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For 66 years, Dominique Perrazino's Plateau barbershop has been where hockey legends, Expos players, and neighbourhood regulars all gather to talk, connect, and get a trim.
How climbing gyms like Café Bloc have become neighborhood hangouts—complete with coffee, bars, and saunas—that offer a compelling alternative to traditional gym culture.
Traditional styles and apprenticeships keep the faith to the craft, while monthly block parties bring hundreds to the neighbourhood.
90.3 FM has been the mic for the mic-less for nearly four decades, kept alive by 300 volunteers and the belief that a homemade sound can be a beautiful thing.
Last year, we wrote about how the city should make the Ugly Tree official. This year, we're actually trying to make it happen.
Griffintown's become Montreal's favourite punching bag for anti-development sentiment, but its messy, diverse rebirth is actually turning into something good.
The best things to do in Montreal during November bring enough festivals, holiday markets, and cultural programming to make you forget the cold.
"In my first months working in funeral services, I immediately realized it was going to profoundly change my perception of life."
From 2006 to 2016, Mile-Ex's DIY spaces launched Grimes, Mac DeMarco, TOPS, and one of Montreal's most productive music scenes. Then it was all killed off.
A new wave of gatherings in Montreal—dinners with strangers, life drawing, and apartment galleries—is bringing back the risk and reward of unscripted human contact.
Guthrie Drake and Alina Byrne built their dance community on borrowed time, clandestine spaces, and the belief that range matters more than genre.
"Nine years running bars in the neighbourhood has taught me one thing: we're fumbling what should be our greatest asset."
After two decades of wage theft and rip-offs, a Montreal illustrator pens a tactical guide to defending creative work.
A year into the city's first-ever nightlife framework, the future of Montreal's independent venues still hangs in the balance.
Less sports history and more like grief counseling, the Netflix documentary explains why a city still wears the logo of a defunct baseball team 20 years after they disappeared— feels session.
