1216 arts university 01From a Montreal Gazette story by Marianne Ackerman about how the University Club is changing with the times:

Red carpet starts out on the street, Mansfield just below Sherbrooke. Behind two massive oak doors is a miniature Downton Abbey-style lobby, mainly wood, wing-backed chairs surrounding an ample reading table stocked with serious newspapers…

Christmikah a Judeo-Christian theme event

Flash forward to Christmikah, a word invented by club management to signify a Judeo-Christian theme event in December. This year, contemporary singer (and fellow guest member) Barbara Lewis presented an evening of traditional carols and Hebrew folk songs with a dash of Leonard Cohen read the story: