On Saturday, February 28, Place des Arts and the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) will present the third edition of Poetry Night, as part of Montr\u00e9al en Lumi\u00e8re. After breaking a crowd record with more than 6,000 curious minds during the Nuit blanche last year, Poetry Night is establishing itself as an unmissable Quebec artistic event. From 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., the public will be able to move freely in the spaces of Place des Arts to discover several free and accessible activities: Poetry Night including this year interpretations in Quebec Sign Language (LSQ), new musical performances on the Baschet structures, Parameters XXV exhibition, M\u00e9tallophytes media work on the screen mosaic, theater at Duceppe and concerts by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM) at the House symphonic. A surprise performance will also enliven the Georges-\u00c9mile-Lapalme cultural space from midnight!<\/p>\n
The public is invited to spend a night filled with emotions and surprises, where tongues and bodies will loosen to create a powerful and touching event! PROGRAMMING Poetry Night | Poetry readings and dance improvisations An even more inclusive edition Conceived by poet and UQAM professor Marc Andr\u00e9 Brouillette, for a second consecutive year, Poetry Night will unite words, music, bodies and images across the spaces of the cultural hotspot that is Place des Arts. Artists from the poetic, musical and choreographic scene will come together to offer intimate, caring and committed universes.New: poems translated simultaneously into Quebec sign languageIn addition to opening at the Urban Salon with Innu poet Jos\u00e9phine Bacon, Elder in residence at UQAM, more than 25 poets from all generations and cultures, including Dominique Fortier, France Th\u00e9or\u00eat, Camille Readman Prud’homme and Tania Langlais, will in turn share their love of words. The Port de t\u00eate bookstore will be back to allow the public to acquire the works of poets.<\/p>\n
Poetry Night | Performances of Baschet structuresIn the Georges-\u00c9mile-Lapalme cultural space, the public will attend musical performances by teachers and students from the UQAM music department on Baschet sound structures, percussive instruments as visual as they are vibrant created in the 1950s by the Baschet brothers and having deeply inspired contemporary music, including electronic music. Poetry Night | Media work M\u00c9TALLOPHYTES The media work M\u00e9tallophytes (2025) by UQAM students Marie Di Caro and Audrey Grandchamp will be broadcast continuously on the mosaic of screens at the Georges-\u00c9mile-Lapalme cultural space. The work deploys different landscapes formed by a poetic text addressing essential environmental issues.<\/p>