There are many significant moments in the history of Canadian comedy, but likely none is more important than the day Andrew Alexander plunked down a few thousand bucks to buy the Second City outlet on Lombard Street in Toronto in 1974. That moment of entrepreneurial inspiration has
The 2018 Ottawa Arts Awards were handed out Tuesday night before about 140 people in the Alma Duncan Salon of the new Ottawa Art Gallery. The recipients took home a total of $22,500 in seven categories. Here are the winners: The Victor Tolgesy Arts Award went to Jon Bartlett,
As he nears the end of his tenure at the National Arts Centre, Peter Herrndorf has started to reflect on his time as CEO. "There are lots of regrets," he said in a recent interview. "Recently I got to a concert late. The Toronto Symphony was
The final concert of the Ottawa Choral Society season on June 1 welcomes the St. Lawrence Choir of Montreal for a performance of Mozart's Requiem and the Davide Penitente. OCS music dirctor Jean-Sebastien Vallee talks about the show in this interview with ARTSFILE. The concert
The diversity of Canada's art scene was on display on Tuesday with the announcement, in a media release, of the five finalists for the 2018 Sobey Art Award. Three of the five have Indigenous heritage and a fourth is an African Canadian. The finalists are: • Jordan
The opening of the new Ottawa Art Gallery is not the only thing worth celebrating in local culture this spring. There has also been a major upgrade inside the former courthouse that sits beside the new OAG. Inside Arts Court, one of the many organizations that
Alexandre Da Costa's musical talent has taken him a long way
Four dancers, four singers, a percussionist and a potter will be investigating Love and other things in the NAC’s Rossy Pavilion for five next over the next week. The piece, produced by the 10 Gates Dancing company was created, directed and performed by Ottawa choreographer/dancer
When Alexander Shelley was a child he had heroes. His young world was filled with people such as Indiana Jones, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Superman as performed by Christopher Reeves. And he had another figure, one who wasn't captured in the kinds of small
Carleton University has announced that it has completed negotiations to purchase Dominion-Chalmers United Church for $6.65 million. The acquisition was made public late Thursday afternoon. The historic church is located on O’Connor Street between Lisgar and Cooper. One of the final hurdles was the approval of
