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Eat, Drink: Guess who's coming to Tapas 24 next week? Carles Abellan. To make...
Carles Abellan is a Michelin-starred chef who is a partner in the Notre-Dame St. W. restaurant, which is modelled after his restaurant of the same name in Barcelona. Abellan will be in Montreal April 4...
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Feed Your Head: Maladjusted is a play starring a former psychiatrist
Maladjusted is a play that humanizes mental health. It is created and performed by patients and caregivers. The show is the brainchild of the Theatre for Living of Vancouver, and it toured Alberta and...
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Eat, Drink: Montrealers are kind of grilled-cheese purists, a survey shows
Most everyone loves a good grilled-cheese sandwich, but not everybody likes it the same way. A survey of 998 Canadians done earlier this month shows that Montrealers, for instance, generally say no to...
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Feed Your Head: Two conversations with Israeli author Ayelet Tsabari
She’s an award-winning novelist who will be at the Jewish Public Library on Sunday for two talks. Hear her in Hebrew at 2 p.m., when she’ll speak with Osnat Ita Skoblinski, Israeli poet, journalist and...
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Quebec designers' sample sale: The Braderie starts Thursday. Let the frenzy...
This week, the ever-popular Braderie is on again, a chance to get Quebec designers’ creations at 50 to 80 per cent off. At Bonsecours Market, designers liquidate their samples and overstock. You’ll...
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Feed Your Head: Oh, so that's what it'll look like!
At Place Desjardins, the biannual Montreal du Future exhibition brings together a collection of models that show some of the high-profile architectural, real estate and infrastructure projects under...
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Eat, Drink: A free tasting at the windows of Europea's two food trucks on...
Get yourself to the Europea parking lot on Wednesday at 5 p.m for a free sampling of chef Jérôme Ferrer’s two food-truck menus before they hit the road for the summer. The first 500 people who show up...
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Feed Your Head: It's National Canadian Film Day. The least you can do is watch!
Today, to mark the occasion, Bell Media is using the day to air a rotation of 30 feature films made in Canada. On the list: Xavier Dolan’s Mommy and Tom at the Farm Deepa Mehta’s latest, Beeba Boys...
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Feed Your Head: Food, dance, zumba — and some movies, too! — at Vues...
The Vues d’Afrique international film festival is on this week, till Sunday, at the Cinémathèque québécoise, a showcase for African and Creole-inspired cinema. There’s art, dance, music and...
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Feed Your Head: What impact do artists have on Montreal's development? Discuss
This will be the topic of discussion on Thursday morning — early! — in an event put on by the Conseil des arts de Montréal. Why now? We all know know the best cities are the most creative. But...
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Feed Your Head: So, let's look — really look — at the Beatles …
Over six weeks, Craig Morrison, Montreal’s popular ethnomusicologist, will lead a music-appreciation course about the Beatles. It’s about to start, at the Cummings Centre, at 5700 Westbury Ave. The...
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Eat, Drink: Champagne, anyone? All week long, please
Veuve Clicquot is about to put on its annual week of Champagne-infused festivities, with restaurants, bars, hotels offering bubbly-themed events and menus along with a pop-up boutique. It’s the fourth...
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Feed Your Head: How growing tomatoes can change a city
If you’re a city dweller about to plant some veggies — somewhere, somehow — you’re part of a growing trend: urban agriculture. A talk at the McCord Museum will touch on how citizen initiatives and...
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Feed Your Head: Walks and hikes on Mount Royal. Go. You'll learn something
Guided walking tours on the mountain happen on Thursdays, thanks to Les Amis de la Montagne. Meet at Smith House at 5:30, then spend two hours discovering the landscapes and views. This Thursday,...
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Eat, Drink: Tea tastings at Anticafé
The Montreal tea company Tchin Tea will be putting on tastings and telling the story of the teas it brings in from plantations in China in three sessions starting Friday evening. Anticafé, the...
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Feed Your Head: The poor butterflies need your help. Get your kit and get...
The kits are packed with everything you need to become a Monarch Ambassador, and with kit in hand, you can help to create a real butterfly effect across Quebec to save the monarchs, which are in deep...
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Feed Your Head: Go to Dorval. Look up. See … Saturn? Maybe …!
If you got a kick out of seeing Mercury transit the Sun on Monday. Or if you missed the whole darn thing — whoops! — you’ve got another chance to do some star-gazing this weekend, this time in Dorval....
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Feed Your Head: Wanna build furniture? Learn how on Sunday at Les Jardins...
The landscape and urban design firm Castor and Pollux will be running a workshop on Sunday. Its designers will be building giant picnic tables for Les Jardins Gamelin this year, and you’re invited to...
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Eat, Drink: "Is everyone a critic?" A Facebook panel discussion with Lesley...
Lesley Chesterman will be part of a Facebook panel on Tuesday, May 17, at 7 p.m. She will be talking about the role of the critic — “Is everyone a critic?” — along with fellow veteran Gazette critics...
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Feed Your Head: Spot the architectural gems with Heritage Montreal walking tours
Montreal’s architectural gems don’t always scream out at you when you pass by them. But they are there, with plenty to say, if you know where to look. And the guides at Heritage Montreal will lead...
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