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“This is a very hard, strange time, yes, but we still have music, we still have avenues to explore music and express ourselves.”

From Leonard Cohen-inspired Columbian dance to the history of the witch hunt, to the rousing revolutions of Susanna Fournier, here are our can’t-miss picks this year.

Join an all-star cast of friends, colleagues and fans of Leonard Cohen as they tell stories about the artist’s unique life and contribution to music. Then sing along as some of his best-known songs are played live.

Prepare to be transported to New York’s infamous hotel in this knockout musical tribute.

Leonard Cohen‘s reputation for combining melancholy, eroticism, longevity, spirituality, hipness and poetry has earned him an unparalleled collection of nicknames: the Lord Byron of Rock and Roll, Master Of Romantic Despair, Grizzled Prophet, and Apocalyptic Lounge Lizard, to name a few. (Find more here.) Montreal’s most enduring hipster (my addition to the fray) will play… Read More »

Yesterday, I spontaneously decided to out myself publicly as a recovering alcoholic while also committing myself to daily updates on my sober life in Montreal. Errr, WHAT THE HELL have I done? I temporarily relocated to Montreal to find a little peace and quiet and on day one, I decreed to all that I would maintain an… Read More »