Last night, June 5, we were at the launch party for the 2025 season of Playa Del Courant, the urban beach at Pied-du-Courant Village. It was one of the first warm evenings of the summer, when the air is heavy and the sk...
Yes, Pride Month is in August in Montreal-we've decided to do things differently... But in the meantime, we're going to start reading our talented Quebec authors! Art has always been a way of expressing one's cla...
Summer nights are a poetic motif, something instantly nostalgic and exalted that we describe over and over again, that we paint, that we obsess over. Summer nights are different everywhere-they have a particular flav...
It's crazy the dichotomy of Montreal (and Montrealers), because in winter we spend as little time as possible on the city's gridded streets - because of the wind, the snow, the ice, plus we're cold and it's dark - and o...
Quebec is a province that stands apart from Canada's 12 other provinces not only because of the French language (obviously), but also because of a very specific atmosphere that could be summed up in many ways, but which...
Montreal is a patchwork city, made up of small, constantly evolving neighborhoods built by Montrealers of passage, adoption or long standing. It's a city incredibly rich in cultures, and these cultures are celebrated b...
As part of the Festival TransAmériques danse et théâtre, we attended the premiere of Le Théâtre Indépendant 's play Extérieur/Nuit at Théâtre Prospero last night. The play can be seen until the end of the FTA festiva...
Last night, after the first "summer" day in Montreal - 27 degrees celsius, scorching sun that reddens arms and nose, and an all-consuming desire to take a bath in a very, very large cup of iced matcha - we decided to ma...
The Festival TransAmériques, Montreal's most transcendent dance and theater festival, is in full swing for its 19th edition, which runs from May 22 to June 5, 2025. It's also a festival that's quite intriguing (even...
When June arrives, Montreal transforms for summer! And summer in Montreal is serious business... During the summer season, Montreal is world-renowned for its many arteries, which become pedestrianized. We beat the pa...