Quebec City’s famous Winter Carnival will celebrate its 60th year from January 31 to February 16, 2014. And something new has been added to spread the fun around. At a…
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Lifelong Learners explore options for travel
Members of the Lifelong Learning Program (LLL) recently explored travel alternatives in the Quebec City Reading Council meeting room at the Eastern Quebec Learning Centre. Many people of retirement age…
Holy Door opens the 350th anniversary of Notre-Dame de Québec
On Sunday, December 8, 2013, Notre-Dame de Québec Basilica-Cathedral celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary by inaugurating a Holy Door to mark the 350th…
Jacques-Cartier Christmas Market in the mountains
Nestled in the Laurentians just 20 minutes from downtown Quebec City, yet another Christmas Market is taking place in the idyllic town of Stoneham. The road from the city takes…
Spotlight on Vieux-Limoilou
Certain Limoilou residents had an unexpected knock at their front door at the end of November. Representatives of the Société de Développement Commercial (SDC) 3e Avenue Limoilou were going door…
Ensemble Anonymus marks 850th anniversary of Notre-Dame de Paris
For its 35th anniversary, the Ensemble Anonymus will be presenting a series of four concerts – Les Cloches de Nostre Dame de Paris (1163-2013). These fund-raising concerts will take place…
Decorating gingerbread men at the Marché du Vieux-Port
Decorating gingerbread men (more correctly known nowadays as gingerbread people) is just one of the activities at the Christmas market, which runs from November 21 to December 31 at the…
V’là l’Bon Vent Christmas concert
The troupe V’là l’Bon Vent will present the story of Christmas in song and dance at the Salle Albert-Rousseau of Cégep Sainte-Foy on Sunday, December 15 at 2:00 p.m. and…
The joys of winter on the Plains of Abraham
The National Battlefields Commission has created a winter program filled with happy surprises for visitors. First off, the Joan of Arc Garden has been transformed into a Garden in the…
Salon de Noël at the Sillery library
From November 29 to December 8, the Charles-H.-Blais public library in Sillery hosted the Salon de Noël, put on by the Association Pluri-Arts de Québec (APAQ). The organization, the oldest…