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Betting big on secondhand shopping downtown
Marché Floh has outgrown its first downtown address and is already opening the door on a three-story space.
Montreal's live music venue infrastructure is broken at both ends
The city's venue infrastructure gap is driving artists to Toronto, but the thing is: This is a fixable problem.
The unsexy work of building a thriving vintage business
LE NINETY's founders turned years of sourcing, washing, and trading secondhand clothes into two Montreal locations and a reported 99.9% sell-through rate.
Sixty years of haircuts in the same Mile End chairs
When Ralph Bou Jaoude took over Hollywood Barbershop, he could have rebranded. Instead, he became the latest custodian of a Fairmount Street institution that's outlasted five different owners.
PHI’s upcoming season explores art through scent, touch, and gaming
Three international artists transform PHI’s Old Montreal addresses with work that blends ancient wisdom, cutting-edge technology, and collaborative rituals.
Preserving the hidden history of Canadian contemporary art
Artexte's library and research center collects all manner of fanzines, pamphlets, ephemera—everything that doesn't make it into official museum archives.
Inside OFFF Montréal 2025: A guide to the global design festival’s first local edition
OFFF Montréal is bringing talks, workshops, parties, and a who’s-who of global creatives in the design world to the SAT this September.
A mystical dive into Senegalese wrestling in the heart of Hochelaga
Just a couple of pedal strokes from Dakar.
Things to do in Montreal this September
Close out summer on a strong note with block parties, art biennales, big-name concerts, and some of the city’s best food and culture events.
The collapse of cool? SSENSE files for bankruptcy protection
Montreal’s fashion e-commerce giant fights to stay in control after creditors move to force a sale.
The bilingual, maximalist bookstore bar serving romance and fantasy in the Mile End
Joy is serious business at Joie de Livres.
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[PHOTOS] Boots, dust, 'n' bangers: LASSO 2025 through the lens
Sunburns, singalongs, and stage dives—this is what a country festival looks like in Montrey'all.
A complete guide to LASSO Montreal 2025: How to cowboy up in the city
Saddle up—Montreal’s gone country for LASSO.
MUTEK is Montreal’s portal to the future of sonic art and digital creativity
Inside the festival where Montreal becomes a citywide lab for sound, vision, and risk-taking.
MUTEK 2025 is a citywide takeover of sound, light, and ideas—here’s the plan
All the details you need to navigate MUTEK as it fills Montreal’s halls with digital art, electronic music, and boundary-pushing ideas.
