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Brownstein: Jeannie Arsenault remembered as ‘the soul of Hillbilly Night’ at N.D.G.’s Wheel Club

Hillbilly Night at N.D.G.’s Wheel Club will take on a more sombre tone than usual on Monday. The hootin’ and hollerin’ will probably be kept...

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Brownstein: At 75, retired Senate leader Marc Gold gets back into the music scene

His guitar gently weeps no longer. Make that his guitars. Marc Gold has 25 of them. And as of June 30, he returned to his lifelong passion of...

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Brownstein: Ted Lasso’s Nick Mohammed takes a winning kick at Just for Laughs

Ted Lasso fans best not go to the Just for Laughs solo show Mr. Swallow: Show Pony expecting one of the series’s stars, the Emmy-nominated Nick...

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Brownstein: Another Pacino is set to make a mark in Montreal, this time as a director

Just as her Oscar-winning dad Al has, Julie Pacino is set to leave her mark on Montreal — but from the other side of the camera. It was in June 2015...

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Brownstein: Fantasia film fest celebrates veteran Montreal director George Mihalka for blazing his own trail

Veteran Montreal director George Mihalka gets his proper due after 45 years in the business. Finally. The Fantasia International Film Festival will...

24.07.2025 5

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Brownstein: What a gas — 17-year-old Montreal chemistry whiz aces global competition

I regret to report that up until a few days ago, the only figures from the world of chemistry I had been aware of were from the science’s more...

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Brownstein: SNL vet Mikey Day making first appearance at JFL as fest pulls out all the stops

Mikey Day has no problem cracking up his Saturday Night Live colleagues during sketch performances on the show — and they’ve seen and heard pretty...

12.06.2025 8

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Where the rich and famous stay on Grand Prix weekend

Montreal’s the Ritz-Carlton was launched with quite the bang on New Year’s Eve in 1912, and the party has yet to stop at this ever-chichi Golden...

08.06.2025 10

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Brownstein: Montreal producer takes deep dive in documentary Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster

The documentary begins intriguingly enough: “Where do you want to go in the ocean? What is the most known site in the ocean? It’s clearly the...

07.06.2025 10

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Brownstein: Against long odds, Denis Brott brings chamber music fest back for 30th year

Denis Brott is nothing if not resilient. Against the longest of odds, Brott kicks off his 30th Montreal Chamber Music Festival this weekend. More than...

07.06.2025 10

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Brownstein: Martha and Rufus Wainwright help Centennial Academy fight for its future

“Don’t give up / ’Cause you have friends / Don’t give up / You’re not beaten yet / Don’t give up / I know you can make it good …”...

22.05.2025 6

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Montreal nabs 3 one-stars as Michelin Guide debuts in Quebec

Inspectors for the inaugural Michelin Guide Québec were clearly taken by the province’s cuisine scene, doling out props to 102 restaurants. But...

17.05.2025 5

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Brownstein: Pets are making a stand against Trump’s tariffs, too — thanks to their owners

We scour the aisles of our supermarkets — some of us wishing we had packed magnifying glasses — scoping backs of bottles of mayo and ketchup,...

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