McGill AHCS GSA
McGill Art History & Communications Studies Graduate Student Association
2016 Symposium Links and Additional Information
Liliana Leopardi on Gemstones and Beauty in the Renaissance
Tanya Tagaq on Throat Singing
Tanya Tagaq 2014 Polaris Music Prize Performance
Places to Visit
Olympic Site: Botanical Gardens/Insectarium/Planetarium/Biodome
4141 Avenue Pierre de Coubertin
Old Port (Notre Dame Basilica, skating etc.)
http://www.oldportofmontreal.com/
Pointe-à-Callière Museum (Anthropology/Archaeology of Montreal)
http://www.pacmusee.qc.ca/en/home
350 Place Royale
Mount Royal Park
http://www.montreal.com/parks/mtroyal.html
Marché Atwater/Marché Jean Talon
http://www.marchespublics-mtl.com/en/
138 Rue Atwater
7070 Rue Henri-Julien
Cinémathèque Québecoise
http://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/
335 Boul. de Maisonneuve East
Habitat ‘67
2600 Avenue Pierre Dupuy
Science Centre
http://www.montrealsciencecentre.com/
2 Rue de la Commune West
Oratoire St-Joseph (largest free-standing dome in North America)
https://www.saint-joseph.org/en
3800 Chemin Queen Mary
Drawn & Quarterly Bookshop
https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/
211 Rue Bernard West
Places to Eat/Drink
Schwartz’s (smoked meat, deli)
3895 Boul. St-Laurent
Lola Rosa (Vegetarian Mexican)
545 Rue Milton (close to McGill)
4581 Avenue du Parc
Aux Vivres (vegan)
4631 Boul. St-Laurent
St. Viateur Bagel (Bagels, open 24hrs)
http://www.stviateurbagel.com/
263 Rue St-Viateur West
Romados (Portugese chicken)
115 Rue Rachel East
La Banquise (Poutine, open 24hrs)
994 Rue Rachel East
La Panthère Verte (Vegetarian)
http://www.lapanthereverte.com/
2153 Rue Mackay (close to McGill)
1735 Rue St-Denis
145 Avenue Mont Royal East
Nouveau Palais (brunch and late night menu)
http://www.nouveaupalais.com/wp/fr/
281 Rue Bernard West
Patati Patata (Burgers)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Patati-Patata/152005481506456
4177 Boul. St-Laurent
Kazu (Japanese)
1862 Rue St-Catherine West
GaNaDaRa (Korean)
https://www.facebook.com/Restaurant-GaNaDaRa-429893133718487/
1862 Boul. de Maisonneuve West
Sparrow (Brunch, dinner, cocktails)
http://www.sparrow-lemoineau.com/
5322 Boul. St-Laurent
Sumac (Middle eastern)
http://www.sumacrestaurant.com/
3618 Rue Notre Dame West
Maïs (Tacos)
5439 Boul. St-Laurent
Cafeden (Vietnamese)
http://cafedenrestaurant.com/welcome.html
6576 Boul. St-Laurent
Bombay Mahal (Indian, BYOB)
http://www.restaurantbombaymahal.ca/
1001 Rue Jean Talon West
Casa del Popolo (Vegetarian lunch and dinner, bar, concert venue)
http://casadelpopolo.com/shows/
4873 Boul. St-Laurent
La Buvette Chez Simone (Wine bar with food)
4869 Avenue du Parc
‘No Name’ Bar (Cocktails)
5295 Avenue du Parc
Notre Dame Des Quilles (Queer-friendly bar, has a bowling alley)
https://www.facebook.com/notredamedesquilles/
32 Rue Beaubien West
Dieu du Ciel (pub)
29 Avenue Laurier West
Benelux (pub, close to McGill)
245 Rue Sherbrooke West
Dispatch Coffee (on McGill campus)
3480 Rue University (inside McConnell Engineering Building)
Café Humble Lion (close to McGill)
https://www.facebook.com/CafeHumbleLion?ref=stream
904 Rue Sherbooke West
Pikolo Espresso Bar (close to McGill)
3418b Avenue du Parc
Café Olimpico
124 Rue St-Viateur West
Getting to Montréal
Montréal—Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
http://www.admtl.com/en
The 747 Express Bus links the airport to downtown Montreal for $10 (Lionel Groulx and Berri-UQAM metro stations)
Greyhound
www.greyhound.ca Montreal terminal: Station Centrale d’Autobus Montréal - 505 de Maisonneuve est (Berri-UQAM Metro)
Megabus
Megabus terminal: 997 Rue St. Antoine West (Bonaventure Metro)
Via Rail/Amtrak
www.viarail.ca and www.amtrak.com
Montreal station: Gare Centrale - 895 de la Gauchetière West (located under the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, near Bonaventure Metro)
Local Transport
STM (Société de Transport de Montréal): bus & metro routes to/from McGill’s downtown campus
Metro stop: McGill on the Green line. Also accessible by the 80 and 24 bus lines.
Fares: Regular bus and metro fare is $3.25. An unlimited day pass goes for $10 ($18 for 3 days). A weekend pass costs $13.
Trip planner: http://www.stm.info/en
Taxis
Atlas Taxi: 514-485-8585
Diamond Taxi: 514-274-6331
Champlain taxi: 514-273-2435
Places to Stay
HI-Montreal (hostel)
http://www.hostellingmontreal.com/2/home.hostel
1030 Rue Mackay
Auberge Bishop (hostel)
http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Auberge-Bishop/Montreal/63208
1447 Rue Bishop
M Montreal (hostel)
http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/M-Montreal/Montreal/49955?sc_sau=sfab&sc_pos=2
1245 Rue St-Andre
Pensione Popolo
4871 Boul. St-Laurent
University Bed and Breakfast
http://www.universitybedandbreakfast.ca/
623 Rue Prince Arthur West
Best Western Centre-Ville
1240 Rue Drummond
Museums/Galleries
Musée des Beaux Arts
1380 Rue Sherbrooke West
Musée d’Art Contemporain
185 Rue St-Catherine East
Musée McCord
http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/
690 Rue Sherbooke West
Redpath Museum (McGill)
https://www.mcgill.ca/redpath/redpath-museum
859 Rue Sherbrooke West
DHC/ART
451 Rue St-Jean
Galerie de l’UQAM
https://galerie.uqam.ca/en/home.html
1400 Rue Berri
Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery (Concordia University)
http://archive_ellengallery.concordia.ca/en/
1400 Boul. de Maisonneuve West
articule
262 Avenue Fairmount West
Galerie SBC
372 Rue St-Catherine West
Parisian Laundry
http://www.parisianlaundry.com/fr
3550 Rue St-Antoine West
Édifice Belgo (Houses many galleries and artist-run centres)
http://www.thebelgoreport.com/
372 Rue St-Catherine West
galerie antoine ertaskiran
http://www.galerieantoineertaskiran.com/
1892 Rue Payette
Galerie Division
http://www.galeriedivision.com/?language=en
2020 Rue William
Centre d’Art Contemporain OPTICA
5445 Avenue de Gaspé
Battat Contemporary
http://www.battatcontemporary.com/
7245 Rue Alexandra
Centre Eastern Bloc
7240 Rue Clark
Never Apart
7049 Rue St-Urbain
On Liliana Leopardi
Academia.edu profile (papers available here):
https://hws.academia.edu/lilianaleopardi
On Aliza Shvarts
Personal website (papers and artistic work available here) - http://www.alizashvarts.com/
On Tanya Tagaq
Official website - http://tanyatagaq.com/