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• In the spring and summer months, Montreal’s Jean-Talon market is the largest open-air farmers’ market in North America. It’s a great place to get close to what makes Montreal’s food scene great: The farmers and the foods that come from our earth, our land (what we call “terroir”)… For 80 years, the market has awakened every Spring for the first harvests of fiddleheads, ramps and asparagus. As we swing into the summer months, there’s always something new to munch on, from strawberries to fresh Quebec garlic. That’s how a market renews itself: with something new every season to savour. On a recent trip, we came upon some new treats to look forward to this year… 1) More organic produce. Every year, we see more farmers’ bounty grown and harvested without pesticides or chemicals of any kind. These tender Quebec asparagus can be found on menus all around town. 2) Les Pops fait au Quebec. Not exactly new, but new to their prime location in the market’s main alley – a candy-striped kiosk and enigmatic branding, not to mention great popsicles. 3) La Grange du Marché, or “beer barn”. Finally, a place to sample Quebec’s best microbrews all in one place,... / Read More →The post Jean-Talon Market: Seven new tastes for Spring appeared first on Tourisme Montréal Blog.
  
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• As the month of May comes to a close, the sun shines on Montreal’s green spaces, from the Botanical Garden to Parc Jean-Drapeau and all over downtown’s Quartier des Spectacles, where Museums Day, Mutek and Festival Transamériques festivals, opera, live music and more keep this week bright… (green living) Visit Montreal’s beautiful and expansive Botanical Garden this weekend for the 16th Great Gardening Weekend, May 25-27. The weekend features the largest horticultural fair in Québec, over a hundred gardening and landscaping specialists, thousands of plants, some of them rare, and a series of talks and demonstrations. Meanwhile, the McCord Museum opens its Urban Forest for the summer on May 26, a tree-filled natural retreat, free of charge to visit, in the heart of downtown, and also one of nine locations for Montreal’s new food truck project. (museums day) Visit 34 of Montreal’s museums and major art galleries free of charge on May 26 during Montreal Museums Day! See the Peru exhibition at the MMFA as well as new work in the museum’s sculpture garden, visit the MACM to see 10 years of critical yet playful work by experimental artist Michel de Broin and a solo show from Eve Sussman and... / Read More →The post Things to Do in Montreal: May 24-30 appeared first on Tourisme Montréal Blog.
  
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• We’ve curated what we think is a pretty great list of our favourite videos featuring Montreal-  check them out… THE MAN WHO LIVED ON HIS BIKE: This short film by Guillaume Blanchet is simple, cute, and jaw-dropping. Montreal is one of the most bike-friendly places in North America with dedicated paths, trails and a city-wide public bike renting system called Bixi, not to mention the upcoming Montreal Bike Fest. SEB TOOTS MONTREAL SNOWBOARDING RUN: We’re all happy that the trees of Mount-Royal are now leafy green and we can picnic, bike, hike, and hang around the Tam-Tams, but we can still reminisce about the fun winter things like this awesome video of Montreal native Seb Toots snowboarding. SHANGELA PERFORMS “TURN ME OUT” AT MONTREAL GAY PRIDE: Shangela is an up and coming drag culture icon. During Fierté Montréal Pride 2012 she seriously turned it out in one of the fiercest performances to ever take the stage. Skillfully filmed by Tourisme Montreal videographer Guillaume Langlois. SAINT-LAURENT: This adorable little love story features the coolest people and places of Boulevard Saint-Laurent. Can you spot your favorite? COME LIVE SOME MONTREAL MOMENTS: What is a #MTLmoment? It’s a moment that is crazy, spontaneous, fun,... / Read More →The post 10 Great Montreal videos appeared first on Tourisme Montréal Blog.
  
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• In Montreal, C2 stands for commerce and creativity, as in C2-MTL, an annual gathering of leading innovators from a broad spectrum of industry who have but one thing on their minds: finding creative answers to commercial questions. And, especially this year, C2 also stands for culture and cool… Now in its second year, C2-MTL – taking place at Arsenal (a converted shipyard built in 1846), May 21-23 – fairly explodes the notion of the traditional business conference. No soul-destroying PowerPoint presentations here. Instead, 20 internationally renowned keynote speakers from a multiplicity of disciplines – including, for example, Virgin’s Richard Branson, former supermodel and now business exec Elle Macpherson, and French architect and designer Philippe Starck – sharing their experience vis-à-vis immersive multimedia presentations. An imaginative array of panel discussions, collaborative workshops, interactive exhibits, conceptual spaces and festive events all serve to augment the emphasis on creating next-level networking opportunities and real-world business solutions. Which is to say stimulation, not simulation. C2-MTL is about the whole brain, left and right sides combined. Well-satiated senses are conducive to creating and C2’s arts and cultural partnering in particular reflects that. This year the Montreal Opera will play a key role at the conference... / Read More →The post C2-MTL 2013: Commerce, creativity, culture and cool appeared first on Tourisme Montréal Blog.
  
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• Now that warmer temperatures are back, the month of May is turning out to be a busy one for food events in Montreal. If you are a foodie, the following 3 events are sure to be up your alley Food Revolution Day – Boxed Lunch Sale: Chef Jamie Oliver is the instigator of Food Revolution Day, a day of awareness for better food education celebrated in over 60 countries around the world. Appetite for Books is participating in the May 17th international event by preparing $10 “good food” boxed lunches made by chef Jonathan Cheung and featuring favourite Jamie Oliver recipes. All proceeds raised on that day will be donated to the NDG Food Bank’s Good Food Box Program. May 17, 2013 at 12 P.M, Appetite for Books, 388 Victoria Avenue Salon j’ai faim: This event is in its very first edition this year. Its mission is to celebrate local food initiatives and innovation. The show will host about 50 exhibitors who will showcase their local products, from all natural sodas, to vegan cooking classes to urban organic vegetable gardens. Also on site will be artists exhibiting their work, conferences on how to start a food business as well as... / Read More →The post 3 great food and family events in May appeared first on Tourisme Montréal Blog.
  
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