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

190 Years Old and Still Aiming for the StarsAs Montréal celebrated its 370 th birthday in 2012, its business communitytook note of its own longevity … by looking upward. Tosymbolize the contributions of members over its 190 years ofexistence, the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montréal spawnedan enormous new constellation of stars, an innovative displayof 122 blue lights at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. Eachrepresents a Great Montrealer.Visitors use their smart phones to access grandsmontrealais.ccmm.qc.ca/en/, then point at the stars in order to read the storiesand achievements of the corresponding Great Montrealers. ThisConstellation of Great Montrealers, the creation of gsmprjct o , is theBoard of Trade’s attempt to reach out to visitors, students and Montrealersand tell them about the many people who built this city in so many ways.Les Belles-Sœurs Reunite in the ParkOn June 29 th , at the height of the summer holiday break andat the invitation of Accès culture, Les Belles-Sœurs rose to theoccasion. The thirteen actresses of the original production,accompanied by four musicians and René-Richard Cyr, tookto the stage of Parc La Fontaine’s Théâtre de Verdure in thePlateau-Mont-Royal borough for an exclusive concert performanceof Michel Tremblay’s iconic play, set to music by DanielBélanger. It was sheer bliss for the audience of over 3,000!Throughout the month of July, the complementary exhibitionLes Belles-Sœurs s’affichent at the Espace La Fontaine culturalbistro offered just a bit of the production’s internationalprowess. This classic of Québec theatre, written in 1965,has been staged over 225 times in more than 15 languages,in 25 countries without ever losing its intrinsic truth andrelevance.Cast: Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Guylaine Tremblay, MaudeGuérin, Sylvie Ferlatte, Kathleen Fortin, MichelleLabonté, Suzanne Lemoine, Christiane Proulx, HélèneMajor, Monique Richard, Édith Arvisais, Marie-Evelyne Baribeau and Maude Laperrière.40