Through April 2009
Have You Signed Up for Défi-Climat?
Well?
Through April 2009
Visit a Sugar Shack!
The season for sugaring off will be tapering off so book those sugar shack meals lest you wait till next year.
April 1st and April 15th, 2009
Deadline to Remove Those Horrid-Looking Back-Saving Exercise-Preventing Tempos
And risk a fine if you're counting on the hand of God to do it for you. Those gawd awful plastic contraptions have got to come down, either on the first or the 15th. Call the city of Montreal's hotline 311 to find out which deadline applies to your neighborhood.
April 4 and April 5, 2009
La Cabane à Sucre Électronik
Maple taffy and tech house is on tap for some very lucky sugar ravers. Go for the full sugar shack brunch at Parc Jean-Drapeau's Hélène de Champlain Restaurant (instead of the usual sugar shack outside Montreal). Your choice, either Saturday with DJ Hell, Mateo Murphy and Romeo Kardec or Sunday with Fluokids featuring Pharrell, NROTB and Diplo.
Through April 5, 2009
Festivalissimo
Edition numero 13 of Montreal's annual Iberian-Latino Cultural Festival features a film fest, live shows, dance events and a visual arts exhibition.
April 10 to April 13, 2009
Montreal Easter Weekend
From listening to classics in a sacred setting to appreciating captured wings to sharing a conference hall with thousands of party nuts in a sea of white hues, here's a few secular Easter traditions unique to Montreal as well as some activity suggestions that will hopefully quash any potential holiday boredom. And then there's egg hunts. And brunches. And the llama.
Past April 11, 2009
Watch the Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens did make it to the playoffs. Just barely.
April 12 and April 13, 2009
Bal en Blanc
The much anticipated White Party, better known as Bal en Blanc, is in its 15th edition and features a killer lineup with Bal en Blanc regular Armin Van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Toronto's Deadmau5 and Victor Calderone! The all-white dress code applies, as always.
April 15 and April 16, 2009
Montreal Millenium Summit
Welcoming important social activists including actors Mia Farrow, Val Kilmer, and Patrick Huard, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Asha-Rose Migiro, Phil Fontaine, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations, the summit will address global progress in achieving the United Nations' 8 Millennium Development Goals.
April 16 and April 17, 2009
Career and Job Fair
The place to be for job seekers.
April 16 to April 19, 2009
Braderie de mode québécoise
Ladies, gents, there is not a better time to show our extremely talented Montreal designers some love, with inventory at 50% off or more.
April 16 to April 26, 2009
Festival PanAfrica International Vues d'Afrique
Celebrating Vues d'Afrique's 25th anniversary, the Pan Africa International Film Festival highlights include the visual musings of Mange, ceci est mon corps, a contemplative fiction set in Haiti. And if you can handle the brutality of child soldiers, then prepare to be blown away by Johnny Mad Dog, an extremely disturbing, dark and violent feature set in an unnamed African nation. In terms of documentaries, a couple of notables include Le Pays à l'envers, which revisits slavery in Guadeloupe, and the remains of post-genocide Rwanda are unearthed in Behind this Convent. A Spike Lee retrospective also joins the fest, so don't miss your chance to see his first feature length flick, She's Gotta Have It, a production made possible in large part by his grandma's financial support. Check out the full PanAfrica film fest lineup. Website in French.
April 17 to April 19, 2009
National Women's Show
Themes include fashion and style, beauty and wellness, fitness, leisure and travel, food, business and career and let's not forget home style. Get there early for a free bag of girlie stuff.
April 18, 2009
Bermudas Madness! at Atrium le 1000
It's summer at the skating rink. Shorts and floral t-shirts are recommended ice wear with surprise surprises on site.
April 22 to April 26, 2009
Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival
The 11th edition of Blue Metropolis honors novelist Dame A.S. Byatt, best known for her screen-adapted novels Possession and Angels & Insects. With dozens of workshops and round table discussions on hand, personal favorites include an appearance by John Ralston Saul, Jonathan Goldstein taking on the Bible, a discussion with photojournalist and Iranian exile Reza as he shares tales of peace and pain. But there are even more must-attends at Montreal's preeminent literary festival. Just check out my Blue Metropolis Top Events listed by day!
April 22 to April 26, 2009
Earth Day in Montreal
This year's Earth Hour in Montreal sure seemed like a high-watt flop. So don't let Earth Day go unnoticed this April 22, 2009 and check out these fun (and free!) Montreal Earth Day activities. From learning how to renovate in harmony with Mother Nature to stargazing at Jarry Park to joining a treasure hunt at the Biosphere, you don't have to go out on a limb to honor the planet just a wee bit.
April 25 and April 26, 2009
Baby Boomers Show
Dozens of exhibitors just for post-war babies over 45, get in for free with this complimentary e-ticket.
April 25 and April 26, 2009
National Franchise and Business Opportunities Show
On the same days at the Baby Boomer show. Target market coincidence? Jokes aside, they've got some really useful seminars scheduled, including one on Canadian intellectual property and another on understanding the basics of federal and provincial taxes as a business.
Through April 26, 2009
Butterflies Go Free
In its 12th edition, the Montreal Botanical Gardens features yet again a greenhouse filled with beautiful butterflies and moths. Bring your cameras!
April 30, 2009
Federal Income Tax Return Deadline
Send it off on time or pay the fine.
April 30, 2009
Provincial Income Tax Return Deadline
Sigh.
Through Spring. And Summer. And Fall.
Your Montreal Pothole Survival Guide
Dearest Montreal motorists, you need all the help you can get.
