Sarah Deshaies produces the Andrew Carter Morning Show. Every Friday at 8:20am, she tells you about the big, quirky and off-the-beaten-path events happening in Montreal. Here is this week's list, with links for more information so you can get out and enjoy the city! Submit your event to sarah.deshaies@bellmedia.ca
Swedish dark pop songstress Tove Lo (full name Eba Tove Elsa Nilsson) performs at MTelus on Saturday. Post Malone (full name Austin Richar Post, he's the one with the face tattoos) sings in circles on Sunday at the Bell Centre.
Need something for V Day or just looking to treat yourself? The third annual
Erotic Arts Market has drawings, cards, jewelry, zines, embroidery and more for sale, with food, drinks and DJ Luna spinning tunes. Bring cash! At Nomad Life, 129 Van Horne, Friday, 4 to 11pm.
And if you need a truly last-minute gift, call up
La Scena Musicale and order an singing Valentine! Someone with golden pipes, like famed baritone Gino Quilico, will call your beloved and sing them an aria or love song by phone! For a donation of $30 to $70, or $20 for students. Call 514-948-2520 ext 3 or donation@lascena.ca by 5pm. Proceeds go towards the free monthly bilingual magazine that covers classical music.
Whether you're wearing long johns or Lulus, take part in an outdoor
snow yoga session. Bring layers, tea and tissues! Sunday, 1:30pm at Cap Saint-Jacques in Pierrefonds. Sign-up is required
here.
Everything from cool kitchenware to old comics to vintage clothing is available for purchase at
Bazar vintage du Plateau. St Enfant Jésus Church on Saturday, 10am to 5:30pm.
Looking to go to the theatre? Abundant choice await you! The Centaur presents
Century Song, a recital-play starring soprano Neema Bickersteth, who was born in Alberta to parents from Sierra Leone. She charts stories of black women through the last century in this spellbinding performance. Until February 16. At the Segal until March 1: six harried city-dwellers seeking respite and solace trek to a silent retreat in the woods in Bess Wohl's
Small Mouth Sounds. Cote St Luc Dramatic Society presents
Merton at the Movies, a satire based on a 1947 comedy film based on a 1922 riff on the film industry, at Harold Greenspon Auditorium, February 12-16. And Lakeshore Players Dorval present a comedic farce à la Shakespeare called
Comedy of Tenors, until Saturday at at Lakeside Academy.
The
Commotion Theatre is a new, monthly comedy showcase founded by four members of Montreal Improv, who are bringing four new shows to MainLine Theate on Friday and Saturday. The inaugural weekend features a show inspired by audiences' Instagram feeds, and Candy Jar, where performers will each ingest a candy - some laced with THC, some not - and then concoct improv scenes.
Civil engineer-turned-comic
Jeff Caldwell headlines at The Comedy Nest, Friday and Saturday, 8pm and 10:30pm.
The Wiggle Room presents the second edition of its
Bizarre Valentine burlesque series on
Friday and
Saturday, 9pm. Roxy Torpedo hosts, with Fairy Floss, Joy Rider, Miami Mix and Lorelei of Toronto on the bill.
ONGOING
Old Montreal's discounted food series Happening Gourmand has been extended! Eight restos (Verses Bistro, Maggie Oakes, Brasserie 701, Taverne Gaspar, Méchant Boeuf, Modavie, Bevo Bar + Pizzéria, and Jacopo) are offering table d'hôte brunch at $17. Until March 1.
Explore over 1,000 strange and exotic objects of curiosity at Pointe-a-Callière Museum. Into the Wonder Room explores the phenomenon cabinets of curiosities, until January 10. There is also a new show at the Old Montreal museum: The Incas, Treasures of Peru explores the mysterious civilization's ancient rituals, art and achievements. Until April 13.
Nights, which brings to life unpublished stories about what happens when the sun goes down, by Montreal writers like Heather O'Neill. At the The Stewart Museum until March 7.