In an age when attention spans are being digitized to death, Phil Rose uses the same digital technology to make you stop, focus and think. Rose’s video, titled Un(Stills), is part of Kaleidoscope, the exhibition in the City Hall Art Gallery of recent additions to the
Judging by past controversies, public art isn't always to the public taste. The City of Ottawa, which commits one per cent of every civic construction project to art, knows this and is working hard to ensure the art it commissions attempts to fit the neighbourhood in
The Dominion-Chalmers United Church building is evolving into an arm of Carleton University in Centretown and a community arts centre right before our eyes. The first few concerts have taken place on a new and bigger stage and reviews of the changes have been positive. So
When the album Tapestry was released in 1971, the world learned about Carole King. But the legendary singer was an established songwriter long before the release of that generational record. She started young. As a teenager she was a student at James Madison High School in Brooklyn
Jessica Holmes joined the cast of the Royal Canadian Air Farce after applying to be the company secretary. "I didn't get that job, so when they called me in for a guest role, I thought that was incredible. "Our personalities fit together like a warm glove. I
When Nour Hadidi came to Canada from Jordan a decade ago, she was planning to pursue a career in finance. She was enrolled at McGill University and was on a certain track. But in the back of her mind she had another passion waiting in the
Thirty years ago, the glass palace of art that is the National Gallery of Canada opened and instantly changed the skyline of the capital. The building was designed by the architect Moshe Safdie and was a part of the legacy of then prime minister Pierre Trudeau. An
The elevators at the Canadian Museum of Nature, as in most museums and galleries, are glacially slow, so it was unexpected to be in one with something slower — and cuter. Lilo, the baby sloth, was on her way up. Lilo was the star at the
For a decade, the German photographer Martin Weinhold has been documenting the lives of Canadian workers. The result is a collection of more than 4,000 images in his Workspace Canada project. Some of the photographs have been collected by Library and Archives Canada and, in
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. — As You Like It, William Shakespeare We find Clive Doucet today in his sixth age. He
