When she was young, Joanne Proulx had a brush with danger. A young man threw her over his shoulder at a party and headed upstairs. It was funny to start and then it wasn't funny at all. Proulx avoided being sexually assaulted because, she said, she's
It has been another busy and successful year for the talented bass-baritone, Gerald Finley. First he was featured on a Canadian stamp. Then he was made a Commander of the British Empire. Now he's in Austria starring as Lear in the prestigious Salzburg Festival production
Before judging the art to be installed in the stations of Ottawa’s light-rail Confederation Line, consider this question: what is public art for? Perhaps, as Ottawa artist Heidi Conrod suggests, it’s “to invite the public to become more aware of their environment. . . It brings
She might be 84 years old, but Carol Burnett is showing no signs of slowing down at all. The legendary comedian will be coming to the National Arts Centre on Nov. 2 as part of a tour of cities this fall. She'll also be stopping in
As summer slows to the finish, the building of a city strategy for Ottawa's music industry is about to become more intense. The process, announced by council this past spring as a legacy project emerging from the JUNO Awards, is supposed to have recommendations in front
When you think of the cello, you think of, perhaps, Pablo Casals playing the Bach Cello Suites. You don't immediately think of the Norwegian Progressive Metal band Leprous. But Raphael Weinroth-Browne does
When Burn, a ghost-cum-mystery story by Ottawa playwright John Muggleton, opens at The Gladstone Aug. 24, a crucially important person won’t be on hand to see it. Steven Dwyer, one half of the show’s producing company Cue Penny Productions, died unexpectedly in May of a ruptured
Lynne Hanson and Lynn Miles go back a ways. "Lynn sang on my first album Things I Miss (2006)," Hanson said in an interview. Miles was already a very successful singer-songwriter and Hanson was just really getting rolling so for Lynne Hanson that first recording project was
Making the grade in Canadian theatre isn't easy. But two independent companies based in Ottawa are starting to spread their wings. Matthew Venner and Matt Hertendy have made a bit of a name for themselves with their success at the Ottawa Fringe Festival in 2016
Ottawa writer Kate Jaimet has learned a lesson or two as she has advanced her career as a children's author. Lesson No. 1: There ain't much money in it. Lesson No. 2: It's still fun, creative and very worthwhile. Jaimet is a former reporter with the Ottawa Citizen.
