Arts et Reflets symposium in Château-Richer
You never know when and where you’re going to run into someone from your home town. While visiting the Arts et Reflects symposium in Château Richer last Friday, August 8, …
An encore Midi en Musique concert
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity recently announced that, due to popular demand, one more concert has been added to the Midi en Musique concert series to close their season. …
Fit & Fun end-of-summer camp party
Voice of English-speaking Québec (VEQ) and Be Active Québec (BAQ) invited Fit & Fun English Summer Day Camp campers and their families to an end-of-summer party at St. Vincent’s Elementary …
Drawn to Quebec: Something Fishy
When you think of wild-harvested foods, do you envision the bounty in the watery wilds? You are thinking of the world’s largest wild food source – based on the size …
A christening gown with a past
A charming ceremony took place recently at Chalmers-Wesley United Church in the Old City. Jeanne Alma, the infant daughter of Elisa-Maude McConnell and Pierre-Olivier Gaudet, was baptised. Little Jeanne looked …
Theatre troupe delight with outstanding Shakespeare performance
Following a downpour of monsoon-like proportions last Thursday evening (which led to their first cancellation of the season) the Repercussion Theatre Group took to the stage to perform Harry the …
The stories behind the names of Quebec City streets Rue Betty-Baldwin
Betty Baldwin (1889-1981), a renowned artist, was born Elizabeth Smiles in Leeds, England. She was the daughter of William F. Smiles, also an artist. At a very young age, Betty …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle Soon after the Beloeil Bridge tragedy*, a paragraph went the round of the papers to the effect that a child whose father and mother were both …
To market, to market! Limoilou hosts its first farmers’ market
Every Sunday for the next eight weeks, the Marché public de Limoilou will take over 3e Avenue between 8e and 9e Rue. This bona fide farmers’ market is the creation …
Opera in the park and on stages in Quebec City
The Quebec Opera Festival, which ran from July 23 to August 4, delighted audiences on opening night at the Palais Montcalm with an evening of Vivaldi and Handel at the …