Bertrand Cantat Booked for Bordeaux
Bertrand Cantat has been booked for Bordeaux. That’s Bordeaux, France. According to Le Journal de Montreal the singer-turned-thespian will be appearing there in Wajdi Mouawad’s Des Femmes, a...
View ArticleSpanish Super Cup at Camp Nou
credits to flixya.com And the winner is… FC Barcelona, with home advantage, played the 2nd leg of the Spanish Cup and won. If them winning wasn’t easy to swallow, it would be a short and tedious...
View ArticleWhat RvP could mean for Manchester United
courtesy: guardian.co.uk With Arsenal captain Robin van Persie certain to sign for Manchester United, the balance of power in the English Premier League shifts again towards the country’s northwest....
View ArticleMoment Factory light extravaganza wins Grafika 2013 prize
In case you missed it last fall, Montreal’s own Moment Factory was invited to do a light extravaganza in Barcelona for the Merce festival last fall. The piece, inspired by the crazy fantastical work...
View ArticleIs Montreal broken or just in need of a makeover? Time to change the toothpaste
Okay, Montreal was in trouble long before Mr. Three Per Cent took the stand at the Charbonneau Commission hearings this week. You can trace it back to the day last fall when Mayor Gerald Tremblay...
View ArticleIs Coalition pour Montreal the death knell of party politics at city hall?
Ah, we love you Montreal. Really, could there be a more appropriate backdrop for a mayoralty candidate’s campaign slogan than a subliminal construction cone hiding in the background? And could there be...
View ArticleSummer’s best signing: David Villa moves to Atletico Madrid
The big signings get all the publicity. Those that get done on the (relative) cheap, however, don’t attract nearly as much attention – but often prove just as influential in defining a club’s season as...
View ArticleDebunking some early transfer window rumours
The transfer window is again upon us, leaving the football world in something of a pause as speculation mounts as to the destination of the planet’s most eligible players. Some rumours to keep an eye...
View ArticleFarewell, Carles Puyol, and thanks
courtesy: gingetalksthefooty.com Central defenders come in many shapes, sizes and styles – they range from ball-carriers tall and elegant to frenetic barnstormers. There are plenty of variants between....
View ArticleBarcelona transfer ban well-deserved
The news that Barcelona have been hit with a two-window ban on signing new players for improperly acquiring international players under the age of 18 is a second legal strike against the Catalan...
View ArticleFFM: Festival favourite Traces of Sandalwood gets extra Monday screening
Traces of Sandalwood (Rastres De Sandal) was so popular at the Festival des films du monde that it was sold out three times. (In fact, at the screening I saw, many passholders were forced to leave in...
View ArticleMerchants, artists decry plan to revitalize Place Jacques-Cartier
Local merchants say a plan by the Ville-Marie borough to revitalize Place Jacques-Cartier in Old Montreal for the 375th anniversary will have restaurant terrasses and artists moving around the square...
View ArticleLetters: Take a lesson from Edinburgh
Re: “Whatever are they thinking?” (Editorial, July 31) Instead of looking for inspiration in Barcelona, in a southern country, the city planners should have looked at Edinburgh, in a northern country....
View ArticleEat, Drink: Guess who's coming to Tapas 24 next week? Carles Abellan. To make...
Carles Abellan is a Michelin-starred chef who is a partner in the Notre-Dame St. W. restaurant, which is modelled after his restaurant of the same name in Barcelona. Abellan will be in Montreal April 4...
View ArticleMontrealer Lance Stroll finishes first career F1 race in Russia
SOTCHI, Russia — Montrealer Lance Stroll took an important first step in his young Formula One career by finishing his first Grand Prix on Sunday when he finished 11th in Russia. “I saw the checkered...
View ArticleWhat RvP could mean for Manchester United
courtesy: guardian.co.uk With Arsenal captain Robin van Persie certain to sign for Manchester United, the balance of power in the English Premier League shifts again towards the country’s northwest....
View ArticleMoment Factory light extravaganza wins Grafika 2013 prize
In case you missed it last fall, Montreal’s own Moment Factory was invited to do a light extravaganza in Barcelona for the Merce festival last fall. The piece, inspired by the crazy fantastical work...
View ArticleIs Montreal broken or just in need of a makeover? Time to change the toothpaste
Okay, Montreal was in trouble long before Mr. Three Per Cent took the stand at the Charbonneau Commission hearings this week. You can trace it back to the day last fall when Mayor Gerald Tremblay...
View ArticleFarewell, Carles Puyol, and thanks
courtesy: gingetalksthefooty.com Central defenders come in many shapes, sizes and styles – they range from ball-carriers tall and elegant to frenetic barnstormers. There are plenty of variants between....
View ArticleBarcelona transfer ban well-deserved
The news that Barcelona have been hit with a two-window ban on signing new players for improperly acquiring international players under the age of 18 is a second legal strike against the Catalan...
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