The cast and crew of What if? – The musical are hard at work ensuring that every last element of this exciting production is in perfect harmony and ready for the upcoming run in Quebec City.

Photo: Boxe de Gala

On Friday, May 31, local amateur boxer Andrew Greenfield will be stepping into the ring and taking one (or more) “on the chin” for the Fondation du CHU and its team of doctors who specialize in back surgery.

Thursday, April 18 at 10 a.m. – Lifelong Learning: Painting with Watercolours. No experience necessary. This activity is for Lifelong Learning members and their guests (with guest passes) at the Eastern Québec Learning Centre.* To learn more, contact the Quebec City Reading Council at 418-681-1258 or [email protected].

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

The Trivia Nerds, a team composed of two staff-members of Quebec High School and three friends, took first place in the annual QHS Trivia Night, held on April 6.

Team captain (and QHS principal) Warren Thomson, along with Greg Domonkos (QHS English teacher), Charles Sias, Manu Rangachari and Jean-François Lavoie, fought their way to the top of the heap.

Oh boy! Playoff time! (Sorry, Canadiens’ fans, April was indeed a cruel month.)

After 82 games and some early hopes for a more robust presence of Canadian teams in the post-season dance, only three clubs – Jets, Leafs and Flames – made the cut. For those of you who keep track, this is the eighth season since 1986 that three Canadian teams have qualified for the playoffs.

Photo: Wikimedia Common - Public Domain

This wide boulevard was named for Samuel de Champlain, the famous French explorer and cartographer who made more than 20 trips across the Atlantic and founded New France and Quebec City.

Photo: The Morrin Centre

The evening of Tuesday, April 2 felt almost like Christmas as the Morrin Centre launched its long awaited 10th Imagination Writers’ Festival of inspiring talks, workshops, readings, and activities.

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

On Wednesday evening, April 3, a group of 46 young women, members of the Cornell University Chorus, directed by Robert Isaacs, gave a magnificent concert at Chalmers-Wesley United Church in Old Quebec. Sadly, the choristers greatly outnumbered the meagre audience of 15 people. Those who were there, however, greatly enjoyed the singing of these highly talented choristers.

Photo: FEQ

Take your pick, depending on your tastes, of the blockbuster headliners announced last week for the 2019 edition of the Festival d’Été de Québec (FEQ).

The QCT learned on April 8 that Global Montreal’s news director and station manager Karen Macdonald is being recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) with a lifetime achievement award for the Central region (Quebec and Ontario).

Thursday, April 11, from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. – Michèle Audette, commissioner on the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, will speak at CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence, IA Financial Group Auditorium, 790 Ave Nérée-Tremblay. This event is open to the public and free of charge.

Photo: Linda Naccarato

The CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence women’s basketball team took a silver medal after being defeated 65-50 by the Géants from Cégep de Saint-Jean at the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) provincial final, on April 7.

Photo: St. Pat’s Hockey Facebook page

The fairy-tale season of the St. Patrick’s High School Under 14 (U14) hockey team continues in the Ligue de Hockey Préparatoire scolaire (LHPS).

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

Every spring, Voice of English-speaking Québec invites anglophones to gather at a local drinking establishment to welcome the warmer weather and just get out and see a familiar face after a long, cold winter.

Photo: Ruby Pratka

When you think of Africa, what images come to mind?

Go on, be honest. Lions? Endless desert dunes? Beaming kids, joyfully mobbing a few fresh-faced Western students on break from a well-digging project? The colourful, leaping grace of a dance ensemble? Or that breathtaking but terrifying photo of a starving child crawling toward a feeding centre in Sudan, pursued stealthily by a vulture?