Arts & Culture

Thursday July 31, 2014

Revisiting Quebec in "1987"

Surviving your teenage years is rarely an easy thing to do. Doing it in Quebec in the 1980s adds a whole new level of kitsch. Director Ricardo Trogdi is releasing the second of his autobiographical films set in the era of bad perms and pastel coloured polo shirts. Jean-Carl Boucher is the actor who plays the lead role of Ricardo in the new film 1987. He joined Susan in studio to talk all things hair metal. Listen here.

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Thursday July 10, 2014

The fate of the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec

After budget shortfalls in the spring, the Musée National des Beaux Arts du Québec was confronted with even more cuts with last month's provincial budget. It has some asking whether or not Quebec's national museum of fine arts can continue to fulfill its mandate. One of the co-authors of the letter is Dominic Hardy. He's an art historian and professor at UQAM, and he has also spent nearly 20 years working in museums in Ontario and Quebec. Listen here.

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Friday June 13, 2014

Quebec City band Mauves in studio

"We're a real band now." That's how the members of Mauves reacted when they heard they'd be performing at the Francofolies in Montreal this year. And even though they sing songs about Montreal, in many ways they are a quintessentially Quebec City band. Cédric, Alexandre and Jean-Christophe joined Susan in studio on a rainy Friday morning to talk about growing up musically, and where they're off to next. Listen here.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Live music in studio

 

• July 2014
  • Thu., 31 – Revisiting Quebec in "1987"
     
  • Thu., 10 – The fate of the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec
     
• June 2014
  • Fri., 13 – Quebec City band Mauves in studio
     
  • Wed., 4 – Animated NFB classics, Frame x Frame
     
• May 2014
  • Mon., 26 – Manif d'Art 7: Resistance
     
  • Thu., 15 – Sound art installations in Victoriaville
     
  • Mon., 5 – Mathematical Masterpieces by Étienne Saint-Amant
     
  • Fri., 2 – Drawing from our Experience at Foreman Art Gallery
     
  • Fri., 2 – The Lost Fingers enter a World of Wonder
     
• April 2014
  • Fri., 25 – Tango in the streets of Quebec City
     
  • Fri., 11 – 5 for Trio jazzing up our studio
     
  • Fri., 11 – Sherlock Holmes on stage in Lennoxville
     
  • Fri., 11 – Arts and Culture calendar: April 11-13th
     
  • Thu., 10 – Vann "the Piano Man" Walls
     
  • Mon., 7 – Jackie Summel on the House that Herman Built
     
• March 2014
  • Sun., 30 – Maneuvering the career path of Alain-Martin Richard
     
  • Mon., 17 – The Gaspé Peninsula: Land on the Edge of Time
     
  • Wed., 12 – Les Chercheurs d'Or live in studio
     
  • Wed., 12 – Bringing big dancers to la Petite Scène
     
  • Tue., 11 – Confronting violence against women with ballet in New Richmond
     
  • Mon., 10 – Coop Paradis on Cloud 9
     
• February 2014
  • Fri., 28 – Territoires magnétique: Artists celebrate their home
     
  • Wed., 26 – Wapikoni Mobile celebrates its tenth anniversary
     
  • Mon., 24 – Celebrating culture through storytelling
     
  • Wed., 19 – Townshippers Association presents "They Came From Away"
     
  • Fri., 14 – Carnaval Tropical de Limoilou
     
  • Fri., 14 – Meet the artists behind Mois Multi 15 installations
     
  • Wed., 12 – William Stone's Leg
     
• January 2014
  • Wed., 15 – Women's writing and La Corriveau
     
  • Fri., 10 – The Seasons live in studio
     
• November 2013
  • Fri., 29 – Salon du livre des Premières Nations
     
• October 2013
  • Fri., 4 – Basia Bulat's story of pain, loss and Tall Tall Shadow
     
• August 2013
  • Wed., 21 – Renaud-Bray believes regulated book prices would change very little for the French market
     
  • Tue., 20 – Small bookstore owners teaming up to fight big box and online retailers
     
• July 2013
  • Fri., 12 – Giving a musical voice to someone else's words
     
• February 2013
  • Wed., 20 – Urban design, art and pulp mills