AltWeeklies Wire
Geocachers Take the Treasure Hunt into the 21st Centurynew
Right under our collective noses, geocachers are placing small caches in ingenious places, uploading the GPS coordinates onto the official geocaching website and competing with each other to be the first to find these hidden treasures. The sport of geocaching has over 3,300 official participants in Quebec, and caches in every corner of Montreal.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
08-05-2008 |
Recreation
RoyalCon Gathers Analog Role-Players Under One Tentnew
In Montreal, where every fringe activity has a festival, it's hard to believe role-playing games, of the card and board variety, have been so, until last year, horribly neglected.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
09-14-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Go Skateboarding Daynew
For the fourth annual Go Skateboarding Day, Montreal's skateboarders will congregate downtown to reclaim the real estate from which skaters have been banished.
Montreal Mirror |
Lucan Wisenthal |
06-14-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Calling All Gamblersnew
Poker legend Howard Lederer comes to town to raise the stakes for the second annual Montreal Texas Hold 'Em tourney.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
03-23-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Off the Wall?new
A new pilot project aims to centralize and standardize
concert posters on downtown Montreal billboards. City
officials are looking for a way to work with advertisers and
diminish illegal postings, most of which are for small bands
playing the bar circuit.
Montreal Mirror |
Pohanna Pyne |
08-19-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
