Festival

Saturday September 20, 2014

Brome Lake Duck Festival in Knowlton

Rubber ducks, duck cookies, ducks on parade and duck cuisine are all part of the annual duck-fest in Knowlton. 

There will also be food trucks and culinary demonstrations, local wineries and jazz, not to mention the Sunday rubber duck race on Mill Pond.

The 19th edition of the Brome Lake Duck Festival gets under way this weekend through next weekend.

One of the key players in the festival is Domenico Forte. He's the executive chef from Brome Lake Ducks.  Earlier this week, he spoke with Sonali Karnick.

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Categories: Festival, Food

 

Saturday August 23, 2014

Ukulele Club of Montreal

The ukulele has been popping up in a lot of pop music from Hawaiian singer Iz to Jack Johnson to Taylor Swift and Jason Mraz.

It's been growing in popularity in Montreal too. A few years ago, five ukulele players formed the Montreal Ukulele Club. Now dozens of musicians join them for jam sessions twice a month. Tonight they'll be part of the show at the third annual Uke Festival that they created.

Claire Elissalde and Anthony Pham are two of the original five members of the Montreal Ukulele Club. They join our summer host Pierre Landry, ukes in hand.

(Above, Claire Elissalde and Anthony Pham play Stand By Me in the All in a Weekend studio; photo by Pierre Landry)

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Saturday August 16, 2014

Italian Week: the Zeppole challenge

St.Joseph will be honoured in a delicious way tomorrow in Little Italy.  For Italian Week, this year's bake-off challenge is a traditional pastry usually made for St-Joseph's day. It's called a zeppola and in its most basic form, it consists of a light and airy doughnut filled with sweetened ricotta. Italian bakeries from Montreal, Laval and beyond are participating in the challenge.

Jennifer Chiazzese's family owns and runs the Montebello Bakery in Montreal North.

Montebello won last year's Italian Week bake-off for lobster tail pastry, also known as sfogliatelle.

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• September 2014
  • Sat., 20 – Brome Lake Duck Festival in Knowlton
     
• August 2014
  • Sat., 23 – Ukulele Club of Montreal
     
  • Sat., 16 – Italian Week: the Zeppole challenge
     
  • Sat., 9 – Kim Thuy, author and pen pal at Eastman festival
     
  • Sat., 2 – OSHEAGA 2014
     
• July 2014
  • Sun., 27 – Tschakapesh steals Place des Arts
     
  • Sat., 26 – Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur
     
  • Sat., 19 – Heavy Soundz at Nuits d'Afrique
     
  • Sat., 12 – Startup Fest
     
  • Sat., 12 – Tourism Saturday
     
  • Sun., 6 – Festival de Lanaudière
     
  • Sat., 5 – Just for Laughs: comedy scouts
     
• June 2014
  • Sun., 22 – Chaplin's granddaughter at Vaudreuil circus
     
• May 2014
  • Sat., 17 – Chef to U.S. political elite comes to Montreal
     
• April 2014
  • Sun., 27 – Blue Met is back in town
     
• March 2014
  • Sun., 16 – Festival de la voix showcases young singers
     
  • Sat., 1 – Children's film festivals in Montreal, Quebec City
     
• February 2014
  • Sat., 22 – Yukigassen: snowball fight with rules
     
  • Sat., 22 – Seb: Laurentians' finest at Montréal en lumière
     
• November 2013
  • Sat., 2 – Lebanese playwright Betty Taoutel
     
• September 2013
  • Sat., 7 – Wienerfest Montreal: calling all dachsunds
     
• July 2013
  • Sat., 13 – Off Just for Laughs- comedy primer
     
• June 2013
  • Sat., 8 – Fringe Fest Preview
     
• April 2013
  • Sun., 28 – Jeppe on a Friday comes to Vues d'Afrique
     
  • Sat., 20 – Fête du croissant
     
  • Sun., 14 – Douglas Gibson: "Stories by Storytellers"
     
• March 2013
  • Sat., 30 – Tourism Quebec: Saturday Update
     
• February 2013
  • Sun., 24 – Chef Francis Mallman: grilling Argentina-style
     
  • Sat., 23 – Chef Carl Murray: taste of Saguenay-Lac St Jean
     
  • Sun., 17 – Whisky Fête fundraiser for McGill Scottish Chair
     
  • Sun., 3 – Ice cider tasting with sommelier Véronique Rivest
     
• November 2012
  • Sat., 24 – Tibetan Cultural Fair