Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Woke up, fell out of bed Dragged a comb across my head Found my way downstairs and drank a cup And looking up I noticed I was late Found my coat and grabbed my hat Made the bus in seconds flat (1) …then I met my friends and Curtains Up colleagues Sharman, Stuart and Bugs for The […]
What I like most about artist Susan Pepler is that she is thoughtful. Not in the ‘how may I be of service to you’ kind of way (although she is the nicest person you’ll ever meet), but in how she considers the elements of her art in a profound manner. It is rare to encounter […]
If you balled-up Frida Kahlo’s painting style, Andy Warhol’s penchant for pop culture and Betsey Johnson’s flair for all things colorful & eclectic…artist Lori Seguin would roll out into the room, all purple retro glasses, red curls and funky attire. As Lori guided me through her process of inspiration, she candidly expressed that depression was the […]
By Tracey Hill for Curtains Up “Wear warm, comfortable walking shoes” messaged Dishcrawl’s effervescent coordinator, Jenny King. Not knowing what I was in for (weather and distance-wise), I donned my warmest orthopedic mukluks (on the off-chance we would attempt to re-create Sebastian Cabot’s famed expedition over the Northeast Passage). Alas, all this fretting about appropriate footwear was for naught. The four […]
By Tracey hill for Curtains Up There’s a certain virility to Gaucho-style cooking despite its subtly graceful result. Popularized by Argentinian cattle rustlers, fighters and farmers, ‘Gaucho’ cooking has everything to do with the method of heating food (mostly meat and potatoes) using grills, ashes, coal and wood. Elemental, raw and primitive, it utilizes basic tools […]
By Tracey Hill for Curtains Up PARIS, France “Find a woman from the countryside to cook for me!” lamented French President François Mitterrand in 1988, after his first 7-year term. The aging head of state had just fired his personal chef and he’d grown weary of the fussy, urban-chic cuisine that arose daily from his […]
“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” ~Claude Monet What initially struck me as I walked into the Painted Bouquet studio was the homey, intimate space that is created for in-house artists and clients alike. The gleaming hardwood floors and old warehouse […]