The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) ARCMTL
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Excerpt of an interview with artist François Dallegret, recounting the principles that guided him for his original interior design of The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street in late […]
Excerpt of an interview with François Dallegret, designer and architect, involved in the design of both Le Drug and The New Penelope in the late 1960s. In the […]
Excerpt of an interview with François Dallegret, designer and architect, involved in the design of elements of Expo 67 as well as Le Drug and The New Penelope. […]
François Dallegret carried out his first Montreal project in 1964, the year of his arrival. This is Le Drug, on de la Montagne (then named Mountain Street) in […]
