As part of the Festival d’histoire de Montréal 2023, ARCMTL and Afromusée present:

Montreal Nightlife from the 1950s to the 1980s with invited guest: Charles Burke, Black Bottom Club

Free, Saturday May 13 13h – 17h

Don’t forget to check out our Youtube channel and its collections of videos, including a new playlist of ephemeral films and home movies. We’ve also placed a collection of Montreal zines and magazines on our page at archive.org .

Also, last December we launched in partnership with the Afromusée a new website that features an interactive story map about the history of important arts and cultural venues called Nights of Montreal.

If you’d like to consult the archives at our archive centre, please contact us by email to make an appointment.

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Montreal nightlife 1950s to 1980s at the Afromusée

06.05.2023

As part of the Festival d’histoire de Montréal 2023, ARCMTL and Afromusée present: Montreal Nightlife from the 1950s to the 1980s Invited guest: Charles Burke, Black Bottom Club Free, Saturday May 13 13h – 17h Afromusée, 533 Ontario E. métro Berri For the Montreal History Festival, come and discover the history of Montreal’s nightlife from the 1950s to the 1980s with the legendary manager of the Black Bottom nightclub, Charles

Compo Company Project Pt 1

19.05.2022

The Compo Company was a record-pressing plant based out of Montreal that operated from 1918 to the 1970s, bearing witness to and playing an active role in the development and growth of the record industry in Canada. In 2021, ARCMTL teamed up with the Musée des Ondes Berliner to research this important company and to collaborate on a project to digitize hundreds of rare discs from each organization’s collections. This

Grande Printed Art Fair 2022

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