It’s no longer winter in Quebec, so it must be “construction” season, as evidenced by the beehive of activity taking place at Place D’Youville these days. At the heart of …
Monthly Archives: June 2019
75th anniversary of the D-Day landings: The invasion of Normandy begins
This is the fourth and final article in the series about the D-Day landings. Sixteen minutes after midnight, on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, six British gliders landed between the Orne … Continue reading 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings: The invasion of Normandy begins
Community Calendar
Wednesday, June 5 at 11 a.m. – The Germantown Youth Symphony Orchestra, from Tennessee, will give a concert at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, 31 Rue Des Jardins in …
Two historic villas to front new L’Arrière-cour housing project
Architect Pierre Martin, having restored and converted the huge Dominion Corset building known as La Fabrique on Boul. Charest, has now embarked on a project to restore and convert the …
École de cirque de Québec brings the circus to town!
Festival Jours de Cirque runs until June 9. To find out more about the free outdoor shows or tickets to the graduates’ performance Catastrophe Ultraviolette, visit ecoledecirque.com/evenements/jours-de-cirque. Photos by Danielle Burns …
Chamber music this summer
The public square at the corner of Avenue Cartier and Boul René-Lévesque was the scene of a casual noon-hour concert last week. The Élement 8 cello octet performed for passers-by …
Drumming up business while recycling
This street musician in the Old City is a great example of how to help the planet by recycling. His “instruments” consist of empty plastic buckets, barrels, tin cans, and …