Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
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The family-run Auberge des Gallant, located about an hour outside Montreal in Sainte-Marthe, has been in business since Gaspé native Gerard Gallant first opened the small inn and restaurant in 1972. Today, the site has expanded and grown, and is now a popular destination for weekend getaways, summer weddings, and extravagant Sunday brunches surrounded by […]
Sometimes, life throws a reminder that as we age, each day with living parents is a gift. When time is limited, it’s important to live every remaining day to the fullest, and never forget that the time we have with our parents and loved ones, is limited. To the Hilt Productions’ Dear Jax is a […]
Having created a world of unique, comedic and colourful puppets as part of his production company (Philo14), Philippe Gobeille is one of Montreal’s leading independent puppeteers, entertaining audiences of all ages in both English and French. A professional artist who not only creates his own puppets from scratch, Philippe also writes many of his own […]
If there is a time for fun and distraction, at what point does that time run out? Is it decided by fate or personal choice? Cabaret is energetic, sexy and tender, fun and tragic musical of the fall of pre-war Berlin. It is lascivious and bold, with lots of passion from the cast. It is […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for June 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. American a cappella group Pentatonix (June 11) and Montreal’s very own Corey Hart (June 15) headline the Bell Centre, while Cincinnati rock band The National (June 21) play at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des […]
On May 30th, nine of Montreal’s professional English-language theatre companies announced their artistic programming for the 2019-2020 season in the atrium of the stunning Conseil des arts de Montréal building. And what a line up The Launch MTL has in store for us! Under the umbrella of community, creativity, shared stories, and daring new approaches, […]
Now in its 29th year, the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival showcased its local programming at Club Soda on Monday evening. Throughout the three-hour showcase, 63 companies each had two minutes to promote their show on stage. The Fringe’s annual programming is selected entirely by lottery with no restrictions on what can be performed by festival […]
Indecent is a powerful and profoundly moving story on the struggle for art and truth. If a work speaks boldly, is it offensive? Or is the truth itself indecent? Is art meant to inspire or shock? Or both? Indecent is a play within a play. It is the story of how the controversial play, God […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for May 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Legendary British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson headlines Théâtre Maisonneuve on May 9, Toronto indie rockers Broken Social Scene play at the Corona Theatre on May 21, Metric + July Talk (May 5) and […]
A candid Q&A with pop icon Engelbert Humperdinck When I first interviewed Engelbert Humperdinck a decade ago, he was riding another wave of popularity after recording the song Lesbian Seagull for MTV’s 1996 adult cartoon film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. The filmmakers liked that Engelbert – or ‘Enge, as in Stonehenge’ – has a sense of […]