The 1960s Archives | Page 6 of 10 | The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970)

Garth Gilker and his People’s Yellow Pages

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 […]

Anti-Vietnam war protest in Montreal

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 […]

Joseph Glazner and his experience as a U.S. draft-dodger in Montreal

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 […]

Fans of Zappa

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 […]

Valuable photos

This image is of a The Mothers of Invention concert at The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street in January 1967. Frank Zappa stands with his guitar on the […]

A unique collage-style poster

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 […]

Montreal People’s Yellow Pages with Garth Gilker

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 […]

Purple Unknown, a hippie paradise

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 […]

Jesse Winchester auditions at The New Penelope

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. […]

Paul Kirby on U.S. draft dodgers and Logos magazine

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 […]

Malcolm Reid recalls the bohemian Association espagnole

Malcolm Reid is a historian, journalist, essayist, poet and illustrator who contributed through the years to publications about Québécois society and francophone revolutionary writers. In the 1960s, he […]

Phantasmagoria

Located around the corner from The New Penelope, this friendly hippie record shop opened its doors in 1968. Eric Pressman and Marsha Dangerfield would order the hottest rock […]