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Music
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Music information

NME
The world's greatest music news service!

Music
An entire section on the Sympatico portal dedicated to different music genres: artist profiles, videos, charts, radio and much more...

Billboard
Check out the daily music news and various charts.

Music

ArchambaultZIK
Legally download music at decent prices.

MuchMusic
View videoclips, listen to the latest hits and find information on your favourite artists.

• Surf MuchVibe, a dedicated channel for fans of the exploding urban music scene. HipHop, Rap, R&B, Soul and Reggae music videos, as well as urban music-related programming and specials.
• Also check out MuchLoud, a channel dedicated to the world of alternative, hard rock, metal, classic metal and punk. Videoflow is combined with interviews, specials and artist profiles.

MTV
Piles of videos categorized by type of music or by artist.

Shows

Cégeps en spectacle
Desjardins is the official presenter and primary sponsor of 4 inter-collegial events that take place each year in Quebec cegeps. RIASQ (Réseau intercollégial des activités socioculturelles du Québec) promotes performing arts and the use of the French language while offering college students an opportunity to learn more about entertainment-related jobs.

Visit the RIASQ Web site to find out who the winners of the various socio-cultural events are (in French only).

Just for laughs
Discover the list of shows and their locations, read the news...

Cirque du Soleil
A fabulous site! Find out about resident touring shows!

Ticket purchases and line-ups

Admission
For online ticket purchases.

Cinema.ca
To find out about movies now showing and theatre schedules for all of Quebec and Canada.

Reading material

For budding geniuses
Wondering about the human genome or the big bang theory? Check out www.popsci.com for everything you wanted to know about science and new technology. You will always find something interesting here and you'll see that science is not always boring!

For curious minds
If you read French, Pif.ca and Monpif.ca feature a wealth of articles on everything from art and the environment, to music and sports.

Shameless Magazine – for girls who get it
Check out the Toronto publication, Shameless, written for girls who are tired of hearing about diets, makeup and Justin Timberlake. Shameless features intelligent articles and asks questions about the world in which we live. Warning! It's addictive.

Chapters
Looking for a new novel to curl up with? Whether you're a fan of J. K. Rowling, Stephen King or Mary Higgins Clark, come learn about new releases, best sellers and literary classics.

Barnes and Noble
Read reviews, criticism and reader comments on both newly-released books and literary classics.

Planet PDF
Have you heard of ebooks? Take a look and see if you like them! On this site you'll find more than 60 classics such as Anna Karenina, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, all totally free.

Globusz Publishing eBooks
Visit this site to learn all about ebooks, and even download them for free.

Fashion

Elle Girl
All about the latest fashions and new trends!

Lumière
Lumière is an upscale fashion and style magazine published exclusively on the Internet.

Celebrities

Teen music
Hang out with the stars! Check out the indexed celebrity sites and find out about movies, TV shows and Hollywood stars!

Stars Magazine
Large resource site for news, reviews, and information from the various fields of entertainment and the world in general. Frequent updates.

Online videos

ThreadBanger
This DIY fashion site is filled with useful how-to videos for making your own clothes or accessories. So dig into your closet or visit the thrift shop down the street. Want to turn a pair of torn jeans into a purse? Give an old t-shirt a second life as a hip t-skirt? ThreadBanger will show you how!

Hey Josh
Josh Shipp hosts a weekly advice video podcast for teens. In each 3-minute video clip, he answers your questions about anything from drugs or summer jobs to parents or the latest music.

EPIC-FU
This Webby Award-winning site is an interactive guide to the latest trends in art, technology and music. Find out what's being talked about both online and off. EPIC-FU is entertainment for the Internet generation.