On November 30, 2017 was the VIP party for the opening of Miracle Christmas bar at the Teddy bar. Cocktails and gifts at will! Nothing better to celebrate the end of November! Describing the Miracle is easy. Imagine Santa Claus who vomits his Christmas magic everywhere. The theme is taken seriously! Christmas on steroids. The […]
Aire commune, un désir assouvi.
A First Time in Montreal for Mura Masa
Last night at the Corona Theater was the first Montreal concert by newcomer Mura Masa. The young artist, who is barely 21 years old and whose album came out a mere two weeks ago, managed to draw in quite the crowd. The excitement was palpable as people waited restlessly for the show to begin. The […]
Comiccon Montréal 2017
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Now in Color: The Montreal Mural Festival
The Montreal Mural Festival is back in town. Now in its 5th year, the vibrant and inspiring street art festival takes place up and down Boulevard St Laurent over a period of 10 days from June 8th to 18th. More than 20 artists will be creating original artwork on a grand scale as many buildings […]
F.F.A.T SNAPS| WEEK 19 | Timeraiser150 Montreal
Timeraiser Montréal was an immersive evening concocted by Artbangbang. Held at the top of Place Ville-Marie, It brought together people from both the arts and business communities. The evening itself was centred around a silent auction which gathered the artwork of fifteen emerging artists and made them available through a unique form of gambling. Timeraiser […]
Petit Biscuit: The little sweet who’s going places
A young DJ with huge potential Originally, I wasn’t even sure that I would go and watch Petit Biscuit. For one thing, the show was sold out. For another, I’m not really a big fan of EDM (his musical style). Worst of all, nobody was free to accompany me to the show that evening. As […]
F.F.A.T. Snaps | Week 16 | DCMTL Blog
Welcome to F.F.A.T. Snaps, a weekly summary of fashion, art and tech-related events we’ve attended, and other random musings in and around Central District and Greater Montreal. Another week, another round of discovery! Here’s what our Week 16 looked like. ESM 2017 Runway exposition Wednesday April 19th at 5 pm, Salle polyvalente du pavillon Sherbrooke de […]
Women Techmakers MTL 2017: We have an inclusion problem in tech
“We have to make our own opportunities, because men aren’t going to do it for us,” Alicia V. Carr from Atlanta declared during her keynote the first morning of Women Techmakers MTL. She should know – at 51, she taught herself Objective C, and used it to build an iOS app to combat domestic violence. […]
Neon Odyssey – Worth the voyage
NEON Odyssey | 19th anniversary of NEON I wanted my first post on this blog to be about all the great shows coming up ( and that already happened) this spring but then I started writing about the Neon Odyssey (19th anniversary of NEON) and realised this event needed a post of its own. I’ve […]