Lunar New Year. House Expo + Boat Show! Margie scored 50 and Lorraine scored 40.

Sarah Deshais Andrew Carter hosts his morning show. Every Friday at 8:20 a.m., he talks about the big, fun, and off-the-beaten-track events happening in Montreal. Here's this week's list, with links to more information so you can get out and enjoy yourself! Send your story to [email protected].

This week, he got multiple nods in Juneau, the Quebec powerhouse Charlotte Cardin brings his 99-night tour to Place Bell for a four-night residency that kicked off Thursday. See the Jim Carrey singer Friday through Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

Learn about hobbit-like habitats and backyard greenhouses here Montreal Home Show. All house construction, reno and deco until Sunday at the Olympic Stadium.

Or maybe you want a new living room pontoon? Visit over 500 boats and check out all the trends in the sea at 24 Montreal International Boat Show. At the port until Sunday, at the Palace of Congress.

Year of the Dragon is coming on Saturday! Celebrate the Lunar New Year in Chinatown, which includes the return of a weekend-long festival Asian night market. Sun Yat Sen Park will host a Lion Dance Show at noon on Saturday, followed by a variety of music and dance performances, as well as martial arts demonstrations. The full program on Facebook is here. Montreal Chinese Lion Dance Club Also performing Friday night and Saturday afternoon at the Old Port Ice Rink.

Last weekend for Repentigny Feu et Glace Festival, family-friendly outdoors including a snow maze, tubing and climbing wall paired with live music, fitness classes, lighted drumming and fireworks! Parc de l'Île-Lebel on Saturdays and Sundays in Repentigny.

This is the fourth and final weekend Igloofest, Old Port's winter dance music extravaganza. The temperature is even hotter this weekend! Kaskade and Nana Zen headline on Friday, while Miss Monique, Mootanda and BenxOli headline on Saturday, kicking off and ending the night on the Videotron Stage.

Dawson College's The Dome is honored to present the Canadian premiere of Tom Stoppard's Tony-winning play. Leopoldstadt. Graduate students perform this family saga, set in the titular Jewish quarter of Vienna from the late 19th century to the post-Holocaust era. Until February 17.

40 years of teaching and performance of the second largest ballet in the city! Montreal Ballet A new triptych of choreographies celebrates the 40th, including the riff on Swan Lake, conceived by artistic director Claude Caron. The company performs the show on Sundays at 7pm at the Salle Pierre-Mercure before an off-island tour later this month.

Black History Month ONGOING: The West Island Black Community is celebrating Black Women with Herstory, an event moderated by Vanessa Manrup at the Gerry Robertson Community Center in Pierrefonds on Saturday at 6 p.m. Michelle Sweeney hosts Motown and Disco Inferno at Le Balcon on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. Check out the new play by playwright Donna-Michel St. Bernard, Diggers. This play by Black Theater Workshop, at the Segal Center Studios through February 17, tells the story of three grave diggers and the community they serve.

Wrestling clothes Combat warfare It's a Sunday night date at Fufs, but they rarely do a Friday show! On the card: “Mononk” St-Jacques, Fred La Merway, Matt Falco, Michelle Plante, Travis Toxic and champion Benjamin Tull in various matches. Friday at 9pm at Foufounes Electriques.

The great lady of Canadian dance Margie Gillis performs Body Literature. The choreographer and dancer is celebrating 50 years in the business, with a double bill of back and forth. His previous work Bloom is a vision of James Joyce and Ulysses, updated from a solo piece to a 16-person show. This will be followed by a new piece exploring climate change, The Maisonneuve, Friday and Saturday at 8pm.

Friday's featured music: Polish death metal band Vader Le Studio TD, 7 p.m. Dutch DJ Mau P At New City Gas, 10.00 am. Actor-singer Vladimir Korneev Edith Piaf pays tribute to her hits (La vie en rose) with new arrangements and deep passages, songs she never recorded. Korneev first performed the show in Berlin, but this will be his French-language debut. Friday, 19.00 in the Cinquième Salle, more shows on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Voice Canada finalist David Marino Musical director John Gilbert and a talented group of jazz musicians will show their way through love songs. Salle Claude-Levey, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.

St. Andrew and St. Paul's Church is located A light in the darkness, an evening of music and fundraising for the Douglas Foundation for Mental Health Research and Care, featuring Marie-Claire Saindon, Benjamin Britten and new choral works. Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's Featured Music: South African Music Star Lorraine Claasen celebrates its 40-year career with a special Black History Month show at Le Fairmount at 8 p.m. Worms At the Beanfield Theatre, 8:00 p.m., Death Note hosts a Slipknot tribute with Silence and FanterA cover band. House DJ Berlioz Le Studio TD, 9 p.m.

Nuits d'Afrique continues the weekend concert series, The acoustics of Les Cabaretsat Club Balattou, including Colombian septet Boomaranga, Saturday at 7 p.m.

Sunday music picks: Welsh rockers Hold no Le Studio TD, 7 p.m. Three real-life musical couples perform love songs Gala des amoureuxWith symphonic support from La Sinfonia de Lanaudière and maestro Stéphane Laforest, Sunday at 2pm in the Cinquième Salle.

When it comes to legendary queens, Christina of Sweden is an all-time icon. He succeeded his father at a young age, ruled a war-torn country, rejected marriage proposals, converted to Catholicism, and dressed unconventionally. The Minerva of the North lived a life of its own, so artists like Michel Marc Bouchard never tire of it. The Quebec playwright adapted the play about Christine (or Christine) and her meeting with René Descartes into a libretto. La Rhine-Garcon. Paired with colleague and composer Julien Bilodeau, their new work will be performed by Opéra de Montréal at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier through Sunday. Musicologist Piano Nobile gives a free lecture one hour before each performance.

A delightfully absurd Canadian Neil Seguin topics Comedy Nest, Alasdair Tremblay-Birchal, Kyra Carleton, Walter Lyng and more. with support! Friday and Saturday, 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Several shows Montreal Improv In St. Henri, including Wassup?, where improvisers create scenes inspired by the audience's love stories, Friday at 8 p.m. LOVE ON THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL at 9:30 p.m., a riff on the wildly popular dating reality series.

at Burlesque HQ Surrounding room: Friday's 9pm show – 90s slow jam Burlesque, Roxy Torpedo, Butterscotch Blondie, Yaya Havana and Eva Von Lips. On Saturday, at 9:00 p.m., the Seduction Party continued with Miami Minx, Sucre à la Crème, Miss Booty Jones and Rosie Bourgeoisie. Owner Franzi has host duties. Sunday, 8 p.m.: The Lucy Show, a stand-up comedy night featuring female and queer comics and dancers.

My friend Miss Mew is performing for the last time in her Valentine's Burlesque Show, Heart ulcers. Bonbon Bombay, Madrose and Minx Arcana are part of a busy group. At Cafe Cleopatra, Saturday at 9:00 p.m.

EVENTS RUNNING

Arsenal at home Immersive Disney animation, which features the characters and music of House of Mouse, including films such as Frozen, The Lion King and The Little Mermaid. At Arsenal Contemporary until 4 May.

Visit the current issue 14 Luminotherapy, a display of outdoor light installations in and around the Place des Festivals, including the larger-than-life Astera flower installation. Bring your skates (or rent a pair) to skate around the ice rink at Place Tranquille. At night at 18:30 at the ice rink there is an interactive projection: Au Bord du Lac Tranquille Take pictures of the flora and fauna of the St. Lawrence and move playfully on your feet. (But check the weather – 15-20 cm of snow is expected Saturday night.)

He dreams of Asia A fascinating exploration of Chinese and Japanese culture, making its North American premiere at OASIS Immersions. French digital art studio Danny Rose has created four different experiences, including a look at shadow puppetry. Now in the congress palace.

There's still time to visit the city's newest museum: Center des Memoires Montréalaises promises to capture the history and citizens of the metropolis. Check out the vintage neon signs at the entrance and look for the colorful balloons that decorate Ste-Catherine in Gay Village. There are now two exhibitions: a look back at the 90th anniversary of Le Chaignon, a women's shelter and resource center, and Detours, which focus on hidden corners of the city. Located at 1201 St. Laurent.

Artist Sonya Bazar explores the people and history of the Jewish cemetery through photography, textiles and sculpture. Back river Through March 3 at the Jewish Montreal Museum.

The McCord Stewart Museum is excellent and informative Today's Indigenous Voices: Education, Trauma, Resilience. The show introduces the 11 nations that live on the border of Quebec with their testimonies and carefully curated objects. Two of McCord's current shows are Becoming Montreal, about images of the city in the 1800s, and Wampum: Beads of Diplomacy, which showcases more than 40 wampum belts from various collections, emphasizing their symbolism and history.