Arts & Culture

A Local's Guide to Little Italy

The neighbourhood that turned a century of immigration into one of Montreal's most rewarding places to eat, drink, and spend an afternoon.

Arts & Culture

Balls Up Wastes a Great Comedy Setup on Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser’s World Cup farce revives the spirit of mid-budget studio comedies, but Peter Farrelly’s latest mistakes noise, repetition, and celebrity presence for actual chemistry.

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What To Do This Weekend (05.14–05.17)

From music festivals and playoff hockey to comic arts and punk rock: May 14 to 17, 2026.

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A Local's Guide to Mile End

The neighbourhood that keeps reinventing itself without losing the plot.

Arts & Culture

Michael Turns the King of Pop Into a Corporate Tribute Act

Antoine Fuqua’s long-awaited Michael Jackson biopic reduces one of pop music’s most complicated figures to a glossy impersonation stitched together from hit songs and approved mythology.

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The Limits of Making Art Out of Hosting

Marie Ségolène C. Brault built a practice around meals, bars, and radical hospitality, but the intimacy, cost, and expectations behind it reveal how difficult it is to sustain.

Arts & Culture

A Local's Guide to Little Italy

The neighbourhood that turned a century of immigration into one of Montreal's most rewarding places to eat, drink, and spend an afternoon.

Arts & Culture

Balls Up Wastes a Great Comedy Setup on Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser’s World Cup farce revives the spirit of mid-budget studio comedies, but Peter Farrelly’s latest mistakes noise, repetition, and celebrity presence for actual chemistry.

Arts & Culture

What To Do This Weekend (05.14–05.17)

From music festivals and playoff hockey to comic arts and punk rock: May 14 to 17, 2026.

Arts & Culture

A Local's Guide to Mile End

The neighbourhood that keeps reinventing itself without losing the plot.

Arts & Culture

Michael Turns the King of Pop Into a Corporate Tribute Act

Antoine Fuqua’s long-awaited Michael Jackson biopic reduces one of pop music’s most complicated figures to a glossy impersonation stitched together from hit songs and approved mythology.

Arts & Culture

The Limits of Making Art Out of Hosting

Marie Ségolène C. Brault built a practice around meals, bars, and radical hospitality, but the intimacy, cost, and expectations behind it reveal how difficult it is to sustain.

Arts & Culture

Remembering Gabor Szilasi, the Refugee Who Became Montreal's Greatest Witness

The Hungarian-born photographer spent seven decades documenting this city's streets, faces, and disappearing present. He died on April 10, 2026, at 98.

Arts & Culture

Montreal’s Indie Drag Scene Is Breaking the Rules and Reclaiming the Stage

Outside the orbit of Drag Race and touring headliners, Montreal's indie drag scene puts experimentation over polish, blending theatre, burlesque, and performance art.

Arts & Culture

The Separatist Cafe Where All Are Welcome

Club Pays, the first sovereigntist café in Quebec, creates a gathering space on Plaza Saint-Hubert for sovereigntists (and anyone curious enough to walk in).

Arts & Culture

Meet the Cinephiles Keeping Analogue Film Culture Alive

Philippe Spurrell keeps rare prints out of dumpsters while Robert Miniaci reinvents the projectors that screen them. Together, they're proving the old ways still have life in Montreal.

Arts & Culture

Montreal’s Cycling Boom Runs on DIY Repair Shops

Across the city, community-run workshops are lowering the cost of repairs, teaching riders how to fix their own bikes, and opening cycling to a wider public.

Arts & Culture

After 40 Years on Bernard, Dragon Flowers Has a New Address

Tamey Lau's beloved Mile End flower shop has moved to Saint-Laurent, but everything that made it a neighbourhood institution is coming with her.

Arts & Culture

Remembering Gabor Szilasi, the Refugee Who Became Montreal's Greatest Witness

The Hungarian-born photographer spent seven decades documenting this city's streets, faces, and disappearing present. He died on April 10, 2026, at 98.

Arts & Culture

Montreal’s Indie Drag Scene Is Breaking the Rules and Reclaiming the Stage

Outside the orbit of Drag Race and touring headliners, Montreal's indie drag scene puts experimentation over polish, blending theatre, burlesque, and performance art.

Arts & Culture

The Separatist Cafe Where All Are Welcome

Club Pays, the first sovereigntist café in Quebec, creates a gathering space on Plaza Saint-Hubert for sovereigntists (and anyone curious enough to walk in).

Arts & Culture

Meet the Cinephiles Keeping Analogue Film Culture Alive

Philippe Spurrell keeps rare prints out of dumpsters while Robert Miniaci reinvents the projectors that screen them. Together, they're proving the old ways still have life in Montreal.

Arts & Culture

Montreal’s Cycling Boom Runs on DIY Repair Shops

Across the city, community-run workshops are lowering the cost of repairs, teaching riders how to fix their own bikes, and opening cycling to a wider public.

Arts & Culture

After 40 Years on Bernard, Dragon Flowers Has a New Address

Tamey Lau's beloved Mile End flower shop has moved to Saint-Laurent, but everything that made it a neighbourhood institution is coming with her.