History Lesson

The nightlife of clandestine cabarets and roving parties alike created essential queer space of belonging and resistance over generations in Montreal.

History Lesson

Fifty years later, Montreal’s forgotten Olympic infrastructure hides in plain sight.

History Lesson

Opening alongside Expo 67, the social club drew 2,000 Bunny hopefuls and booked acts like Tony Bennett before vanishing within a decade.

History Lesson

Raised in Little Burgundy, the pianist took Montreal jazz around the world and helped the next generation carry it on.

History Lesson

When North America went dry in 1920, Montreal didn't, and that choice would shape the city into what it is today.

History Lesson

On July 14, 1987, two hours of rain drowned the Décarie, shut down the métro, and became the storm so many Montreal floods are still measured against.

History Lesson

The nightlife of clandestine cabarets and roving parties alike created essential queer space of belonging and resistance over generations in Montreal.

History Lesson

Fifty years later, Montreal’s forgotten Olympic infrastructure hides in plain sight.

History Lesson

Opening alongside Expo 67, the social club drew 2,000 Bunny hopefuls and booked acts like Tony Bennett before vanishing within a decade.

History Lesson

Raised in Little Burgundy, the pianist took Montreal jazz around the world and helped the next generation carry it on.

History Lesson

When North America went dry in 1920, Montreal didn't, and that choice would shape the city into what it is today.

History Lesson

On July 14, 1987, two hours of rain drowned the Décarie, shut down the métro, and became the storm so many Montreal floods are still measured against.

History Lesson

A century-long story of how a neighbourhood grew from railroad workers to family legacies everywhere you look today.

History Lesson

When Kon Tiki brought post-war escapism and Hollywood's idea of the South Pacific to Peel Street, it created an exotic escape unlike any other.

History Lesson

In the summer of 1930, a British airship the length of two and a half Boeing 747s locked onto a mooring mast on the South Shore. Nearly a million people came to watch.

History Lesson

The story of Rufus Rockhead, the Jamaican-born railway porter who built Montreal's most legendary jazz club—and spent decades defending it.

History Lesson

The 200-year story of a street that's always belonged to everyone and no one.

History Lesson

How a Romanian immigrant's recipe and stubborn refusal to change built Montreal's most iconic sandwich.

History Lesson

A century-long story of how a neighbourhood grew from railroad workers to family legacies everywhere you look today.

History Lesson

When Kon Tiki brought post-war escapism and Hollywood's idea of the South Pacific to Peel Street, it created an exotic escape unlike any other.

History Lesson

In the summer of 1930, a British airship the length of two and a half Boeing 747s locked onto a mooring mast on the South Shore. Nearly a million people came to watch.

History Lesson

The story of Rufus Rockhead, the Jamaican-born railway porter who built Montreal's most legendary jazz club—and spent decades defending it.

History Lesson

The 200-year story of a street that's always belonged to everyone and no one.

History Lesson

How a Romanian immigrant's recipe and stubborn refusal to change built Montreal's most iconic sandwich.