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122D AGO

Plume Latraverse shows paintings for the first time at 80 at Montreal's Noir et Rouge gallery

The iconic Montreal songwriter and painter has never had an official exhibition—until now. "Chansons à l'huile" opens at the...

122D AGO

Montreal artist Mallory Lowe Mpoka showcases four works at Arles photography festival's Discovery Prize exhibition

The 30-year-old Mile End photographer launches her second book and competes for a Madame Figaro award at Europe's largest annual photo event.

122D AGO

Nicolas Ellis opens Lanaudière festival with Orchestre de l'Agora's ambitious staging of Stravinsky

The Quebec conductor, 34, directs a new production of Le Sacre du printemps Saturday night—his second time leading the prestigious...

122D AGO

Madonna's 'Confessions II' lands Friday—her best work since 2005's 'Confessions on a Dancefloor'

The 67-year-old singer's new dance album is a cohesive house-inflected set that marks her return to setting trends rather than following them.

122D AGO

La chute des anges at TOHU interrogates humanity in a world of machines through French circus artistry

L'Oublié(e) company's acrobatic piece, directed by Raphaëlle Boitel, weaves intention and spectacle—contortionists and trapeze artists...

122D AGO

Jazz Fest opens with Yoo II and Nolan Potter's improvisational super-group

Two Montreal ensembles and a Texas saxophonist jammed for hours in Austin last year; the resulting album—90% improvisation—arrives this...

122D AGO

Taj Mahal brings 84 years of blues mastery to Montreal's Maison symphonique

The legendary multi-instrumentalist and his Phantom Blues Band delivered a sweeping set Thursday, mixing deep blues standards with his...

123D AGO

Céline Dion unveils new song 'Bonjour, Pardon, Merci' ahead of Paris residency

The Montreal icon released the track Friday, her second new song in months, as she prepares for 16 shows starting September at Paris La...

123D AGO

Carla Simón's 'Romería' traces family secrets across Galician waterways in final trilogy chapter

An 18-year-old orphan searches for her biological father's roots in a new Spanish film by director Carla Simón, whose use of voiceover...

123D AGO

Patrick Watson becomes first Montrealer since Leonard Cohen to win Jazz Fest Spirit Prize

The local musician-composer received the award honouring international musical innovation from Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada on...

123D AGO

Finnish acrobats Lotta & Stina celebrate 25 years of rolla bolla at Montreal Cirque fest

The world's only female rolla bolla duo performs their career-spanning show at Festival Montréal Complètement Cirque.

123D AGO

Cats in the Plateau series films across Montreal this summer

A new six-episode French-English series about two Ontarians becoming garbage men is filming in the actual bars and streets of the Plateau.