Jazz Festival livens up Quebec City
From Place d’Youville to Petit-Champlain, from Saint-Roch to Sainte-Foy, Quebec City’s evenings were alive with music and dance this week as the 7th edition of the Festival de Jazz de …
Billy Talent returns to Quebec City
The Billy Talent band returned to Quebec City on October 15 and 16 to the delight of faithful fans who have sustained their popularity for so many years. This concert …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1863 The Morning Chronicle The Hibernian arrived in port last evening bringing a full cargo of freight for Quebec and Montreal and 299 passengers and baggage. She sailed from Liverpool …
Skatemania a multi-media showcase
Imagine a show that combines the athleticism of figure skating with the quirkiness of circus, all set to music belted out by live singers with bold back-up dancers. Though it …
News Digest October 16, 2013
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A garden with a bird’s eye view
With a crisp breeze ruffling leaves, Marie-Ève Buist took the QCT on a tour of the downtown garden she has helped manage all summer. Despite the declining temperatures, the garden …
“Intergalactic” improv at St. Lawrence College
Champlain-St. Lawrence College’s French Improv Team (FIT) hosted its second College Improvisation Tournament recently. For these competitions, a theme is set, and teams of students are challenged to create sketches …
A ghostly tour of the Citadel
Both an active military base and an historic site open to visitors, the Citadel offers evening tours that bring the past alive. The QCT recently joined one that began at …
Anything Goes is a truly Bon Voyage!
Rehearsals are well under way for the Quebec Art Company’s fall production of Cole Porter’s jazzy, finger-snapping, toe-tapping musical comedy Anything Goes. The enthusiastic cast include dancing and singing sailors, …
Merck Canada awards $4 million to Université Laval
(Press release) Merck Canada, a global healthcare leader, recently announced they would be awarding $16 million to Quebec’s four faculties of medicine. Université Laval, McGill University, Université de Montréal and …