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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
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
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
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
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
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
"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.
Little Maghreb: The faces and places of Montreal's diasporic North African neighbourhood
Located at the end of the Blue Line, Montreal's Little Maghreb of Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension is rich with diasporic Arab and Amazigh communities.
The best songs from Montreal that kept us company throughout 2023
These are the tracks that deserve a spotlight: The hidden treasures of Montreal's music scenes in 2023 that'll keep us moving into the new year.
10 Montreal films you might have missed in 2023
The end of 2023's upon us, and as the cinema mills of the world will keep churning, we wanted to look back on the year's best films with a strong Montreal connection.
Pulp Books: Montreal’s new English bookstore, and the passion that built a neighbourhood spot
What drove two Montrealers to build a 'third place' for a neighbourhood to while away hours with books—and why they want it that way.
Mile End icon Martha Wainwright on Ursa and coming up a songwriter in Montreal
The singer-songwriter speaks Montreal's scenes through the decades, writing a memoir, building up her Mile End music venue—and a game of 20-ish questions, of course.
Into the Uapishka mountains: Taking trips outside with a worldwide winter film tour
Focused on uncommon journeys in the mountains, the Arc'teryx Winter Film Tour takes the urban moviegoer out into the far flung reaches of the world.
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The Canadian Roasting Society: At the crossroads of Montreal's coffee culture [Watch]
There's vibrant and thriving community brewing in the CRS, a unique place to engage with coffee in ways you can’t find elsewhere in the city (or Canada).
How Puces POP drives a local, handmade economy of Montreal artisans
Nearly two decades in, and POP Montreal's Puces POP has earned its place as one to discover the city's shifting trends in its design, crafts, and art scenes.