Montreal’s own Maya Malkin has been selected for the coveted Canada’s Walk of Fame RBC Emerging Musician Program from more than 1400 applications submitted from budding musicians across the country. As a finalist of the program, Malkin will have opportunities to elevate her career, including…

The Orchestre classique de Montréal continues a long-standing annual tradition with its presentation of Handel’s beloved masterpiece on Tuesday, December 8, at 7:30 p.m. in a special online concert, following current health and safety guidelines.

The Board of Trustees of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) recently made the difficult decision to abandon the construction project for a space dedicated to the work of the great Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002). Discussions on a collaboration between the Museum and the Riopelle Foundati…

The performing arts and local live theatre have taken a real hit throughout the pandemic. Segal Centre member and Westmount resident Carrie Mazoff started experimenting with videography as a hobby at the beginning of the year, and as COVID rolled in this past spring, she began perfecting her…

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is starting its second week with a new selection of documentaries to explore at home. Starting November 19, the sections Contemplating Dystopia, Becoming Oneself and Challenging Power (presented in collaboration with the CSN) will be add…

Each year, thousands of audience members flock to Toronto’s renowned The Musical Stage Company signature concert UnCovered to discover the stories hidden within familiar pop songs. Now, for the first time, Montreal will have access to this riveting and deeply moving show filled with inspirat…

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) Foundation and the event Co-Chairs, SandraChartrand, President of the Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation, and Nadine Renaud-Tinker, President of RBC, Quebec Region, RBC Royal Bank, recently announced that the first This is Not a Ball online charity a…

As part of the exhibition Riopelle: The Call of Northern Landscapes and Indigenous Cultures, which will take place as soon as Quebec museums are able to reopen, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) will present Jean Paul Riopelle's Fontaine, shown to the public for the very first time.

The struggle against racism and exclusion remains an ongoing challenge for society. Conceived by Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, “Hope to Remember,” a series that will take place November 12 to 17, 2020, is a reminder of this, as it presents a number of diverse literary voic…

The Orchestre Classique de Montréal will present the Quebec premiere of the American opera As One on Friday November 20 as a live online broadcast on three platforms: YouTube, Facebook and LiveToune.

Guy Sprung is firmly established in the canon of Canadian theatre. It is not without reason that Gaëtan Charlebois wrote in Montréal's Hour Magazine that "Sprung is... at the forefront of the promotion of new authors and plays in this country," and that Matt Radz wrote in the Montreal Gazett…

image+nation, Canada’s first LGBTQ film festival and pioneering platform of queer stories is going virtual across Quebec for a 33rd edition from November 19 to December 6, and throughout Canada with its Francophone selection.

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal recently announced a series of six new concerts, all designed for webcast and taking place until January, in anticipation of a time when the Orchestra will again be able to welcome audiences in person at the Maison symphonique.

Infinithéâtre recently announced two livestreamed performances, absolutely free. Watch these exclusive King of Canada presentations, with full production values, from the comfort of your own home on Friday, November 6 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 pm.

The Opéra de Montréal is kicking off its online season with a classic among classics: La bohème, by Puccini, one of the most well-loved works in the opera repertoire.

On Hallowe’en night, pumpkins will still cast their glow, while black cats and ghosts continue to stalk the streets in this year when we are all facing a major health risk.

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) announced in an October 15 release the appointment of Mr. Stéphane Aquin as Director. Aquin currently holds the position of Chief Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., which is part of the Smithsonian Institution and…

Against pandemic odds, Greenwood’s StoryFest has reinvented itself. The 19th edition is a virtual online experience with authors from across Canada and as far away as England joining in via Zoom.

The Dogs of Winter, the second book in Ann Lambert's Russell and Leduc mystery series, sees Detective Inspector Roméo Leduc and Professor Marie Russell together again.

The Board of Trustees of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts announced in an October 8 release that it is undertaking a full review of the governance and management structure of the Museum, and that it has appointed Ms. Lise Bissonnette and Mr. Pierre A. Raymond, two independent consultants, to…

After 30 years at the helm of The Lyric Theatre Singers , its Founder and Artistic Director, Bob Bachelor, has been awarded the prestigious Jean-Pierre-Guindon Prize from the Alliance Chorale du Québec.

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ revival exhibition, Mi Makir: A Search for the Missing, by Yehouda Chaki, which was set to open on October 7 and continue until March 7, 2021, has been postponed to a future date since all Quebec museums must temporarily close from October 1 to 28, in the co…

Starting Wednesday, Sept. 30 and running until the end of November, more than a dozen Montreal artists working in different mediums will have their work prominently displayed throughout Les Cours Mont-Royal, the shopping gallery located at 1455 Peel St. between Ste-Catherine and De Maisonneuve.

The Azrieli Foundation presents its biennial Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) Gala Concert on October 22, 2020 at 8 PM ET featuring world premieres by the three 2020 AMP Laureates. The concert will be livestreamed by the world’s leading classical music channel, Medici TV, and on Azrieli Music Priz…

World Alzheimer's Month is the international campaign by Alzheimer's Disease International every September to raise awareness and challenge the stigma that surrounds dementia.

Against pandemic odds, Greenwood’s StoryFest has reinvented itself: the 19th edition will be a virtual online experience with authors from across Canada and as far away as England joining in via Zoom this autumn, said an August 14 release.

Haute couture takes the spotlight in the McCord Museum’s lively fall calendar. Christian Dior, an exhibition featuring the exceptional work of this major designer along with some fifty dresses, opens for a three-month run in September. In addition to its exhibitions, the Museum is bringing b…

For its first in-person production since March, the Segal Centre announced in an August 17 release a collaboration with the renowned French theatre, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, and the French Theatre of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

The Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) now welcomes Desjardins as a co-presenter alongside Quebecor, the official MIBFF presenter for the past three years, said an August 19 release.

When veteran Montreal Gazette editorial cartoonist Terry Mosher (Aislin) decided to devote his latest book, Professional Heckler: The Life and Art of Duncan Macpherson, to the career of another cartoonist, he not only infused it with his passion and encyclopedic knowledge of the art form, bu…

Nearly six months of containment has taken its psychological toll on residents at NDG’s VISTA Residence, especially for those lacking computer-skills, close friends or relatives in the area.

Many of us are staying in town for the summer and are searching for fun and exciting ways to explore the city. The Museum of Jewish Montreal is inviting Montrealers to step outside and experience their city as a museum through historic walking tours.

Bourgie Hall had planned to unveil its 10th season last April 2. The pandemic intervened heavily on the 2020–2021 season’s original programming, and some 110 concerts were completely upended.

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) invites kids aged six and older and their families to come and make art in its Sculpture Garden, one of the largest collections of public art in Montreal.

Having not slowed down in the slightest since the beginning of the pandemic, the OCM moves forward and continues its activities by opening its new season with the Quebec premiere of the American opera As One on November 20 and 21, 2020 at the Cirque Éloize. The duration of the work is 75-min…

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) presents Sailboats, created by Collectif Escargo on Du Musée Avenue, a pedestrian zone that will welcome visitors and passers by throughout the summer.

Réalisatrices Équitables (RÉ), Women in Film and Television Canada, (WIFT Canada) and Women in View (WIV) are heartened to see the progress Telefilm Canada has made in working toward gender parity across all of its programs. This is reflected in their newly released year-end financial statement.

After months of closed performance venues and cancelled shows due to the current global health crisis, live theatre returns to Montréal this summer with the premiere of the bilingual series of En pointe.

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) will acknowledge the commitment of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering them free admission on Monday, August 3 and 10.

In show business, timing is everything. Morrisburg, Ontario’s Upper Canada Playhouse, announced in a July 23 release, that it continues to abide by this tried and true advice by cancelling its two Fall productions: the comedy 20-20 Rear Vision as well as the new concert, The Highwaymen. They…

The Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal (OM), their conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label will be on the new DG Stage online portal this summer.

The Lyric Theatre Singers recently released another music video, the second in a series of four they are recording in isolation and posting on Facebook and YouTube  in lieu of the annual June Broadway revue, cancelled due to the pandemic.

When the McCord Museum recently reopened its doors after a three-month pandemic-imposed shutdown, it hit the ground running with Chapleau, Profession: Cartoonist. The mega dose of humour was just what the doctor ordered.

To celebrate Hamilton, the filmed version of the original Broadway production which premieres this Friday, July 3, 2020 on Disney+, the studio has released a special look at the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical. 

That’s a wrap for Ceci n’est pas un Fringe ::: This Is Not a Fringe Festival as thousands of festival goers from around the world tuned in for an online lineup of over 150 local and national artists from June 10-20.

Opéra de Montréal’s General Director, Patrick Corrigan announced on June 19 changes to the company’s 2020–2021 season, owing to the current pandemic.

The McCord Museum offers a variety of outdoor activities to make the most of the summer without leaving the city.

Artists 4 Long-Term Care along with The Museum of Jewish Montreal invites the public to a pop-up exhibition in the windows of the museum’s space at 4040 St-Laurent in Montreal (corner of Duluth & St. Laurent).

From Eda Holmes, Artistic & Executive Director, Centaur Theatre Company —— In response to the extraordinary moment we are living through in the performing arts, Centaur Theatre is creating a new initiative to keep artists creating and audiences engaged this coming fall.