Breakaway
with Jacquie Czernin
Friday February 10, 2012
Folk singer Bruce Cockburn on love and longevity
Before his Quebec City show, Jacquie sat down backstage with Canadian icon Bruce Cockburn, as he reflected on his 40 year career in music, on being a new father at the age of 66, and the renewed energy he has as a troubadour of the human condition.
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Friday February 10, 2012
Pianist Tigran Hamasyan back in Quebec
Tigran Hamasyan played back-to-back shows in Quebec City last night, and this evening he's in Lennoxville. The 24-year-old Armenian pianist, now based in New York City, is getting a lot of attention for his high energy performances and original approach to his instrument. Tigran sat down at the piano with our Rachelle Solomon to talk about his first solo album, A Fable, and to share some of his own story...
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Thursday February 9, 2012
Outdoor hockey arena opens in Levis
It's being billed as the only outdoor hockey arena in North America. Two former professional hockey players have transformed a parking lot in Levis into a regulation hockey sized rink, complete with bleachers, lighting towers, warm-up tents and beer service. Our Peter Black visited this new rink of dreams...
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Categories: Peter Black, Quebec City
Thursday February 9, 2012
Quebec's adopted Mississippi queen
From southern belle to la belle province. Nanette Workman joined Jacquie to talk about her new album that, at the age of 66, she calls, Just Gettin' Started.
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Wednesday February 8, 2012
Reviving Université Laval's student-run law review
English-speaking law students at Université Laval are bringing back the university's student-run law review. The Revue juridique des étudiants et étudiantes de l'Université Laval has the distinction of highlighting work done by undergraduate and master's level law students. Our Rachelle Solomon spoke with students Colin Standish and Nelson Peters about getting their project published.
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Categories: Quebec City, Rachelle Solomon
Tuesday February 7, 2012
Ross Murray: Tea
The world might be divided into coffee drinkers and tea drinkers - and we guess some who imbibe both. But coffee is not Ross Murray's cup of tea. Count him among those with a fondness for a steeped beverage...
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Categories: Ross Murray
Tuesday February 7, 2012
Madonna to play the Plains of Abraham
The Plains of Abraham are an historic site, and in recent years, some pretty historic concerts have been staged in the park. Entertainment agent Sharon Kim-Dion was behind brining Paul McCartney to Quebec City in 2008. Then came Sting, Elton John, and now Madonna. Our Rachelle Solomon spoke with Sharon Kim-Dion about using the Plains as a concert venue for the world's biggest performers.
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Categories: Quebec City, Rachelle Solomon
Tuesday February 7, 2012
Celebrating Dickens and his memoirs of Quebec
Today marks the bicentenary of Charles Dickens' birth. In our high speed age of connectivity, author Jonathan Grossman explained how the 19th century writer wrote the script on social networking, and blogging, for that matter. Listen back to what Dickens wrote about his visit to Quebec City in 1842...
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Monday February 6, 2012
Breakaway marks the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 years on the throne today. Breakaway looked back to February 6, 1952, with two women in the Township's who remember that day. Then off to Sept Iles, to a high school named after Her Royal Highness that students and staff affectionately call "Queenie".
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Categories: Quebec City, Sept Iles
Thursday February 2, 2012
The creative Quebec company behind Madonna's Super Bowl performance
Some of the creative minds from Montreal's Moment Factory are in Indianapolis right now. The multimedia design firm is working with superstar Madonna on Sunday's Super Bowl Halftime Show. Sakchin Besette, Partner and Creative Director at Moment Factory, spoke with our Rachelle Solomon as he and his team put the finishing touches on the show...
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