We went out to vape and smoke a joint before the show, leaving our jackets inside. The cold wind made me giddy (uncomfortable, but giddy). It felt like cigs in high school when I didn't want to get my jacket from my locker. It felt like late nights I hoped wouldn't end that had started as early days, and I was dressed for the sun.

Kristin Govers is an Île-Perrot-based writer, performer, and founder of Two Left Feet Productions MTL, whose acclaimed debut, The Awkward Ballerina, has been produced over 20 times across North America. A dedicated advocate for inclusivity and accessibility, she is currently adapting her stage work for film while preparing for the August premiere of her new one-woman show, Pregnant… And It’s Still Awkward!

It's been said in uh, places (gestures vaguely), that authenticity is the new currency. That people have hit their saturation point for curated POVs, and staged smiles, and now anything less than the raw and real gives us the heebie jeebies.

If you step inside Turbo Haus on a Wednesday night, there’s three things that you’re guaranteed to find: good music, good people, and a good time. Once you make your way past the bar and near to the stage, you’ll be able to enjoy some of the best musical talent that Montreal has to offer with a crowd that always brings the right energy.

For many years, I considered myself low maintenance. Well, I was repeatedly told I was low maintenance, which was cast in a positive light, and I began to see myself that way. Guys called me that. I didn't have the same requirements or expectations that they, well, expected.

Thanks to a Lyft referral discount, I arrived at the Segal Centre just in time for Contact Theatre’s Falsettos. Most of the audience was already seated by the time I stepped into the venue and claimed my preferred back row seat.

McGill University has a rich history with creative writing, and is presently home to a litany of writing organizations. Its oldest poetry club, McSway Poetry Collective, is embarking on new projects this year that aim to further cement its role in Montreal’s writing community.

A son of Greek immigrants, Andreas Kessaris has spent his career documenting the high-energy, multicultural grit of Montreal's Park Extension. From community columns to his latest books, The Butcher of Park Ex and The Grand Tour of Park Ex, he blends a sharp, humor-driven voice with an authentic commitment to the city’s literary fringes.

When I was a teenager, I loved Jim Morrison. Like, loved. Obviously, I was into The Doors, but I also read Jim’s poetry (yes, we’re on a first name basis like that), and his biography. His was the starring poster on my adolescent wall, the band I had the most shirts of, the one I hypnotized my friends to channel.

In 1981 a one-act sung-through musical called March of the Falsettos premiered, created by William Finn and James Lapine. The story focused on Marvin, his ex-wife Trina, their son Jason, Marvin’s psychiatrist Mendel, and his lover Whizzer.