Zoe Shelley is tall, incredibly fit and very good looking. She would be, if one saw her only briefly, the kind of person who could be cast as an Amazon warrior in a movie about Amazon warriors. Guess what: She was. Shelley, the partner of the NAC Orchestra's
The 2oth anniversary of the Ottawa Fringe Festival is now underway. Covering a massive undertaking like the Fringe requires some agility. ARTSFILE's theatre writer Patrick Langston has covered as many bases as he could over the past few days offering his takes on up to a
Sarah Chang, the striking, supremely talented violin virtuoso has done a lot in her career. She is considered a true child prodigy. She attended the Juilliard School of Music at age six. She has worked with Isaac Stern, recorded 20 plus CDs, performed with Placido
The 20th anniversary of the Ottawa Fringe Festival is underway. Getting a handle a massive undertaking like the Fringe requires some agility on the part of a theatre reviewer. ARTSFILE's Patrick Langston is covering as many bases as he can offering his takes on a dozen
There are less than 500 speakers of the Maliseet language in Canada. It is a situation that deeply concerns Jeremy Dutcher. And it is something he wants to do something about. His First Nation is located about two hours north of Fredericton, New Brunswick and he
In town: Louise Penny is at Southminster United Church, Friday, June 16 at 7 p.m. For tickets and information, writersfestival.org. • After 12 massively successful mysteries featuring Commander Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec, Louise Penny has no plans to break up with her hero. In
By now there must be few adult Canadians who are unaware of what residential schools did to so many First Nations children, to their families and to the generations that have followed. But awareness and visceral understanding are two different things. Children of God, the
Tiffany Ayalik may be a contemporary adult actor from Yellowknife, NWT but she can relate to what nine-year-old Yvette Wong experienced in mid-20th-century Saskatchewan. Ayalik plays Yvette and 11 other characters in Café Daughter, the one-woman show by Cree playwright Kenneth T. Williams that’s about to open as
This may be the first time Russell Braun has sung the role of Louis Riel, but he has more of a connection to the seminal Canadian opera than one might assume. "One of my father's best friends, Cornelis Opthof, was the first to sing John A. Macdonald. And
The 2oth anniversary of the Ottawa Fringe Festival is now underway. Covering a massive undertaking like the Fringe requires some agility. ARTSFILE's theatre writer Patrick Langston is covering as many bases as he can over the next few days offering his takes on up to
