Last Few Weeks of Cubes, Blocks and Other Spaces (ends Apr. 5/10)
March 7, 2010 by MarijkeD
Filed under Museum fun
An exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Cubes, Blocks and Other Spaces, is coming to the end of its run. Don’t wait if you want to see it. The price is particularly right on Wednesday evenings: free.
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Admission:
Free admission every Wednesday evening from 5 to 9 p.m.
- $10 adults?$8 seniors (aged 60 and over)?$6 students (aged 30 and under with student I.D.)
- $20 family package (maximum 4 persons including at least 1 adult with adolescents aged 12 to 17).
- Free admission for children under 12 and members of the Musée.
If you have a Montreal Access card, don’t forget to check if it qualifies you for a discount.
Where:
185, Sainte-Catherine Ouest (corner Jeanne-Mance)
Montréal, Québec
H2X 3X5
On the Place des Arts site opposite Complexe Desjardins
Place-des-Arts metro
City bus numbers: 15, 55, 80, 129, 535
Leonard Cohen Artworks, Free, Feb 19 to 28, 2010
February 4, 2010 by MarijkeD
Filed under Entertainment, Museum fun
The Montreal Highlights Festival presents an opportunity for Montrealers and friends to see the artwork of performer Leanard Cohen.
The Galerie Lounge TD is honoured to present is honoured to present the sketches and drawings of the great poet, songwriter and singer Leonard Cohen, for the first time ever in Montreal. Leonard Cohen has filled sketchbooks since the outset of his career, tracing shapes and forms and giving life to a poet’s words.
Until 2007, the great artist had never exhibited his drawings. Self-portraits annotated in his own hand, nudes and female portraits, and everyday objects invite the viewer to share an intimate moment with this extraordinary Montreal creative force whose words, timeless melodies and deep, warm voice have seduced audiences the world over for forty years.
When:
February 19 to 28, 2010
Where:
Cubes, Blocks & Other Spaces, Exhibition, to April 5, 2010
January 9, 2010 by MarijkeD
Filed under Museum fun
A fascinating way to spend some time:
This exhibition of works selected from the Musée Collection takes a fresh look at the framework that surrounds our everyday life: the city, its buildings, its activities, as well as the way it is depicted in the media. This framework which structures our environment has undergone numerous transformations since the beginning of the twentieth century.
When: Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Open Monday holidays.
Cost: 8.00
Where:
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
185 Sainte-Catherine Street West Montréal
Metro : Place-des-Arts
Pointe-à-Callière Free Grandparents/Grandkids Sundays
January 9, 2010 by MarijkeD
Filed under Family Fun, Museum fun, Ongoing Deals
Intergenerational Sundays
A wonderful way for grandparents and grandchildren to spend some special time together:
Every Sunday, Pointe-à-Callière invites grandparents to visit the Museum along with their grandchildren. For the occasion, free admission is offered to grandparents (65 years and older, upon presentation of proper identification), as well as to grandchildren (under the age of 18). And at all times, on a grandparent’s or grandchild’s birthday, admission to the Museum is free for both when they come to the Museum together.Grandparents and their grandchildren can spend some quality time together, enjoying the multimedia show above the archaeological remains and visiting the Where Montréal Was Born and Montréal Love Stories – The Cultural Connection exhibitions, as well as the current temporary exhibition.
DATE: to December 31, 2011 – Sundays only
TIME: From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
INFORMATION:
(514) 872-9150
WEBSITE
Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History
350, Place Royale, Old Montréal
Who Is the Real Santa? Dec. 2009
November 27, 2009 by MarijkeD
Filed under Family Fun, Museum fun
The Pointe-a-Calliere museum always has fascinating presentations and this one is no exception:
A delightful world tour of holiday traditions!
12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
last tour in English leaves at 3 p.m.
included with admission to the Museum
December is the time to meet Santa Clauses from around the world, accompanied by our interpreter-guides. During the month of December, young and old alike are invited to come meet St. Nicholas, St. Lucy, Befana and Santa Claus. While visiting the archaeological remains, children will meet four Christmas characters who will explain how the holidays are celebrated in their parts of the world. Come on a delightful world tour of holiday traditions! Meet them all and decide for yourself.
Plan for about 45 minutes to complete this tour accompanied by and interpreter-guide.
Places for each group are limited.Schedule of tours in English: 12:50 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, December 5-6, 12-13, and 19-20
and December 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31
from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Individual rates
(Taxes included)
| Adults | $14.00 |
| Children (0 – 5) | Free |
| Youths (6 – 12) | $6.00 |
| Students (13-30) | $8.00 |
| Seniors (65 +) | $10.00 |
| Families | |
| 1 adult – 3 children (under 17) | $30.00 |
| 2 adults – 2 children (under 17) | $30.00 |
Accès Montréal card: 20% discount for the cardholder’s entry.
Address:
350 Place Royale
Corner of de la Commune
Old Montréal, Quebec
Tel.: (514) 872-9150
E-mail: info @ pacmusee.qc.ca
By metro: Place-d’Armes station
By car: pay parking in the Old Port.
See: www.quaisduvieuxport.com
Halloween at Pointe-à-Callière, Oct. 2009 – Free!
October 13, 2009 by MarijkeD
Filed under Entertainment, Museum fun
Jack O’Lantern : Halloween at Pointe-à-Callière
A humorous and whimsical look at the cultural origins of Halloween and the associated beliefs, as children tour the Museum. They’ll meet Jack O’Lantern himself, twins Rucht and Friucht, a superstitious witch and a Druid magician. Come explore a mysterious and fantastic world. Thrills and chills guaranteed !
Tours, led by an interpreter-guide and lasting about 45 minutes, will leave between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. Ask the Museum reception desk for details on departure times.
350, Place Royale, Old Montréal
DATE:
October 24, 2009
to November 1, 2009
Saturdays and Sundays, October 24-25 and October 31 and November 1
TIME:
12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
ADMISSION: FREE!
INFORMATION:
(514) 872-9150
WEBSITE
Stewart Museum New-France Festival, July 26, 2009
July 20, 2009 by MarijkeD
Filed under Entertainment, Family Fun, Festivals, Museum fun, Music, Outdoors
Taken from Parc Jean-Drapeau website:
July 26th, 2009 (12:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.)
A family event where the visitor will get to experience18th century culture in Canada. Whether one is a native of the country or a new arrival in Canada, everyone will be able to taste, see, hear and play the way our ancestors did, and thereby be more familiar with the foundations of our country.
Cost: Free
Site : Carrefour du monde
Organization: David M. Stewart Museum
Website: www.stewart-museum.org
Where:
Metro station
Lévis Tower Sundays, 2009
July 17, 2009 by MarijkeD
Filed under Family Fun, Museum fun, Outdoors
What: A guided tour that takes visitors back through the history of Île Sainte-Hélène. Starts at the Biosphere and brings you to the top of the Lévis Tower
When: Every Sunday during the 2009 summer season,
10:30 a.m.- Noon – 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Biosphere Ticket Booth, Parc Jean-Drapea, Ile St. Helene
Cost: 2.00 per person
Free Jazz Festival Concerts – July 2, 2009
June 10, 2009 by MarijkeD
Filed under Family Fun, Museum fun, Shows
And the Jazz festival in Montreal continues. Lots more free shows for you:
The Little School of Jazz again at 150 Ste-Catherine Street West, at 11:00 A.M and again at 1:30 P.M. If you miss them today, they’re back every day during the jazz festival.
Stage Band 2 La Riveraine at noon at the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance
Fat Tuesday Brass at Hydro-Québec Park, corner Clark and Sainte-Catherine at 1 P.M.
Le Dixieband returns to Place des Arts Esplanade again at 1 P.M. and then at 4 P.M., you can find them at the door of the Complexe Desjardins,
Gadji-Gadjo at 2 P.M. at the Place des Arts esplinade and they come back again at 4:30 P.M.
Streetnix returns to Hydro-Québec Park, corner Clark and Sainte-Catherine at 3 P.M
Gypsophilia starts off the evening at 6 P.M. at the Scène General Motors
You’ll have to take your pick of 7 P.M. shows as these all start at 7:
Certified Organic Jazz Quartet at the Place des Arts esplinade
David Rotundo Band & Enrico Crivellaro at the corner of Président-Kennedy and De Maisonneuve – and they return to the scene at 11 P.M. too.
Nobuki Takamen at the corner De Bleury and De Maisonneuve – if you miss him this evening, he does make a second appearance tomorrow.
and
Vincent Gagnon who will be at Hydro-Québec Park, corner Clark and Sainte-Catherine.
Moving to 8 P.M. there’s,
Colin Hunter at the corner or Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance – he returns for another performance at 10 P.M.
and
Puerto Plata who is at the Clark parking.
Federico Aubele performs at 9 P.M. at the door of Complexe Desjardins, with a repeat performance at 11 P.M.
Pointe-à-Callière’s Cultural Feast – May 30 & 31, 2009
May 15, 2009 by MarijkeD
Filed under 2009, Family Fun, Museum fun
One of my favourite museums in the city is Pointe-à-Callière in Old Montreal. I just love seeing the history of how Montreal came to be. I’m a real history buff when it comes to things like that and whenever a friend of mine visits from another country, I try to include it in our "see Montreal" tours.
On May 30 and 31, the museum is offering a "cultural feast":
A free outdoor event, Pointe-à-Callière’s Cultural Feast celebrates the art of celebrating in Montréal’s various cultural communities. Over the course of two days of festivities, visitors will be able to sink their teeth into: performances, tastings, presentations, children’s activities, food kiosks, demonstrations by chefs, traditional products, games, and much more. Setting the mood for the crowd will be some fifty kiosks that transform Place Royale and its environs into an immense cultural fair…a colourful and gastronomic site offering a taste of the various ways we eat and celebrate in Montréal.
On top of their scheduled shows, they are offering:
Saturday only: personalized badge-making, balloon-folding.
Sunday only: interactive percussion workshop (12 p.m. and 4 p.m.) and African gris-gris making workshop, (1:20 p.m. and 2:40 p.m.).
Free face-painting for children all weekend long
The museum also issued a press release:
Music, front and centre
Artists from various countries will appear on the Loto-Québec stage in Place Royale. These joyful performances will spice up the site with captivating rhythms and a festive ambience. Several renowned Montréal groups will put on enthralling performances: Maânouche Swing (Eastern Europe), Cuba Fantasy (Cuba), Bambara Trans (the Maghreb), Les Zalarmes (Québec), Arashi Daiko (Japan), Barbara & TropiCuba (the Antilles), and Afrogroove (Africa). Not to be missed on Saturday at 1 p.m. is Lynda Thalie (North Africa), who describes her songs as a blend of honey and maple syrup, as she offers a rare free performance and shares her exotic, Eastern-flavoured world with us.
A second performance site, in the form of a café bistro, will liven up Saint-Paul Street. The Maracujà trio will joyfully express its passion for Brazilian music: samba, bossa nova, and jazz standards.
Chefs share their recipes
The culinary diversity of Montréal’s cultural communities will be well represented in the Chef’s Tent. Montréal chefs will hold demonstrations and workshops in which they will share a few of the secrets of their respective styles of cuisine.
On the menu: French chef Franck Le-Cunff will present his new book Cocktails dînatoires (Éditions de l’homme) and prepare appetizers; Louis Tremblay, chef for Campagnes et cie, will prepare a salmon tartar; Stéphanie Horel, head barmaid for Ateliers et Saveurs, will offer a demonstration of cocktail recipes; Juan Mendoza, chef and advisor at Chipotle et Jalapeño restaurant, will speak about Mexican cuisine; Guy Lenoir, sommelier for Vin et Passion, will explain which wine glasses to use for various wines; Mario Jacques, chef at Pier Gabriel restaurant, will reveal a few of his secrets and finally a chef for Mirchi will offer a Indian delicacy.
Specialties for you to taste
Several Montréal restaurateurs and merchants will be set up on the site near the Chef’s Tent to sell their specialties. Mexican, African, and Haitian food, desserts, sweets, and other culinary delights-an array of flavours to tempt visitors’ taste buds. You will be able to sample churros, baklava, Berber bread, sweet and savoury crepes, as well as sushi, empanadas, pierogi, bubble tea, and-for the more daring-kangaroo meat!
Children’s activities
Children are also a top priority at Pointe-à-Callière’s Cultural Feast. Games and activities will keep them busy having fun. Quality family time with lots to discover and do! In keeping with the theme of the temporary exhibition Pirates, Privateers and Freebooters, children will be able to take part in a treasure hunt in which they will have to solve riddles. They’ll also play chef’s assistant by helping to prepare salmagundi, freebooters’ favourite food. An astonishing hodgepodge of tortoise, pigeon, beef, mangoes, and grapes…
Théâtre de la Source will also offer storytelling over the course of the entire two days of festivities, with pirate tales and the origin of popular culinary traditions as the theme. Face-painting, personalized badge-making, and balloon-folding will take place on Saturday; and Sunday will see more face-painting and an interactive percussion workshop in which children will be introduced to the music, rhythms, and songs of West Africa. Also not to be missed on Sunday at 1:20 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. is an African gris-gris making workshop, demonstrating the bogolan technique.
A lively and colourful site
Game kiosks will be set up on the site, giving visitors the opportunity to test their skills and knowledge about the pastimes of various cultures. Pétanque, awale, yoté, and crepe-flipping are among the games to be discovered. In addition, the art of table setting and the traditions of various cultural celebrations will be explored through original presentations.
This activity benefits from the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage and of the Old Montréal Business Development Corporation. Pointe-à-Callière’s Cultural Feast thanks its major sponsor Loto-Québec, as well as Unibroue, Vinerie du Kildare, and Domaine Pinnacle. The Museum would also like to thank CJNT, Radio Centre-Ville, La Presse, The Gazette, and Hebdos Transcontinental for their support in promoting the event.
To get more information, you can call (514) 872-9150
Where: 350 Place Royale, Corner of de la Commune, Old Montréal (PDF instructions)
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