{"id":3,"date":"2020-06-08T17:19:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T17:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/home\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T11:55:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T11:55:06","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In bustling 1960s downtown Montreal, a modest, underground concert venue became popular with the hip youth of the day: it was The New Penelope\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New Penelope was the first Montreal concert venue to present important blues, rock, folk and jazz musicians in the 1960s. It hosted concerts by artists such as Muddy Waters, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, and Jesse Winchester. The New Penelope became a beloved hangout for young people. The club was located in the district that was once called Village du Carr\u00e9 Saint-Louis, sometimes referred to today as Milton-Park.\u00a0This is where the city\u2019s new counterculture and arts scene were emerging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the club only being open for a short time, it is legendary in Montreal&#8217;s nightlife and music history. Years later, many people still vividly remember the excitement of seeing shows there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, over 50 years since The New Penelope closed for good, the time has come to tell its story and to reflect on its legacy. This online exhibit is a labour of love carried out by ARCMTL. The project is supported by the wider community of The New Penelope\u2019s friends and fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_258\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/gallery\/an-iconic-poster\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\"wp-image-258 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/10\/The-New-Penelope-poster_Sidetrack_A_Brown_B_1000pxaabd-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/10\/The-New-Penelope-poster_Sidetrack_A_Brown_B_1000pxaabd-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/10\/The-New-Penelope-poster_Sidetrack_A_Brown_B_1000pxaabd-220x295.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/10\/The-New-Penelope-poster_Sidetrack_A_Brown_B_1000pxaabd-280x375.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/10\/The-New-Penelope-poster_Sidetrack_A_Brown_B_1000pxaabd-620x830.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/10\/The-New-Penelope-poster_Sidetrack_A_Brown_B_1000pxaabd.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iconic poster advertising The Sidetrack at The New Penelope, June 21 &#8211; September 3, 1967<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can now discover stories about The New Penelope through the photos, videos, old posters and newspaper clippings shown here. Listen to the voices and emotions of audience members, bands and former employees of The New Penelope. Let\u2019s dive into the wild and colourful atmosphere of downtown Montreal in the 1960s!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In bustling 1960s downtown Montreal, a modest, underground concert venue became popular with the hip youth of the day: it was The New Penelope\u2026 The New Penelope was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":1534,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-home.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1541,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/1541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitystories.ca\/v2\/new-penelope-era-montreal-1965-1970_epoque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}