Exhibits, events, and news July 20, 2026
- elainebac1
- 23 hours ago
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Events:
WASM member Daniela Fetea invites all to see her solo exhibit Vagabondages / Wanderings, du 6 au 31 juillet 2026; Vernissage:19 juillet à 16h.
Les Jardins Millen (close to Henri Bourassa Metro Station)
10800, avenue Millen, Montréal, H2C 0A3.
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L'International des Feux Loto-Québec - From July 2 to August 6.
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At the Arsenal Gallery:
23 JUILLET 2026 - ÉVÉNEMENT GRATUIT
Dans le cadre d'une résidence d'artistes à Arsenal art contemporain, venez rencontrer Oli Epp, Rae Klein, Harrison Pearce et Devan Shimoyama.
Les artistes ouvriront leur studio de 16 h jusqu'à 18 h. Marc Mayer animera ensuite une discussion avec les artistes, suivie d'une séance de questions-réponses. Une occasion unique de rencontrer ces artistes et en connaitre d'avantage sur leur démarche.
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Architectural tours by Héritage Montréal:
In this year of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Montréal Olympic Games, Héritage Montréal invites you to discover, alongside its volunteer guides, the heritage of sports sites that are sometimes spectacular, often little-known, and above all typically Montréal. |
From August 15 to October 25, 2026, come explore the Olympic Park and its surroundings, Jeanne-Mance Park to the McGill campus, the Complexe Claude-Robillard and its neighbourhood, the heart of the Town of Mount Royal, and the parks of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
https://www.heritagemontreal.org/en/activites/architectours/ |
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Twist Fibre Festival in August celebrates textile makers. Spinners, knitters, stitchers and textile makers will descend onto the Twist Fibre Festival in Saint-André-Avelin, just up the road from Montebello from August 7-9, 2026. We speak with Amélie Blanchard, founder and general manager of the festival, about the incredible workshops, activities and demonstrations. Now is the time to sign up for workshops!
Come get inspired at Canada’s most popular textile festival, August 7-8-9, 2026.
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In concert at Maison symphonique February 17 and 18, 2027.
Organist Anna Lapwood breaks conventions with disarming ease: dazzling virtuosity, radiant presence, and boundless curiosity.
c/o Wikipedia
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Arts and culture news:
The anatomy of the perfect museum - Den Gamle By (National Open-Air Museum of Urban History and Culture), which has just won the coveted European Museum of the Year Award.
A truly great museum strikes the right balance between awe and entertainment.
c/o Wikipedia
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Quebec artists make the top 100 for CODA awards for public art. The CODA awards have six Canadian artworks as finalists this year, and half of those come from Quebec. We discussed those nominees with Toni Sikes, co-founder of CODA-worx, a commissioned art network that created the CODA awards. Here is where to see the 100 finalists and where you can vote:
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Oka cheese acquired by French company (it’s not such a bad thing apparently).
Guest host Douglas Gelevan is joined by cheesemonger Gilles Jourdenais to talk about the acquisition of Oka by French dairy giant Lactalis from Agropur.
Oka cheese – a little history:
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CBC Ideas presents “The Greatest Numbers of All Time-”
12 is Sublime - The decimal — or base 10 — system that we use for all our numbering needs comes to us so naturally we barely notice it. But in the past, there have been other contenders, among them: 60, 20 and, perhaps most promisingly, 12. Why was 12 so promising? Twelve is a “friendly” number because it is so highly divisible compared to 10. But there is so much more that makes the humble dozen extraordinary. It is one of only two numbers ever discovered to be “sublime.” And that description has nothing to do with the fact that 12 is a number highly significant to Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism — and even Hellenism. Still need convincing of 12’s perfection and indispensability? Check
your watch.
The Curse of 13 - Has there ever been a number more maligned in western culture than 13? So feared, it's got its own horror-film franchise. So infamously unlucky, a good many of us avoid it en masse. And so synonymous with the awkward transition from childhood to puberty, it has spawned countless cringe-inducing coming-of-age stories. In this documentary, Ideas explores what we know — and don’t know — about how 13 got such a bad rap, why the superstition surrounding it persists and what 13 might be able to teach us — if we’re willing to put aside our apprehensions.
The 33,000 Horsepower Game Changer - Our number series continues with “33,000 foot-pounds a minute.” That’s the number inventor James Watt gave to the capabilities of a horse when trying to market his new and improved steam engine. The engine was a big success, saving horses from the drudgery of manual labour. A similar process is underway with Artificial Intelligence, but are we the horses, or the steam engine?
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How one man went from corporate recruiter to protest photographer. Misan Harriman tells his story in the new documentary, Shoot the People.
Misan Harriman is the subject of a new documentary, Shoot the People. (Courtesy of Watermelon Pictures)
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