The long list for the 2017 Sobey Art Award has been announced. The award is presented annually to a Canadian artist 40 and under who has exhibited in a public or commercial art gallery within 18 months of being nominated. The names of the 25 artists vying
A new public art installation will be on a bridge and act as a bridge between Canada’s cultures and eras. The Gather-Ring, to be installed in June on the Portage Bridge over the Ottawa River between Ottawa and Gatineau, will incorporate materials and themes from indigenous
Little Sister Barbara Gowdy (Patrick Crean Editions) In town: Barbara Gowdy appears at the Ottawa International Writers Festival April 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, 414 Sparks St. Barbara Gowdy is, once again, weird but wonderful. Her new novel, Little Sister, is a mesmerizing trip into The
Crying For The Moon Mary Walsh (HarperCollins) In town: Mary Walsh will be at the spring edition of the Ottawa International Writers Festival on Friday April 28 at 8:30 p.m. She will be on a panel with Heather O'Neill at Christ Church Cathedral. For more information on
Towards the end of work on a musical score for the ballet The Little Prince, Kevin Lau and Guillaume Côté had a meeting and made a decision. "What if I wrote the music first and wrote it completely without a subject to anchor it. There were
The National Arts Centre has commissioned three new dance works from three of the country's best choreographers and companies. In addition, each work will be accompanied by a new piece of music by an important Canadian composer, chosen by the choreographers. The music and dance
If one takes nothing else from Michael Healey’s political satire 1979, now at the Great Canadian Theatre Company, it will be gratitude that brown corduroy has vanished from the Canadian male’s wardrobe. Former Prime Minister Joe Clark, whose deeply held principles and Red Toryism are at
On Good Friday, Thirteen Strings and Seventeen Voyces joined forces to present Bach’s monumental St. Matthew Passion at Dominion-Chalmers. The performance was distinguished by magnificent orchestral playing and choral singing, wildly incompatible soloists, and some quasi-heretical liberties in presentation. Music director Kevin Mallon has serious early
By Jennifer Campbell The capital will soon receive a sculpture of another Ottawa icon — this time, Yousef Karsh. A bronze and granite likeness of the beloved Armenian-Canadian photographer, who has been called one of the great portrait artists of the 20th century, will be unveiled in
The National Arts Centre has commissioned three new dance works from three of the country's best choreographers and companies. In addition, each work will be accompanied by a new piece of music by an important Canadian composer, chosen by the choreographers. The music and dance
