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In this two-hour tour we’ll stroll along many of the streets of the neighbourhood to discover some of the places and themes that inspired several Montreal writers during the 20th and 21st centuries. We’ll read excerpts – some in their original languages, some in translation. The tour is being offered […]

Mile End Literary Tour 2021

2021-09-10 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

Manifestation de locataires expulsés de leurs logements de l'avenue Esplanade, organisée par le Comité logement Saint-Louis, 12 mai 1977. — Our first walking tour of 2021 will be held in French on Sunday, 1 August at 1 pm. Please see here for description and details, including the link for registration (required). English version: From its early days as a small, rural, French-Canadian village, through its era as the heart and […]

Walking Tour: Citizen action in Mile End

2021-07-16 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Mémoire du Mile End

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(Français) Nos prochaines conférences, hiver-printemps 2020

2020-01-09 in News and Activities / Talks by Yves Desjardins

Presentation: Queer Mile End

2019-11-16 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

The Landscapes of Mile End Sunday November 3, 2 p.m. (Standard time) Mile End has a rich history. Recognized as a district of heritage interest by the City, it bears witness to Montreal’s cultural diversity and urban development triggered by 19th-century industrialization. It is culturally and socially dynamic and is […]

Presentation: The Landscapes of Mile End

2019-10-28 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

Contemporary Jewish Mile End from World War II to today Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 – 2:30 pm This tour will present a lesser known aspect of Mile End. The largest Jewish neighbourhood in Montreal before World War II, it changed from the 1940s onward as various Hassidic Jewish communities moved […]

Walking tour: Contemporary Jewish Mile End

2019-10-09 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

Family archives: their contributions to history and challenges of conservation in French Sunday 6 October 2019, 2 pm Bibliothèque Mordecai-Richler 5434 Park Avenue ** Please note that the multipurpose room upstairs, where the activity takes place, will be open as usual. Only the adult section of the library, downstairs, is closed. ** […]

Presentation – Family Archives

2019-10-05 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

Launch of Mile End Portraits

2019-09-23 in News and Activities / Mile End Portraits by Mémoire du Mile End

book: Portraits du Mile End — Update 2019-09-23: Photos from the event. Join us for the launch of a book that celebrates Mile End diversity! Mile End Memories, the local history group, joined with two local graphic artists, Michel Hellman and Pascal Girard, to produce a richly illustrated book linking the history of the neighborhood to […]

Book launch: Mile End Portraits

2019-08-25 in News and Activities by Justin Bur

Mile End Memories is offering eight walking tours in the neighbourhood this year, on Sunday afternoons (and a couple of Saturdays) at 2 pm, between 16 June and 13 October. Reservations not required. A voluntary contribution ($10 suggested) would be appreciated, to support the organization’s programs. Sunday 13 October – […]

Walking Tours 2019

2019-07-06 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 – 5:30 p.m. La Khaïma restaurant 142 Fairmount Av. West All our friends are welcome! Here is the proposed agenda: 1. Welcome, adoption of the agenda 2. Adoption of the minutes of the Annual General Meeting of October 28, 2018 3. Presentation of 2018 activity report and […]

Annual General Meeting 2018-19

2019-06-05 in News and Activities by Mémoire du Mile End

Théâtre Rialto et commerces, années 1970 — The Comité des citoyens du Mile End, Association des gens d’affaires du Mile End, and Mile End Memories are conducting a survey about residents’ opinions on and needs for retail shops. Click here to participate As with good neighbours, we’re never happy when a well-loved neighborhood business has to close. […]

Talk: The evolution of Mile End retail

2019-01-20 in News and Activities / Talks by Mémoire du Mile End

On Thursday 22 November 2018, Mile End Memories celebrated its 15th anniversary at the Rialto Theatre. We also took the opportunity to highlight the remarkable restoration of this Montreal heritage jewel, an important pole of the neighborhood cultural scene. Two “illustrators-in-residence”, Pascal Girard and Michel Hellman, sketched the proceedings during […]

Mile End Memories 15th anniversary celebration

2018-12-05 in News and Activities by Mémoire du Mile End

Mile End Memories will celebrate its 15th anniversary, Thursday, November 22, 2018, from 5 to 8 pm. The event will be held at Rialto Hall, 5711 Park Avenue. We will take this opportunity to highlight the restoration of the Rialto Theatre, a jewel of Montréal heritage and a key venue […]

Mile End Memories celebrates 15 years!

2018-11-11 in News and Activities by Yves Desjardins

Mile End Memories, in collaboration with the Mordecai-Richler Library, presents a new version of its Historical and Literary Tour of Mile End during the Journées de la culture. Rediscover the neighbourhood with a walking tour featuring historical and literary references to places that have inspired many authors and artists. The walk, led […]

Journées de la culture 2018: Historical and Literary Tour

2018-09-13 in News and Activities / Talks / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

After the success in 2017 of the walking tour series Promenades sur le Plateau : histoires et cultures offered in collaboration with the Société d’histoire du Plateau Mont-Royal during the celebrations of the 375th anniversary of Montreal, Mile End Memories has the pleasure of offering most of the Mile End program […]