At first glance, Ruth Steinberg's large photographs resemble the kind of idealized vision of beauty preferred by the Pre-Raphaelite artists of the late 19th century. But Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John William Waterbourne didn't make pictures like Ruth Steinberg. Her 10 large photographs on view in
Mike Essoudry is a man of many bands. The Ottawa area percussionist is involved in seven active ensembles of all shapes and sizes. And he has been involved in many more defunct ones over his career. It is the life of an in-demand percussionist. All these other
Pablo Ziegler is a Grammy-winning composer, pianist and arranger. These days he is based in New York City but his roots run deeply in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His name will forever be associated with Astor Piazzolla and the form of music known as Tango Nuevo.
In the opera world, the story of Dido, the Queen of ancient Carthage, and Aeneas, the Trojan exile who, according to Virgil, would go on to found Rome, is a true Baroque classic. With music by Henry Purcell, it is also one of the very
In the past few weeks, septuagenarians have provided some of the best music I've seen anywhere. First it was 76 year old Paul Simon wowing the Bell Centre in Montreal with a compendium of songs from his fabulous career. And on a steamy Saturday at the
The 1,000-odd faces in The National Portrait, Douglas Coupland’s new installation at the Ottawa Art Gallery, were photographed across Canada in a project supported by Simons fashion stores. Having walked through Simons and felt old and frumpy, I wondered if the portrait would skew toward
Now that the birds have flown and RBC Ottawa Bluesfest has begun setting up, it's time to consider some of the music coming to this year's festival. Beyond the big names such as Beck, Foo Fighters or Bryan Adams, there are dozens of local acts with
An Ottawa area artist is one of the finalists in the 20th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition. Sarah Davidson has made the list with her painting the garden at night. The graduate of Carleton University is currently a Master's of Fine Arts student at Guelph University. The
Ottawa-born actor Catherine Rainville has a thing for William Shakespeare. How that happened, she’s sometimes not so sure. Now based in Toronto, Rainville has been working solely in Shakespeare for the past six years, performing in Richard III, King John, Taming of the Shrew Love’s Labour’s
Environment Canada has given RBC Ottawa Bluefest permission to move a bird's nest that was stopping the start of the main stage set-up for the annual festival at LeBreton Flats. The department issued a permit to move the four eggs laid by a killdeer. The department
