The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970)
The Sidetrack, popular band in the 60s, posing in front of the New Penelope on Stanley Street. Excerpt of contact sheet.

The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970)

ARCMTL 2024

The New Penelope was a legendary, much-beloved concert venue in Montréal, open for just a few years in the 1960s. Club owner Gary Eisenkraft presented important blues, rock, folk and jazz musicians, including Muddy Waters, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell and Jesse Winchester. The New Penelope was a lynchpin for Montréal’s emerging counterculture and arts scene.

This project recounts the dynamic story of the New Penelope!


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Credits

Research

Louis Rastelli

Maïa Djambazian

Alex Taylor

Harriet Eisenkraft

Kelly Livingstone

Text

English writer

Maïa Djambazian

Louis Rastelli

French writer

Maïa Djambazian

Louis Rastelli

English editor

Caroline Kunzle

Sandra Gasana

Rosemary Kemp

French editor

Caroline Kunzle

Sandra Gasana

Orane Thibaud

Translation

French translator

Lexicos

Maïa Djambazian

Louis Rastelli

Orane Thibaud

Production

Content integration and layout

Maïa Djambazian

Audio

ARCMTL

Videography

ARCMTL

Photography

Various

Archival technician

Kelly Livingstone

Rosemary Kemp

Lucy Pauker

Harris Newman

Michel Golinsky

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