Re-imagining Stanstead with culture & craft tourism Linda Renaud January 30, 2017 5733 Ninety Minutes from Montreal, Stanstead is a scenic town in the Eastern Townships, adjacent to the American border opposite Derby Line, Vermont. Following three years of intense study, the stage has been set...
Gabriel Safdie: Canadian immigrant still happily giving back Tracey Arial January 29, 2017 9733 Is it possible to grow a business, maintain an active artistic career, and help support your community, all at the same time? That’s the challenge Gabriel Safdie took on when his dad’s sudden death brought h...
A Year in Review – you can’t make this stuff up! linda.hammerschmid January 27, 2017 3545 Ask the Hammer Every now and then I like to share my bewilderment over subjects I have heard or read about, or seen during the year. By themselves they don’t necessarily make for single columns, but the en...
Bonaparte Restaurant: 33 years of fine French Cuisine mikecohen January 23, 2017 9309 Restaurant Rap For more years than I can remember I have walked by Bonaparte Restaurant on Saint Francois-Xavier in Old Montreal, usually on my way to or from the Centaur Theatre next door, yet I never sam...
The Honourable Mélanie Joly Linda Renaud January 19, 2017 13306 The Honourable Mélanie Joly: Laser-focused on Canada’s cultural sector How sellable is Canadian culture globally and/or to our own government and audiences? Herein lays the challenge for Mélanie Joly, Minister...
17 Volcanoes – through January 22, Canadian Centre for Architecture LiveEvents January 3, 2017 5186 Canadian Centre for Architecture presents 17 Volcanoes: Works by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Armin Linke, and Bas Princen Curated by Philip Ursprung and Alex Lehnerer 17 Volcanoes revisits the explorations by ...
Curiosities – until March 12, Stewart Museum LiveEvents January 2, 2017 3522 Curiosities This exhibition, created in collaboration with Quebec contemporary artist Jérôme Fortin, who is known for his works inspired by 16th-century cabinets of curiosities, presents more than 370 eclectic...
From the Lands of Asia – until March 19, Pointe-à-Callière LiveEvents December 26, 2016 5284 Noh actor Painted wood Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1603) Sam and Myrna Myers Collection Photo: Thierry Ollivier From the Lands of Asia In a world premiere, From the Lands of Asia, The Sam and Myrna Myer...
New branding is paying off as La Cage Brasserie Sportive offers a superb menu mikecohen December 23, 2016 12397 Restaurant Rap When it first opened in 1984, La Cage Aux Sports quickly became one of my favorite restaurants. And why not? What more could a rabid sports fan ask for than a dining spot with a cool menu and...
My Pendulum Theory linda.hammerschmid December 22, 2016 3259 Ask the Hammer Always, for the last column of the year, it is a struggle to pick one topic. On the one hand it is the Holiday Season, so the column should inspire joy, warm thoughts, generosity, family, pl...
