Y
es, I realize the former prime min-
ister is no longer with us. And,
yes, I might have had a glass of
wine with dinner. But I wasn't halluci-
nating; I had joined an unusual dance party
at the Musée Grévin, a wax museum in a
downtown shopping mall.
A WINTER EXTRAVAGANZA
In a large ballroom, human visitors min-
gled with their artfully posed wax
counterparts. At one table, a somewhat life-
like George Clooney raised a toast to
Marilyn Monroe. Ryan Gosling had shown
up in a white T-shirt, but Lady Gaga, of
course, was dressed in silver glitter. It was
all a lot of campy fun.
The dance party was just one tiny facet of
the enormous all-night arts celebration that
is Montréal's Nuit Blanche (March 3), which
itself is the culmination of a two-week
winter festival called Montréal en Lumière
(February 22 to March 4). If you want to
attend, I would strongly advise you to visit
the Montréal en Lumière website early and
BY LAURA BYRNE PAQUET
IT
WAS
AT
THE
POINT
I
WAS
HAVING
MY
PHOTO
TAKEN
WITH
PIERRE
TRUDEAU
THAT
I
REALIZED
MY
NIGHT
IN
MONTRÉAL
HAD
TAKEN
A
SURREAL
TURN.
MONTRÉAL
Celebrates Winter
DREAMSCAPES WINTER 2017/2018
56
