AT A GLANCE 2012 Action Plan 2007-2017 - Plan d´action 2007-2017

Émilie Throwsa Summer PartyIt was a party atmosphere for the crowd at Parc Émilie-Gamelin last summer, at the invitation of the Quartierdes Spectacles Partnership. Comfortably shaded byumbrellas, the public could fully enjoy the eclectic culturalprogramming on offer from mid-June to the end of Septemberin the Cet été chez Émilie series:• 46 concerts, presented in collaboration with M pour Montréal,Vision Diversité and Ville de Montréal’s Accès culture network;• The screenings of eight NFB documentaries (with free popcorn!)at the Soirées ONF;• The pop-up culinaire featuring six alternating mobile food trucks,chosen for their healthy, varied and local menus;• Fruixi, the weekly fruit and vegetable market;• 18 performances of Jeux de cirque, a specially-created showfrom Montréal complètement cirque;• Three photo exhibitions from Mouvement Art Public (MAP);• Oversized and movable chess games.Something for just about everybody in this diverse sector of the city!And that was indeed the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership’s objective:an approach at once progressive and inclusive. By putting forth adown-to-earth and balanced program, they proved they are partnerswho are fully sensitive to the social realities of downtown living.“Meet you at the Salon…”It is destined to become a meeting place as popular as thesteps to the Paris Opera. It’s the new Salon urbain de laPlace des Arts.Located at the east end of the Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme, near to the new Maison symphonique, theSalon urbain is a brainchild of the architectural consortiumSid Lee Architecture and Aedifica, with Martin Leblancserving as principal designer. Its completion marks the endof the major renovations undertaken by Place des Arts overthe past three years.Open to those attending shows in the facility’s numeroushalls, the Salon urbain will also be available for rental of eventslike conferences, launches and exhibitions. Its multifunctionallayout capabilities and high tech equipment make the Salon urbainan attractive site for a variety of functions attended by up to 400.28