When you bring two young classical music lions together, one of three things can happen: One musician ends up completely dominating the other. Or their two egos conflict and clash. More rarely, their styles fuse harmoniously; like star athletes playing on the same team, their supportive
A new loan makes visiting the National Gallery a dream come true for admirers of Gustav Klimt, even with a backstory of mysterious provenance and escape from a living nightmare. The gallery is already the only public collection in Canada to include a painting by
Going to the theatre is like a blind date. You get linked up with a play or person you know little about. You commit to spending an hour or two together. And off you trek, hoping something great happens but aware the opposite may occur. If
As part of this season of concerts by Ottawa's chamber orchestra Thirteen Strings, are new works by Ottawa-based composers. One of those artists is the well-known music man about town, John Geggie, who is also a member of the ensemble in which he plays the
The Tallis Scholars have been instrumental in resurrecting Renaissance music out of the history books and into modern halls since their founding in 1973 by Peter Phillips. Their work has been acknowledged with many awards including entry into Gramophone’s Hall of Fame. They were in Ottawa
The TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival has announced the lineup for its annual winter concert festival. The event will be held at La Nouvelle Scene on King Edward Avenue from Feb. 8 through Feb 10. The weekend will feature nine concerts over the three days with
By Ruth Tecle A place for the Carleton University Art Gallery is one of the considerations for the university’s board of governors as they deliberate the purchase of the Dominion-Chalmers United Church. The possible acquisition of the Centretown church is the focus of a feasibility study
On Canada Day, 2017, while thousands waited in lineups in the pelting rain for a spot on Parliament Hill, someone was watching from a fourth floor window across Wellington Street. That someone was the well-known American photographer Stephen Wilkes and he was watching and photographing hundreds
When the Sultans of String's Christmas Caravan takes the stage at the Shenkman Arts Centre Thursday night they'll be bringing with them a familiar face to Ottawa music fans. Rebecca Campbell will be part of an evening of music from around the world: from Quebecois fiddle
By Rosa Saba On Saturday nights at Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club in Ottawa, the basement is usually packed with people for the late show featuring some of Canada’s best professional comedians. But, on Wednesdays, it’s a different scene. New Talent Night is a chance for amateurs and
