Stories for local explorers
If you’re passing through the Plateau on a Tuesday evening, chances are that you’ll find the East Laurier Running Club taking the streets; their name emblazoned on the shirts of those keeping the pace. A weekly tradition since East Laurier’s inception, the Tuesday social run serves as the nucleus of a club that prides itself…
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Julie Verfaillie has a problem. She can’t stop creating with her hands. Every time she comes up with a new jewelry design she’s already itching to create another one. “I suspect it has something to do with Attention Deficit Disorder,” she says, “but as a multidisciplinary artist I also recognize that my non-stop desire to…
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“This used to be my office,” says Dax Dasilva with a laugh. The founder of Never Apart points to the enclosed glass room in front of us, decorated to look like an abandoned travel agency: unflattering dim light, gray carpet covered in airline logos, Hawaiian lei hanging off an open glass case like a guest…
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Moment Factory is a studio at the height of its powers. Based in Montreal, but with international branches spreading across the Northern Hemisphere, the award-winning multimedia and entertainment studio creates, well, moments: visceral, visual experiences that aim to reassess the way you interact, physically and mentally within a given environment. While this may seem like…
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Look up to the sky in Montreal’s gay village and you will see a rainbow. Six years ago, Claude Cormier and Yannick Roberge of the landscape art & design firm Claude Cormier + Associés Inc. brought a little magic to a stretch of St. Catherine street with over 150,000 pink balls cascading overhead. In celebration of Montreal’s…
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Rachel Bussin leads us from room to room of the expansive, multi-levelled industrial space with her golden doodle, Bernie, following at her heels. Possessing an air of indisputable cool, Bussin, lead designer at Lambert & Fils, takes us through the studio’s various ecosystems; from the calm focus of the assembly room floor, decorated with lush…
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In a converted, two-story factory workshop, the Atelier Neon Family logo hangs high above a work table. Classical music from a boombox radio fills the room as morning sunshine beams in. The strange glow of neon seems almost eerie in the day but doesn’t suffer for beauty or artistry. Company founder and family patriarch, Gérald…
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Mitz Takahashi is the man. A Japanese man, immersed in the expansive world of the arts. A self-made man with discipline and with drive. And ultimately, he is a man with imagination, who makes his friends smile and his coworkers laugh. During the week, you can find Mitz sitting in a shared studio space, tucked within a Mile-End warehouse-turned-massive…
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Last month, after a short hiatus, we relaunched The Main with a mission: to serve up stories that Montreal needs to read. We’re a digital magazine. We’re a curatorial platform. We’re a #LocalCollective. As part of our new mission, The Main will be driven by a specific editorial theme each month. Our first edition was all…
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If you’re looking for places to go, people to see, and things to eat, look no further than The Main’s weekly curated list of top-notch events. See the full list below, spanning from August 4th to August 10th, and stay tuned for your weekly update every Friday. Friday, August 11 12:00 pm – 11:30 pm: ÎleSoniq at…
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If you’re passing through the Plateau on a Tuesday evening, chances are that you’ll find the East Laurier Running Club taking the streets; their name emblazoned on the shirts of those keeping the pace. A weekly tradition since East Laurier’s inception, the Tuesday social run serves as the nucleus of a club that prides itself…
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If you’re looking for places to go, people to see, and things to eat, look no further than The Main’s weekly curated list of top-notch events. See the full list below, spanning from August 4th to August 10th, and stay tuned for your weekly update every Friday. Friday, August 4 12:00 pm – 11:30 pm: Osheaga…
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Julie Verfaillie has a problem. She can’t stop creating with her hands. Every time she comes up with a new jewelry design she’s already itching to create another one. “I suspect it has something to do with Attention Deficit Disorder,” she says, “but as a multidisciplinary artist I also recognize that my non-stop desire to…
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“This used to be my office,” says Dax Dasilva with a laugh. The founder of Never Apart points to the enclosed glass room in front of us, decorated to look like an abandoned travel agency: unflattering dim light, gray carpet covered in airline logos, Hawaiian lei hanging off an open glass case like a guest…
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If you’re looking for places to go, people to see, and things to buy, look no further than The Main’s weekly curated list of top-notch events. See the full list below, spanning from July 28th to August 3, and stay tuned for your weekly update every Friday. Friday, July 28 10:00 pm – 3:00 am: DJ…
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Taking a dance class is good practice for being a more courageous human. It’s always daunting to walk into an unfamiliar studio for the first time and then to dance amateurishly among strangers. But the risk-to-reward ratio is clearly in your favour. Worst case: you look clumsy in the mirror. Beyond that, it’s basically all…
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Moment Factory is a studio at the height of its powers. Based in Montreal, but with international branches spreading across the Northern Hemisphere, the award-winning multimedia and entertainment studio creates, well, moments: visceral, visual experiences that aim to reassess the way you interact, physically and mentally within a given environment. While this may seem like…
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If you’re looking for places to go, people to see, things to buy, and food to eat, look no further than The Main’s weekly curated list of top-notch events. See the full list below, spanning from July 21st to July 27th, and stay tuned for your weekly update every Friday. Friday, July 21 5:00 –…
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