The plan: to travel the entire island of Montreal, from end to end; I wanted to touch the water at the western edge and the eastern edge, all in one day.
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Mural Festival: Creating in our Own Backyards
The Mural Festival is this weekend and twenty-one new murals will soon inhabit the walls of Montreal.
Read MoreA Neighbourhood on the Rise: Your Guide to Montreal’s Mile-Ex
The identity and location of Mile-Ex, and certainly its name, is a complicated investigation. For some, Mile-Ex may simply be a trendier nickname for the neighbourhood of Marconi-Alexandra. Others may see it as the no-man’s land portmanteau of two bordering neighbourhoods. Not quite the residential melting-pot of Parc-Ex, yet not quite the hip Mile-End, Mile-Ex falls in-between…
Read MorePortraits of Montreal: How Three Local Photographers are Highlighting the Human Side of Our City
Seated comfortably around a long wooden table at Café Falco, the faces of three young men gazed eagerly at me as I sat down to ask them about their new project, Portraits of Montreal, which showcases both the similarities and differences between people from all over Montreal. This initiative was created to show the human…
Read MoreThe Darling Foundry: Once Heart of Industry Now Home to Artists
In Griffintown, there lies a very unique and interesting space for contemporary art. Simply put, the Darling Foundry should be on every art amateur’s radar.
Read MoreThe Tastemakers: Ian Sternthal
Ian Sternthal is showing us around the bright, airy displays of the Sternthal Books pop-up shop at Espace Pop. He picks up an eye-popping, colour-drenched book – Jericho Moon – and holds it out in front of us. “I love this one,” he says, flipping eagerly through the glossy pages. “It’s very different from anything I have…
Read MoreInterview: Rachel F. talks fur and Montreal fashion
Montreal has become a mecca of handicraft artisans, that are driven by the desire to be unique. A short visit to Souk @ SAT or Smart Design Mart can definitely validate their new found success over machine made products. Their creations found a home in those expositions, which attract more and more local product enthusiasts…
Read MoreThe Tastemakers: Noah Bick
Noah Bick has been a fixture at Montreal indie shows for over eight years. You’ve seen him hanging out at The Luyas, ripping tickets at How Sad, running the show at Miracle Fortress – now he’s taking things a little further.
Read MoreStore Feature: Clark Street Mercantile
From wholesale cold cuts, to selling beads, 5200 Clark Street has changed hands only a couple times over the past few decades.
Read MoreInterview with Jay Malinowksi
Jay Malinowski, formerly of Bedouin Soundclash, flexes his polymath muscles with his new project: The Deadcoast. It’s a double album inspired by the seafaring life of an ancestor 300 years his senior, Charles Martel. Accompanying the record’s release is a novella, Skulls and Bones, which is both written and illustrated by Malinowski himself. The Main…
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