Daithí Mac Fhlaithimh gave a talk about Gaelic culture in Ireland that has been passed down since the mists of time, at the April 7 meeting of Irish Heritage Québec. …
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Festival celtique de Québec shows its colours for Tartan Day
The Festival celtique de Québec will be showing a little more colour this year. Organizers unveiled the Festival’s official tartan at a ceremony at the Pub St-Alexandre on April 6, …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle April 16th – On Saturday morning, the public was surprised and shocked by the telegraphic announcement of the assassination of President Lincoln on the previous evening …
The story behind Avenue George-VI
Avenue George-VI, a roadway in National Battlefields Park, a.k.a. the Plains of Abraham, was named after George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British …
Letter to the Editor
I would like to thank Alec Roberts for his “Not exactly austerity” commentary of April 8, 2015, in which he said what very much needs saying today, and which echoes so …
Curtains for QAC’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
The curtain is set to rise on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, the Quebec Art Company’s latest theatrical production. “We spent the weekend putting the finishing touches on everything from …
Climate change marchers demonstrate “boiling point”
As thousands of red-clad marchers streamed through the streets of downtown Quebec City on Saturday afternoon, drums and horns at full volume, one might have thought the Canadiens had won …
Marie Dooley’s collection: summer springs from the fabrics
Marie Dooley has been in the fashion business for close to three decades now, but she still gets butterflies when she puts her designs on the catwalk. On April 8, …
A poetic haiku adventure launched
Kukaï, une aventure poétique, a book of haiku (a very brief form of Japanese poetry) was officially launched at an event held at the Bibliothèque Monique-Corriveau on Saturday April 11. …