The story behind Rue Iacurto
Rue Iacurto is a short residential street in a quiet neighbourhood of Sainte-Foy. It is named for painter Francesco Iacurto (1908-2001), who was born in Montreal but spent most of …
Calling all comédiens!
As it does every other year, the Quebec Art Company is going into musical-comedy mode for this fall’s production, La Cage aux Folles, slated for November 26 to 29. The …
Workshop stitches together storytelling and First Nations knitting
Last Tuesday, some lucky members of the Kirk Hall knitters’ group attended a workshop and story exchange with master knitter, author, designer and storyteller Sylvia Olsen. Quebec City was one …
Uproar at the Sillery consultation meeting
On June 2, representatives of the Ville de Québec held a consultation meeting on the City’s plan to promote real-estate development of historic sites in Sillery. The project, referred to …
A.S. Johnson graduates say goodbye to their high school
The 2014-2015 school year is already coming to an end. At A.S. Johnson High School in Thetford Mines, 13 students will be officially saying goodbye to their high school education …
Mobile market peddles healthy foods
For the third consecutive year, an initiative promoting access to fresh and nutritious foods is underway, where fruits and vegetables are sold at affordable prices. And it’s thanks to Le …
Walking through the pain of arthritis
The Arthritis Society of Quebec held its fourth annual fundraising Walk to Fight Arthritis at Pointe-aux-Lièvres in Quebec City last Sunday. Organizers were delighted with the turnout of some 400 …
École de Cirque graduates alive with emotion in Les Pierre vivantes
On June 4, electricity, sweat and nervousness was in the air during dress rehearsals at the circus school. CBC, TVA and the QCT, among others, were on site to film, …
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity summer concert series is back
The popular Midi en Musique lunch-time concert series at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is back for a fifth season and has expanded from the original format of four …
The man behind the music: Aurian Haller and House of Words
A recent American study found that English-language pop songs released over the past decade were written, on average, at a third-grade reading level. The same cannot be said for the poetic, …