By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmnets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Whenever I come across a restaurant that for some reason deems it necessary to have the word “New” indelibly etched onto its name it immediately makes me think that the previous owner had an abysmal reputation and that the new owners, wanting to completely disassociate themselves from […]
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Comiccon Montreal! With first female Vulcan…
Noelle Hannibal for Curtains Up Super-heroes, villains and droids, will be swooping into town this weekend for the annual Montreal Comiccon. I’ll be there too! My first experience with Montreal Comiccon was in 2009. I was invited to participate as a guest for my appearances in Star Trek: […]
Signature Saturday Burlesque Launch at the Wiggle Room
Samantha Wexler for Curtains Up Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/wiggleroommtl Last night was my first ever Burlesque show. I had heard of Burlesque before but was not entirely sure what it was all about, I had a vague notion but nothing prepared me for what I was about […]
Mainline Theatre is back for another season of edgy fun
Abby Elizabeth for Curtains Up Montreal’s Mainline Theatre is a charitable organization that supports and exposes local talent. Located at 3997 St-Laurent, corner of Deluth, the venue is slightly hidden and easily mistaken for a vacated building. Mainline is an underground venue and only those who know where […]
How a Blue Man Learned To Play The Whites – Part 2
Mitchell Field for Curtains Up RECAP: Montreal Mid 1970’s I had received a frantic phone call from a booking agent. He needed a last minute replacement drummer for B.B. King and John Lee Hooker. Throwing my drums in a cab I rushed over to the Capital […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Butternut Squash Soup Despite our less than stellar summer we are slowly slipping into fall, a time when the more hearty vegetables come to market.
Metal on Ice: Tales from Canada’s Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Heroes (Dundurn, $19.99)
by Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! I’ll never forget the day: September 6th, 1983. My first rock concert. For an anxious fan barely into his teens it was a huge thrill; a monumental, influential event in a young life. That night I began down a path that encompassed my high school years and […]
Curtains Up on Blue Jasmine
by Joseph Rossi Blue Jasmine is Woody Allen’s latest film and as always he shows no sign of letting his talent squander in VOD hell. He’s made some bad choices in recent years but he keeps on going, like a nebbish and neurotic Energizer Bunny. This outing, starring Cate Blanchett, is up there along […]
Artigiani Ristorante Pizzeria
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca After a recent night out watching a somewhat uninspired and run of the mill horror movie, The Conjuring, I had a craving for a good bowl of pasta. So off we went to St Denis St and Artigiani Ristorante Pizzeria. Before getting any further into my critique […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Lechon Manok When you travel to the Philippines Pinoy BBQ stands are on almost every street corner serving up delicious bbq’d appetizers or Pulatan, on bamboo skewers. They have a definite sweet, savoury and smoky flavour and are usually served with a special Pinoy sauce consisting […]