Celtic Festival planned for September 2019
The Quebec City Celtic Festival / Festival celtique de Québec (FCQ) has revealed the preliminary programming of its 14th edition. The festival will be held from Sept. 5 to 8, …
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Billy Elliot, Kinshasa style
When the taxi bounces to a halt in front of the Maison Enrica orphanage in the bustling Limete sector of Kinshasa, the whirl of activity around the dozens of young …
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Mother Nature slays Imagine Dragons at FEQ
There was almost no room in front of the Bell Stage on July 13. Despite weather warnings, people had been lined up for hours. Some had driven hundreds of kilometres …
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A dazzling Mariah Carey sings through the rain
July 11 was a sparkling evening on the Plains of Abraham, despite the rain and dense clouds. Mariah Carey stepped onto the Bell Stage in a form-fitting short silver dress, …
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Magazine cache shows how life and times have changed
A few years ago we rented a cottage in the Eastern Townships and, on our first night there, we heard a skittering sound above suggesting a mouse afoot. An investigation …
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Celebrating 50th anniversary of the first manned Moon landing
Fifty years ago this week, the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon dominated front-page headlines in newspapers everywhere. The QCT archives give us a unique view into this human triumph. …
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The story behind Avenue Coubertin
This street is named in honour of Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863 – 1937), also known as Pierre de Coubertin. Born into an aristocratic French family, Coubertin …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
July 19, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteKingston [sic] Palace, May 24, 1819This morning, at a quarter past 4 o’clock, the Duchess of Kent was happily delivered of a Princess. Her …
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Bluesman Buddy Guy’s still got it at 82
He turns 83 on July 30, so Buddy Guy has more than earned the right to sing the blues and claim the title of the last of the great bluesmen, …
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Blink-182 celebrates 20 years and closes FEQ 2019
No band could have closed the 52nd Festival d’Été de Québec better than the punk rock group from California, Blink-182. The songs of this iconic 1990s-2000s trio are etched in …
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