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    If you want to understand Montreal's dance scene, start with FeriasArts & CultureEditor’s Picks
    J.P. Karwacki

    If you want to understand Montreal's dance scene, start with Ferias

    Guthrie Drake and Alina Byrne built their dance community on borrowed time, clandestine spaces, and the belief that range matters more than genre.

    Montreal's live music venue infrastructure is broken at both endsArts & CultureEditor’s Picks
    J.P. Karwacki

    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.

    Why being weird works in Plaza St-Hubert’s new eraSponsoredArts & Culture
    J.P. Karwacki

    Why being weird works in Plaza St-Hubert’s new era

    Multilingual, weird, and working-class, Plaza St-Hubert is one of the few streets where Montreal’s past and present coexist in a uniquely local way.

    How Montreal falls in and out of love with Brutalist architectureHistory LessonDesign
    J.P. Karwacki

    How Montreal falls in and out of love with Brutalist architecture

    How Montreal’s unapologetic concrete giants went from symbols of modernist utopia to polarizing relics—and why the city just can’t quit them.

    West Island restaurants are having a moment right nowFood & DrinkEditor’s Picks
    J.P. Karwacki

    West Island restaurants are having a moment right now

    Head west, young diners and restaurateurs: The suburbs are hungry, and they're changing to reflect new appetites.

    How Montreal found its place in Quebec’s long embrace of Cowboy CoreArts & CultureEditor’s Picks
    J.P. Karwacki

    How Montreal found its place in Quebec’s long embrace of Cowboy Core

    Country music and cowboy core, long a rural staple in Quebec, have made urban inroads into Montreal—and they aren't going anywhere.

    Lieux Communs: Montreal's first urban wineryFood & DrinkEditor’s Picks
    J.P. Karwacki

    Lieux Communs: Montreal's first urban winery

    Local wine, cider and piquette makers discovering new terroirs out of their hybrid, urban, and nordic laboratory in Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

    Our patron saints of diners: Montreal’s next generation of casse-croûte ownersFood & DrinkEditor’s Picks
    J.P. Karwacki

    Our patron saints of diners: Montreal’s next generation of casse-croûte owners

    Greenspot. AA. Chez Ma Tante. Chez Nick. Beautys. Café Joe. Wilensky's. Nouveau Système. Paul Patates. Bagel Etc. Saying their names is like casting a spell that’d conjure two steamés all-dressed combo with fries and a fountain liqueur on the side.