The Last Neanderthal Claire Cameron (Doubleday Canada) In town: Claire Cameron appears at the Ottawa International Writers Festival April 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral. For tickets and information, please see writersfestival.org. • Pity Neanderthals. They get little respect. They are generally viewed as knuckle-dragging half-wits, barely
The head of Library and Archives Canada says he would love to see a portrait gallery in the former U.S. Embassy on Wellington Street across from Parliament Hill. "Yes I would," says Dr. Guy Berthiaume. "But it is not up to me to decide. You are
Wallis Giunta has been spending a lot of time in Europe lately. In one of an occasional series of interviews with Ottawa artists doing well elsewhere, ARTSFILE's Peter Robb caught up with the marvellous mezzo. Q. It’s been awhile since you were here. Why have you
The National Arts Centre says in a news release that it has a tentative four-year agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) who represents 109 box office staff and ushers. The centre says that the four-year agreement includes a general wage increase and other
One evening, six world premieres. It isn’t often I get to feel like my critic predecessors in 1880s Vienna or pre-First World War Paris. But on Thursday night, the NAC presented three brand-new, half-hour Canadian ballets, each with its own orchestral score by a leading Canadian
What’s striking about Moments from 150 Years Ago, now at the Museum of History, is not any individual photograph, it’s the portrait they cumulatively paint of life changing in almost every conceivable way. What a dizzying time it must have been. Politics, geography, technology, society, culture,
The Museum of Possibilities Barbara Sibbald (Porcupine Press) Unless we’re talking about Alice Munro, books of short stories face an uncertain future in Canada. Regardless of quality, such books tend to garner fewer sales and glowing reviews than do novels, the supposedly more important literary product. Even
With 21 shows on its roster, The Gladstone Theatre promises to be one of the liveliest spots in town next season. Productions in 2017-18 run from the mid-September season opener Mothers and Daughters: A Musical by S. Oscar Martin and others (SOME Theatre Company) to Robert
The Lonely Hearts Hotel Heather O'Neill (HarperCollins) In Town: Heather O'Neill will attend the spring edition of the Ottawa International Writers Festival on April 28 at 8:30 p.m. She appears with Mary Walsh. For tickets and more information, please see writerfestival.org. On May 13 she will be
By Anna Sophia Vollmerhausen Did you know that Toronto-born rapper Drake is Jewish? Or that the Hart Trophy, awarded annually since 1924 to the most valuable player in the NHL, was donated by the family of Cecil Hart, a former Jewish head coach of the Montreal Canadiens? If
