Blog – nights of montreal

CKUT on the map w Stretch and Butcher T

On November 15, we’re putting CKUT on the map! The map of Afro-Montreal Culture & Nightlife, that is! ARCMTL and AFROMUSÉE present a new monthly series of presentations on the history and evolution of the Afro-Montreal culture and nightlife. With Howard ”Stretch” Carr and Butcher T. November 15, 5 – 8 p.m., Afromusée, 533 Ontario … Read more

Black and white photo from 1977 showing the artist Pierre Perpall and his band Bagowa

Pierre Perpall at the Afromusée

On December 14, 2022, the launch of the collaborative project “Nuits de Montréal” was held at the Afromusée de Montréal.

Listing of musicians playing at The Rising Sun written about in the Gazette

References

The following list contains titles of books, articles and doctoral dissertations that were referenced in writing articles for this website.

Ethel Bruneau in the mid-1960s black and white photograph of a young woman with black skin and short hair wearing a white dance outfit and heels, posing by leaning one knee on a chair with one hand on the chair back and the other on her hip and with a big smile

Ethel Bruneau “Miss Swing” – a Montreal Legend

Born in 1936 in New York City to a Barbadian father and Jamaican mother, Ethel Bruneau was a Canadian dance legend who performed and taught in Montreal for over seven decades.

Nights of Montreal in the years 1950 – 1980, an event at the Afromusee

As part of the Festival d’histoire de Montréal 2023, ARCMTL and the Afromusée present: “Nights of Montreal in the years 1950 – 1980, an event at the Afromusee”

Charles Burke at the Afromusée

This interview/conversation took place on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at the Afromusée and was hosted by Louis Rastelli, director of ARCMTL