History and Heritage: A Civic Matter! With the Société d’histoire du Plateau-Mont-Royal

From September to April, the MEM and the Laboratoire d’histoire et de patrimoine de Montréal at UQAM will be holding a one-day event each month to explore citizens’ involvement in history and heritage. Historical societies and Montréal heritage organizations will be at the museum to talk about their missions, areas of expertise and activities: the production, presentation and sharing of historical knowledge; participation in cultural and community life; and actions to protect our heritage. Come and chat with their members... and perhaps get involved!

To mark its 20th anniversary, the Société d’histoire du Plateau-Mont-Royal is celebrating the literary memory of a neighbourhood that has captured Montrealers’ imagination.

The evening is a journey through the writings and voices that have shaped the neighbourhood’s urban vibe. On the program: poetry, a slam, readings and evocations of works from the Plateau, presented by the group Et Plusieurs Autres and their guests. While history documents, literature reveals what is felt, allowing the intimate worlds of the neighbourhood to emerge and reminding us how writing shapes Montréal’s identity.

An evening where local memory and living creation meet in the spirit of the MEM — revealing the city through the words of those who write it and inhabit it.

The show will be followed by a get-together with the artists and people behind the project.