Ongoing Les Weekends du Monde, July 5, 6, 12-13, 2014 at Parc Jean Drapeau http://www.parcjeandrapeau.com/evenements/week-ends-du-monde/ **Montreal International Jazz Festival, until July 6, 2014 http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/default-en.aspx Montréal Complètement Cirque until July 13 at Tohu Cité des Arts du Cirque http://montrealcirquefest.com/ticketing/ L’International des feux lotto Québec, until August 2, 2014 http://internationaldesfeuxloto-quebec.com/en/programmation/calendrier.aspx Fabulous Fabergé the Jeweller of the […]
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Samantha’s Look at Weekend and Upcoming Events
Ongoing ChinaTown Street Sale, until June 29, 2014 http://www.mtlblog.com/2014/06/montreals-chinatown-to-host-first-summer-time-sidewalk-sale-next-week/ Montreal International Jazz Festival, until July 6, 2014 http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/default-en.aspx L’International des feux lotto Québec, June 28 – August 2, 2014 http://internationaldesfeuxloto-quebec.com/en/programmation/calendrier.aspx Fabulous Fabergé the Jeweller of the Czars, until October 5, 2014 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts http://faberge.mbam.qc.ca/en/#exhibition Cirque du Soleil – Kurios: A […]
Samantha’s Look at Upcoming, Ongoing and Weekend Events
Ongoing **1+1=1: When Collections Collide. At the Museum of Fine Arts until June 15, 2014 http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/mbam-mac Fabulous Fabergé the Jeweller of the Czars, June 14-October 5, 2014 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts http://faberge.mbam.qc.ca/en/#exhibition Catch Me if You Can, until June 22, 2014 at the Harold Greenspon Auditorium CSLDramaticSociety.com Cirque du Soleil – Kurios: […]
Bonnie Raitt got famous in nick of time, stayed famous for rest of time
By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up @bugsburnett Bonnie Raitt remembers seeing her father, the late great Broadway star John Raitt, perform in Pyjama Party on the Great White Way when she was all of five years old. “The thing I’ve taken from him was to make every night opening night,” Bonnie Raitt, now 64, says. […]
Top 10 Crazy Moments at Montreal jazz fest
By Richard Burnett What happens behind the scenes when the stars arrive, or arrive late, or don’t show up at all? Patience and quick thinking are job requirements for Festival International de Jazz de Montréal organizers dealing with divas, massive egos, cancellations, no-shows and the inevitable musician being held up at Canada Customs. I spoke […]
The Lion of Africa: Reggae icon Alpha Blondy headlines Montreal jazz fest
By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up @bugsburnett When Africa’s iconic roots-reggae legend Alpha Blondy returned home to Ivory Coast in 2011, the post-election violence in that country had spread to the political capital, Yamoussoukro, as well as Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, Abidjan, where security forces loyal to incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo were fighting the supporters […]