Ottawa's Kevin Reeves is a musical and artistic jack of all trades but his main focus is on the performances of his choir Seventeen Voyces. Reeves' concerts are always ambitious and innovative. On Nov. 11, he'll lead the largest concert he has ever attempted with
The pace has been dizzying for Ottawa's School of Photographic Arts over the past 12 months but the stars have aligned and SPAO is ready to officially open its doors on Nov. 10. The school has actually been operating since September, says Jonathan Hobin, who has
The key to life in the big city? Ignore the big and celebrate the everyday. It sounds trite, but Ordinary Days – Adam Gwon’s thoughtfully empathetic chamber musical about four young people adrift in New York City – is just the opposite of pedestrian, as the
Aaron Watkin is a long way from home. The Canadian ex-pat is the artistic director of a major ballet company in Dresden and living and working in one of the famous old centres of culture in central Europe. His company, the Semperoper Ballett will perform
By Maggie Parkhill With the curtain about to come down on Canada 150 celebrations, local artists are beginning to look ahead for fresh opportunities to showcase their work. But in case they need some help, the annual Artpreneur gathering is a ready resource. The annual conference has been
New exhibitions at the National Gallery show how our nation, photography, and the relationship between the two have changed since both were in their infancy. “In the second half of the 19th century, legions of prospectors left everything behind to set off in search of
The story behind a special performance in Ottawa on Nov. 9 is one of those examples of the unquenchable flame of creation. A group known as the Semer Ensemble will play music recorded and published by small Jewish labels in Germany in the years before
After eight years as the director of communications at the National Arts Centre, Rosemary Thompson is moving to Alberta to take up residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. She will start her new job as the vice president, marketing, communications and board relations
The winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction in 2017 is a Newfoundland writer whose book was hailed as an "act of full-throttle imagination and narrative invention." The novel is We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night by Joel Thomas Hynes. The
The moribund Magnetic North Theatre Fesitval might not be finished after all. A new board of directors has embarked on a mission to revive the 15 year old festival which was suspended this past March because of a financial crisis. The new board will include
