Wednesday – Saturday   

The F Word @ Ctrllab   
F as in “fibres,” that is; this exhibition features the finest in fibrous, texture-y art, with installations by Lael Williams, Katie Earle, Stephanie Lau, Madeline Pippa Bartlett, Marie Horstead and Alexis Boyle.  

Show running daily (starting at noon) from April 14 – 17; vernissage April 16 from 8 – 11pm.
Free. Ctrllab – 3534 St Laurent.   

Friday  

Ghost Pine Launch @ Drawn and Quarterly   
Ghost Pine: All Stories True 2010, a new book from Invisible Publishing, collects the best of thirteen years of Jeff Miller’s seminal Ghost Pine zine. Over the years Miller has sold nearly ten thousand copies of his long-running, self-published zine, putting him at the forefront of a thriving underground cultural movement. This Friday at Drawn and Quarterly, Miller will read his most beloved stories as well as selections from the previously unpublished stories that appear in this collection for the first time, as part of his cross-Canadian book launch tour. 

Free. 7:00pm. Drawn and Quarterly – 211 Bernard W. 
After-party at Cagibi – 5490 St. Laurent, with DJs Sons of Warsaw and Lynne T.
http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/ 

Shambles, Special Noise & Duzheknew @ Friendship Cove 
Post-punk & noise bands shred things up this Friday at Friendship Cove, with all proceeds going to the Montreal Fringe Festival production of “I Like Cowboys.” 
$5. 10 pm onwards.  Friendship Cove – 215A Murray.  
http://www.myspace.com/theshamblesmontreal 
http://www.myspace.com/specialnoise 
http://www.myspace.com/duzheknew 

Saturday – Sunday  
Live the Life You Love @ Centre Holistique OM West  
Inspired by the theme of Bhakti Yoga (the yoga of love & devotion), Live the Life You love is hosted by Yasmin F. Gow, yoga instructor and director of Om West, and Ron Chérilus, I AM Coach & occupational therapist. This weekend workshop aims to help you become more joyful, playful and healthy; while your further enrich your life and yoga practice. The workshop includes mediation, yoga and breathing practices, visualization coaching and lunch.  

$225 for full weekend / $120 for Saturday only.
Saturday & Sunday: 9am – 4pm.  
Centre Holistique Om West – 46 Ste Anne Street, Pointe Claire Village.
Registration: info@westislandyoga.com
For more information: www.westislandyoga.com