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Richard Bugs Burnett 🇨🇦
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⚾ Writer, journalist, editor, columnist ★ “Mr Montreal” – CBC Arts 👠 Divas, baseball & cocktails🍸
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🎥 Canada’s pioneering image+nation LGBTQ film festival screens & streams 125 films from across Québec, Canada and the world at its 38th edition from November 20 to 30 🎬

My @mtl.org roundup ⤵️

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Montréal’s image+nation LGBTQ film festival turns 38 | Tourisme Montréal
Canada’s pioneering image+nation LGBTQ film festival will screen and stream 125 films from across Québec, Canada and the world at its 38th edition from November 20 to 30, 2025.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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⭐ Richard "Bugs" Burnett highlights What’s on in Montreal – Some choice arts and entertainment events for November ⭐

Full column in The Montrealer ⤵️

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November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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❄️ No city celebrates Christmas quite like Montréal which welcomes 2025 holiday season with many musical concerts & special events ❄️

My @mtl.org roundup ⤵️

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Jingle Bells! Celebrating the holidays in Montréal | Tourisme Montréal
No city celebrates Christmas quite like Montréal, which welcomes the 2025 holiday season with countless musical concerts and special events, from the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal to Les Grands Ba...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Montreal is a hotbed of interactive and immersive exhibitions, virtual reality and digital arts

My @mtl.org roundup ⤵️

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Immersive exhibitions in Montréal | Tourisme Montréal
Montréal is a hotbed of interactive and immersive exhibitions, virtual reality and digital arts. Blockbuster immersive exhibitions about dinosaurs, Sherlock Holmes, the Titanic, Montréal’s iconic Notr...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Montreal’s rich, turbulent queer history is the heart of Corps fantômes @theatre-duceppe.bsky.social to Nov 22

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Montreal’s rich, turbulent queer history is the heart of Corps fantômes
Have front-line anglophones and allophones been erased from history in the play at Théâtre Duceppe?
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November 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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🎥 Elizabeth Taylor once said, “I resented my fame until I realized I could use it.” My FUGUES mag Q&A w/ her EA Tim Mendelson ABT her AIDS work & glamourous life w/ her famous gay BFFs 🎬

My Q&A ⤵️

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(📷 Herb Ritts)
The Lasting Legacy of AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor
The most famous movie star of the 20th century, Elizabeth Taylor once said, “I resented my fame until I realized I could use it.” And wield it she did when she waged war against the HIV and AIDS pande...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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My candid Q&A w/ Concordia University alumna, Montreal artist Sophie Jodoin who wins inaugural $25K Prix La Caisse en art actuel ⤵️

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Concordia alumna Sophie Jodoin wins inaugural Prix La Caisse en art actuel | News - Concordia University
Montreal artist Sophie Jodoin, BFA 88, won the inaugural Prix La Caisse en art actuel, a $25,000 award that recognizes Quebec’s leading mid-career artists.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Fashion from Africa, iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, and famed Cree artist Kent Monkman are among blockbuster exhibitions  this Autumn 2025 🏛️

My @mtl.org roundup ⤵️

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Exhibitions at Montréal museums | Tourisme Montréal
Blockbuster exhibitions about fashion from Africa, famed Cree artist Kent Monkman, and iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, are among the many must-see retrospectives and expositions at Montréal museums ...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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My candid FUGUES magazine Q&A w/ Will & Grace head writer Jon Kinnally ABT his new showbiz memoir "I’m Prancing as Fast as I Can: My Journey From a Self-Loathing Closet Case to a Successful TV Writer With Some Self-Esteem" 📺

Full story ⤵️

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“Prancing” with TV legend Jon Kinnally
Legendary American television writer and producer Jon Kinnally changed TV as the head writer of the trailblazing sitcom Will & Grace. Now, with his signature humour, Kinnally chronicles his life and s...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, dance, literature, theatre & comedy among many live entertainment choices in Montreal this Autumn 2025 🍃🍁🍂

My @mtl.org roundup for Oct-Nov-Dec ⤵️

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Montréal cultural calendar | Tourisme Montréal
Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, theatre and comedy are among the many live entertainment choices in Montréal this Autumn 2025.
www.mtl.org
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Montreal celebrates 50th anniversary of 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games. A look back at the Olympic records & legacy in Montreal, and at the commemorative celebrations in 2026 🏅

Full @mtl.org story ⤵️

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50th anniversary of the Montréal Olympic Games | Tourisme Montréal
The world descended upon Montréal for the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, the biggest global event Montréal had hosted since Expo 67, which was the most successful World’s Fair of the 20th century. The 197...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies & smash hit musicals produced by some of Canada's most exciting pro & indie English-language theatre companies this Autumn 2025 🍃🍁🍂

My @mtl.org roundup ⤵️

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English theatre shines in Montréal | Tourisme Montréal
Theatre goers will enjoy blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies and smash hit musicals produced by some of Canada and Montréal’s most exciting professional and independent English-language theatre c...
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September 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Thank you to @mtl.org and @bugsburnett.bsky.social for featuring BTW on this list! Check out the article to discover what’s in store for English Montreal Theatre this Fall! 🎭

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English theatre shines in Montréal | Tourisme Montréal
Theatre goers will enjoy blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies and smash hit musicals produced by some of Canada and Montréal’s most exciting professional and independent English-language theatre c...
www.mtl.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Montreal's oldest working drag queen at 65, my candid FUGUES mag Q&A with #drag legend Manny who started as 16-yr-old club kid at #Montreal's fabled Limelight disco 💋

Full story ⤵️

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Via @fuguesmagazine.bsky.social
Mother of the legendary House of Manny
Montreal drag icon Manny has worked in films, television, magazines and modelling with the biggest names in the business, and now at age 65 is the oldest regularly working drag queen in Montreal. Whil...
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September 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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⭐ Richard "Bugs" Burnett highlights What’s on in Montreal – Some choice arts and entertainment events for September ⭐

Full column in The Montrealer ⤵️

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September 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of global jazz icon Oscar Peterson who loved his hometown of Montreal. We visit some local landmarks honouring Oscar 🎹

Full story ⤵️

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Via @mtl.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The #Broadway smash musical #Hamilton follows the rise of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton @ Place des Arts Aug 19 - Sept 7.

Broadway veteran Marja Harmon portrays sister-in-law of Hamilton, our candid Curtains Up Q&A ⤵️

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August 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Born in Montreal on 15 Aug 1925, jazz icon Oscar Peterson’s centenial is being celebrated at home & around the world. We visit some Montreal landmarks honouring Oscar 🎹

Full story ⤵️

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The Montréal of Oscar Peterson | Tourisme Montréal
Global jazz icon Oscar Peterson (1925 – 2007) adored his hometown of Montréal, the city which inspired his music and launched his career. Widely regarded as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all ti...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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My Q&A with music legend Kim Richardson: The supersonic soul singer & @concordiau.bsky.social music prof talks ABT Montreal’s best neighbourhoods, her high school crush & why disco is important 🎙️

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Music legend Kim Richardson shares her favourite spots in Montreal
The supersonic soul singer talks about Montreal’s best neighbourhoods, her high school crush and why disco is important
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August 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I asked some famous & beloved Montrealers what Pride means to them. This year's Fierté Montreal parade is on Aug 10. Happy Pride! Bonne Fierté! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Full story ⤵️

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What Montréal Pride means to Montrealers | Tourisme Montréal
Pride in Montréal is a diverse family affair supported by Montrealers of all stripes and walks of life. More than 40 years after Montréal’s very first LGBTQ+ Pride march in 1979, hundreds of thousands...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Montréal Pride celebrations start next week! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Here's how to enjoy summer in the LGBTQ+ Village...

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July 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The top women tennis players in the world compete in Montreal at 2025 National Bank Open from Jul 26 to Aug 7 🎾

My tournament roundup ⤵️

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National Bank Open welcomes World’s Top Women Tennis Players | Tourisme Montréal
The top women tennis players in the world will compete in Montréal at the 2025 National Bank Open presented by Rogers.  The prestigious Hologic WTA 1000 tournament will be held at Montréal’s IGA Stadi...
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July 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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☀️ What’s on in Montreal – choice arts & entertainment events for July ☀️

My roundup ⤵️

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Via The Montrealer & @mtl.org
July 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, dance, theatre & comedy among the many live entertainment choices in Montreal this Summer 2025

My roundup for July-August-Sept ⤵️

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Via @mtl.org
Montréal cultural calendar | Tourisme Montréal
Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, theatre and comedy are among the many live entertainment choices in Montréal this Summer 2025.
www.mtl.org
July 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Montréal is a year-round hub of circus! 🎪

But the city reaches its circus climax during MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CiRQUE — a festival devoted to human potential.

Will you be in the city?

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📷 JF Savaria @evablue.bsky.social #montreal #circus
July 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM