This weekend, high temperatures will drop below 20 degrees, and the weather will be sunny and a bit humid. For the first weekend after Labor Day, we’ll get into the swing of early fall (in 10 days) by stocking up on books, wool, design, and knitting yarn.
September 12–13: FALLEN ANGELS (1995), MIDNIGHT FILM AT CINÉMA DU PARC
Nostalgia comes through the eyes and through the muscle memory of a night at the movies for the fall midnight film series at Cinéma du Parc. From September through Halloween, it’s the “audience’s choice,” and it’s ultra-polished, colorful, gory, and a little surreal.
The audience’s choice—always curated with care by the programming team at the independent cinema chain CINÉMA CINÉMA—is the coolest nerd movie we know.
This weekend, we’re going to see:
FALLEN ANGELS (1995)
Wong Kar-wai
Original version in multiple languages with English subtitles
September 11–12–13
Saturday, September 12: BAZAR at the CCA (CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE)
It’s on its large, well-maintained lawn that the CCA will set up its Bazaar on September 12, 2026—an outdoor market worthy of the most intellectual and chic crowds. This is where we’ll buy our back-to-school books, which will make us more sophisticated and smarter—and everything else.
At the Bazaar, you’ll find books from the CCA’s beautiful and carefully curated bookstore, as well as records, flowers, really cool ceramics, and magazines you can’t find anywhere else.
The CCA will also be parting with archives, frames, and materials from its exhibitions…
The following will be present at the Bazaar:
- La Rama Records @laramarecords
- Plaza Studio Céramique @plaza.studio.ceramique
- ARC Montreal @arcmtl
- Eco-Quartier Ville-Marie by Peter McGill @ecoquartierpetermcgill
- Posy Ferme Florale @posyfermeflorale
- Café Bosco @lecafebosco
- Café Pas de Problème
In addition to the market, the CCA’s exhibitions will be free to visit, and there will be a family activity where participants can build a “pop-up” cardboard model of the CCA building.
There will also be a donation drive for the organization RÉSILIENCE MONTRÉAL. Please bring warm clothing, non-perishable food items, or items from this list. A city is also a community where we must help one another.
We use the terms “street” or “documentary” photography to describe the art of photographing society in real time and in its natural setting —without having subjects pose, without fixing their hair, and without creating a poetic halo of light.
Since this fall also marks the WORLD PRESS PHOTO exhibition—which honors the world’s best photojournalists and the year’s most important photo stories—we’re hungry for real, candid photos. And we’d rather see the world through the eyes of street photographers than through those of lifestyle-travel influencers, who are, frankly, a bit unnerving.
The MONTREAL STREET PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL runs from September 4 to 13, 2026.
Friday, September 11 / OPENING RECEPTION x EXTRA CHEESE x KINETIC
The WIP, transformed into the FUJIFILM HUB during the festival, hosts the MSPF’s second exhibition and the launch of a Montreal street photography zine—EXTRA CHEESE.
Free admission
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Saturday, September 12 / PHOTO WALK WITH PHOTOWALK MONTREAL at 10 a.m.
To put into practice the boost of creativity and curiosity that will come with the MSPF exhibitions, we’re joining a lovely walk—cameras in hand. It starts at the Mont-Royal metro station and continues along Saint-Laurent Boulevard.
You can also borrow a FUJIFILM camera during the walk.
“All you need to bring:
— a valid ID
— a credit card for the security deposit
— your own SD card”
Free admission
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Sunday, September 13 / FUJIFILM HUB PRINT SWAP at 4:00 PM
Photographers (professional or amateur) in Montreal can stop by the PRINT SWAP and print a 5×7-inch photo at the FUJIFILM print station to exchange it for a photo by another artist to discover and enjoy.
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CLOSING RECEPTION from 5 to 7 p.m.
The PRINT SWAP will be followed by a festival closing party with drinks.
September 11–12: TANDEM, a Montreal design exhibition as part of FORMAT MTL
As part of the delightfully eclectic first edition of FORMAT MTL, a decentralized design fair on September 10, 11, and 12, we’re heading to the TANDEM design exhibition this weekend. To (re)furnish our apartment, to check out Montreal’s best designers, and to support “homegrown” design and craftsmanship.
September 12–13: MONTREAL MAKERS MARKET
Montreal’s September artists’ and artisans’ market will have a bit of an autumnal feel, and a bit of a back-to-school vibe. We’ll stop by to get inspired and pick up a little scarf to tuck into our bag for those crisp September evenings.
THEIR BEATING HEARTS, THEIR SEEING EYES AT THE MAISON DE LA CULTURE NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRÂCE, MONKLAND GALLERY
Nadine Faraj’s exhibition is colorful, feminist, activist, and all-encompassing. THEIR BEATING HEARTS, THEIR SEEING EYES is an exhibition of paintings, videos, and an immersive installation accompanied by a spatialized soundtrack composed by Ṭaus al Chalabi.
To kick off the new school year, the Galerie de l’UQAM presents an exhibition based on an imagined space colonization. Cosmogony in parallel with the colonization of Turtle Island, ancestral knowledge, planetary sensibilities.
For a stroll through a parallel world, we’ll stop by the exhibition between two days that are all too grounded in reality. Featuring works by Marcela Armas & Gilberto Esparza, Tabita Rezaire, Skawennati, Suzanne Treister & Patricia Domínguez, and Jesse Tungilik. Curated by Antoine Bertron.
In the 1970s and 1980s, North America (and the world) danced to disco music. Disco, which has the distinction of having a rhythm based on the human heartbeat but twice as fast, is known as the best music for dancing. And, incidentally, it’s the perfect rhythm for roller skating.
The Esplanade Tranquille, which turns into an ice rink every winter, will become a roller rink (or, in French, a “roulathèque”) for nearly two months this fall—and of course, that includes plenty of disco music.
See the original treaty of the Great Peace of Montreal (1701) at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum.
The original Great Peace Treaty, signed in 1701, is on display at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum. The exhibition runs from August 4 to September 20, 2026; free activities take place every Sunday throughout the summer from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Paola Pivi’s exhibition, presented by PHI and guest curator Kanika Anand of Calgary Contemporary, is half fairy tale and half satirical installation about the modern world.
The exhibition offers very little explanation, and you can wander through Paola Pivi’s semi-plastic world as if in a 1990s conceptual pop art exhibition. It brings to mind fairy tales, the satirical tirades of characters from Don DeLillo’s novels, 24-hour TV channels, social media trolls, and vacation postcards. Or you might simply ask yourself: What is this sculpture doing to my reptilian brain?
A RIDE ON THE FERRIS WHEEL
The Montreal Ferris Wheel, Canada’s tallest Ferris wheel, invites you to an unforgettable experience with its 360° panoramic views of the Old Port and the city. From a height of 60 meters, enjoy the comfort of your private cabin—air-conditioned in summer and heated in winter—and take in the views of the St. Lawrence River and downtown. For a touch of luxury, opt for the VIP experience with its glass floor, offering an even more breathtaking view. A ride lasting about 15 to 20 minutes that will amaze young and old alike, especially in the evening with Montreal’s twinkling lights.
La Grande Roue de Montréal
Have a great weekend!
