The 21 Swings public art installation, outside at the Quartier des Spectacles in the heart of downtown, is the kind of instrument anyone can play – and everyone is, no matter what their musical ability, age or whether they find themselves next to friends or strangers on the swings…
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Spring into the MACM
The power to make art is yours these days at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MACM), right in the heart of the city’s bustling Quartier des Spectacles…
STAY UP ALL NIGHT WITH NUIT BLANCHE AND ART SOUTERRAIN
City of Lights, City That Never Sleeps… what are you when you’re both? You’re Montreal during the annual Nuit Blanche and Art Souterrain, that’s what – the arty party night to end all party nights in the city that parties all the time…
CHINESE ART LIVES LARGE AT ARSENAL
With a space as big as an airport hangar, you need a decorating style that’s larger than life. Enter the brand new show at Arsenal, reuniting 13 contemporary Chinese artists who like to make statements – BIG statements…
LUMINOTHERAPIE LIGHTS UP MONTREAL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du-c_I7GD_o As dusk falls in downtown Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles this winter, an interactive light show begins, eclipsing winter’s dull moments with inviting, sometimes irreverent works of art. Luminothérapie not only gets us to tour the Quartier in high-tech style but walk through an iceberg too.
FREE THINGS TO DO IN MONTREAL IN JANUARY
After buying presents, taking vacation time off from work and spending more than usual on celebratory food and drink, many of us end up hiding our credit cards and staying at home in January – but that’s so not necessary in Montreal, where there are free things to do all year round, yes, even in January…
MONTREAL BUZZ GUIDE TO HOLIDAY CRAFT & ARTISANAL FAIRS
Holiday shopping might not be everyone’s favourite activity, but in Montreal, shopping can be a thoroughly delightful artistic and cultural experience, especially during December, when craft and artisanal fairs showcase some of the best made-in-Quebec creative goods around, from traditional crafts to avant-garde designs.
THINGS TO DO IN MONTREAL: NOVEMBER 2-8
Take a break in Montreal this week with days dedicated to amazingly affordable fine food, high-flying and inspiring on-stage entertainment, international film and art, family-friendly sounds of science, and lots of great live music…
MONTREAL-BROOKLYN BRINGS TWO SCENES TOGETHER
There may be a smoked meat restaurant in Brooklyn named Mile End and a café in Mile End named Brooklyn, but the kinship between the two cities runs much deeper than that…
JAZZY ART IN THE QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES
The word “barbeau” may mean “scribble” in French, but as the current exhibition attests, Quebec legend Marcel Barbeau makes anything but…

