David Lebrun for Curtains Up What an eventful weekend! For my first convention since, ever, I’ve been overwhelmed by the size of Montréal’s Comiccon, full of artists, shops, cosplayers, celebrities and attendants. The sheer number of panels offered within it’s walls, the ambiance, the sounds, light and pretty much everything else had a lot to […]
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The Montreal Comiccon Experience
Montreal Comiccon was in full force as it’s 7th annual edition took place at the Palais des Congrès from July 3 to 5, 2015.Heroically bigger and better than ever, it’s constant expansion of their showroom floor had over 700 exhibitors filling the halls and chambers. Coupled with expanded programming rooms, the event occupied the totality […]
TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 TOUR
Ron RoXtar for Curtains Up I’m trying to remember being at the Bell Centre where there was so many costumes, lit up signs and costumes. This is just from the audience alone. The predominantly female audience came out for a night of fun and that’s just what they got. There was no big delayed bombastic […]
Joss Stone is soul-loose!
Ron Roxtar for Curtains Up With an outstretched arm from side stage British songstress, Joss Stone gracefully danced out and around the stage to You Had Me and Super Duper. Joss told a brief story about a couple she met at a pub and wrote a song about them called, Molly Town. With no production […]
Samantha’s (Comic Con) Weekend Roundup
Ongoing International Jazz Festival, until July 5, 2015 http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/default-en.aspx The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, at the Segal Centre, until July 12, 2015 http://www.segalcentre.org/whats-on/upcoming-events/theatre-3/segal-theatre/the-apprenticeship-of-duddy-kravitz-the-musical/ Montreal Complètement Cirque, until July 12, 2015 http://montrealcirquefest.com/?_ga=1.54406945.86001491.1403975076 L’International des Feux Lotto Québec, until August 2, 2015 http://internationaldesfeuxloto-quebec.com/en/programmation/calendrier.aspx Rodin – Metamorphoses at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until October 18, […]
Huey Lewis brings good news to Jazzfest
Ron Roxstar for Curtains Up Mayor Coderre was invited by Huey Lewis himself to introduce him for his first Montreal concert since 1986. The mayor was a true fan by saying “the heart of rock n roll is in Montreal tonight!” The mayor continued to use Huey’s lyrics in what started off […]
Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy by Judd Apatow (Random House, $32)
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) “Looking back, I was an angry kid who didn’t feel like the world made sense. My parents were not particularly spiritual people in those days, so they couldn’t help much in the existential angst department…This left a bit of a void in my life, and I looked to […]






