Les Jeudis D’Apollo: The Place to be in Montreal

If you are a young mover ‘n shaker in Montreal there is one hot ticket event you should know about. Les Jeudi D’Apollo is a monthly event thrown by Eric Sicotte and l’Agence Apollo and it’s a networking event unlike any other in Montreal. The evening features local up and coming Montreal artists and entrepreneurs and gives them the opportunity to present their latest projects to a room full of other young affluent Montrealers. This Thursday’s event marks the 1 year anniversary of Les Jeudis D’Apollo.

Our Year in Photos

Forget The Box loves to go out onto the streets of Montreal and shoot photos of local shows and events. Over the course of the last year we’ve gotten some pretty good shots, so we wanted to collect a few of them for you all in one spot. Let us know in the comments below which ones are your favorites!

#OccupyWallStreet Photos, Video & More

The Occupy Wall Street protests are now entering their fourth week. The movement which began in New York City on September 17th has garnered the support of most of the big unions, numerous celebrities, intellectuals, the hactivist group Anonymous, and even some key politicians.

Occupy Wall Street has been growing rapidly and picking up steam as protests pop-up in more and more cities across North America and even Europe (the Occupy Montreal protest begins on Sat Oct 15th). Major media outlets have even started covering this movement seriously…

An Interview with Naked & Famous and… Free Tickets!

The Naked and Famous are coming to town and ForgetTheBox wants to send you there for FREE! Jon from Indie Montreal was nice enough to give us a pair of tickets to give away. So, what do you have to do to get these Free Tickets? Well, all you have to do is “Like” Forgetthebox, if you already Like us, leave a comment below to remind us or re-Tweet this post for a chance to grab tickets to the show this coming Wednesday!!!…

Montreal Osheaga Festival Round-Up

Montreal Music festival Osheaga is coming to town this weekend and with it a plethora of bands for you to lush over. This year the festival has expanded to a three day bonanza featuring five outdoor stages and a ton of Musicians! This is gonna be a hell of a trip, I hope you’re ready! As with any good outdoor music festival worth its spit, Osheaga is gonna have a bunch of great bands all playing at the same time. And it’s going to take a well weathered and speedy heel to catch all the good stuff when it goes on and not to miss any of the hidden gems. A good look at the schedule and a solid plan would be our first suggestion. Osheaga’s website actually provides a handy schedule creator that comes in quite useful when trying to plan your day…

Have You Heard? The Papirmasse Postcard Issue is Coming!

For those of you who don’t know, Papirmasse is locally run art collective run by Kirsten McCrea. The goal of the collective is to bring unique and affordable art to the masses. Papirmasse is also heavily involved in the Montreal art community as we have showcased with their appearances at Puces POP and Montreal Nuit Blanche. Papirmasse’s mission being to bring cheap art to everyone operates a subscription service that for 5$/month delivers a new and unique piece of art by a local artist directly to your door. The program has feature great artists…

Pics Pics and more Pics

What’s the perfect recipe for a lazy Sunday? …Funny images!

ForgetTheBox is going to be bringing you weekly pic updates from around the interwebs but we need your help. This section needs a name! So submit your suggestions in the comments section below

Happy Browsing!

Gay Bash! 3rd Anniversary

Gay Bash is an all-inclusive, underground party created and hosted by SALLY and TYLER, infamous staples of Montréal’s thriving party scene, one of North America’s best kept secrets. Impossible to categorize, these party boys graced the main events in the city with their presence, from the stylish scenester bars on Boulevard Saint Laurent, to the throbbing dancefloor of world-famous Stereo afterhours, always causing a commotion with irresistible charm and innate sense of fashion and style…

Midnight City Triangle presents: Friction 01

The moment many have been waiting for is here. This Friday the 18th, DJs Heidy (We Heart Music – Time To Jack), ReneRene and Fang (aka The Midnight City Triangle) will be playing at CFC a new spot that just opened up on St. Hubert (6388 St-Hubert) The 3 Dj’s have been busy appeasing the gods and…

Is Facebook down?

Is Facebook down? and why does an image of this guy show up when I go to www.facebook.com or www.facebook.com/forgetthebox ?

Montreal Nuit Blanche!

So much going on, so much to do, what’s a boy to do? Well here are some suggestions. There’s a lot going on in Montreal this evening a lot of big things. It’s Nuit Blanche, as well as the MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE festival, Smoke N’ Mirrors, The 13TH FLOOR with Daniel Bell, the WAWA show… and the list goes on. Every year I try to go out and check out some of the most exciting & interesting…

Egyptian Protestors take back bridge! Amazing video footage

If you’ve been keeping up to date with the goings on in Egypt you’ll know that the Egyptian government, with President Hosni Mubarak still technically in power, gave the order to shut off the internet for the entire country on Thursday. He hoped that this would quell protesters and decrease their power to assemble. What emerged instead was a renewed zeal among the protesters in a fight for their freedoms following a 30 year rule by President Hosni Mubarak. Protesters rallied together using grass roots campaigns to mobilize, such as this pamphlet describing techniques and things every protester should know.

Textbooks: to copy or not to copy Police crackdown on photocopied textbooks

University students already face high tuition fees, so when students make their way to the campus bookstore and are forced to fork over an extra few hundred dollars it hurts. University textbooks are notoriously expensive with hardcover books regularly ranging between $100 to $200 each (especially for the science textbooks). Why are these books so expensive and who is making money off the backs of students?

Liar, Liar pants on fire – Comedy show preview @ Le Belmont

The Liar, Liar show is a comedy show happening tonight at Le Belmont (4483 Boul. St. Laurent). The premise of the show is simple. Three comedians each tell three stories over three rounds of comedy. In each round the three comedians will be telling the audience a story, the catch: two of them are telling the truth, and one of them is lying. After each round the audience tries to guess who the liar was, and then at the end of the night the comedian who was best able to deceive the audience wins. The show is being hosted by local Montreal Comedian, Christopher Betts, who can often be found performing at the Montreal Comedy Nest and @ the Comedy Works. Click here to watch a video preview of the show!

WATCH President Obama give a heartfelt speech to mourners in Arizona

President Obama give a heartfelt speech to mourners in Arizona – Watch below President Obama just gave a speech to mourners in Arizona, consoling them and helping to give them the strength to move through the tragedy. Definitely worth a look. Very encouraging and inspiring words!

Top 10 Photos of 2010 by Forget The Box

There were a plethora of nice photos taken in 2010. Forget The Box covered a a great deal of News events, Music, Theatre, Dance and Art shows. Photo editor Chris Zacchia looks back at his 10 favorite photos of 2010. Enjoy the Forget The Box Photos of the year!