Will we have a white Christmas? Impossible at the moment to predict. Do our journalists have any ideas for outings? This, yes ! Here are some suggestions to inspire you.
Classic Nutcracker
It’s the great holiday classic, the story of little Clara who receives a nutcracker in the shape of a soldier. The 45 dancers from the Grands Ballets canadiennes and around a hundred students from the École supérieure de Ballet du Québec take the stage to perform Hoffman’s famous tale to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, according to the choreography of Fernand Nault. The show requires 350 costumes.
Marie Tison, The Press
Camping at the Tohu
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The family show Camping arrives at Tohu for the holidays.
The Théâtre à Tempo de Québec is coming to Tohu for the holidays with a fun family show, around the theme of vacations and summer. Camping, a creation by Geneviève Kérouac, toured Europe before landing in Montreal. We are promised an entertaining mix of acrobatics, dance and music, all with a hint of nostalgia, generously coated with humor.
Silvia Galipeau, The Press
Contemporary art, Christmas market version
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Snow by Florence Leblanc Dubois
It’s a formal Christmas market, but much more an opportunity to discover the work of a dozen artists. They are all women and their arts span several disciplines: textile work, engravings, drawings, photos… It is also an opportunity to start your art collection, say the organizers of this extraordinary mini-market, the artist Delphine Huguet and curator Mylène Lachance-Paquin. Or give gifts. Entrance is free and curiosity is strongly recommended.
From December 14 to 16, behind the Alambika boutique at 6484 Saint-Laurent Boulevard, in Montreal.
Stéphanie Bérubé, The Press
Majid Jordan at MTelus
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Majid Jordan
Canadian duo Majid Jordan may never match the success of their 10-year-old collaboration with Drake, Hold On, We’re Going Home, but it still offers very pleasant pop and R&B rhythms. This Friday, December 15, singer Majid Al Maskati and producer Jordan Ullman will be at MTelus to offer the Montreal public their catchy, feel-good music. Still on Drake’s OVO Sound label, the group launched the album in November Good Peopleperfect for the season, then an improved version called Afterhours, a few weeks later. Alex Lustig, who notably launched the EP Divein 2019, with Milk & Bone, will provide the opening act.
At the MTelus, 8 p.m.
Pascal LeBlanc, The Press
Wine and canvas pairing
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We are curious: the exhibition-event Surf & Turf combines art and wine. And also gastronomy, since it is at the heart of the life and work of the painter Isabelle Benoit. It was she who initiated this project where she exhibits around fifteen of her paintings, grouped into services like a meal. Guillaume Laliberté, sommelier and co-founder of Lieux communes, this group of local winegrowers, signs the art-wine agreement. The public is therefore invited to visit the exhibition while tasting the vintage which accompanies the paintings. Starting with a creation of Lieux communes, then discovering other wines, even a beer since all this is held at the WILLS brewery.
Friday and Saturday evenings, 6729 Ave de l’Esplanade, Montreal
Stéphanie Bérubé, The Press
Hauterive at the Claude-Léveillée room
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Catherine Durand and Mara Tremblay
When Mara Tremblay and Catherine Durand launched the Hauterive project last spring, they certainly did not expect to give so many shows. But the musical and friendly duo has been traveling a lot over the past six months with their excellent Americana repertoire. The two singer-songwriters will give the last two performances out of four at the Salle Claude-Léveillée at Place des Arts on December 15 and 16, then return to the road in 2024.
Josée Lapointe, The Press
At the movie theater : Caravaggio
Art and history are at the heart of Italian filmmaker Michele Placido’s most recent film. In Caravaggio, it tells the life of the painter Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, the master of chiaroscuro who, in the early 1600s, was accused of murder and blasphemy. Played by Riccardo Scamarcio, this genius of baroque painting fled Rome and took refuge in Naples in order to escape beheading. Louis Garrel and Isabelle Huppert are also part of the cast of this historical drama.
Caravaggio is presented at the Cinéma du Musée and at the Cinéma Beaubien in the original Italian version, with French subtitles.
Véronique Larocque, The Press