2013 puts Quebec City’s Jazz Festival on the map
Long after the last notes of the saxophone and the last swing dancer’s footsteps have receded into the night, after the last hum of the soundboard and the last trill …
A colourful finish to the Rouge et Or season
As the sun set in the west on Sunday, October 20, a passing rain shower created a spectacular rainbow over the field in the last seconds of a football game …
Don’t let the flu take you by surprise
Jeffery Hale will be giving free flu vaccines to the following members of the English-speaking community: people age 60 and older; adults over 18 who have certain chronic diseases …
News Digest October 23, 2013
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Welcome to Mr. Hyde’s strange laboratory
The Morrin Centre is hosting an exciting new Halloween activity – The Laboratory of Mr. Hyde. This year’s theme is based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic The Strange Case of …
Honouring the best in Anglophone community service
Leaders of Quebec’s English-speaking community gathered to honour three exceptional Anglophones at the fifth annual Sheila and Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Community Service Awards gala held in Montreal on October 17. …
IHQ highlights International Uilleann Piping Day
On the evening of October 19, Irish Heritage Quebec hosted a concert performance of the newly founded Quebec Uilleann Piping Club at McMahon Hall. The Irish have created the International …
Widows in black and a black-hearted lady in white
As is apparent in the chilling Halloween exhibits currently on display in the Joan of Arc Garden, being a woman, especially a widow, in Quebec City was not easy throughout …
Playoff action for the Fighting Irish football teams
The St. Patrick’s High School Fighting Irish Senior football team crushed the Sainte Anne of La Pocatiere College Wisigoths 49-0 last Friday night to assure themselves third position and a …
Madama Butterfly wings into Quebec
Puccini’s classic opera, Madama Butterfly arrived in Quebec City over the weekend, and will be in town all week. The performances boast a top-notch cast headlined by Korean soprano Yunah …