The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) ARCMTL
The Mothers of Invention singer, Frank Zappa (right), hanging out with the crowd before their show at The New Penelope, in January 1967. Uh, no, I missed Frank […]
In 1973, Montreal had several head shops, mostly located on Prince Arthur Street, in the heart of the Village du Carré Saint-Louis. These smoking paraphernalia shops emerged from […]
Michael Nerenberg, who attended many concerts at The New Penelope, holds up an issue of the magazine The Montrealer at the ARCMTL archive centre. The magazine’s cover includes […]
Garth Gilker, editor of the Montreal People’s Yellow Pages guide, tells ARCMTL how he cataloged the alternative part of the city that flourished between the summer of Expo […]
Here’s an excerpt of an interview with Allan Youster, former doorman of The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street, describing Jesse Winchester’s infamous first audition at The New Penelope. […]
In 2015, ARCMTL interviewed Paul Kirby and Adriana Kelder, founders and editors of Logos magazine. In this excerpt, Kirby refers to the contribution of Vietnam War American draft […]
This photo of the Live From Earth store is from Montreal Insolite, A Guide for Night Owls (1974). This publication is a reference guide for the Montreal nightlife […]
This anonymous map shows the heart of the Village du Carré Saint-Louis. It was printed and made available in some local businesses in the early 1970s. It served […]
This sandwich board was placed on the sidewalk on Sherbrooke St. during the Sidetrack’s summerlong residence at the New Penelope in 1967. Transcription: 378 Sherbrooke West/Tel 844-6773 New […]
Excerpt of an interview with artist François Dallegret, recounting the principles that guided him for his original interior design of The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street in late […]
Excerpt of an interview with François Dallegret, designer and architect, involved in the design of both Le Drug and The New Penelope in the late 1960s. In the […]
This wide angle shot of the interior of the new New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street was captured by François Dallegret with a special camera lens. It gives a […]
