Mother Nature continues to water the enormous garden full of sculptures at the Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) Mosaïcultures goes out in a blaze of glory Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com There are only a few days left before the magnificent Mosaïcultures exhibit at the Parc du Bois-de- Coulonge comes…
This door once opened to the infirmary of St. Michael’s Residential School in Alert Bay, B.C. If it could talk, it would tell us the tales behind handprints like these. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Witness Blanket tells stories of residential school survivors Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com On Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Musée de la Civilisation (MCQ) inaugurated its latest…
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Participants in the Reconciling History tour at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa left personal messages at Dr. Peter Bryce’s grave, in gratitude for his work on behalf of the welfare of Indigenous children in the residential school system. (Photo by Lorie Pierce) TRAVEL: Walking the path of reconciliation at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com If you don’t know the name Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce (1853-1932), you should. Decades before the…
Several hundred Iranian Quebecers marched from Dufferin Terrace to the Radio-Canada studios on Rue Saint-Jean on Oct. 1 in solidarity with protesters in Iran. (Photo by Ruby Pratka) Protesters in Quebec City march for civil liberties in Iran Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ruby@qctonline.com Iranian flags flapped in the breeze in the shadow of the Château Frontenac…
Award-winning Quebec artist René Derouin is the subject of filmmaker Patrick Bossé’s latest work Territoires des Amériques, which has an accompanying book of the same title. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Discover Quebec artist René Derouin in Territoires des Amériques Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com The Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ) invites the public to discover Quebec artist René Derouin through…
Cassandra Kerwin’s photo “Cold Christmas Moon a Photographer’s Dream” won first prize in the Best Feature Photo category at the Quebec Community Newspaper Association Better Newspapers Contest. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin from QCT archives) QCT wins three Quebec Community Newspapers Association awards QCT Staff Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph staff members won three awards and were named finalists in six categories at the Quebec Community Newspaper Association…
Volunteers Guy Bergeron and France Dionne of the Fondation Cap Diamant encouraged participants at the Salon FADOQ 50+ to make home care and end-of-life plans for themselves and donate to support seniors who lacked the resources or were too isolated to do so. (Photo by Ruby Pratka) Salon FADOQ 50+ brings the world to local seniors Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter From Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, thousands of senior citizens and soon-to-be senior citizens streamed…
Over the past weekend, dozens of artists around the province opened their studios to the public for Culture Days (Les Journées de la Culture). Thomas Cohen, an American- born painter and collage artist who has lived in Quebec City for the last two decades, welcomed a steady stream of visitors to his Lower Town workshop on Oct. 2. He creates his intricate collages using a method he calls mosaïcarton. The cardboard butterflies flew into this piece from surprising places – Kleenex boxes and greeting cards. (Photo by Ruby Pratka) Local artists open their doors for Les Journées de la Culture…
Hosts Véronika Makdissi-Warren and Bertrand Alain entertained the audience with a glimpse into the history of cinema music, starting in the early days of silent film where a piano man and a huckster narrated the story and read the titles aloud to a mostly illiterate audience. (Photo by Myriam Labbé) REVIEW: OSQ’s Hollywood 6 an ode to childhood heroes Myriam Labbé myriam@qctonline.com On Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, under the direction of conductor Mélanie Léonard, the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec…