Co-Venture: The Aging Artist and His Mentor
Dance piece reflects on how the dancer continues while the body ages.
history
My Montreal: Ville-Marie & Other Quebec Curios
The heart of the Island, the borough of Ville-Marie goes back to 1642, when some of the first colonists came to populate the land and convert the natives. Founded by Paul de [read on]
Book of the Month Club: The Boy Detective by Roger Rosenblatt
T. A. Wellington reviews “The Boy Detective”, a memoir by Roger Rosenblatt looking back on life in New York in the 1940s.
My Montreal: Le Sud-Ouest & Other Quebec Curios
Like all the places covered in our My Montreal series, Le Sud-Ouest has an important place in the history of Montreal. Its story is particularly interesting: composed of [read on]
Your Montreal, past and present
Share your memories in the Montreal en Histoires photo contest and be entered to win a VIP weekend in Old Montreal.
Interview with Rahul Varma : Writing The Armenian Genocide
Upcoming production at the Segal focuses on the Armenian Genocide. Interview with Rahul Varma about putting this tragedy into a play here.
My Montreal: LaSalle & Other Quebec Curios
In the 1600s, Montreal had a bit of a rough time trying to get settlers to actually stay on the Island. By the 1650s, the population a planned settlement, Ville-Marie, had [read on]
My Montreal: L’Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève & Other Quebec Curios
In a tour of the island’s boroughs, T.A. Wellington checks out the one with the oldest golf club in North America.
My Montreal: Anjou & Other Quebec Curios
Historically once the land of farmers and other agricultural workers. Anjou evolved in the 1950s to a more urban culture, and in 1956, Anjou separated from a fellow parish to [read on]
Tangerines: Wartime Compassion
An elderly man cares for two soldiers on opposite sides of the war in Georgia.
My Montreal: Ahuntsic-Cartierville & Other Quebec Curios
Quebec Curios explores the first in a series of Montreal’s boroughs and municipalities with Ahuntsic-Cartierville, home to one of the oldest settlements on the island.
Montreal Merger Madness & Other Quebec Curios
A new series in Quebec Curios, we discover various boroughs and municipalities in Montreal.
The Americans Tried to Conquer Quebec Again & Other Quebec Curios
In a celebration of Canada and Canada Day, Quebec Curios explores the War of 1812 and the Battle of Chateauguay, one of two battles that would ensure initial British victory.
The Château Ramezay Has a Gift Shop & Other Quebec Curios
This week, continuing to explore Old Montreal landmarks, we examine the Château Ramezay, built in 1705.
The Eighteen Floors of Justice & Other Quebec Curios
Looking at the Palais de justice of Montreal and the courts it houses.
Invasion of the Body-Snatching Quebec Universities & Other Quebec Curios
On our next stop in this survey of Quebec higher education, we take a look at the Université du Québec (1968), a chain of universities founded a little bit everywhere.
Land Grants for McGill & Other Quebec Curios
An ongoing series about the history of Quebec universities. This week: McGill University (founded 1821).
The Priest’s University & Other Quebec Curios
Part one of an ongoing series, a little history of Quebec’s universities. This week: Université Laval.