Sharpening Skates as winter knocks on the door
Skaters started gliding across the fresh ice at the Place d’Youville skating rink in front of Palais Montcalm and just outside the St. Jean Gate entrance to Old Quebec last …
Choral Music Workshop
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity invites choristers who are curious to broaden their musical horizons to its first Anglican Choral Music Workshop to be held at the cathedral, 31 …
SongCircle Series
The Morrin Centre, in collaboration with Open Sky Music and Randall Spear, are happy to invite you to the opening series of a Songwriters Circle: a friendly gathering of songwriters …
Book Launch: Bury your Dead
With Halloween fast approaching, you are cordially invited to the launch of Bury Your Dead, the sixth novel by Quebec’s favourite mystery writer Louise Penny. Come and get your spooks …
Musical Happenings
Ouverture Baroque: Friday, October 8 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Palais Montcalm, Les Violons du Roy will wind up their 25th anniversary in style with the Ouverture …
Aurian Haller band gets ready to record new CD
The Aurian Haller Band will be playing one last show Friday at Le Cercle on Rue St. Joseph. Then, it’s off to the studio, where the four-piece ensemble will be …
Fun for all at VEQ Fall Fest
Quebec High School was buzzing Saturday, both inside and out, as the Voice Of English-speaking Quebec’s Fall Fest took center stage. Ed Sweeney, one of the event’s organizers at QHS, …
QAC Hold Fall Auditions This Week
The Quebec Art Company will be performing the Agatha Christie play “Murder on the Nile” this fall and is holding auditions for the play later this week (see details in …
Canada’s first novel written in Québec City
Frances Moore Brooke (1724-1789) was an English novelist who spent a few years in Quebec and is credited with writing the first Canadian novel. Brooke, daughter of a Lincolnshire clergyman, …
Gaelic instrument ‘harps on’ traditional music
The Gaelic harp has a long and rich history. It has its origins in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands over 1,000 years ago, and even as late as the 19th …