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      Beauties Lab x &OR Collective: A collab of sustainable beauty, fashion, and Montreal women
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      Beauties Lab X &OR Collective: A Collab of Sustainable Beauty, Fashion, and Montreal Women

      Tying together threads of ethical consumption, self-care, and well-being with local, female-led businesses in the city.

      Ruelles vertes: On Montreal’s green alleyway labyrinth of culture, nature, and history
      The Main

      Ruelles Vertes: On Montreal’s Green Alleyway Labyrinth of Culture, Nature, and History

      How Montreal’s maze of alleyways creates behind-the-scenes space for locals' daily life in everything from culture and gardening to democratized public space.

      The Best of Montreal's Festivals, July 2024
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      The Best of Montreal's Festivals, July 2024

      Explore Montreal's top summer festivals of 2024 and construct your guide to make the most of peak summer in the city.

      Korean Film Festival Canada: Exploring sleep, dreams, and the body
      Rachel Cheng

      Korean Film Festival Canada: Exploring Sleep, Dreams, and the Body

      A look inside the Montréal-based, non-profit and artist-driven Arts East West’s annual gathering for films, media arts, and more from Korean, Asian Canadian, pan-Asian and Asian diasporic artists.

      Brainchild: A surfboard studio passion project rekindled in Montreal's Sud-Ouest
      J.P. Karwacki

      Brainchild: A Surfboard Studio Passion Project Rekindled in Montreal's Sud-Ouest

      Where Mitch Martin gets back to one of the founding ideas behind Little Burgundy's September Surf Café.

      Benoit Tardif: An Illustrator's Guide to Montreal
      J.P. Karwacki

      Benoit Tardif: An Illustrator's Guide to Montreal

      From spots to work and places to print to undercelebrated artistic curios, few people are better to offer a guide to Montreal from an illustrator’s perspective than this enigmatic artist.

      Encore Books & Records: Getting lost in the stacks with owner Sean Madden
      Jenny Greenberg

      Encore Books & Records: Getting Lost in the Stacks with Owner Sean Madden

      Listening in to the stories behind NDG’s friendly neighbourhood bookstore, a family-run literary and audiophilic icon of the city.

      James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger's favourite things in Montreal
      J.P. Karwacki

      James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger's Favourite Things in Montreal

      The Montreal-based artist known as Scorpion Dagger on things to love and change about the city, fond memories, the importance of walking, and getting mugged for $4 one time.

      The nouveau Levant: Redefining cuisines and cultures from Montreal's Arab diaspora
      Yasmine Dalloul

      The Nouveau Levant: Redefining Cuisines and Cultures from Montreal's Arab Diaspora

      How Montreal's Levantine Arabs—Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian—are opening concepts that bridge adapting to a Western palate with staying true to who they are. 

      Club St-Denis 257SE: A rare look inside one of Montreal's historic private clubs
      J.P. Karwacki

      Club St-Denis 257SE: A Rare Look Inside One of Montreal's Historic Private Clubs

      Founded in 1874, Club St-Denis had long been the preferred meeting place for French-speaking business and political elite—now it's been reopened with an eye to new generations of membership.

      Tate + Yoko: Brandon Svarc’s Favourite Things in Montreal
      Rachel Cheng

      Tate + Yoko: Brandon Svarc’s Favourite Things in Montreal

      Montreal’s denim virtuoso talks about subverting the industry and carrying on three generations in the garment business.

      PSC Tattoo: Talking shop with artist Dave Cummings
      Jenny Greenberg

      PSC Tattoo: Talking Shop with Artist Dave Cummings

      From the first days of slinging ink on Centre Street in ‘76 to Montreal’s oldest tattoo studio.

      Montreal Bowling: Reviving a relic in the downtown Forum
      J.P. Karwacki

      Montreal Bowling: Reviving a Relic in the Downtown Forum

      Tapping into the pre-2020 nostalgia and cultural history of Montrealers, Montreal Bowling's a new(ish) project from local hospitality aficionados in the Forum downtown.

      Lost Claws: One of Montreal's most fun-loving graffiti artists
      J.P. Karwacki

      Lost Claws: One of Montreal's Most Fun-loving Graffiti Artists

      Up on the rooftops of the Plateau, down in the bowels of crumbling industry, and jokes everywhere between: This is the playful, ephemeral oeuvre of Lost Claws.

      Talking queer food—and where to find it in Montreal
      Ivy Lerner-Frank

      Talking Queer Food—and Where to Find it in Montreal

      Montreal's a queer-friendly city. How does that influence its hospitality industry and the safe spaces of its restaurants, cafés and bars?

      Locals changing the self-care game in Montreal
      J.P. Karwacki

      Locals Changing the Self-care Game in Montreal

      "New year, new you" mentalities can begin at any time—and these Montreal-based self-care creators can prove it with the work they're passionate about.

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      Beauties Lab x &OR Collective: A collab of sustainable beauty, fashion, and Montreal women
      The Main

      Beauties Lab X &OR Collective: A Collab of Sustainable Beauty, Fashion, and Montreal Women

      Tying together threads of ethical consumption, self-care, and well-being with local, female-led businesses in the city.

      Ruelles vertes: On Montreal’s green alleyway labyrinth of culture, nature, and history
      The Main

      Ruelles Vertes: On Montreal’s Green Alleyway Labyrinth of Culture, Nature, and History

      How Montreal’s maze of alleyways creates behind-the-scenes space for locals' daily life in everything from culture and gardening to democratized public space.

      The Best of Montreal's Festivals, July 2024
      The Main

      The Best of Montreal's Festivals, July 2024

      Explore Montreal's top summer festivals of 2024 and construct your guide to make the most of peak summer in the city.

      Korean Film Festival Canada: Exploring sleep, dreams, and the body
      Rachel Cheng

      Korean Film Festival Canada: Exploring Sleep, Dreams, and the Body

      A look inside the Montréal-based, non-profit and artist-driven Arts East West’s annual gathering for films, media arts, and more from Korean, Asian Canadian, pan-Asian and Asian diasporic artists.

      Brainchild: A surfboard studio passion project rekindled in Montreal's Sud-Ouest
      J.P. Karwacki

      Brainchild: A Surfboard Studio Passion Project Rekindled in Montreal's Sud-Ouest

      Where Mitch Martin gets back to one of the founding ideas behind Little Burgundy's September Surf Café.

      Benoit Tardif: An Illustrator's Guide to Montreal
      J.P. Karwacki

      Benoit Tardif: An Illustrator's Guide to Montreal

      From spots to work and places to print to undercelebrated artistic curios, few people are better to offer a guide to Montreal from an illustrator’s perspective than this enigmatic artist.

      Encore Books & Records: Getting lost in the stacks with owner Sean Madden
      Jenny Greenberg

      Encore Books & Records: Getting Lost in the Stacks with Owner Sean Madden

      Listening in to the stories behind NDG’s friendly neighbourhood bookstore, a family-run literary and audiophilic icon of the city.

      James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger's favourite things in Montreal
      J.P. Karwacki

      James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger's Favourite Things in Montreal

      The Montreal-based artist known as Scorpion Dagger on things to love and change about the city, fond memories, the importance of walking, and getting mugged for $4 one time.

      The nouveau Levant: Redefining cuisines and cultures from Montreal's Arab diaspora
      Yasmine Dalloul

      The Nouveau Levant: Redefining Cuisines and Cultures from Montreal's Arab Diaspora

      How Montreal's Levantine Arabs—Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian—are opening concepts that bridge adapting to a Western palate with staying true to who they are. 

      Club St-Denis 257SE: A rare look inside one of Montreal's historic private clubs
      J.P. Karwacki

      Club St-Denis 257SE: A Rare Look Inside One of Montreal's Historic Private Clubs

      Founded in 1874, Club St-Denis had long been the preferred meeting place for French-speaking business and political elite—now it's been reopened with an eye to new generations of membership.

      Tate + Yoko: Brandon Svarc’s Favourite Things in Montreal
      Rachel Cheng

      Tate + Yoko: Brandon Svarc’s Favourite Things in Montreal

      Montreal’s denim virtuoso talks about subverting the industry and carrying on three generations in the garment business.

      PSC Tattoo: Talking shop with artist Dave Cummings
      Jenny Greenberg

      PSC Tattoo: Talking Shop with Artist Dave Cummings

      From the first days of slinging ink on Centre Street in ‘76 to Montreal’s oldest tattoo studio.

      Montreal Bowling: Reviving a relic in the downtown Forum
      J.P. Karwacki

      Montreal Bowling: Reviving a Relic in the Downtown Forum

      Tapping into the pre-2020 nostalgia and cultural history of Montrealers, Montreal Bowling's a new(ish) project from local hospitality aficionados in the Forum downtown.

      Lost Claws: One of Montreal's most fun-loving graffiti artists
      J.P. Karwacki

      Lost Claws: One of Montreal's Most Fun-loving Graffiti Artists

      Up on the rooftops of the Plateau, down in the bowels of crumbling industry, and jokes everywhere between: This is the playful, ephemeral oeuvre of Lost Claws.

      Talking queer food—and where to find it in Montreal
      Ivy Lerner-Frank

      Talking Queer Food—and Where to Find it in Montreal

      Montreal's a queer-friendly city. How does that influence its hospitality industry and the safe spaces of its restaurants, cafés and bars?

      Locals changing the self-care game in Montreal
      J.P. Karwacki

      Locals Changing the Self-care Game in Montreal

      "New year, new you" mentalities can begin at any time—and these Montreal-based self-care creators can prove it with the work they're passionate about.

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