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Free (although donations are encouraged and special shows cost) art gallery just west of downtown. Includes artefacts, textiles, and many schools of paintings, with good groups of Canadian and Quebecois pieces.
Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion
: 1380 Sherbrooke Street West;
Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion and Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion: 1379 Sherbrooke Street Pavilion;
tel: (514) 285-2000;
www.mmfa.qc.ca
Very comfy hangout café, lazy and leisurely and local. Time-worn sofas and seats with live music and vegan fare, located in the hipster region of the French downtown divide, bordering on the Latin quarter.
Open Celtic music Monday nights; traditional Québec dancin' & fiddlin' Wednesday nights. Other nights list other loc(o)al musicfolk, and local art is showcased on the walls.
Mission of the place: To promote relations between people who share a common vision on ecology, society, communuty and culture.
552, Ste. Catherines Est
(across from Berri-UQAM metro);
tel: (514) 844 1139
www.lutopik.org
This place is a gallery and recording studio like none you will have seen or heard.
Object d'art are everywhere and the studio caters to music production of every genre, and is very affordable. So if you’ve always had the desire to make an album while on holiday look no further… Monsieur Loco (Martin) can even create the tracks for you ; )
Great place to visit on Saturday nights for the open free jam night. Electronica, rap, indy, rock, world music.
4877 St Laurent Boulevard. Look for the orange door, two doors up from Casa. Ring the bell if the door isn't open;
www.studioloco.qc.ca
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