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Tempêtes & Passions serves up Viennese delights
Published: August 8, 2018
Photo: Photo courtesy of Jocelyn Gagné, Media des 2 Rives
On Aug. 5, in the chapel of the Musée de l’Amérique française, members of Tempêtes & Passions presented the second edition of their popular concert series, Viennoiseries musicales, as part of the Festival d’Opéra de Québec.
When Lindbergh came to town . . .
Published: August 10, 2018
Photo: Library and Archives Canada via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain
Ninety years ago, on April 24, 1928, American aviator Charles Lindbergh made his only visit to Quebec City. This sensational happening occurred as part of a sequence of events which produced some memorable photographs.
The not-so-common traits of the common grackle
Published: August 8, 2018
Photo: Lise Lafond
Looking at these black birds, we can easily confuse them with their cousins from the icteridae family, which contains around 100 species, including blackbirds and cowbirds. When a ray of sun hits their plumage, however, a miracle happens. Shades of blue and violet appear on their head and neck, and copper coats the rest of their body.
Artisans show off their passions at Plein Art
Published: August 8, 2018
Photo: Ruby Pratka
Annie Dufresne was a motorcycle instructor, Georges-Alexandre Aubé-Brière was a literature student and Denis Belleau was an architecture technician. Former professional clowns, salespeople, restaurateurs, aspiring priests and construction workers were also among those manning the tables at Plein Art – le Salon des métiers d’art de Québec, which runs until Aug.
The Passage Olympia rolls out the red carpet
Published: August 1, 2018
In Quebec, it’s (almost) everyone in the swimming pool
Published: August 1, 2018
Photo: Screenshot from Google Maps
If you’re a fan of American movie star Burt Lancaster, some scenes will instantly come to mind. The torrid beach make-out scene in From Here to Eternity, his mesmerizing turn as the incarcerated ornithologist in Birdman of Alcatraz, or, near the end of his career and life, as the mythical doctor in Field of Dreams.
Local Sports Briefs: mountain biking, football and baseball
Published: August 1, 2018
Vélirium looking for volunteers
The 2018 UCI Vélirium World Cup downhill mountain bike races will be held at Mont Sainte-Anne from Aug. 10 to 12. This is the only stop on the Vélirium World Cup series in North America, and it will also be a prelude to the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championship at Mont Sainte-Anne.
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies: important things you may not know
Published: August 1, 2018
Bitcoin is back in the news because its price is going up again. The sheer complexity of the subject of cryptocurrencies makes it difficult for anyone to accurately determine if it is a sound investment or something to avoid completely.
The story behind Rue Antonio-Barrette
Published: August 1, 2018
Festival d’Opéra de Québec starts off on a high note
Published: August 1, 2018
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
The Festival d’Opéra de Québec opened on July 25 with a concert featuring the magnificent voices of four Canadian sopranos. Billed as a concert “under the stars” in the courtyard of the Vieux-Séminaire de Québec, it was moved inside the Basilique Notre-Dame de Québec due to possible thundershowers.