The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) ARCMTL
Here’s an article about Montreal’s Stanley Street scene as it was when Gary became a part of it by opening his series of coffeehouses. Transcription: The Stanley Scene […]
Gary Eisenkraft wanted his coffee houses to be welcoming spaces for teenagers who enjoyed music. His new coffee house, The Penelope, makes no exception. This article relates the […]
This advertisement promotes the opening of the Fifth Amendment coffeehouse on November 11th, 1964. The programming features a Hootenannies event followed by a gospel singing act. Hootenannies were […]
This photo is of Gary Eisenkraft and the members of the Greenbriar Boys bluegrass band. Gary had made them come all the way from New York to play […]
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 […]
Bob Dylan is a songwriter and composer of great importance to American popular culture. Many people recall the time he spent playing in modest Montreal coffee houses and […]
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 […]
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was an American group that was credited with innovating a new sound in the mid 1960s, bringing various influences such as jazz and […]
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 […]
This ad was published in 1964 in the Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) student newspaper. In it, Gary Eisenkraft offers lessons in folk guitar, finger-picking, blues […]
