Still absorbing the exhilarating barrage of words and music (and hip-hop) of @hamiltonmusical.bsky.social, which finally touched down at Place des Arts this week with a little help from evenko and is sticking around til Sept 7. Don’t throw away your shot!

“This is a layered story for all of us as Montrealers. It’s the story of a building, a neighbourhood, the history of the settlement of Montreal and all the groups that moved through that area." Article link: www.montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...

Phillip Baugniet faces 17 sexual offence charges in Ontario Court involving eight former students at Victoria and FACE schools between 1973 and 1991. Baugniet was a teacher and principal at both schools. Story link: r.pebmac.ca/https://www....

A man in his 60s testified Monday at the trial of former FACE and Victoria School principal Phillip Baugniet, saying he felt compelled to bring “out in the open” what happened to him and his brother on trips to Baugniet’s farm in the early 1970s. Story link: www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...

Loved this profile of my semi-secret Montreal salon, Hot Chain. Thanks to the always great @tchadunlevy.bsky.social www.montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...

A witness recalled sexual touching by a former FACE and Victoria School principal in the 1970s during the second day of Phillip Baugniet's Ontario trial. The witness, in his 60s, recounted being sexually assaulted by Baugniet on four occasions. Story link: www.montrealgazette.com/news/local-c...

Two 60-year-old men detailed the sexual touching they say they suffered at the hands of their former principal at Victoria and FACE schools in Montreal in the 1970s as the trial of Phillip Hart Baugniet began Monday in Ontario Court. Read more at: www.montrealgazette.com/latest-news/...

A wave of carefully curated second-hand clothing stores is sweeping the city. “Oh yeah, it’s a boom, for sure,” said Geneviève Heistek, owner of two shops nestled in a busy strip of St. Laurent Blvd. in Mile End that is riding the crest of that wave. www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...

The Ly family has lived in the duplex since 1983. Ly’s parents, who bought the building after moving to Canada from Vietnam in 1979, share the home with him and his sister. montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

It’s a full-circle moment this year as Marianopolis College film teacher Matthew hays and his brother Peter bring their documentary Flashback to the 37th edition of Montreal's LGBTQ2+ film fest Image+Nation, which runs Nov. 20 to 30. montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...

"Support is growing for the Ly family, which is fighting the expropriation of its humble Rosemont duplex by Montreal’s transit authority to make way for a métro system ventilation station. A petition decrying the station has garnered 1,000 signatures in 4 days." montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...