Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art – until September 16, 2018 LiveEvents August 20, 2018 67 HERE WE ARE HERE: BLACK CANADIAN CONTEMPORARY ART The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) invites a reflection on cultural diversity through the exhibition Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art, pr...
Old Montreal gets set for Pointe-À-Callière Museum’s annual ‘Public Market’, August 25 & 26 P.A. Sévigny August 19, 2018 85 As ever, the city’s late-summer fair was always a festive occasion dating back to the times when Ville-Marie was little more than a tiny colony on the edge of the seventeenth century’s French empire. Loyal to b...
Want legal justice – then don’t assault your perpetrator linda.hammerschmid August 17, 2018 111 Ask the Hammer Our Supreme Court made new law recently by factoring into criminal sentencing vigilante justice when it is rained down on an alleged perpetrator. The Supreme Court concluded that the beatin...
Picasso at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until September 16, 2018 LiveEvents August 15, 2018 148 From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present A major exhibition offering a new perspective and inspiring a rereading of art history. From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, P...
DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition – until September 16, 2018, MSC LiveEvents August 14, 2018 139 DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition Journey from sketch to screen Dragons, 2010. Artist: Pierre-Olivier Vincent ©. At the Montreal Science Centre, go behind the scenes of DreamWorks Animation’s most cele...
Moving Dunes – until October 29, 2018, MMFA LiveEvents August 7, 2018 258 MOVING DUNES IN THE SCULPTURE GARDEN OF THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS An installation by NÓS Architectes on Du Musée Avenue It is not a mirage: What you are seeing is Moving Dunes, the Montreal Museum ...
The Queens of Egypt visit Montreal Julie Kalan July 24, 2018 239 Statue of the goddess Sekhmet GranodioriteThebes, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1353 BCE)Credit: © Museo Egizio, Turin The Queens of Egypt, a wonderful immersive exhibit, is making...
Redefining Retirement – Creating a Part II Lynn MacNeil July 22, 2018 184 Managing Your Money I recently congratulated long-time clients on successfully achieving “retirement”. I put retirement in quotations marks because retirement is being redefined these days, as their situati...
Dr. Momar Ndao of the MUHC: Studying the bugs responsible for some of the world’s most dangerous infectious diseases Kristina Anastasopoulos July 19, 2018 232 Kayemor is a village located in the southern part of Senegal. Small in size and considered underdeveloped by Western standards, it holds a special place in Dr. Momar Ndao’s heart. He was born there and although...
Dr. Lucy Gilbert is bringing new hope to cancer patients at the MUHC Kristina Anastasopoulos July 18, 2018 1918 The month was June and the year was 2000. Dr. Lucy Gilbert makes the trip across the pond from London to Montreal after being offered a complimentary, no obligations trip to visit the McGill University Health C...
