Colored: The Unknown Life of Claudette Colvin – until April 28, 2024 LiveEvents February 8, 2024 1027 The PHI Centre presents Colored: The Unknown Life of Claudette Colvin Claudette Colvin made it all possible, but she is the one who has been forgotten. Colored is a powerful story that uses the HoloLens 2, an a...
Egypt. Three Millennia on the Nile – until October 15, 2023 LiveEvents August 27, 2023 1859 Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal’s Archaeology and History Complex, presents Egypt. Three Millennia on the Nile All Photos: Caroline Thibault, © Pointe-à-Callière, Cité d'archéologie et d'histoire de Montréal Cove...
The Wedding of a Fille du Roy – September 3, 2023 LiveEvents August 25, 2023 1134 Maison Saint-Gabriel presents the re-enactment of a 1673 wedding. An event that marks the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the last Filles du Roy in New France (1673-2023). You are warmly invited to the wed...
Public Market of the 18th Century – August 26-27, 2023 LiveEvents August 19, 2023 1501 Pointe-à-Callière presents Public Market of the 18th Century A festive 30th edition at the heart of New France! It’s a day of celebration at the market! Pointe-à-Callière’s not-to-be-missed event — which recre...
Portable Universe: Thought and Splendour of Indigenous Colombia LiveEvents August 18, 2023 1913 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents Portable Universe: Thought and Splendour of Indigenous Colombia until October 1, 2023 Funerary Vessel in Form of Seated Thinker, Colombia, Middle Cauca Valley, 700-160...
Pilgrimage to Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site Michele Peterson April 19, 2023 2044 As whitecaps splash across the bow of our boat, I clutch the railing and peer through the spray hoping to glimpse my first sighting of Grosse Île through the mist. While many passengers on this day cruise are h...
Multilingual Reality Guy Rex Rodgers January 14, 2023 1556 What We Choose To Remember I remember vividly the first time I became an honorary francophone. It was at a New Year’s Eve party where I made a friend who shared my taste in music. Late in the evening she turne...
Disraeli Revisited – until February 19, 2023 LiveEvents December 23, 2022 1304 Disraeli Revisited – Chronicle of an Event in Quebec Photography A Look Back on the 50th Anniversary of a Pivotal Chapter in Quebec Photographic History Until February 19, 2023, the McCord Stewart Museum prese...
A red and orange island in a blue, blue sea Guy Rex Rodgers November 25, 2022 1882 What We Choose To Remember When I accepted Peter Kerr’s offer to write this column I saw it as an opportunity to engage in a conversation with Montrealers about why we choose to live here. Most of the Anglos a...
Montreal was never the mythical city of two solitudes Guy Rex Rodgers October 12, 2022 1965 What We Choose To Remember If you stand on Sainte-Catherine Street and ask Montrealers what the five floral emblems on their city’s flag represent, most will recognize only the fleur de lys and its roots in Fr...
