My Plague Diary # 4: What to do in Montreal Today during Covid-19
Covid 19 closure
March 22, 2020
So Long, Marianne de Balcon Montreal — 8 p.m.
POP Montreal is hosting a group recitation of the Leonard Cohen song, So Long, Marianne from the windows and balconies of Montreal. Martha Wainwright will be streaming as choirmaster. March 22, 8 p.m. Your balcony or window. Info and lyrics HERE.
Living Traces with the Phi Centre
Two different collaborative, at-home art projects are being developed by the Phi Centre and everyone is invited to submit. In one, you submit art, in the other, a sentence. Please click HERE to find out more. Until March 26.
Live Dance and Fitness Classes with Latin Groove — 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Don’t salsa alone. Live stream with Montreal’s Latin Groove Dance School on Facebook, from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Info HERE.
ISoLEMENT – V 1 – 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Montreal’s Productions de L’Instable will be doing an improv game online using Zoom. The situation, en francais, is that after many monthso f isolation, people have accepted their situation and meet on the web to live and play out some situation, both ordinary and fantastic. From 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Info HERE.
WETREAT HIIT and Yoga, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
On the weekends, WETREAT will be streaming from Instagram. HIIT with Sophie and Yoga with Jeanne. Just bring your mat. HIIT at 10 a.m. and yoga at 2 p.m. Details HERE.
Modo Yoga Live Streaming, All Day
Montreal’s many Modo Yoga studios are offering up free classes on Instagram and Facebook all day. Get ready for your flow, kundalini, yin, and community classes. Keep up with them HERE.
Ongoing
Modo Yoga Live Streaming, All Day
Montreal’s many Modo Yoga studios are offering up free classes on Instagram and Facebook all day. Get ready for your flow, kundalini, yin, and community classes. Keep up with them HERE.
FIFA Art Films Online
With 130 films set to show on March 17, the annual festival of art film was not to be defeated. Instead, watch the festival online! Access to the films is just $30 and showing continues until March 29. Cool! Check it out HERE.
Upcoming
March 23
Tiger Lotus Community Co Op Online and Telephone Outreach, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
With the intent of doing this weekly, people who make use of the complementary healthcare or who face difficulty with self isolation and social distancing are invited to make an appointment to talk to someone for a 15-30 minute session online or on the phone. Available in French, English, Spanish, or Chinese. Info HERE.
March 27
Group Balcony Drone
Never the most popular musical genre, but one that’s fairly easy to join in. On March 27, from 21-21:15, everyone is invited to bring an instrument of choice out on their balconies and to drone in C. Info HERE.
Other
Want to hear a classic? Got a teen or a youngster who likes stories. Audible put a bunch of books online for free to keep the little hamsters in the brain running. Get lit! Info HERE.
