It’s hard to believe in early May in Montreal, when it’s cool and makes us almost regret having put our gloves away in the back of the closet, but summers are scorching in Montreal. This summer of 2026, a...
In June, Montreal settles into its summer rhythm—more lively and more relaxed at the same time, with endless nights and long mornings spent picking out the best tomatoes at Jean Talon Market. Here’s o...
Monday, May 18, is Victoria Day, and thanks to it, we’ll have three days off with warm, sunny weather in Montreal. Within the limits of Quebec’s spring weather, of course. It’s a weekend of art, flowe...
The films will be screened at dusk, and while waiting for nightfall, Montrealers can adjust their inner tubes and colorful foam floats in the pool. And, of course, maneuver their bag of popcorn so it does...
This is the 4th edition of the neighborhood festival in our favorite neighborhood—Mile End. It’s the first major spring neighborhood festival in Montreal, and it runs from May 22 to 24, 2026. Because M...
Every summer, Montrealers take the river shuttle or the metro to go dancing on Île Sainte-Hélène on summer evenings. It’s always electronic music, there are buckets of cocktails that look like those in sa...
When we were kids, we used to make birds out of toilet paper rolls covered in colorful feathers at the library. And it was a wonderful afternoon. Today, that’s the atmosphere you’ll find—like a Prousti...
When you think of Montreal and Quebec, many things come to mind: hockey (Go Habs Go!), artists (Riopelle, of course), the city’s modernist architecture andthe brownstonesof the Plateau, poutine, lake pon...
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, which is our favorite museum in the city, is currently showing the Torlonia Collection—a collection of Italian marbles—but in addition to this major exhibition, it is als...
A vase for our bouquet of tulips? A bag for our magazines and journals, to write in the park while wearing a light sweater? A coffee table for the apartment we’ve just cleared out almost entirely in a bur...