Some members of the Canadian art establishment tried to prevent the late Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook from winning the career-changing Sobey Art Award in 2006 because she had received no formal art education, a new book claims. Wayne Baerwaldt, former director of Calgary’s Illingworth Kerr Gallery,
Michael Kaeshammer has found musical freedom at age 40 and is expanding his horizons in every direction including exploring the pleasures of the table. The self-professed foodie and piano man is bringing his touring band into the National Arts Centre this week for a night
By Meaghan Richens A new app is putting more local music on the map – literally. Sonicity is a free mobile app that provides users with a tailored soundtrack to their daily bus commute, all composed by a local musician. The project was funded by OC Transpo
The Wakefield Doc Fest showcases films from across Canada and around the world. This weekend, one of the films on view will be the award winning documentary Shiners, about the men and women who earn their keep shining shoes. The film is by the Montreal-based
What has become an annual showcase for Ottawa music is about to celebrate its fourth festival. MEGAPHONO begins on Feb. 8 and during its three days performers and industry reps will mingle, exchange contact information and maybe even cut a few deals. For Kelp Records, Jon
In 1874, the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky wrote his most famous piece, Pictures at an Exhibition, in 20 days as a tribute to his friend the artist Viktor Hartmann, who had died suddenly from an aneurysm. The music celebrates 10 paintings in a retrospective of the
The director of the dance company La Veronal, based in Barcelona, Spain, Marcos Morau, often mixes dance with cultural references from other artistic disciplines including cinema, literature, music and photography. In the performance of the work Siena, his company is bringing in the art of
“It’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard rain a gonna fall.” And so you might be humming as you leave the new exhibition of war art at the Canadian War Museum, if you’re familiar with the Bob Dylan song, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna
Like many Canadian families of a certain era, Richard Raymond's owned an upright piano. The instrument had pride of place in the home and Raymond's older siblings were taking lessons and practicing. Watching and taking it all in was three year old Richard. He was
Bad weather can often spell empty seats at Ottawa’s concert venues, but Wednesday’s snowstorm didn’t deter a healthy crowd from attending Alice Sara Ott’s much-touted NACO debut. The German-Japanese pianist is among Deutsche Grammophon’s latest crop of piano stars, a cohort of young, bold, photogenic keyboard
