The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) ARCMTL
This article was published in the student newspaper The Georgian in 1964. It recounts a conversation with Gary Eisenkraft who speaks about the opening of his new club: The […]
Excerpt of an interview with George Ferenczi, longtime author and teacher. He describes Montreal’s Stanley Street coffee house scene of the 1960s, and recalls the special atmosphere of […]
I’ll tell you, the biggest inspiration for him [Gary Eisenkraft] […] was the club Potpourri. The Seven Steps and the Potpourri, because they had music, Gary liked to […]
Gary Eisenkraft was himself a singer and guitarist who played folk and blues music. During his travels through Canada and the United States undertaken when he was between […]
These three shots show the front of the New Penelope, a small concert hall that first opened its doors in a semi-basement on Stanley Street (1965-66), in downtown […]
François Dallegret’s creations were multidisciplinary and innovative. He created unusual objects/games for museum shops, complex technical drawings for magazines, logos and posters and interactive sculptures for Expo 67. […]
