunt became known for high-flying stunts, most famously for crossing Niagara Falls on a tightrope. He is also credited with inventing the human cannonball circus trick.
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The Happy Gang
The Happy Gang. Troupe of musical entertainers heard 1937-59, weekdays at lunchtime, in a CBC radio variety show of the same name.
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