Stories for local explorers
“I love it when people walk into the café and look through the window and say ‘what the hell is going on here?’” Mitch Martin, one of the owners of September Surf Café points to the rectangular window at the back of the bright, high-ceilinged space. On any given day you’ll find customers with foreheads…
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During a year rife with political turmoil, global pride celebrations – and celebrations of diversity, in general – seem more important than ever. With that in mind, Fierté Montréal pulled out all the stops for this year’s pride celebrations, bringing in the biggest names from the award-winning competition show: RuPaul’s Drag Race. With the addition of…
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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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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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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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Tourists and pot-smoking Montrealers alike gather at sundown at the Belvédère Camillien-Houde viewpoint, which looks west out to the Olympic Stadium and beyond. Car owners unabashedly blare music from their cars, doors ajar, while fat raccoons gingerly maneuver their way into garbage cans (specifically designed to keep them out) and amuse tourists by posturing under…
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“I love it when people walk into the café and look through the window and say ‘what the hell is going on here?’” Mitch Martin, one of the owners of September Surf Café points to the rectangular window at the back of the bright, high-ceilinged space. On any given day you’ll find customers with foreheads…
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During a year rife with political turmoil, global pride celebrations – and celebrations of diversity, in general – seem more important than ever. With that in mind, Fierté Montréal pulled out all the stops for this year’s pride celebrations, bringing in the biggest names from the award-winning competition show: RuPaul’s Drag Race. With the addition of…
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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 18th to August 24th, and stay tuned for your weekly update every Friday. Friday, August 18 10:00 pm – 3:00 am Le…
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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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