The Man In Motion revisits Quebec for 25th Anniversary Tour
Dreary skies and showers didn’t damper spirits at the end-of-day celebration for the 25th Anniversary Rick Hansen Tour. Paralympian and philanthropist Rick Hansen is currently wheeling across the country, retracing …
Journalist Amy Goodman’s angle on Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street: The resistance continues at Liberty Square and worldwide, headlines the OWS website one month after non-violent protests began in the heart of New York’s financial district. On …
Halloween
In the 1940s, we lived on the outskirts of a small town south of Montreal with gravelled roads, no side walks and no street lights. It was known as Greenfield …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1851 The Morning Chronicle Up to this day there has been no perceptible frost in this vicinity. In August, frost is not a very rare occurrence and September frosts are …
DD/MM/YYYY plays farewell show in Quebec
October 19 marked the last day the Toronto-based band DD/MM/YYYY will ever play in Quebec City. The group said farewell with a high-energy performance at L’Agitee that lasted until well-after …
Tafelmusik’s Jeanne Lamon conducts Les Violons du Roy
Jeanne Lamon is celebrating thirty years as the director of the world-class Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, which uses traditional instruments and is based in Toronto. She was the …
Toupie, Mary and Cody soon to go to sleep …
Over the next few weeks, the former Quebec City Zoo bears―Toupie, Mary and Cody―will be preparing to go into winter hibernation. This is normally a peaceful time for grizzlies and …
A Concise Guide to the Chorus (Humour)
After reading Marie White’s excellent interview with countertenor Daniel Taylor, I thought you might appreciate the following, gleaned from the Internet (author unknown), about the various types of choral singing …
News Digest for October 26, 2011
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The Quebec Art Company celebrates its 30th anniversary
The stage of Espace St. Michael was alive with the sound of music and the scene of a great party last Friday evening attended by past and present members of …