Music performance has become a feature at the Canadian War Museum around major anniversaries. Last year it was a presentation of a piece called The Unknown Soldier. The concert was part of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge. This Saturday a
Many people may know the headliners at the annual RBC Ottawa Bluesfest. But, in truth, the festival makes a strong commitment to the local music scene each year. About 50 local acts perform on the various stages every July. It's a big job deciding, among the
Most people who commit suicide are likely unaware of the despair their death provokes among members of their family. Some relatives guiltily blame themselves, thinking they could have done more to save that life, or blame other relatives, spouses, friends or uncaring physicians. All of those
When the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra launched its ambitious project to make new stringed instruments with a 3D printer, they knew that once the instruments were ready, they would need to be played. That dream will be realized on Nov. 4 when eight 3D printed instruments
Ottawa's theatre wunderkind Jordan Tannahill has won the Governor General's Literary Award for English Drama for his collection Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom. Tannahill, who lives in the United Kingdom these days, is currently finishing work on a Virtual Reality theatre piece called Draw
On the day we spoke Evelyn Hart, the legendary Canadian prima ballerina, was investigating the costumes in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's spacious 'closet'. She's working on a project for her students and she wanted some ideas. "I had to pick out colours. (Costumes) are my favourite thing.
Édith Piaf, the Little Sparrow, is one of the most famous singers of the 20th century. She is known for torch songs of love and loss including La vie en rose and Non, je ne regret riens. She died in 1963 but since then her life has
If you live in the country in an isolated location, the nights are long and dark and the silence can be eerily deafening. Things that go bump in the night can truly be terrifying, or at least unsettling because help is not close by. Iain Reid lives
As part of the opening of its new building, the Ottawa Art Gallery commissioned 11 new works all of which will be unveiled during this inaugural year. The latest will be unveiled on Sunday. It's called Ascension and it is a light installation by Ottawa's The Latest Artists
Most Canadians know the name Vimy and know something of the story of the First World War battle. We consider it a nation-making moment. But do we know the names Amiens, Arras, Canal du Nord, Cambrai and Mons? Likely not, unless you have been to the Canadian War Museum
