THURSDAY EVENING CHAT-UP
Thursday Evening Chat-Up
In collaboration with
The Gazette
Montreal's #14
Thursday May 16, 2013 at 7PM, FREE
Montreal has its own Number 14 bus line, but did you know that it used to be a trolleybus line- that its number was changed because of the metro and that an entirely different Number 14 line existed during the tramway’s era?
Benoit Clairoux has a passion for the history of public transportation in Montreal. He is the author of the book Le métro de Montréal, 35 ans déjà, published in 2001, and works at the STM’s Public Affairs Department since 2002. Join him as he shares his passion with David Johnston, Communities Editor at The Gazette.
SEAGRAM ART GALLERY
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS – SCENES FROM THE BUS
April 25 to May 26
FREE
Artist Reb Frost was born and raised in the farming community of Wentworth County, Southern Ontario. She arrived and settled in Montreal in the late 1970’s.
Reb is an independent urban artist, living in Verdun Quebec. She is mainly self-taught with additional training from Concordia University Montreal (Fine Arts Painting and Drawing)
She presently works for McGill University.
The paintings, illustrations and experimental photography that she produces depict working class areas in around the city of Montreal. Her works are a visual journey of Montreal, documenting bus rides, buildings and local people as they go about their daily lives in the city.
She spends many hours per week, sketching and painting the interesting people and scenes that she comes across while riding the buses here in Montreal.
“I am just one stranger on a bus, and life can be very anonymous in a large city. Even when you are seated beside someone, so close that you can touch them, you will never really know them. So I imagine that I know them and I paint their story.”
Her works include illustrations and paintings of Pointe St. Charles and Southwest Montreal street scenes, including an extensive amount of experimental, photographic images of the city and surrounding areas.
Thirty percent of the proceeds from the exhibition in Centaur’s Seagram Gallery will go directly to support the Theatre’s activities. Thank you!
IN THE NEWS
THE SUBURBAN, WALTER LYNG, MAY 8, 2013
The Number 14 entertains
en route to its terminus
...if you’ve ever been dismayed by any display of bizarre behaviour on public transportation, you’re likely to get on board with The Number 14.
Tribù che balla on CFMB radio.
AUDIO: In Italian
Stefano Giulianetti staring in CentaurTheatre's The Number 14 speaks with Silvio Orvietto about the most famous bus in town.
SHOWTIME, CJAD, MAY 6
AUDIO
Sharman Yarnell speaks with The Number 14 original Director Roy Surette and Scott Walters, currently starring in the production playing at Centaur Theatre.
THE METROPOLITAIN, ALAN HUSTAK, MAY 6, 2013
REVIEW: What A Ride!
Anyone who regularly depends on public transit can’t help but revel in the antics of The Number 14, the extravagantly theatrical stage production running at the Centaur until May 26.
JIM LOWE, TIMES ARGUS, MAY 4, 2013
Theatre review: Broadway slapstick rides the bus
There isn’t much better physical comedy to be had anywhere
THE GAZETTE, PAT DONNELLY, MAY 3, 2013
Theatre review: The Number 14 reinvents the wheels with every sketch
Not all city bus routes are equal when it comes to people-watching. Some offer a more fascinating parade of humanity than others. The Number 14 is a knock-down hilarious family fare.
...deliciously clever.
THE GAZETTE, PHIL CARPENTER, MAY 3, 2013
VIDEO: End of the line for The Number 14?
During a media rehearsal the originating director and an actor discuss the history and production of the play The Number 14, at the Centaur Theatre, in Montreal, Tuesday April 30, 2013. The 21-year-old play is on it's final tour across Canada.
PRESS REPUBLICAN, STEVEN HOWELL, MAY 2, 2013
'Number 14' could be making final run
This may very well be the wildest ride of your life. Exact change only, please.
THE GAZETTE, PAT DONNELLY, APRIL 26, 2013
The bus stops here for The Number 14
Final tour brings 20-year-old vaudevillian show to Montreal for the first time