In 1986, at age 25 or so, the world renowned Canadian pianist Louis Lortie recorded all of Chopin's demanding etudes. Three decades later he's tackling them again (with the Preludes added just because. That's 52 pieces of music folks). But now as the star pianist approaches
The young American author and journalist Mark Engler will fill the final slot of the Spring edition of the Ottawa International Writers Festival. Angler is the author of This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century, (co-authored with his brother Paul). The
On April 9, up to 25,000 Canadians will be climb up Vimy Ridge to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War battle. Vimy has become a central event in the history of this country. The facts are significant. The battle represents the first time all four
Canada Scene will present two shows originally programmed for the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, which announced Wednesday it was cancelling its 2017 festival originally set for this June because of severe financial problems. The festival was to stage seven productions. The National Arts Centre, which produces
Some of Canada's top female writers will join the prolific and profound South Asian writer Anita Desai to headline the 2017 Spring Edition of the Ottawa International Writers Festival. Included in the lineup that runs from April 27 to May 2 are Claire Cameron, whose new
Calgarian James Odin Wade is the winner of the Ottawa Little Theatre Award. OLT announced the results of its 76th One-Act Playwriting Competition Friday afternoon. He won for his script In Case of Fire. The OLT competition is the country's oldest. This year 28 entries came in
The Toronto-based composer Gary Kulesha first discovered the writing of Virginia Woolf when he was a teenager with a taste for good writing. Picking up that first book he found what he calls "for me maybe the best writer in the English language and if not
Does a touch of darkness lurk in even the nicest Canadian heart? Quite possibly, according to Jonathan Christenson. He wrote and is directing Vigilante, a rock-styled musical about the notorious, 19th century Donnelly family of southern Ontario that’s at the National Arts Centre starting March 29. The
I suppose I should start with Lawren Harris, who could be the most recognizable name in Canadian art and certainly is the blockbuster among paintings newly donated to the National Gallery of Canada, but can we first talk about Prudence Heward? Heward lacks the broad recognition
Classical music fans in Ottawa have got to know Alexander Shelley well over the past few years. Now the rest of the country is going to meet him up close and personal. The Canada 150 tour will start April 25 when Shelley leads the NAC Orchestra
