Forget the Box Readers Endorse Valérie Plante for Mayor of Montreal
As Montrealers head to the polls for the second day in a row (and the fourth nonconsecutive day if you count the advanced voting last weekend) to choose their next mayor, city council, borough councils and borough mayors, we’re announcing the results of our poll. FTB readers have, once again, chosen Valérie Plante of Projet […]
FTB Fridays: The 2021 Montreal Municipal Election
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney just watched the English Debate between Valérie Plante, Denis Coderre and Balarama Holness and share their thoughts on it and the 2021 Montreal Municipal Election (November 6th and 7th) As mentioned in the video – The Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Anthem The fake granite tree stumps Follow Dawn McSweeney on Twitter & […]
Montreal Music & Arts This Week: Titelaine Launch an Album, Haunted Montreal Scare and Entertain … All in Person
This week, we have a couple of groups that we have previously covered for their virtual performances that have switched back to in-person. Let’s get started: Titelaine Launch On veut vivre notre vie en vacances What a better time than fall to think about summer vacation, or vacations in general. That’s probably what Montreal duo […]
POP Montreal: A retrospective on the 20th Anniversary
This year’s POP Montreal (the 20th edition) was an entertaining distraction that was most definitely needed coming on the heels of a heavy lockdown in Montreal. I can’t speak for anyone else, but I for one was extremely happy to see live music flourish in Montreal and boy did POP not disappoint for the 20th time. As […]
Osheaga Get Together: Three Days of Canadian and Local Music in October
It may be fall, but this weekend is Osheaga Weekend in Montreal! More specifically, it’s the Osheaga Get Together this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Parc Jean-Drapeau. Sure, the three days in early August chock full of both international, Canadian and local musical talent and tons of audience members (aka Osheaga Proper) skipped this year […]
Montreal Arts & Music This Week: MIBFF21, The Lef7overs & Just As I Am
We may be in the midst of POP Montreal, but that’s not all that’s happening in our fair city culturally this weekend and week. So, with that in mind, please allow us to take a little break from our POP coverage and present some other options: The 17th Montreal International Black Film Festival is Up […]
POP Montreal 2021: SUUNS and Montreal Represent at This Year’s Festival
Just because we’ve stuck inside for a year and a half doesn’t mean we can’t have fun…right? With this years POP Montreal taking place in the midst of COVID-19 restrictions, it will be a bit of a leaner festival. It will, however, be a much more local presentation with some major acts coming out of […]
POP Montreal 2021: Literally Anything! and Other Picks
I’d like to start by acknowledging the elephant in the room: writing a preview for a live music festival feels a little strange considering we’ve all been avoiding large public gatherings in enclosed spaces for the last year and a half. It’s probably going to feel even more weird being back at a live rock […]
Montreal Arts & Music This Week: Candyass Cocktail, Tony Rust and the Mudhorses & Cinema Politica
It’s mid-September and POP Montreal is almost upon us. Next week, much of our coverage will be of that festival, so now let’s look at a few events taking place in the days before: Candyass Returns to Café Cléopatra Back in the before times (aka the years leading up to and including 2019), you could […]
FTB Fridays: 2021 Canadian Federal Election
Monday is Election Day in Canada. Host Jason C. McLean and Special Guest Samantha Gold discuss the latest polls, whether or not calling this election was a good idea, the youth vote and more. Follow Samantha Gold on Facebook @samiamart and Instagram @samiamartistmtl Follow Jason C. McLean on Twitter @jasoncmclean Facebook Comments
The Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Walk is Tomorrow in Montreal
September is Suicide Awareness Month and today (September 10th) is World Suicide Prevention Day. Tomorrow, Suicide and Mental Health (SAMH) Montreal will be holding a Suicide and Mental Health Awareness Walk in Montreal. It starts at 1pm in front of the Sir George-Etienne Cartier Monument on du Parc (where the tam tams take place). It […]
Jonathan Bouchard of CBC’s Race Against the Tide on Sand Carving, Sculpture, and Being on TV
Sand sculptor Jonathan Bouchard aka Jobi is trying to make the best of pandemic life. With CBC’s reality competition show Race Against the Tide having wrapped last summer and many travel restrictions still in effect, the Saint Calixte QC native is trying to branch out into other artistic mediums. I had a chance to sit […]