The Wedding of a Fille du Roy – September 3, 2023 LiveEvents August 25, 2023 1106 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 1411 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 1855 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 1972 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 1482 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 1259 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 1810 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 1898 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...
Egypt: 4000 Years of Textile Art – until October 16, 2022 LiveEvents August 31, 2022 1558 Akhmim, Egypt: 4000 Years of Textile Art Through October 16, MUMAQ takes you on a voyage to Egypt. The city of Akhmîm, famed for millennia for its artistic embroidery, is now home to a community organization of...
VIKINGS – Dragons of the Northern Seas – until October 10, 2022 LiveEvents August 24, 2022 1609 Pointe-à-Callière presents VIKINGS – DRAGONS OF THE NORTHERN SEAS Exclusively, and for the first time in Quebec, the exhibition showcases the National Museum of Denmark’s magnificent Viking collection—one of th...
