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A convenient ride-sharing app has officially launched in Montreal

Looking for a better way to explore Montreal? Discover an affordable and easy way to get around by requesting a ride with the Lyft app.

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.

J.P. Karwacki

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.

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The Bulletin: Summer’s last stand, a world-famous pothole, and politicians pulling pints [Issue #147]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

Ivy Lerner-Frank

Elevating Mexican traditions with the 'fonda fina' Bar Luz

Bar Luz offers an intimate and elevated expression of Mexico's traditional eateries with hand-pressed tortillas and dishes inspired by one chef's matriarchs.

J.P. Karwacki

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.

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The Bulletin: One foot into fall, one on the dance floor [Issue #146]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

Alexa Toguri-Laurin

New takes on Chinese tea culture from a roaming all-female teahouse

Thé Jinjin blends traditional Chinese tea culture with the culinary and food science backgrounds of its founder Wenhui Zhang.

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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.

Daniel Bromberg

How Montreal got its Little Italy

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

Anahi Pellathy

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.

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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.

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The Bulletin: Legacy, leftovers, and the future of everything [Issue #145]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

Jean Bourbeau @ URBANIA

A mystical dive into Senegalese wrestling in the heart of Hochelaga

Just a couple of pedal strokes from Dakar.

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Things to do in Montreal during 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.