The National Arts Centre has commissioned three brand new dance works from three of the country's best choreographers and companies. In addition, each work will be accompanied by a new piece of music by an important Canadian composer, chosen by the choreographers. The music and
Viewed from today’s perspective, the non-confidence motion that took down the federal Progressive Conservative government in late 1979 and precipitated the end of Joe Clark’s brief tenure as prime minister seems a mere footnote in Canadian history. But Michael Healey – a playwright with a
What would the Easter season be without a bit of Bach to provide some spiritual passion. This year in Ottawa it's the St. Matthew Passion as presented by Ottawa's chamber orchestra Thirteen Strings on April 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Dominion Chalmers United Church. A central
It's not often that new Canadian music gets a second hearing, but the NAC Orchestra is determined that its quartet of compositions called Life Reflected won't moulder in a file somewhere. The works, which premiered at the NAC in the 2015-16 season, will travel with NACO to
Four artists from Ottawa have picked up nominations for Daytime Emmys. They are: Craig Young and Mike Milligan who were nominated for their work on the animated pre-school series Justin Time Go! which can be seen on Netflix and the Disney Jr. Canada network; Matt Ouimet
Anna Sophia Vollmerhausen Seven metres long, more than two metres wide and weighing nearly 4,100 kilograms, it had bulletproof windows and armored plating. Once part of a fleet of vehicles used by Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis during the Second World War, the black Mercedes-Benz
Light is constant but technology changes, so the large Jeff Wall image that ends Photography in Canada: 1960-2000, now at the National Gallery, is literally seen in a new light. “He has high standards,” associate curator of photography Andrea Kunard says of Wall, the celebrated Vancouver
More than 10,000 Canadian soldiers were killed or injured in the four-day battle to capture Vimy Ridge. It was a bloody toll. But the four divisions of the Canadian Corps succeeded where so many others had failed. The soldiers changed the battlefield through the use of
Battle’s grim dormitory this And filled is every bed And none may leave his place, or miss The role call of the dead. — From a poem found in the backpack of an unknown Canadian soldier of the First World War As the Canadian War Museum celebrates the 100th anniversary
The association behind the JUNO Awards has joined the chorus of condemnation aimed at comedian Russell Peters over comments he made Sunday evening during the 2017 JUNO Awards broadcast in Ottawa. Peter called federal Heritage minister Melanie Joly "hot" just before she presented an award with artist
