Arts & Entertainment
Joe Lonergan to launch his latest book, A Natural Affair
Published: January 15, 2020
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
Local author and retired teacher Joe Lonergan is ready to launch his second book, A Natural Affair. Readers may recall his first book – Shamrocks in the Maples – which was published in the fall of 2014.
Feds give $500,000 for Impérial Bell theatre upgrade
Published: January 15, 2020
Photo: Peter Black
One of Quebec City’s most antique theatres is getting the most modern production technology as part of a million-dollar upgrade.
The wait is over to audition for QAC’s production of Wait Until Dark
Famous thriller play takes to the stage in May
Published: January 15, 2020
Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain
The Quebec Art Company is embarking on yet another ambitious theatrical production. Recent shows have taken audiences to a Jewish village in Russia (Fiddler on the Roof ), a revolving set for an English manor (Noises Off ), a seedy New Orleans tenement (A Streetcar Named Desire), and the streets of Jerusalem (Jesus Christ Superstar).
QCT has cameo in cross-border comedy "Super Troopers 2"
Published: January 8, 2020
Photo: Peter Black
You’d have to be quick or lucky to spot it, but the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph has a minor role in a popular comedy feature film that’s been streaming on the Crave movie channel.
Les Rhapsodes Christmas concert features brass and organ
Published: December 18, 2019
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
The Christmas concert by Les Rhapsodes at the Palais Montcalm on Dec. 14 was billed as Cuivres et orgue pour Noël, with music from Handel to Bing Crosby as “fireworks” for the holidays.
Cirque’s ultra cool Axel is a rock show on ice
Published: December 18, 2019
Photo: Danielle Burns
For the second time, the Cirque du Soleil has created an on-ice show that mixes circus arts and acrobatics with skating (Crystal was the first Cirque show on ice). Axel is touring Canada and the U.S. and made its way to the Videotron Centre in Quebec City from Dec. 12 to 15.
Angela Morgan exhibits Snow, Pearls and Lemonade at Beauchamp gallery
Published: December 11, 2019
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
Colourful works of art by British Columbian Angela Morgan are on exhibit at the Beauchamp gallery on Rue Notre-Dame at the corner of Côte de la Montagne in Lower Town until Jan. 12.
Lions basketball teams can’t stop winning; hockey also on a roll
Published: December 5, 2019
Photo: hockeygods.com
The CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence (SLC) Lions basketball teams, of the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), have deleted the word “defeat” from their vocabulary, after their resounding victories over the Titans from Cégep Limoilou on Nov. 29.
Fiddler on the Roof story still current a century later
Published: November 27, 2019
Photo: Danielle Burns
The Quebec Art Company (QAC) was keen to present Fiddler on the Roof, one of the best-known musicals in the world, after learning actor Michel Blackburn (who portrayed Jesus in the QAC’s 2018 production of Jesus Christ Superstar) had always wanted to play Tevye, the softhearted main character.
