The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) ARCMTL
In this excerpt, a young man enters The New Penelope on Sherbrooke street at night. We then see him inside the empty concert venue, walking on the stage […]
Here is one of the first reviews of a Jesse Winchester show. It was written by Juan Rodriguez, rock journalist of the 1960s and publisher of the music […]
New Penelope owner and manager Gary Eisenkraft lent the club for the filming of High, but also appears as an extra in some scenes. In this still from […]
This still from Larry Kent’s film High is one of very few images that exist of the front of The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street. The backlit sign […]
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 […]
Michael Nerenberg, a Montrealer, being arrested at a demonstration against the Vietnam war in Montreal, January 1968. This image was printed in an issue of The Montrealer magazine […]
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 […]
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 […]
Listen to Joseph Glazner, draft-dodger and author, talk about his decision to move to Canada to avoid the draft in 1967, as well as about being Jesse Winchester’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
