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⭐ Richard "Bugs" Burnett highlights What’s on in Montreal – Some choice arts and entertainment events for February ⭐

Full column in The Montrealer ⤵️

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50th anniversary of the Montréal Olympic Games | Tourisme Montréal The world descended upon Montréal for the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, the biggest global event Montréal had hosted since Expo 67, which was the most successful World’s Fair of the 20th century. The 197...

The 50th anniversary of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal is more than a trip down memory lane. It’s a masterclass in how an event can define a city’s DNA forever🥇

My look back + 50th anniversary events ⤵️

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Montreal's 35th Black History Month features a full slate of theatre, film screenings, concerts & other cultural events. This year’s theme is “Let’s raise our voices together” (Élevons nos voix ensemble) ✊🏾

My full roundup ⤵️

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The Art of Dayna McLeod Legendary Montreal artist Dayna McLeod has delighted audiences worldwide for more than a quarter-century with her interdisciplinary art and trademark humour. Her writing, performances and videos explo...

My candid FUGUES mag Q&A with revered & beloved legendary Montreal artist Dayna McLeod about her extraordinary life & work ⤵️

www.fugues.com/2026/01/28/t...

Black History Month 2026 in Montreal: 7 must-see events & cultural highlights Comedy, dance, live music and musical performances are among the many events happening throughout February

My Montreal Black History Month 2026 choice picks ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

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Via TimeOut Montreal

Montréal cultural calendar | Tourisme Montréal Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, theatre and comedy are among the many live entertainment choices in Montréal this Winter 2025.

❄️ Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, dance, cinema, literature, theatre & comedy among many live entertainment choices in Montreal this Winter 2026 ❄️

My full roundup ⤵️

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English theatre shines in Montréal | Tourisme Montréal Theatre goers will enjoy blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies and smash hit musicals produced by some of Canada and Montréal’s most exciting professional and independent English-language theatre c...

❄️ Blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies & smash hit musicals produced by Canada's most exciting English-language theatre companies this Winter 2026 ! ❄️

My full roundup ⤵️

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The world’s biggest collection of Montréal Expos memorabilia | Tourisme Montréal Montréal Expos diehard baseball fan Perry Giannias started collecting Expos memorabilia when the fabled Major League Baseball team played its final season in Montréal in 2004.

⚾ Nos Amours! World’s biggest collection of Montreal Expos memorabilia ⚾

Perry Giannias gives tour of his spectacular collection + previews his 2026 All-Star ExposFest benefit Montreal Children's Hospital

Full story ⤵️

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Exhibitions at Montréal museums | Tourisme Montréal Blockbuster exhibitions about fashion from Africa, photographer Richard Avedon, famed Cree artist Kent Monkman, and iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, are among the many must-see retrospectives and exp...

Fashion from Africa, photographer Richard Avedon, famed Cree artist Kent Monkman & iconic detective Sherlock Holmes among many blockbuster exhibitions at Montreal museums this winter

My Winter 2026 roundup ⤵️

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Immersive exhibitions in Montréal | Tourisme Montréal Montréal is a hotbed of interactive and immersive exhibitions, virtual reality and digital arts. Blockbuster immersive exhibitions about Ancient Rome, Sherlock Holmes, and cloning are among the many i...

Montreal is a hotbed of interactive and immersive exhibitions, virtual reality and digital arts.

My Winter 2026 roundup ⤵️

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⭐ Richard "Bugs" Burnett highlights What’s on in Montreal – Some choice arts and entertainment events for December ⭐

Full column in The Montrealer ⤵️

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✊🏽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ The Queer Year in Review

My 30th annual column of the past year’s Heroes & Zeros, in the Dec 2025 / Jan 2026 edition of FUGUES mag ⤵️

English version:
www.fugues.com/2025/11/27/y...

En français:
www.fugues.com/2025/11/26/n...

Le Collège Dawson inaugure le prix Joe Rose destiné aux étudiant·e·s LGBTQ+ Le Collège Dawson a lancé le Prix d’engagement communautaire queer Joe-Rose, une nouvelle distinction qui offrira une bourse de 1 000 $ à un·e étudiant·e LGBTQ+ inscrit·e à Dawson. Ce prix annuel port...

🏳️‍🌈 Le Collège Dawson inaugure le prix Joe Rose destiné aux étudiant·e·s LGBTQ+ ⤵️

www.fugues.com/2025/11/26/l...

🎥 On eve of Dec 1 World AIDS Day, my FUGUES magazine Q&A w/ Elizabeth Taylor EA Tim Mendelson ABT the Hollywood icon, her gay BFFs and the ongoing work of The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation 🎬

Full story ⤵️

www.fugues.com/2025/10/27/t...

En français:

www.fugues.com/2025/10/30/l...

Montréal’s image+nation LGBTQ film festival turns 38 | Tourisme Montréal Canada’s pioneering image+nation LGBTQ film festival will screen and stream 125 films from across Québec, Canada and the world at its 38th edition from November 20 to 30, 2025.

🎥 Canada’s pioneering image+nation LGBTQ film festival screens & streams 125 films from across Québec, Canada and the world at its 38th edition from November 20 to 30 🎬

My @mtl.org roundup ⤵️

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⭐ Richard "Bugs" Burnett highlights What’s on in Montreal – Some choice arts and entertainment events for November ⭐

Full column in The Montrealer ⤵️

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Jingle Bells! Celebrating the holidays in Montréal | Tourisme Montréal No city celebrates Christmas quite like Montréal, which welcomes the 2025 holiday season with countless musical concerts and special events, from the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal to Les Grands Ba...

❄️ No city celebrates Christmas quite like Montréal which welcomes 2025 holiday season with many musical concerts & special events ❄️

My @mtl.org roundup ⤵️

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Immersive exhibitions in Montréal | Tourisme Montréal Montréal is a hotbed of interactive and immersive exhibitions, virtual reality and digital arts. Blockbuster immersive exhibitions about dinosaurs, Sherlock Holmes, the Titanic, Montréal’s iconic Notr...

Montreal is a hotbed of interactive and immersive exhibitions, virtual reality and digital arts

My @mtl.org roundup ⤵️

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Montreal’s rich, turbulent queer history is the heart of Corps fantômes Have front-line anglophones and allophones been erased from history in the play at Théâtre Duceppe?

Montreal’s rich, turbulent queer history is the heart of Corps fantômes @theatre-duceppe.bsky.social to Nov 22

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My story via @mtlgazette.bsky.social

The Lasting Legacy of AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor The most famous movie star of the 20th century, Elizabeth Taylor once said, “I resented my fame until I realized I could use it.” And wield it she did when she waged war against the HIV and AIDS pande...

🎥 Elizabeth Taylor once said, “I resented my fame until I realized I could use it.” My FUGUES mag Q&A w/ her EA Tim Mendelson ABT her AIDS work & glamourous life w/ her famous gay BFFs 🎬

My Q&A ⤵️

www.fugues.com/2025/10/27/t... 💜

(📷 Herb Ritts)

Concordia alumna Sophie Jodoin wins inaugural Prix La Caisse en art actuel | News - Concordia University Montreal artist Sophie Jodoin, BFA 88, won the inaugural Prix La Caisse en art actuel, a $25,000 award that recognizes Quebec’s leading mid-career artists.

My candid Q&A w/ Concordia University alumna, Montreal artist Sophie Jodoin who wins inaugural $25K Prix La Caisse en art actuel ⤵️

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Exhibitions at Montréal museums | Tourisme Montréal Blockbuster exhibitions about fashion from Africa, famed Cree artist Kent Monkman, and iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, are among the many must-see retrospectives and expositions at Montréal museums ...

Fashion from Africa, iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, and famed Cree artist Kent Monkman are among blockbuster exhibitions  this Autumn 2025 🏛️

My @mtl.org roundup ⤵️

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“Prancing” with TV legend Jon Kinnally Legendary American television writer and producer Jon Kinnally changed TV as the head writer of the trailblazing sitcom Will & Grace. Now, with his signature humour, Kinnally chronicles his life and s...

My candid FUGUES magazine Q&A w/ Will & Grace head writer Jon Kinnally ABT his new showbiz memoir "I’m Prancing as Fast as I Can: My Journey From a Self-Loathing Closet Case to a Successful TV Writer With Some Self-Esteem" 📺

Full story ⤵️

www.fugues.com/2025/09/24/p...

Montréal cultural calendar | Tourisme Montréal Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, theatre and comedy are among the many live entertainment choices in Montréal this Autumn 2025.

Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, dance, literature, theatre & comedy among many live entertainment choices in Montreal this Autumn 2025 🍃🍁🍂

My @mtl.org roundup for Oct-Nov-Dec ⤵️

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50th anniversary of the Montréal Olympic Games | Tourisme Montréal The world descended upon Montréal for the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, the biggest global event Montréal had hosted since Expo 67, which was the most successful World’s Fair of the 20th century. The 197...

Montreal celebrates 50th anniversary of 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games. A look back at the Olympic records & legacy in Montreal, and at the commemorative celebrations in 2026 🏅

Full @mtl.org story ⤵️

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English theatre shines in Montréal | Tourisme Montréal Theatre goers will enjoy blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies and smash hit musicals produced by some of Canada and Montréal’s most exciting professional and independent English-language theatre c...

Blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies & smash hit musicals produced by some of Canada's most exciting pro & indie English-language theatre companies this Autumn 2025 🍃🍁🍂

My @mtl.org roundup ⤵️

www.mtl.org/en/experienc...

English theatre shines in Montréal | Tourisme Montréal Theatre goers will enjoy blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies and smash hit musicals produced by some of Canada and Montréal’s most exciting professional and independent English-language theatre c...

Thank you to @mtl.org and @bugsburnett.bsky.social for featuring BTW on this list! Check out the article to discover what’s in store for English Montreal Theatre this Fall! 🎭

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Mother of the legendary House of Manny Montreal drag icon Manny has worked in films, television, magazines and modelling with the biggest names in the business, and now at age 65 is the oldest regularly working drag queen in Montreal. Whil...

Montreal's oldest working drag queen at 65, my candid FUGUES mag Q&A with #drag legend Manny who started as 16-yr-old club kid at #Montreal's fabled Limelight disco 💋

Full story ⤵️

www.fugues.com/2025/08/27/m...

Via @fuguesmagazine.bsky.social

⭐ Richard "Bugs" Burnett highlights What’s on in Montreal – Some choice arts and entertainment events for September ⭐

Full column in The Montrealer ⤵️

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Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of global jazz icon Oscar Peterson who loved his hometown of Montreal. We visit some local landmarks honouring Oscar 🎹

Full story ⤵️

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Via @mtl.org