The fair. The Fall fair. Always Thanksgiving weekend, always a big deal in this town, multiple askings from patients Are you going? and my wide …

Toronto celebrates its 175th birthday this year, and as a means of celebrating the city’s demisemiseptcentennial, the TIFF Cinematheque (formerly Cinematheque Ontario) is playing host …

Former camillienne in St. Louis Square Montreal owes much to two twentieth-century strongmen/mayors: Camillien Houde and Jean Drapeau. Drapeau gave us sleek Modernism, expressways and …

A map of Montreal's music scene. Photo by Kelly Ebbels. Matt and Kim (September 30, Club Lambi) On the first night of Pop Montreal, I …

Ten days in Paris were something of an awakening. I wanted to take a photo every minute until I was more used to the atmosphere …

  Ever notice how many used bookstores there are in Montreal? Seems like every couple of blocks you stumble across one, almost as many as …

I live in Verdun, a rather under-explored part of Montreal. Technically speaking, we’re a borough of the city of Montreal, though based on how tricky …

Lately I’ve become enamored with this strange idea of a generational tension within myself – the sensation of being kicked between my past and future …

One of the many perfect moments in The Big Lebowski is when Walter Sobchak (John Goodman), upon learning that the next round of the bowling …

In yesterday’s blog post The Troubling Case of Roman Polanski, Steven W. Beattie called Roman Polanski “criminally, if not morally culpable” for drugging and sodomizing …

What I find most problematic about the people who are publicly rushing to condemn filmmaker Roman Polanski – who was arrested last week in Switzerland …

It’s easy to hate Michael Moore. Whiny, nasty and often exploitative, waddling around his films like the précis of the know-it-all liberal elite, Moore is …

  Bocce plays on October 2 at 9 p.m. at Saphir. Pop Montreal hosts a lot of shows worth your time and dollars. Here are …

Blogging has always been fun for me, but I’ve never given it much serious thought. I have always been the type to throw down a …

I’m reminded of Al Purdy’s oft-reworked poem "Elegy for a Grandfather," and that opening line full of sceptical wonder: “He died. At least they said …

Everyone loves birds, or thinks they do. They just haven't looked closely enough. The reality of birds is that they fly around above our heads …

Hello; my name is Kelly. I’m from New Jersey and from Canada at the same time. I studied history and political science at McGill University …

In celebration of Leonard Cohen’s 75th birthday last Monday, the National Film Board’s “online screening room” (read: website) is showcasing Donald Britain and Don Owen’s …

Sometimes when I'm feeling sleepy and religious, I like to ask myself the question: who's better, the Protestants or the Catholics? This might happen to …

I've been the Markin-Flanagan Writer-in-Residence at the University of Calgary since mid-August and I've had a fabulous and productive month. From my 11th floor office …