Category: Culture

It was a sunny Saturday afternoon when I met Ms. Tranna Wintour in a lavish hotel lobby in Old Montreal to find out more about what she has been up to in the year since she first exposed herself on stage.  Towering over me in her stilted 6 inch walking heels, she greeted me in…

Attention Gypsies, tramps, thieves! If you’re a Cher fan, don’t call it a comeback; she’s been here for years! Cher makes her long awaited return to Montreal later in this week as part of her Dressed to Kill tour, supporting her first album in 11 years, Closer to the Truth.  An ever evolving artist and…

April 23rd will see the return of James Blunt to Montreal. You may have been throwing your radios out the window after hearing “You’re Beautiful” the 7 millionth time but there’s more to James Blunt than a one hit wonder. His album, 1973 may not have spawned any lasting radio anthems but it was still…

There’s never a dull moment in Montreal and this past week the Houston Ballet gave an astounding performance of Marie-Antoinette by Stanton Welch. Over the course of four nights 35 dancers captivated audiences at Place des Arts with a three tiered tragic telling of the reluctant rise and terrible of fall of one of France’s…

“In between drinks, I did a lot of crying.”

There’s nothing at all wrong with being Irish for a day, or a weekend (or even all year long!)and the key to enjoying and surviving a spectacular St. Patrick’s Day is to keep it simple. With such a long history of celebrating the feast of St. Patrick, Montreal may be the best place on the mainland to…

The Farha Foundation celebrates 20 years with an inspired MASKARADE 2013!

The Star Wars Identities travelling exhibition has been drawing crowds and selling out since it opened last spring!