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The Main's massive Montreal 2024 holiday gift guide: Activities
Skip the ordinary and give gifts that spark joy, foster learning, and bring people closer to the things they love.
The Main's massive Montreal 2024 holiday gift guide: Jewelry
Why settle for mass-produced sparkle when local creators from Montreal and Quebec are redefining what jewelry can be?
The Main's massive Montreal 2024 holiday gift guide: Fashion & clothing
A curated list of gift ideas highlighting the best clothing from local Montreal and Quebec designers.
The Main's massive Montreal 2024 holiday gift guide: Homeware
For those who value both function and beauty: These gift ideas from local creators transform the essentials of home life into works of art.
Vinyl revivals and cycles of nostalgia at Cheap Thrills
A lifetime of cheap thrills: More than 10,000 vinyls line the walls of this Montreal new & used record store dating back to the 1970s.
The best holiday and Christmas markets in and around Montreal
All the holiday and Christmas markets taking place in November and December in Montreal, plus options beyond the city.
Demystifying interior design with MRDK co-owner and designer Guillaume Ménard
A practical guide from a Montreal expert on how space can tell stories through texture, lighting, colour, furniture, accessories, and more.
Montreal’s DIY music scene is in crisis
Veteran musician Hua Li 化力 weighs in on how racialized artists can thrive today in Montreal’s experimental, indie DIY music scene.
Heart on her sleeve: Gabrielle Laïla Tittley, the Montreal artist behind Pony
Turning life’s heartbreaks and anxieties into creations that blend nostalgia with a sharp edge.
Diving into the Montreal bathhouse Bain Colonial
On the agenda: Rest, relaxation, and casual encounters, all on Soviet-era carpet—if the chemistry’s right.
How Montreal found its place in Quebec’s long embrace of Cowboy Core
Country music and cowboy core, long a rural staple in Quebec, have made urban inroads into Montreal—and they aren't going anywhere.
Why doesn't Montreal have its own Halloween parade?
Halloween parades are a staple in cities like New York, Chicago, Salem, and Atlanta—not to mention a litany of small towns—so why not Montreal?
Family and the weight of change in Montreal's West End: Arjun Basu's latest novel, The Reeds
In The Reeds, novelist Arjun Basu turns his eye toward Montreal’s West End for an introspective family novel set during a summer of seismic personal shifts.
Le Club: Montreal’s crossroads for coffeehouse culture, cycling, and running
When it opened in 2017, Le Club took a different path from traditional bike shops, building new communities around the cultures of cycling and running.