The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) and conductor Boris Brott will finally be performing in front of their loyal audience for the first time in over a year. Having worked hard to establish an online presence during the pandemic, the OCM will present its final two concerts of the season…

April is National Poetry Month, and according to the League of Canadian Poets, this year’s theme is resilience. And if anyone knows about resilience, it’s Greg Santos.

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is welcoming back audiences to the theatre with Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Johnny Donahoe. Produced in association with Hudson Village Theatre, this enlightening and hopeful play is directed by Dean Patrick Fleming (Hudson Village Thea…

Starting April 24 and running until May 2, the spring programming of the 23rd Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will be in full swing, along with the TD-Blue Metropolis Children’s Festival.

The McCord Museum recently announced the extension of the Christian Dior Haute Couture exhibition until September 26 to allow more people to come and discover it.

Everyone loves to reminisce and think about “simpler times,” and no one knows this more than Donald Houston. Today, the retired EMSB administrator lives in Dorval with his wife, and their three grown sons and grandson all live close by around Montreal.

In response to public interest, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) and the Museum Boutique and Bookstore will be reopening on Wednesday evenings until 8 p.m., starting March 31. They will also be open to the public on Easter Sunday and Monday, April 5 and 6.

The Opéra de Montréal recently announced that it will be webcasting one of its most large-scale recent productions, Carmen by Bizet. Presented in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier in 2019, this classic of the repertoire is the result of a collaboration with Quebec filmmaker Charles Binamé, who directe…

Thrilled with the Quebec government’s recent decision to reopen theatres, Centaur Theatre is proceeding with the remount of Catherine-Anne Toupin’s MOB, the hit play that was interrupted by Covid-19 more than a year ago. A total of 8 shows will be presented from March 26 to April 3 with even…

When this review was published in The Suburban on March 11, 2020, little did we or anyone know that within a few days, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic would force everything to shut down — including local theatre. Now, a year later, those same local theatres are talking the necessary baby…

The Canadian cultural community is facing huge challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, Anthony Housefather, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, and Member of Parliament (Mount Royal), announced on March 22 a matching grant worth more than $1.2 million for the J…

Chantal Bellehumeur's new book, I'll Take You to See the Ocean, now available to purchase on Amazon as a Kindle, is a heartwarming fictional story in which Caroline fulfils her five-year-old son's wish to see the ocean by taking him on a cruise to the Magdalen Islands.

The musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Maestro Kent Nagano took part ion Thursdays, March 11 in the National Day of Remembrance for the victims of COVID-19, to offer a moment of hope and appeasement through music.

Joining the roster of English programming on MAtv, the community channel operated by Quebec’s main cable provider, Vidéotron, is Writers Unbound, a new series hosted by Shelley Pomerance.

This spring, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) will open three exhibitions that address important societal issues through the work of contemporary artists. Starting in March, the exhibition Ecologies: A Song for Our Planet will explore the relationship between humans and nature, and di…

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) announced in late February that Kent Nagano received the honorary title of Conductor Emeritus of the Orchestra. Appointed by the Board of Directors, becoming the third Music Director of the OSM to receive this recognition after Wilfrid Pelletier an…

Among the many things that Covid-19 has deprived me of is the joy of attending live concerts in person. The following is my review printed in The Suburban of the last concert I saw in March 2020 before theatres were shut down.

Festival de la Voix is back, now in its 8th year, and all events will be online running from Sunday, March 14 to Saturday, April 10. The lineup includes Canadian composers and musicians in four concerts and three vocal workshops, and the event will be livestreamed from venues in the West Isl…

The upcoming book from Knowlton, Quebec resident, former CBC broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny will have an added sprinkling of realism provided by a good friend and high-level veteran of the political trenches — former US presidential candidate, Secretary of Sta…

The Great Oscar Peterson is the subject of latest Canadian heritage Minute, which follows Canada’s most honoured jazz musicians from his humble beginnings in the Black neighbourhood of Little Burgundy in Montreal to his rise to fame.

At a time when connection is more crucial than ever, the Museum of Jewish Montreal has launched its first-ever live virtual tour, Making Their Mark: A Virtual Tour of Historic Jewish Montreal. 

The McCord Stewart Museum announced on Feb. 16 the permanent closure of the Stewart Museum, located in the Fort on St. Helen’s Island in Parc Jean-Drapeau. “This decision, approved by the Museum’s Board of Trustees, was made in an extremely difficult financial context with uncertain prospect…

For its first concert of the year, the Orchestre classique de Montréal presents renowned guitarist Daniel Bolshoy in an evening of Latin and Spanish music on Tuesday, February 16, at 7:30 p.m., livestreamed from Salle Pierre-Mercure, the OCM’s new home venue. The event will be available for …

The pandemic has caused great disruption in the theatre community. Yet, with ever- present hope for the light at the end of the tunnel, and encouraged by museums opening and ongoing film and television production in the city, Montreal theatre companies in all their diversity have again risen…

For the past few months, We're All In This Together, a new collaboration between the English Language Arts Network and Seniors Action Quebec, has been producing a web series for seniors to help them battle isolation and fear during the difficult times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Starting Thursday, February 11, the McCord Museum is welcoming visitors once again to a safe environment and pleasant experience of the world of haute couture. The Christian Dior exhibition will open to allow more people to admire the sumptuous creations of the brilliant Paris couturier.

Place des Arts is taking part in the celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Round Table on Black History Month with the presentation of a series of free activities that will shine a spotlight on the talent and commitment of Black artists and cultural stakeholders from Montreal and the pr…

Canadian actor Christopher Plummer died peacefully at his home in Connecticut on Friday with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side.  He was 91.

To commemorate Black History Month, The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is partnering with Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) on Liberation’s Radiance, a light installation by BTW’s Artist in Residence, Lighting Designer Tim Rodrigues. This installation intends to connect people around a work of …

When writing is a passion, and a pandemic presents an opportunity to explore your pastime, you write! That’s what Amanda Di Zazzo and her mother Pierina Procino Di Zazzo of Montreal did — they worked on and almost simultaneously self-published books recently.

January can be a difficult month for some so the team behind We’re All In This Together,  the web series for seniors, is very happy to announce that our next episode will focus on Mindfulness & Movement with Mariko Tanabe, and how it can help you cope with the stress of winter and the pandemic.

Daniela Fiorentino, Italian singer from Naples and Montrealer by adoption, launches in Quebec, "Je renaîtrai, tu renaîtras", her French adaptation of the song "Rinascerò, rinascerai", by Italian artists Roby Facchinetti and Stefano D'Orazio. It is a song of love and hope on the thread of sol…

Following the announcement of the continued temporary closure of Quebec museums, the MMFA decided to extend its Gift of the Holidays by another two weeks. Until January 24 inclusively, five virtual exhibitions, including the latest, GRAFIK! Five Centuries of German and Austrian Graphics, are…

Centaur Theatre, in collaboration with the Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM), has launched a call for submissions for a year-long Indigenous Artist Residency for those interested in telling stories that reflect the Indigenous heritage of the Island of Montreal and the Province of Quebec.

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) announced in a January 7 statement that Rafael Payare will become its next Music Director, effective from the 2022-2023 season for a minimum of five years. Mr. Payare assumes the position of Music Director Designate from September 1, 2021, taking o…

The longest running Black theatre company in Canada, BTW has reached a significant milestone: its 50th Anniversary season. The coronavirus pandemic forced BTW to abandon its original programming, moving most of its planned productions to 2021-22. Despite this, BTW has called on all of its ha…

During this season of gratitude and celebration, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) would like to highlight recent donations that have enhanced and diversified the artistic representation of its encyclopedic collection. In a spirit of togetherness and intercultural commitment, the MMFA …

The Opéra de Montréal recently announced a free webcast for the entire family that became available as of December 17. The show Hansel and Gretel, presented by the Atelier lyrique in 2014 in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts, is now available to view online until January 17, 2021.

National Arts Centre English Theatre, in partnership with Black Theatre Workshop, today announced on December 9 an unprecedented shared curation model for the national stage.

The Lyric Theatre Singers make a much anticipated return with their beloved Christmas event, only this time the Holiday cheer will be delivered virtually.

The Miriam Foundation has decided to its postpone in-person 10th Annual Art for Autism Auction to the Fall of 2021 and replace it with a request for donations and an opportunity to bid online for many pieces of art graciously donated to the Miriam Foundation by the artists.

For its first onstage production since March, the Segal Centre announced a collaboration with the renowned French-language theatre Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM).

In the summer of 2018, thousands of objects crafted by the St. Lawrence Iroquois were discovered under the intersection of Peel and Sherbrooke. Two years later, this major archaeological discovery inspired ISM Art et design, as part of a call for projects launched by the SDC Montréal centre-…

On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela, the renowned leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, was released from prison after serving 27 years of his life sentence. A mere four months later, on June 19, a beaming Mandela stood on a stage behind Montreal’s City Hall, flanked by chi…

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…