Ottawa area writer Lyse Champagne has made the shortlist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for her book, The Light that Remains (Enfield & Wizenty). The award recognizes the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2016 in English. The winner receives $10,000
A new survey at the National Gallery — Canadian and Indigenous Art: 1968 to Present — can take your breath away in its sheer breadth and diversity, and in its particular moments. Consider Jackoposie Oopakak’s sculpture, Nunali, which is a spectacular show of skill — a
ESKASONI FIRST NATION, Cape Breton Island • If reconciliation is about a journey of understanding then some very emotional steps were taken on Wednesday. The Eskasoni First Nation is the largest Mi’kmaw community in Atlantic Canada and it hosted the National Arts Centre Orchestra and 250
ESKASONI FIRST NATION, Cape Breton Island • This evening of food and Mi'kmaw culture might just prove to be a hard act to follow. The members of the NAC Orchestra were greeted by the people of the Eskasoni First Nation Tuesday with a generous seafood dinner
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. • A children's crusade marched up Great George Street in the cradle of Confederation on Monday chanting 'We Love Music.' Led by a 21 year old piper, young and old were walking for music education. All across the country, in classrooms, churches and concert halls from Charlottetown
Monique Mojica is looking forward to the NAC Orchestra's trip to the Eskasoni First Nation. For her, it will be a celebration of the message of the poem I Lost My Talk, by the Mi'kmaw poet Rita Joe and of the poet herself. Those words have been
MONCTON, N.B. • About 15 years ago, Ken MacLeod's oldest daughter Erica had auditioned for a spot with the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra (NBYO) and had made the grade. MacLeod was a supportive father, even though he had no musical background. But that audition has turned
The Sturdy family is one to which we normally wouldn’t give a second thought. Sure, the teenage son Joey has a disability and spends his days in a wheelchair. His slurred speech is difficult for an outsider to decipher, although the quick intelligence in his eyes
MONCTON, N.B. • For a young boy in Brandon, Manitoba, with dreams about a career as a solo violinist, moments learning from professional performers were worth their weight in gold dust. It was that mentoring that James Ehnes got in his home prairie city about an hour
ST. JOHN'S, NL • When Canada is your stage, the message you send matters. So what messaging can be found in the first concert of NACO's Canada 150 tour. The mostly full house at the Arts and Culture Centre heard loud and clear some new Canadian music
