Ongoing Anna Karenina at Place des Arts, until April 18, 2015 http://placedesarts.com/shows/event.en.html?event.id=15089 The Envelope at the Centaur Theatre, until April 19, 2015 http://www.centaurtheatre.com/theenvelope.php Festival Printemps Numérique at Quartier des Spectacles until April 20, 2015 http://printempsnumerique.info/en/ Butterflies Go Free at the Insectarium until April 26, 2015 http://calendrier.espacepourlavie.ca/butterflies-go-free?utm_source=site_eplv_insect_en&utm_medium=what-to-see&utm-campaign=papillons-en-liberte Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism at the Montreal Museum […]
Curtains Up Feature: Replay, the ultimate Beatles tribute band
By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up (@maccajess) Does anyone ever really remember learning the lyrics to Beatles songs? To me, it’s always felt as though once you’ve allowed the music of the Beatles to infiltrate your body, mind and soul it’s like a Dropbox file filled with all the lyrics is carefully placed into your […]
BIIRU
Biiru is a relative new comer to the burgeoning bunch of Japanese izakayas now open around the city. An izakaya is type of informal and casual ‘after work’ Japanese drinking establishment that serves food to accompany the drinks. They are quite often compared to taverns and pubs, but I find them much more akin to […]
Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up minorganmichael@yahoo.com MISO SOBA NOODLE SOUP Soba is Japanese for buckwheat and the noodles are served either chilled with a dipping sauce or in a hot broth as a noodle soup. The Japanese consider them a popular inexpensive fast food which , when served, are often accompanied by usually uncooked […]
Samantha’s Weekend Roundup
Ongoing The Envelope at the Centaur Theatre, until April 19, 2015 http://www.centaurtheatre.com/theenvelope.php Festival Printemps Numérique at Quartier des Spectacles until April 20, 2015 http://printempsnumerique.info/en/ Butterflies Go Free at the Insectarium until April 26, 2015 http://calendrier.espacepourlavie.ca/butterflies-go-free?utm_source=site_eplv_insect_en&utm_medium=what-to-see&utm-campaign=papillons-en-liberte Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, until May 31, 2015 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/on-view/marvels-and-mirages-of-orientalism/
James Scott is bringing a little heat to Montreal
By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up (@maccajess) The days of our lives are about to get a lot hotter later this month when Montreal gets a special visit from James Scott, the gorgeous Brit famous for playing the character of EJ DiMera on the long-running and extremely popular daytime soap Days of Our Lives. Scott […]
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson (Riverhead Books, $32.95)
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) “A life had been ruined. What was it for: just some social media drama? I think our natural disposition as humans is to plod along until we get old and stop. But with social media, we’ve created a stage for constant artificial high drama. Every day a new […]
Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up minorganmichael@yahoo.com CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP WITH SEARED SCALLOP AND CRISPY PANCETTA CURLS A true harbinger of Spring is the appearance of locally grown asparagus. Although asparagus is now available year round the locally grown variety always has that added spark of flavor and freshness. Asparagus is probably one of […]
Samantha’s Weekend Roundup
Ongoing The Envelope at the Centaur Theatre, until April 19, 2015 http://www.centaurtheatre.com/theenvelope.php Festival Printemps Numérique at Quartier des Spectacles until April 20, 2015 http://printempsnumerique.info/en/ Butterflies Go Free at the Insectarium until April 26, 2015 http://calendrier.espacepourlavie.ca/butterflies-go-free?utm_source=site_eplv_insect_en&utm_medium=what-to-see&utm-campaign=papillons-en-liberte Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, until May 31, 2015 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/on-view/marvels-and-mirages-of-orientalism/
Curtains Up on Furious 7
by Joseph Rossi It`s James Bond with wheels…and it’s great.