The mysterious history of the Boston Tea Party!
Mystery, History … and a Whole Lot of Tea! is described in the program notes as “a comedic tale, set in three different time periods, which follows the lives and …
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St. Pat’s High School closes the year with music
Before trading their books for beach towels, St. Patrick’s High School music students gave their End-of-Year Music Concert on May 29. Brass bands, jazz bands and vocalists performed pieces from …
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Epic concert ends Orchestre Symphonique de Québec season
The Orchestre Symphonique de Québec ended its 117th season not with a whimper but a bang, to borrow from T.S. Eliot. The final number on the program featured a breathtaking …
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Great weather for the 2019 Walk (and roll) for Arthritis
In 2018, I attended Quebec City’s Walk for Arthritis at the Université Laval as a reporter, describing the day as an observer. I attended the 2019 edition as a participant, …
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Le Capitole gets a facelift and expands its hotel facilities
It’s no longer winter in Quebec, so it must be “construction” season, as evidenced by the beehive of activity taking place at Place D’Youville these days. At the heart of …
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75th anniversary of the D-Day landings: The invasion of Normandy begins
This is the fourth and final article in the series about the D-Day landings. Sixteen minutes after midnight, on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, six British gliders landed between the Orne … Continue reading 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings: The invasion of Normandy begins
OBITUARY: Madeleine BARROW
Madeleine Barrow (née Dussault), age 84, passed away suddenly on May 28, 2019, in Mississauga (Toronto). She was born December 1934 in Quebec City, where she later met and married …
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Community Calendar
Wednesday, June 5 at 11 a.m. – The Germantown Youth Symphony Orchestra, from Tennessee, will give a concert at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, 31 Rue Des Jardins in …
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Two historic villas to front new L’Arrière-cour housing project
Architect Pierre Martin, having restored and converted the huge Dominion Corset building known as La Fabrique on Boul. Charest, has now embarked on a project to restore and convert the …
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École de cirque de Québec brings the circus to town!
Festival Jours de Cirque runs until June 9. To find out more about the free outdoor shows or tickets to the graduates’ performance Catastrophe Ultraviolette, visit ecoledecirque.com/evenements/jours-de-cirque. Photos by Danielle Burns …
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