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Your guide to Japan Week 2025: 11 days of food, culture, and crafts in Montreal
From ramen and wagashi to kimono parades and tea markets, here’s how to make the most of Japan Week 2025 in Montreal.
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The Bulletin: Four days of big feelings, loud music, and good wine [Issue #125]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.
GOODEE's flagship Westmount space combines curated global design with Montreal roots
Step inside Byron and Dexter Peart's world of goods vetted for design excellence, craftsmanship, and positive social and environmental impacts—all in 1,000 square feet.
Willie's Clubhouse brings an elevated billiards, darts, and cocktail lounge to downtown Montreal
This swish take on the 'bar ludique' creates a new recreational hub inside the Montreal Forum.
@canada.gov.ca’s accidental archivist John Batt is reshaping Canadian culture
Discussing what’s mundane, regional, overlooked, and authentically Canadian with one of the country’s best digital curators—plus his ties to Montreal.
Canada’s most prolific killer is the hitman Montreal created
Authors Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman discuss their book that chronicles the creation of a man who killed 43 people at the height of the biker wars in Quebec.
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The Bulletin: A literary block party, art fairs, galleries, and the Khmer-Lao New Year [Issue #124]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.
Librairie Résonance's bookstore concerts set the stage for musical experimentation
When slow and small makes an impact on the city’s wider music community with a stage for artists of all levels and backgrounds.
Drive-ins and outdoor movies: Holdouts of cinema culture
Twisters at the St-Eustache Drive-In, or a documentary under the stars?
Limbo turns opening a restaurant in Little Italy into an artistic reunion
A dining project that brings together seasoned veterans and local artists in a space of culinary explorations of French, Italian and British flavours and techniques.
Star Bar is an essential Montreal hangout for Pizza Bouquet slices, cheap drinks, and packed events
How a 15-year promise between friends at a bar transformed into a social sanctuary where trivia nights sell out, the pizza's hot, the beer's cold, and everyone's welcome.
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The Bulletin: Pogos and pét-nat, backyard burgers, and subscriptions to nonstop pasta [Issue #123]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.
Old Habits fish sauce from Vancouver Island is true Canadian umami
Nathan Gawalko left high-end restaurants across the world to bottle ancient traditions of fish, salt, and time on British Columbia's coast.
P’tit Ours and La Toscadura bring new blood to Montreal's live music and social scenes
With affordable booking and DIY ethos, the latest venues in the city are giving local artists something rare: a place to play.
The dining theatrics and dark history of Montreal's infamous restaurant Au Lutin qui Bouffe
Fine French cuisine, tableside photo sessions with piglets, and a botched robbery that marked the beginning of an end.