The finalists for the City of Ottawa book awards includes a talented mystery writer, a novelist and professor at Carleton University and a respected literary lion. The awards recognize the top English and French books published in the past year by local authors. The are
In the history of film animation in Canada, the name of Norman McLaren is remembered and celebrated. But there are others who worked with him at the National Film Board who are equally deserving of wider recognition but haven't received it. One of those individuals is
Peter Herrndorf will step down as the head of the National Arts Centre on June 2, 2018, after leading the almost 50 year old institution for almost two decades. Herrndorf, who is 76, has led the NAC though some of its most difficult times and into
The album Ingénue was released 25 years ago. The artist whose vision created the record, kd lang, emerged onto the world stage as a fully fledged star with its release. The woman from Consort, Alberta, who defined what became known as cow punk, had stomped onto
Pity the rich boy with too much time on his hands. His heart entombed as though by a Russian winter, he drifts through life bored, disconnected, emotionally somnolent. And if his name is Evgeni Onegin, he manages, through indifference to all but his own wants,
The Philosopher Kings were a seminal Canadian band in the 1990s but after a time, like many groups, the individual members pursued their own careers. Now in 2017, they're back together with a new album and a new tour that brings them to Ottawa and
While for some hockey fans, it might be hard to imagine anything about the Toronto Maple Leafs being historically significant, but it is, in fact, true, especially in this 100th anniversary year of the NHL and the franchise. At least the Canadian Museum of History and
At a certain point in his career, Bruce Cockburn decided that if he wanted to be a "serious" writer of songs he needed to get
Defiance may stamp many films at the upcoming Ottawa International Animation Festival, but you’d be right in thinking that’s hardly surprising. Political turmoil on multiple fronts over the past few years, festering racism and xenophobia, the crushing concentration of wealth: somehow, Bambi just doesn’t cut
Three exhibitions of photography show the Ottawa area as it once was, as it has become and, finally, how a few “emerging” photographers from the city are seeing the larger world. Sarah Fuller’s exhibition, at the Ottawa Art Gallery annex in city hall (to Sept. 24),
