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Click on the images, videos and audio clips to explore the history and fun anecdotes around The New Penelope, one of the most in vogue concert venues of Montreal in the 1960s.
Colour flyer advertising a Fugs concert at The New Penelope, large title with red, white, and blue stripes, followed by black and white close up photo of the band members' faces. Details are printed in purple text at the bottom.
Black and white photograph featuring three members of The Fugs singing into microphones on the stage of The New Penelope, in the dark
An image of a bright orange coloured poster advertising concerts at The New Penelope with the text rendered in a psychedelic style, curving across the poster above a small cameo illustration of the Greek goddess Penelope
Black and white photograph of Paul Butterfield and two members of his Blues Band, as seen from the side of the stage during a concert at The New Penelope.
A black and white advertisement published in Take One Magazine promoting Gary Eisenkraft and The New Penelope.
Two members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band are seen in a black and white photograph taken from up close on the side of the stage.
Allan Youster smiles at the camera white standing next to a framed poster advertising a concert at The New Penelope in an art gallery space
Young men and woman are seen sitting on benches in this black and white photograph taken at The New Penelope.
A tall man wearing glasses and a pale suit and tie stands at a microphone making an announcement on the stage at The New Penelope, with a musician visible behind him on one side and a piano on the other side.
A black and white square photograph showing a brightly-lit space with several different groups of people socializing along long wooden benches. A young woman in the foreground is emptying an ashtray.
A black and white photograph of the interior of The New Penelope taken with a wide-angle lens showing a large empty space filled with rows of parallel wooden benches running from left to right.
Blonde-haired Suzanne McCarrey is smiling widely and wears a black blouse in a screenshot from a video chat.
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