The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) ARCMTL
This ad from 1968 announces the first screening of the film High at the Cinéma Guy, in downtown Montreal. As implied by the ad, the Montreal public had […]
In this interview conducted in May 2021 by Louis Rastelli, Director of ARCMTL, filmmaker Larry Kent describes how his movie High was filmed in different parts of Montreal […]
In this interview conducted in May 2021, Louis Rastelli, Director of ARCMTL, and filmmaker Larry Kent discuss the main themes tackled by the movie High (1967) and the […]
Here’s a poster advertising a Jesse Winchester show at the Yellow Door. A photograph from that concert is also included in this exhibit. This concert dates from the […]
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 […]
This ad announces The New Penelope’s opening on Sherbrooke Street in January 1967. The first to perform at the new venue is the legendary American rock band The […]
Photograph of a member of the crowd sitting down at The New Penelope, before or after one of The Mothers of Invention concerts. They are reading a review […]
This poster promotes the first band to perform at The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street: The Mothers of Invention. It was kept after all these years by Montreal […]
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 […]
This advertisement for The Purple Unknown, shop that used to sell all kinds of products for the hippie community, mentions the neighbouring The New Penelope. Transcription: 10% off […]
