Here's something that's much more than a rhyming couplet. VERSefest's seventh edition runs from March 21 until March 26 and it will bring a boatload of poets from across Canada and the United States and Europe to the capital. When it started in 2010, a few hundred
When Joel Plaskett visits Southam Hall this Saturday evening, he's bringing along a special guest
Frédéric Lacroix is a well-known Ottawa-based pianist and composer who specializes in early music. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Piano and Composition at the University of Ottawa School of Music. He answered five questions posed by Artsfile's Peter Robb. Lacroix will be performing this Saturday
Robert Harris’s Meeting of the School Trustees is the iconic painting of Prince Edward Island, that tiniest of provinces that exports potatoes, shellfish and art conservators. The National Gallery’s Tasia Bulger, from North Wiltshire, P.E.I., has recently spent “about 150 hours” restoring the painting, and has revealed
Finland has become an annual destination for Angela Hewitt. She goes there annually, she said in an interview with Artsfile in advance of her Bach Odyssey concerts March 16 and 18. (She talked about those with Artsfile here). Hewitt collaborates often with the Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu
The future of the 2017 Magnetic North Theatre Festival seems to now be in doubt as organizers have cancelled Tuesday's 11 a.m. launch announcement with no new date scheduled. The annual festival, which is co-presented by the National Arts Centre, was set to run June 16-24
It was cold day in Winnipeg when Angela Hewitt answered the phone to begin our interview. The redoubtable Ms. Hewitt braves many things but the chill of a prairie winter was giving her pause. However she quickly warmed to the task of talking about one of her
Eric Gauthier might have waited 30 years before returning to the Southam Hall stage at National Arts Centre, but the debut of his troupe from Stuttgart, Germany was well worth the wait. Gauthier, a 40 year old, ex-pat Montrealer, took the unusual and refreshing step of
Many years ago, shortly after they invented ice, I played in a minor hockey league that welcomed any limp-ankled kid who had stick and skates. I was put on a team, the name of which I can’t quite remember, and in our first few games
About 30 people gathered outside the National Gallery of Canada Thursday evening to protest a talk by a University of Toronto psychology professor who has sparked controversy because he has refused to use gender-neutral pronouns when addressing transgender individuals. The small crowd however did not deter
