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Sandwiched between a candle-making cafe and a dancing bar at the intersection of Saint-Laurent and Duluth is Le Club DD’s—the latest and hottest fixture in Montreal’s queer nightlife scene. Even on the coldest of winter nights, club goers are greeted by a lively and welcoming crowd hanging out in front of the venue, having a smoke or catching some air before heading back inside.
A couple of months ago, I started writing an essay about toxic empathy – the point at which our caring for others becomes detrimental to ourselves. I have a fair amount of first hand experience on the subject, and have seen people slip into this pit, never to be seen as their whole selves again.
Jinwoo Park is a Saint-Henri-based Korean Canadian writer and literary translator. A graduate of the University of Oxford’s creative writing program and winner of the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers’ Award, his work explores the complexities of the Korean diaspora and national division.
If you’ve ever walked the streets of Montreal, you’ll recognize the languages and sounds that define the city. Some of the sounds that make our city’s music culture were created by the queer community, enriching the scene with distinct subcultures, life-experiences, and fascinating rhythms.
In 2011 I read Patti Smith’s Just Kids, and what stood out to me was the idea of identifying as an artist. The idea of saying, “I am an Artist”. I was living in Toronto, working as a “professional actor”. I wasn’t just an actor, though, I was a writer, a singer, a dancer, I enjoyed painting and sculpting, making music, but out of necessity, I was an actor.
Anne of Green Gables becoming a multiverse-crossing serial killer wielding a Japanese sword is just the beginning of Kirsten Shute’s Fanfiction Is for Teenage Girls (Cactus Press, 2025). Her chapbook is full of clever, hilarious wordplay and even dips into the history of ancient, reconstructed languages.
“Make yourself as comfortable as you can,” says the narrator in greeting, “because we will make sure that you’re very uncomfortable very soon.” This is the promise made, and kept, by Wine & Halva: a biting comedy written by Deniz Başar and directed by Art Babayants, returning to the stage in May 2026 after its first run in 2024.
“Make yourself as comfortable as you can,” says the narrator in greeting, “because we will make sure that you’re very uncomfortable very soon.” This is the promise made, and kept, by Wine & Halva: a biting comedy written by Deniz Başar and directed by Art Babayants, returning to the stage in May 2026 after its first run in 2024.
“Make yourself as comfortable as you can,” says the narrator in greeting, “because we will make sure that you’re very uncomfortable very soon.” This is the promise made, and kept, by Wine & Halva: a biting comedy written by Deniz Başar and directed by Art Babayants, returning to the stage in May 2026 after its first run in 2024.
Calling lovers of books, publishing, and all things writing—the 2026 Blue Metropolis Literary Festival is well under way and is the perfect way to spend a warm Spring weekend in Montreal.
Teesri Duniya’s production of Behind The Moon delivers an emotionally charged meditation on the immigrant experience that holds the audience in a space of shared reflection. While the production navigates directorial hurdles and inconsistent technical execution, the raw power of Anosh Irani’s script and the dynamic energy of the talented cast of actors keep the heart of the story firmly intact.
Jinwoo Park is a Saint-Henri-based Korean Canadian writer and literary translator. A graduate of the University of Oxford’s creative writing program and winner of the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers’ Award, his work explores the complexities of the Korean diaspora and national division.
Fannie L’Heureux is a Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice reclaims femininity and resilience as radical acts of resistance. With a background in visual and media arts from UQÀM, her "undisciplined" work spans performance, relational art, and video.
Naghmeh Sharifi is a New Rosemont-based multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges the gap between the tangible immediacy of painting and the narrative depth of time-based media. An Iranian-Canadian artist with degrees in both Visual Arts and Psychology, she explores the oral transmission of matrilineal folktales. Through a process of layering and erasure, she investigates the body as a site for memories that are personal, cultural, and ancestral.
IRL (Amanda Harvey) is a Villeray-based composer, DJ, and writer whose work bridges the gap between ethereal ambient textures and the low-slung rhythms of IDM.
Call him Mankind. Call him Dude Love, Cactus Jack, the hardcore legend, even a best-selling author. Call him a stand up comedian? Mick Foley would very much like you to.
Well, here we go again. The Société de développement Angus (SDA) just announced a $160 million, 12 floor development project for the corner of St-Laurent and St-Catherine, the heart of Montreal’s historic Red Light District and current Quartier de Spéctacles.
Ever see the slacker classic Joe’s Apartment? That’s the one with Jerry O’Connell starring alongside some well trained cockroaches as a mid west boy in his first foray into quasi-manhood in NYC, conveniently landing a rent controlled apartment, subsequently discovering his landlord is trying to kill him off so they can tear down the building and put up a maximum security penitentiary.
We want to know what you’re doing! Artists, write to us about your exhibitions, events, releases!
Forget The Box is by Montreal, for Montreal.