Centaur Theatre celebrates 40th Anniversary Season The Montrealer September 1, 2008 6339 Texaco, The Montreal Stock Exchange, The Montreal Star, McKim Advertising – all large and thriving businesses in 1969 - and all of them gone. They were unable to contend with the changing business climate of t...
Sheldon Kagan is “Mr. Entertainment” to many Montrealers The Montrealer September 1, 2007 5658 Weddings, corporate events, Bar mitzvahs, Sweet Sixteens, bridal shows, and now Boomer shows, Sheldon Kagan and his family ensure that everyone has a good time Growing up in the Snowdon/Cote des Neiges area, S...
Céline Dion – using her star power to make a difference The Montrealer August 1, 2007 3365 Arguably the most famous Quebecer of modern times; Céline Dion continues to use her star power to help others less fortunate. You may or may not like her music – but there’s no denying her achievements within h...
Howie Mandel – a multifaceted career that includes stand-up comedy, television and movies The Montrealer July 1, 2007 7353 The happy-go-lucky comic overcomes the challenges of psychological disorders that require constant surveillance His career in comedy and acting may have all started when he was expelled from his Toronto h...
Bob Dylan – at 66 and a grandfather – he’s writing some of his best work The Montrealer June 1, 2007 3240 “...hearing Danny Gallivan's voice changed my life... hearing Dylan's made it more meaningful...” Mitch Melnick I’ll never forget the first time I heard Bob Dylan. My older sister Cherise was listening...
Andrew Carter The Montrealer February 1, 2007 30938 The popular CJAD Morning Man continues to be #1 in the competitive Montreal AM radio market. A long way from a career in competitive curling. Montrealers who start their day with Andrew Carter apprecia...
Rod Stewart is rockin’ again The Montrealer January 1, 2007 3189 Interview with Kevin O'Hare After four highly successful volumes of his "Great American Songbook" albums, which sold a combined 15 million copies worldwide since the first release in 2002, the British sing...
Gordon Lightfoot A life in music The Montrealer October 1, 2006 7785 Considered a national treasure, Gordon Lightfoot’s career has spanned six decades – and there are no plans to retire Gordon Lightfoot has been creating music professionally since the 1960s, and at 68, he is ...
Donald K Donald… the man, the company, the vision The Montrealer September 1, 2006 11561 Throughout his 40 years in the hurly burly of the music business, Don Tarleton has retained his humanity and his passion for the Canadian music industry that he continues to shape “I’ve always been fascinat...
Tony Bennett brings his heart – and music – to Montreal The Montrealer June 5, 2006 4081 Good songs last. So do good singers, and one of them is coming to town. He’s the guy Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra advised “not to sing songs that cater to one age group, but songs that appeal to everybody,” ac...