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    Mandy Benoualid Wants You to Plan Your Death
    AnnaClare Sung

    Mandy Benoualid Wants You to Plan Your Death

    The founder of Keeper and TalkDeath turned her grief into a memorial platform and movement that’s helping people remember, mourn, and talk about dying.

    Dust, Blood, and Gravel: A Wild Ride Through L’Enfer des Patriotes
    Jean Bourbeau @ URBANIA

    Dust, Blood, and Gravel: A Wild Ride Through L’Enfer des Patriotes

    Inside the race director’s car for 100 kilometres of Quebec’s most unforgiving cycling.

    Le Grand Comité Is a Neighbourhood Bistro Upstairs (With a Secret Society Down Below)
    J.P. Karwacki

    Le Grand Comité Is a Neighbourhood Bistro Upstairs (With a Secret Society Down Below)

    Above, Rémi Lemieux is betting downtown can sustain a neighbourhood haunt; below, he is creating an intimate testing ground for his most personal cooking.

    HENI Had the Accolades. Frango’s Wants the Crowd.
    J.P. Karwacki

    HENI Had the Accolades. Frango’s Wants the Crowd.

    With Portuguese chicken, $16 cocktails and a room redesigned from the door in, the Little Burgundy team is betting that approachability matters as much as acclaim.

    There Will Only Ever Be One Caffè Italia
    Christopher DeWolf

    There Will Only Ever Be One Caffè Italia

    For 70 years, Caffè Italia has been a family inheritance, an immigrant gathering place, and a witness to a city's transformation.

    How Shoemaking Traditions Live On at Cordonnerie Carinthia
    Kaitlyn DiBartolo

    How Shoemaking Traditions Live On at Cordonnerie Carinthia

    Dominique Bergeron learned the trade beside his future father-in-law. Now he’s passing it on as Quebec’s cobblers disappear.

    Ryan Reynolds Is on Autopilot in Mayday, but Kenneth Branagh Soars
    Gianni Fiasche

    Ryan Reynolds Is on Autopilot in Mayday, but Kenneth Branagh Soars

    Apple TV’s Cold War action comedy finds unexpected warmth, one enormous laugh and a compelling reason it belonged in theatres.

    Umarell Is Fantastic News for the Late-Night Crowd
    J.P. Karwacki

    Umarell Is Fantastic News for the Late-Night Crowd

    The Mano Cornuto team takes over a new Griffintown room with small plates, a deep list of wines by the glass, and a kitchen that stays open for the nighthawks.

    Josh Johnson Is Building a Comedy World the Algorithm Can’t Replicate
    J.P. Karwacki

    Josh Johnson Is Building a Comedy World the Algorithm Can’t Replicate

    Ahead of four Montreal shows, the Daily Show correspondent is turning the summer camp he never had into his most ambitious production yet.

    Before BYOB Became a Fixture of Dining Out, It Was a Loophole
    J.P. Karwacki

    Before BYOB Became a Fixture of Dining Out, It Was a Loophole

    Behind Quebec’s bring-your-own-wine restaurants is a decades-old conflict between cheaper nights out and the economics of staying open.

    Drowster Is Photographing Against the Clock
    J.P. Karwacki

    Drowster Is Photographing Against the Clock

    The Montreal photographer has built an archive around a recurring impulse: preserving what may soon be gone.

    The Bulletin: Open-Air Hong Kong Cinema, 200 Corgis, a Peruvian Day Party, and a Backyard Zine Bash [Issue #197]
    The Main

    The Bulletin: Open-Air Hong Kong Cinema, 200 Corgis, a Peruvian Day Party, and a Backyard Zine Bash [Issue #197]

    The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

    Opinion: Why Should Park-Ex Make Room for a $400 Million Tennis Stadium
    AnnaClare Sung

    Opinion: Why Should Park-Ex Make Room for a $400 Million Tennis Stadium

    The plan promises a modern, year-round venue. It also raises a harder question: who gets to decide what public space is worth sacrificing?

    Éléphantine Packs Coffee and Natural Wine Into One Tiny Neighbourhood Oasis
    J.P. Karwacki

    Éléphantine Packs Coffee and Natural Wine Into One Tiny Neighbourhood Oasis

    With a DIY interior, approachable wines and an evolving menu, Éléphantine takes its cues from the neighbours.

    With New Digs, San Simeon Makes Room for Little Italy’s Next Generation
    AnnaClare Sung

    With New Digs, San Simeon Makes Room for Little Italy’s Next Generation

    They only moved next door, but the move is much bigger than that.

    Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Turns Gen Z Media Obsession Into a Slasher
    Gianni Fiasche

    Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Turns Gen Z Media Obsession Into a Slasher

    Starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, Jane Schoenbrun’s funny, bloody new film finds something unsettling beneath all that analysis.

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