It’s good. Not bad. Just not great.
Samantha’s Weekend Roundup
Ongoing Mural Festival on St Laurent Boulevard until Sunday June 19 http://www.lavitrine.com/event/Festival_Mural Burlesque Evenings Every 3rd Thursday night at JoBlo on Wellington in Verdun. http://www.joblorestaurantsteakhouse.com/Default-en.aspx Pompeii at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until September 5, 2016 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/upcoming/pompeii/
JFL 2016 -a star studded year for MTL.
Abby Elizabeth S for Curtains Up Shows, panels, film screenings, roasts, charitable events… A preview… The Just For Laughs Festival goes big this year and kicks off its 34th edition with a big ol Sausage party! No, Seriously. JFL is hosting a special screening of Sausage Party. Seth Rogan’s new CG not so kid […]
LE CHIEN FUMANT
It is very comforting and very reassuring that, in a city renowned for its first class cuisine where a tremendous amount of time is spent on the presentation of food, one is still able to find and celebrate a local restaurant that eschews fancy presentations and sticks religiously to the food itself unpretentiously presented and […]
Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montreal: “Shake”
Yolande Ramsay for Curtain Up Becky Lou is the delightful and funny star of the one-woman burlesque show “Shake”. This entertaining and colourful show mixes burlesque stripping with humourous stories that bring laughs and a sexy appreciation for a woman’s body. Becky Lou is irreverent and self-deprecating with an endearing effect. Her dances are interspersed […]
Never a Dull Moment: 1971 – The Year That Rock Exploded by David Hepworth (Henry Holt, $42)
“What these people in their midtwenties were doing, although none of them were aware of it at the time, was building the rock canon. In this they were more successful than they could have dared hope. Many of the musicians who made those 1971 records are still playing today, in bigger venues than ever, in […]
Curtains Up on Warcraft
Well, it’s better then the film version of Super Mario Bros. But that’s not saying much.
Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montreal: “Project X Performance Part 1”
Yolande Ramsay for Curtains Up Mental illness is a big and important topic. Individuals with mental health issues are encouraged to discuss and open up about their illness. This can be easier said than done- and how do you express what seems to be overwhelming and unfathomable?
Samantha’s Weekend Roundup
Ongoing Dirty Dancing Montreal at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Until June 5 http://www.evenko.ca/fr/show/evenement/dirty-dancing-10544 Burlesque Evenings Every 3rd Thursday night at JoBlo on Wellington in Verdun. http://www.joblorestaurantsteakhouse.com/Default-en.aspx Pompeii at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until September 5, 2016 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/upcoming/pompeii/
Monologue: What Makes America Laugh Before Bed by Jon Macks (Blue Rider Press, $22)
“All the guys I grew up with were funny, as were, probably, the people you grew up with. The only difference between them and me is that I typed out the funny comments I thought of.” -Jon Macks (from Monologue) In the early to mid 1980’s there were few options for TV after the 11 […]