Some chefs have achieved the status of film stars in today's food obsessed culture. And most of them, weaponized by television and social media, are men. This weekend coming the Wakefield Doc Fest will feature a film by Canadian director Maya Gallus that does its
The legendary American soprano Renée Fleming will sing in recital at the National Arts Centre on Oct. 9. The show is sold out. But before the performance she answered some questions from ARTSFILE. Q. You have always been a very eclectic performer singing good music from many
For the third year running, Wakefield Doc Fest is screening a fall weekend full of films. This time they seem determined to fill your plate. The weekend features four documentaries devoted to 'food.' There are two films in the field and two iare set in the kitchen.
Spend long enough looking at art, and there may come a moment of revelation — it’s not just about what you’re seeing, it’s also about how it makes you feel, how you allow yourself to open up to it, what sensations go through your body
Ultimately, we’re all orphans, aren’t we? Sure, we carve out a place in the world, cultivate relationships, maybe try shielding ourselves from the truth of our loneliness with drugs or booze. But in the end we’re each of us alone. At least that’s the position of Maggie
In my memory there is a place and a time where you'll find a small transistor radio that filled my head, heart and soul with the music of a generation. We lived, in those days, an hour outside of New York City, and after watching Man
What's your perception of the North. Is it ice and snow and empty tundra? How about northern music? All fiddles and throat singing? The New North Collective (NCC) would beg to differ. The ensemble features musicians from Burwash Landing and Whitehorse in the Yukon to
Ottawa's Lynn Miles is well known for her work as a singer-songwriter and, these days, as a member, with Lynne Hanson, of the folk music ensemble The LYNNeS. But stepping on the Southam Hall stage and playing a concert of her songs with the National Arts Centre
Timing is everything, they say. It certainly seems to be the case with a new book by veteran New Brunswick journalist Jacques Poitras. His book, Pipe Dreams: The Fight for Canada's Energy Future, details the failed bid, encouraged by Stephen Harper's Conservative government, to connect Alberta's
Blake Pouliot is one of the young Canadian lions of the violin. The grand prize winner of the 2016 Orchestra Symphonique de Montréal (OSM) Manulife Competition, Pouliot has been drawing positive attention for the past few years. He will make an appearance at this year's
