Lots to do, lots to read!
- elainebac1
- 7 days ago
- 2 min read
Literary calls:
CBC Short Story Prize - The CBC Short Story Prize is open between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1, 2025.
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Events:
Blues - Pointe-Claire Festival (2025), September 6 @ 3:00 pm -11:00 pm. 20 Av. Cartier, Pointe-Claire, QC H9S 5L5.
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All you need to know about TIFF 2025:
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McGill Lends Medieval Treasures to Pointe-à-Callière’s Chevaliers/Knights Exhibit.
On until October 19, 2025:
More from McGill’s library:
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At the McCord - Join us on September 25 for an exclusive event at the McCord Stewart Museum during Montreal Fashion Week 2025! Paid activity | Space is limited, reservation required.
Indigenous Fashion Collective, 2nd Edition. Paid activity | Space is limited, Reservation required.
Dress Iroquois or Mohawk, 1840-1860 The McCord Museum
Online exhibit:
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Indigo Books - Join us in store for fall weekends featuring book giveaways, exclusive offers, kids' events, and more.
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Arts news:
N.L. sculptor Morgan MacDonald to restore Amelia Earhart statue. The bronze Amelia Earhart statue that was stolen in Harbour Grace and cut into pieces earlier this year was recovered last month. Now, sculptor Morgan MacDonald says he’ll be able to restore the statue to its bronze glory by this fall. The CBC’s Terry Roberts has the details.
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Felled trees get new life as wood sculptures in Montreal's La Fontaine Park. Some residents were sad to see century-old poplars felled, so the borough responded with art.
Lucas Besse-Dicaire carves a face into a tree in La Fontaine Park on Tuesday. (Rowan Kennedy/CBC)
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The Sidewalk Fairy is back. This time, artist Laurence Petit is transforming the sidewalk cracks of Pointe aux Trembles with mosaics of insects. They’re the result of a residency with the Montreal Insectarium. She speaks with guest host Dionne Codrington.
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Ways of Seeing:
From Episode 1
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Graham Greene has died at age 73.
This year, Graham Greene was honoured with a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
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Giorgio Armani, gone at the age of 91:
Armani appears at the end of his Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 collection show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan. 28. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)
Giorgio Armani was one of the most recognizable names in fashion. Jeanne Beker shares stories of who he was as a person and the legacy he leaves behind after his death. And what happens at Vogue now that Anna Wintour steps down as editor-in-chief?
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Fall at the markets:
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