Lessons from the road: One time Dr. Lydia Adams was travelling with a production of the Cree opera Pimooteewin: The Journey, by Tomson Highway and Melissa Hui. The story was based on an Indigenous story about crossing the river dividing the living world from the
Ottawa author Janet Lunn, entertained and educated generations of children with her 18, mainly historical, fiction and non-fiction books. Lunn died this week at age 88 of congestive heart failure, surrounded by her own five children. The American-born Lunn was a recipient of the Order of
A jam-packed Southam Hall fêted the 2017 Governor General's Performing Arts Award laureates in an emotional almost joyous gala evening that marked the 25th anniversary of the awards. The evening could be considered the opening act of a full weekend of celebration of Confederation's 150th birthday. Walking the red
Salt-Water Moon is considered a classic of Canadian theatre. It has been performed everywhere in Canada but never quite like the version staged by Ravi Jain. Jain, the founding artistic director of the Why Not Theatre company in Toronto, has taken this story of the romance
When the legendary Kronos Quartet performs in Ottawa, music by two Canadians will be on the programme. Works by the Montreal-based contemporary composer Nicole Lizée and the Polaris Prize winning Indigenous performer Tanya Tagaq will be performed on July 5 as part of an eclectic mix of
There are some last minute touch-ups, no doubt, but for all intents and purposes a good chunk of the refurbished National Arts Centre was revealed Wednesday afternoon offering the centre's CEO a chance to reflect on what seemed a somewhat improbable dream half a decade ago. Peter
Newfoundland Literary Pub Crawl and Dinner with Lisa Moore, Ed Riche, Eva Crocker, Robert Chafe, Bridget Canning and Kathleen Winter When: July 4 pub crawl at 6:30 p.m. (sold out); July 5 pub crawl at 6:30 p.m. Where: Lieutenant's Pump, 361 Elgin St. When: July 4 dinner at 7
Dan General has an angel watching out for him, er, perhaps, listening. The angel is the legendary singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. General, better known as DJ Shub, is one of the major exponents of a form of electronic music known these days as PowWow Step. The music started to
Christine Fitzgerald is an award-winning photographer from Ottawa with a special interest in nature. Much of her work deals with the fraught relationship between people and the natural world. For her fine art photography, she uses digital and vintage large format cameras and lenses. She frequently integrates
When asked to comment on why he's still playing the blues, Donnie Walsh is typically succinct. "It's what I do. I have had pretty good success at it. I've had a great musical life so far and so if it ain't broke don't fix it." It certainly
