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.
Can a cake be a piece of art? The Enriched Bread Artists certainly think so and they are determined to prove the point with an exhibition and workshops at their studios in a former bread factory on Gladstone Avenue. ARTSFILE asked one of the artists
When the first Arboretum Music Festival was held in 2011, there was something hopeful in the air, says one of the co-founders. "At the time, the cultural scene in the city, although it has always been really strong," said Rolf Klausener, "there was this inexplicable coalescing
Mixing wine, food and music is a recipe for a reason to travel to Prince Edward County. The sum total of this melange is the Classical Unbound series of concerts started by three members of the NAC Orchestra three years ago. Joanna G'froerer is one of the
