Earth Day in Montreal – our schedule
On April 22, we celebrate Earth Day all over the world, and in Montreal, environmentalism is a top priority. Since the 2000s, the city has been a model of ecological transition, and increasingly, Montrea...
Calendar – everything we’ll be doing during Japan Week 2026
All the coolest people we know are returning from—or planning—a trip to Japan. And they talk about it all the time, maybe even too much. But Japan hasn’t just become trendy overnight; it’s a destination a...
The Lyrids – A meteor shower visible from Montreal on the night of April 21
Shortly after midnight and just before dawn on the night of April 21–22, 2026, meteors will rain down from the sky above Montreal. Between 10 and 20 meteors will fall every hour. It’s the cosmic event...
Art Plural Fair—contemporary art by the river from April 10 to 12
The contemporary world is anxiety-inducing, aggressive, and oversized, and last night, the city was a bit blurred by a few drops of lukewarm rain. But the view of downtown’s skyscrapers from the end of th...
A 1 hour 40 minute bus ride from Montreal—a lakeside stroll this spring
A few days ago, I saw the first crocus of spring, almost invisible in the middle of a messy flower bed after the snow melted. That means it’s—officially—spring. And this spring, we have a crazy urge to go...
MARC BY SOFIA—exclusively at the Cinéma du Musée starting April 16
Montreal isn’t New York, and here you don’t run into Marc Jacobs and Sofia Coppola on the street, across from Bookmarc, hanging out in Soho in the shade, near the studio. But on April 16, 2026, the docume...
Doc Week—10 days of Quebec documentaries in libraries across the region
The online platform Tënk and Quebec libraries are partnering to screen documentaries for free for 10 days in April 2026. In Montreal, three libraries will screen films during Doc Week. All films are c...
Water, sun, therapy—a new social spa opens in the basement of the former Holt Renfrew
The floor is gray and smooth, like the imagined floor of a cavern, and wet, as you step out of the coed locker rooms of the JOY Wellness Club/Urban Social Spa. The transition from the rainy sidewalks of M...
It’s finally spring in Montreal! Temperatures are slowly rising throughout April
The long Easter weekend brought milder temperatures, a wind that’s a little less icy in our hair, and a few crocuses (a miracle!) in the dirty flower beds of the small residential streets on the Plateau. T...
Tulip season is almost here! The region’s largest field announces its 2026 season
In Montreal, spring is a bit of a confusing time, and we’ll be ruining our littlekitten heels inthe cracks of the concrete sidewalks until May. But the mix of snow, rain, and wind, along with the mild tem...