Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Here are some Montreal arts and culture highlights for January 2017: The year kicks off with the Broadway touring production of the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots which headlines Salle Wilfred-Pelletier from Jan. 3 to 8. After winning Best Original Score at the 2013 Tony Awards, Cyndi Lauper told me, “I didn’t stop to think I was the first woman to win that award […]
Star Wars is back and it’s the best entry since 1980.
“Lucas had controlled the way his movies were filmed, edited, financed, and merchandised. Now he would control the way they sounded in theatres as well-and get paid to do it, no less.” -Brian Jay Jones (from George Lucas: A Life)
Abby Elizabeth Schachter for Curtains Up Pup never disappoints. Seriously, this band never ceases to amaze me. What did surprise me was that the December 1st Montreal show hosted by BSTB (Blue Skies Turn Black) was sold out both online and at the door. I had no idea that this post punk Ontario band had […]
A gem of a film.
Choosing a name for a restaurant is an important an integral part of any game plan when opening such a business. With some exceptions, most restaurants decide on a one word identity, whether it be the first or last name of the chef owner or a name that is just way out in left field […]
Blue and Lonesome is an album of old blues covers which is pretty much what the Rolling Stones did at the start of their career. This means the band has finally come full circle in doing what they do best and that’s playing the blues. This is certainly the purest sounding Stones album since their […]
No city is lit up and festive quite like sparkling Montreal during the holiday season, not even New York City. Here are some Montreal holiday-themed highlights for arts and culture fans, families, indoors and outdoors, many of them free. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal’s famed production of The Nutcracker returns to Salle Wilfred-Pelletier for the 53rd […]
“Who do I think I would’ve been if I hadn’t been Princess Leia? Am I Princess Leia, or is she me? Split the difference and you’d be closer to the truth. Star Wars was and is my job. It can’t fire me and I’ll never be able to quit, and why would I want to?” […]
Ongoing Focus: Perfection Robert Mapplethorpe at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until January 22, 2017 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/on-view/focus-perfection/ Notman, a Visionary Photographer. At the McCord Museum until March 26, 2017 http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/notman/ Burlesque Evenings Every 3rd Thursday night at JoBlo on Wellington in Verdun. http://www.joblorestaurantsteakhouse.com/Default-en.aspx La Cuisine Cooking Classes 5475 Royalmount Ave Info: minorgan@yahoo.ca 514 439-1529