Macbeth’s Last Night Rained Out
The witches of “the Scottish Play” did not meet again, in thunder, lightning, or in rain. Duncan was not murdered. And Macbeth did not see Banquo’s ghost on Sunday night (Aug. 21, 2011) in Westmount...
View ArticleWill Rerpercussion Theatre Play Westmount Park Tonight? Outdoor Shakespeare...
As wild winds begin to toss the trees during late afternoon in Montreal, the question arises: “Will the show go on tonight?” UPDATE: And sadly, the answer has just come in, at 5 p.m. NO. The show will...
View ArticleBasketball’s Globetrotters make annual stop at Bell Centre
The Harlem Globetrotters made their annual visit to Montreal on Friday, April 4 at the Bell Centre. I still remember going to see them at the Forum when I was a kid, when Meadowlark Lemon and Curly...
View ArticleLetters: Dangerous intersection needs work
Re: “N.D.G. intersection design called ‘an embarrassment’ ” (Montreal Gazette, April 22) The dangerous five-way intersection where Décarie and de Maisonneuve Blvds. meet Upper Lachine Rd. should have...
View ArticleSeven Days, Seven Nights: Taylor Swift, Nuits d'Afrique and Tremblant blues...
Monday, July 6 It is Gypsy Night at the 14th annual International Festival of Percussions, at 8 p.m. inside Bonsecours Market: the show kicks off with the reggae-ska of musical group Grre en famille,...
View ArticleWestmount dog run raises hackles of residents
In Westmount, there are two harmless little words, when said together, incite an outpouring of complaints from local residents: “dog” and “run.” Three years ago, the dog run at the corner of Landsdowne...
View ArticleLetter: Construction messes up bike paths
Re: “Bike paths are there. Use them” (Letters to the editor, Sept. 2) Ian Brodie wondered why cyclists are not using the bike path on de Maisonneuve Blvd. As a daily bike-path user, I have some...
View ArticleWestmount greenhouse to stay closed until at least late May
If you thought you spotted a small, unidentified flying object hovering near Westmount Park on March 13, don’t worry — you weren’t hallucinating. It was a drone hired to inspect Westmount’s...
View ArticleA choir of intergenerational pen pals
Grade 4 students of Westmount Park elementary school and senior citizen volunteers performed a concert together at Westmount Park school on Wednesday, May 19. The children and seniors were pen pals for...
View ArticleWatch: Westmount father-daughter duo get squirrels to pull a baby tooth
It’s one thing to have the tooth fairy come and get your baby tooth from under your pillow and a whole other one to have a squirrel snatch it right out of your mouth. David Freiheit, 37, had the...
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