July 4 might have been a hot night on the Plains of Abraham as the strains of Corey Hart’s FEQ concert wafted across the St. Lawrence River, but it was …
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Passages insolites: curious art in unusual places
Where did this giant brick sphere come from? Did it fall from the sky? Did it roll down Côte Dinan into Ruelle Légaré? Created by Jeffrey Poirier, Echo contrasts with …
Twenty One Pilots climbed to new heights at the FEQ
They crowd-surfed, tower-climbed, changed their outfits and instruments, went down into the crowd and invited security guards to dance. Ohio band Twenty One Pilots know how to put on a …
Look who is playing in the grass!
After two years without successfully hatching any goslings, this year Angry Bird (if it is him …) and Mrs. Bird are happy to show us their pride-and-joy goslings, three little …
The French preferred Brazil to Canada
The Fête de la Ville de Québec on July 3 reminds us that Samuel de Champlain and his 28 companions laid down the foundations of Quebec in 1608.As citizens of …
Auger-Aliassime ousted at Wimbledon, plus football and hockey news
L’Ancienne-Lorette’s Félix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated in the third round at Wimbledon on July 5. The 18-year-old was ranked 19th before the start of one of the world’s most prestigious tennis …
Community Calendar
June 26 to Oct. 14 – Passages Insolites. Discover fascinating works of public art in the Petit-Champlain, Place-Royale, Vieux-Port and Saint-Roch districts of Quebec City. For more information, visit passagesinsolites.com. …
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity offers music at noon
Last week’s Midi en Musique concert at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity featured the beautiful soprano voice of Myriam Boutin. She was accompanied by pianist Valérie Timofeeva and Stéphane …
Make your own deodorant … and feel and smell fresh
I’ve been writing this column for six months already, and I’m confident that, by now, many QCT readers are doing their part to help the planet. How? By using natural …