Canada's representative at the 2019 Venice Biennale will be the Nunavut-based artist collective Isuma. Led by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn, Isuma, which means “to think, or a state of thoughtfulness” in Inuktitut, is the first Inuit video-based production company in Canada. It was co-founded in
The National Arts Centre continues to fill the ranks of its new Indigenous Theatre department with the hiring of a managing director to work with artistic director Kevin Loring. Filling that vital administrative job is Lori Marchand, who is leaving her post as the executive director
The May 2018 edition of the annual Canada Dance Festival has been suspended because of a funding shortfall. The decision was taken by the festival's board of directors and made public Wednesday in a media release. The release also indicated that the board was "hopeful the
A big hint at what the citizens of Bytown and beyond can expect when the new Ottawa Art Gallery opens has just been published. Pulled together by four curators, Rebecca Basciano, Jim Burant, Michelle Gewurtz and Catherine Sinclair, the OAG's senior curator, the book Adisokamagan/Nous Connaitre
If the images of Walt Disney are everywhere in our culture, so too is the music produced by the legendary film and animation company. From Jiminy Cricket singing When You Wish Upon A Star in Pinocchio to Let It Go in Frozen, the Disney soundtrack has
On Dec. 15, the Stairwell Carollers will celebrate 40 years of singing with a special Christmas concert at Knox Presbyterian Church. The ensemble of 30 voices will present
This past summer Russell Braun was finishing up a gruelling run singing the role of Louis Riel in the Canadian Opera Company's revival of the Harry Somers opera when the call came to sing a Christmas concert in Ottawa. It was just what he needed. "I
With all the fine music available in Ottawa, it’s too easy to forget and neglect the fine music being made across the bridge on the Quebec side. On Saturday night I made the snowy drive to Saint-François-de-Sales church to hear the Choeur classique de l’Outaouais
By Rosa Saba The Origin Arts and Community Centre has been operating in Hintonburg for two years, hosting performances, workshops and other events in a small, welcoming, low-cost space — all part of an effort to make the arts more accessible in Ottawa. But the idea for
Folks, you’d better buckle up for this one. Our flight begins at the end of the Canadian Museum of History’s new show, Dreamworks Animation: Journey from Sketch to Screen. The exhibition includes more than 400 objects from 20 years of Dreamworks studios, including Shrek, Chicken Run,
