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Benoit Tardif: An Illustrator's Guide to Montreal
From spots to work and places to print to undercelebrated artistic curios, few people are better to offer a guide to Montreal from an illustrator’s perspective than this enigmatic artist.
Encore Books & Records: Getting lost in the stacks with owner Sean Madden
Listening in to the stories behind NDG’s friendly neighbourhood bookstore, a family-run literary and audiophilic icon of the city.
James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger's favourite things in Montreal
The Montreal-based artist known as Scorpion Dagger on things to love and change about the city, fond memories, the importance of walking, and getting mugged for $4 one time.
The nouveau Levant: Redefining cuisines and cultures from Montreal's Arab diaspora
How Montreal's Levantine Arabs—Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian—are opening concepts that bridge adapting to a Western palate with staying true to who they are.
Club St-Denis 257SE: A rare look inside one of Montreal's historic private clubs
Founded in 1874, Club St-Denis had long been the preferred meeting place for French-speaking business and political elite—now it's been reopened with an eye to new generations of membership.
Tate + Yoko: Brandon Svarc’s Favourite Things in Montreal
Montreal’s denim virtuoso talks about subverting the industry and carrying on three generations in the garment business.
PSC Tattoo: Talking shop with artist Dave Cummings
From the first days of slinging ink on Centre Street in ‘76 to Montreal’s oldest tattoo studio.
Montreal Bowling: Reviving a relic in the downtown Forum
Tapping into the pre-2020 nostalgia and cultural history of Montrealers, Montreal Bowling's a new(ish) project from local hospitality aficionados in the Forum downtown.
Lost Claws: One of Montreal's most fun-loving graffiti artists
Up on the rooftops of the Plateau, down in the bowels of crumbling industry, and jokes everywhere between: This is the playful, ephemeral oeuvre of Lost Claws.
Talking queer food—and where to find it in Montreal
Montreal's a queer-friendly city. How does that influence its hospitality industry and the safe spaces of its restaurants, cafés and bars?
Locals changing the self-care game in Montreal
"New year, new you" mentalities can begin at any time—and these Montreal-based self-care creators can prove it with the work they're passionate about.
Little Maghreb: The faces and places of Montreal's diasporic North African neighbourhood
Located at the end of the Blue Line, Montreal's Little Maghreb of Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension is rich with diasporic Arab and Amazigh communities.
The best songs from Montreal that kept us company throughout 2023
These are the tracks that deserve a spotlight: The hidden treasures of Montreal's music scenes in 2023 that'll keep us moving into the new year.
10 Montreal films you might have missed in 2023
The end of 2023's upon us, and as the cinema mills of the world will keep churning, we wanted to look back on the year's best films with a strong Montreal connection.
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.