J.P. Karwacki
Montreal, Quebec
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JP Karwacki is the managing editor of The Main. His work has previously appeared in Time Magazine, the Montreal Gazette, Time Out, NUVO, and more.
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.
Inside the walk-ins of three Montreal restaurants
Inventory management's integral to a restaurant's survival—so why don't we talk about it?
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.
A man named Dandurand, and the first cars to ride the streets of Montreal
At a time before potholes, when horseless carriages ran free.
"Creatives dictate this city": Inside 20 years of the Montreal designer fair SOUK
The roaming showcase of Montreal designers' work—both recognized and not—and the exceptional modern lifestyle objects they create for the everyday.
Deep in the juice with Zamalek: Blending Egyptian karkadé tea with Mile End culture
How the Mile End scene of the twenty-tens and Egyptian heritage brewed a drink Montreal today couldn't do without.
Mary Gallagher & an enduring tale of murder in 19th-century Griffintown
An infamous death and haunting from the city's Irish working-class past and once-chaotic streets buried below today's condos.
Age, grace & ice: The Royal Montreal Curling Club, North America's oldest sports club
The oldest established and active sports club—let alone the oldest curling club, period—on the entire continent is right here at home.
A (mostly) spoken history of Clarke Café, Montreal’s home of the sangwich
Italo family history, a Mile End legend, and building a modern institution in the Pointe, as told by Frank Servedio
Things that feel like therapy in Montreal
Some obvious, some not-so-obvious—but hard to argue with any one of them.