Is the city of Montreal haunted? If we always think of old haunted European castles—in Transylvania among the vampires, in France where aristocrats were beheaded, in England where queens fought over t...
On the second floor of a large red-brick building divided into three sections, just past the spot where you cross the railroad tracks on foot in Saint-Henri, you’ll find the Goth Shop—after wandering arou...
Halloween, or “All Hallows’ Eve,” is a festival of the dead and the undead celebrated every year on October 31. It is the last pagan festival before the dark days of winter, and it is celebrated in costu...
Montreal is a bit like America, but it’s also one of the most versatile cities on the East Coast of North America. A bit Nordic-Scandinavian, a bit European, a bit like regional Quebec with itspickup tru...
In the fall, Montreal is always a bit rough-hewn, a bit gothic, and damp, anxious, and exhilarated under the last scorching rays of the summer sun. And this fall, the must-see exhibitions in town follow t...
The air is crisp and the mornings are misty in Montreal, and summer is almost over—next week, on September 23, 2026, is the equinox and officially the start of fall. To celebrate the “spooky season,”...
Thanksgiving, the Canadian version of Thanksgiving, is quite different from the American celebration, which is based on a supposed feast shared between settlers and Indigenous peoples. In Quebec (and...
In 1966, author andsocialite TrumanCapote hosted the most iconic ball of the decade. There were 450 guests—artists, actors and actresses, European aristocrats, American politicians, debutantes, and “it gi...
Last week, in the back room of La Buvette Beaubien, a group of very cool Montrealers dressed in earthy tones gathered to celebrate the launch of the MONTREAL SIGNATURE GUIDE, a practical yet poetic work b...
It’s back-to-school time, and one of the greatest joys of this season is stocking up on paper and pencils for the year. We’re no longer in school, but that doesn’t mean we don’t need to get back into a mo...