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The blog of the Quartier des Spectacles is a window on the people and places that make Montreal’s cultural heart beat. From festivals to performance venues, from restaurants to avant-garde art. Every week, you’re invited to discover the city’s liveliest square kilometre!
OUMF! has swept into Montreal's cultural landscape like an avalanche. Surprising everyone with a special program focused on emerging culture, this festival is helping the Quartier Latin node become a significant Montreal cultural niche yet again. Who said there were
Last Thursday, the Promenade des Artistes in Montreal's Quartier des spectacles was visited by an extraterrestrial exhibition from Guy Laliberté, founder of the Cirque du Soleil and Quebec's first space tourist. Make way for Gaia. By Joëlle Robillard In 2009, when Guy
Foodie alert! Attention all epicureans! Get set, gourmets: the Marché du Foodlab has arrived.
The concept of the Parcodon is simple, but it's an original fundraising idea
Congratulations to Mouna Andros, Melissa Mongiat and Kelsey Snook for the Professional Notable Award at the Core77 Design Awards for Museum of Possibilities of Quartier des spectacles! A wonderful project that appears only for an afternoon in may 2010. For more informations on this award, click here !
We are happy to announce a very special BIG SHOW planned for the 10th anniversary of the POP Montreal festival : a free outdoor show by The Arcade Fire on Thursday, September 22nd, at the place des Festivals.
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For a third straight year, the Quartier des spectacles is host to magical moments in the heart of downtown, making Montrealers' chests swell with pride.
In Africa, communities traditionally gather under the baobab tree to exchange ideas, discuss life and improve their societies
You're calmly strolling down the street in the Quartier Latin node of the Quartier des spectacles. Suddenly the person next to you launches into an extraordinary series of acrobatic pirouettes...
The public will be able to view, for free, over 50 giant photographs shot 350 kilometres from the surface of the Earth.
Art director Jimmy Lakatos and ONE DROP are betting that urban art can make Montrealers aware of water issues. By Marie-Claude Élie Morin Since the beginning of June, Quartier des spectacles pedestrians have had the opportunity to discover four original interventions, each
It's two in the afternoon, and the suffocating heat that has descended over the city hasn't melted the smiles from the faces of the numerous employees making last-minute preparations.