History Lesson

The nightlife of clandestine cabarets and roving parties alike created essential queer space of belonging and resistance over generations in Montreal.

History Lesson

Fifty years later, Montreal’s forgotten Olympic infrastructure hides in plain sight.

History Lesson

Opening alongside Expo 67, the social club drew 2,000 Bunny hopefuls and booked acts like Tony Bennett before vanishing within a decade.

History Lesson

Raised in Little Burgundy, the pianist took Montreal jazz around the world and helped the next generation carry it on.

History Lesson

When North America went dry in 1920, Montreal didn't, and that choice would shape the city into what it is today.

History Lesson

On July 14, 1987, two hours of rain drowned the Décarie, shut down the métro, and became the storm so many Montreal floods are still measured against.

History Lesson

He patrolled the streets of Montreal, packed theatres across Europe, and returned to the city for an event that felt part miracle, part funeral.

History Lesson

The Woman Who Taught a City How to Play the Piano

In so many ways, Montreal jazz exists because Daisy Peterson Sweeney both masters and generations of kids in Little Burgundy.

History Lesson

From opera house to haunted relic to hot ticket, Montreal's Rialto Theatre refuses to die

A near-forgotten movie palace that's outlasted demolition plans, disco dreams, and decades of decline to become one of Montreal’s most resilient cultural landmarks.

History Lesson

When McGill med students went grave-robbing for science

The law demanded they learn anatomy but made dissection illegal, so for nearly a century, stolen corpses were tobogganed down Mount Royal to a folk hero janitor who paid cash, no questions asked.

History Lesson

Before "world music” was a genre, there was Club Balattou

From exile to empire, this is how a tiny St-Laurent nightclub became the global heartbeat of African music in Montreal.

History Lesson

What Montreal's 1976 Olympics left behind, 50 years later

Were the Summer Games a triumph, a total failure, or somewhere in between?

History Lesson

The nightlife of clandestine cabarets and roving parties alike created essential queer space of belonging and resistance over generations in Montreal.

History Lesson

Fifty years later, Montreal’s forgotten Olympic infrastructure hides in plain sight.

History Lesson

Opening alongside Expo 67, the social club drew 2,000 Bunny hopefuls and booked acts like Tony Bennett before vanishing within a decade.

History Lesson

Raised in Little Burgundy, the pianist took Montreal jazz around the world and helped the next generation carry it on.

History Lesson

When North America went dry in 1920, Montreal didn't, and that choice would shape the city into what it is today.

History Lesson

On July 14, 1987, two hours of rain drowned the Décarie, shut down the métro, and became the storm so many Montreal floods are still measured against.

History Lesson

He patrolled the streets of Montreal, packed theatres across Europe, and returned to the city for an event that felt part miracle, part funeral.

History Lesson

The Woman Who Taught a City How to Play the Piano

In so many ways, Montreal jazz exists because Daisy Peterson Sweeney both masters and generations of kids in Little Burgundy.

History Lesson

From opera house to haunted relic to hot ticket, Montreal's Rialto Theatre refuses to die

A near-forgotten movie palace that's outlasted demolition plans, disco dreams, and decades of decline to become one of Montreal’s most resilient cultural landmarks.

History Lesson

When McGill med students went grave-robbing for science

The law demanded they learn anatomy but made dissection illegal, so for nearly a century, stolen corpses were tobogganed down Mount Royal to a folk hero janitor who paid cash, no questions asked.

History Lesson

Before "world music” was a genre, there was Club Balattou

From exile to empire, this is how a tiny St-Laurent nightclub became the global heartbeat of African music in Montreal.

History Lesson

What Montreal's 1976 Olympics left behind, 50 years later

Were the Summer Games a triumph, a total failure, or somewhere in between?