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Ice ring open for business on Plains of Abraham
Published: January 9, 2019
Photo: Peter Black
The opening of the ever-popular ice ring on the Plains of Abraham had to be delayed for several days in December but it was ready to welcome skaters in time for the holidays. The “après-skate” deck is larger this year, and a new fireplace and several heaters have been added, as well as more chairs.
An “elf-made” man visits children at local library
Published: December 19, 2018
Birdwatching: observing our beautiful winter birds
Published: December 19, 2018
Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut?
Published: December 19, 2018
Photo: Danielle Burns
It isn’t every Saturday storytime that the parents are as interested in the special guest as their kids. Canadian astronaut candidate James Veilleux gave the large group of parents and children gathered in the Morrin Centre main library some insider information about the intensive and demanding process of being selected to be sent into space.
Santa brings cheer to Children’s Christmas party
Published: December 12, 2018
Photo: Danielle Burns
It was a jolly, merry morning on Dec. 8, when Santa arrived with a sack full of gifts for the good little girls and boys attending the annual Children’s Christmas party in the Coin Soleil room at Jeffery Hale Hospital. Some 130 people, including kids, parents and grandparents, arrived bearing non-perishable food items.
A journalist’s journey: “My life as a Print Man”
Published: December 12, 2018
Photo: Mary McCown
Don’t be boring, get your facts straight and learn to spell.” The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph’s Peter Black shared the golden rules of writing for print on Dec. 3 at the Morrin Centre during the second of a four-part series of In the Press storytelling workshops.
Around the Anglosphere: Living in English on the Magdalen Islands
Published: December 12, 2018
Photo: Screenshot from Google Maps
The English-speaking community in the Magdalen Islands, an archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off the coast of the Gaspé Peninsula, was built up through a succession of accidents of history. “Many of us are the descendants of shipwreck survivors or fishermen,” says islander Helena Burke.
WELCOME TO MY KITCHEN
Published: December 12, 2018
Photo: Joanne Kyvetos
Submitted by Joanne Kyvetos, [email protected]
A gritty streetcar ride through New Orleans
Published: December 5, 2018
Photo: Normand Brassard
I don’t want realism. I want magic!” - Blanche Dubois
The Quebec Art Company (QAC) brings to life a dynamic and relevant production of Tennessee Williams’ classic theatre piece A Streetcar Named Desire.
Grand Viennese airs and waltzes fill Le Capitole
Published: December 5, 2018
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
Le Capitole theatre resembled a Viennese concert hall and ballroom on Nov. 30 for Les Valses de Vienne, Les Grands Airs Viennois.
Sixteen dancers, 24 musicians, eight choristers and three soloists filled the theatre with the music of Johann Strauss Sr., his sons Johann (the “Waltz King”) and Eduard Strauss, and other well-known composers of the era.