Centrepointe Theatre is celebrating 30 years with an upcoming season that includes country music star Ricky Skaggs and his band Rolling Thunder, along with opera singer and CBC Radio host Ben Heppner. The theatre opened up on May 3, 1988. “Milestones like our 30th anniversary are one
Two photographs, hung side by side in the first room of the exhibition Extended Moment at the National Gallery, dramatically demonstrate how the practice of photography has changed, even as the inspiration so often remains the same. At left is a tiny daguerrotype created by Félix-Jacques
Not so long ago, if you were under 40 and leading major orchestras around the world, you were considered a young lion. But now there’s a new crop of baby baton prodigies who make the thirtysomethings look old. One of the youngest and most heavily
J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel never met during their lifetimes, even though at one point the great composers lived only a very few miles apart. But they share a bitter connection. Both men were victims of a medical charlatan who claimed he could cure impaired
With the acquisition of the Currie Victoria Cross, the Canadian War Museum has now acquired 38 or the 99 awarded to Canadian soldiers in the existence of the medal, which is the highest honour for bravery that a Canadian can win. This medal was awarded to
There have been many firsts in Beverley McLachlin's career. She was the first female Chief Justice of Canada for one thing. And now she's published her first novel which is, what else, a courtroom drama. Full Disclosure (Simon & Schuster) is the story of a feisty,
Claudia Salguero moved to Canada in 2001. She didn't want to leave her hometown of Bogota, Colombia. Everyone with a chance was getting out and she didn't really want to abandon her country and her city, but opportunity beckoned and so she moved with her
When Steve Marriner was a precocious 13 year old he was already playing the harmonica well enough to get up on stage and sit in with older professional musicians. He was hanging about the scene in Ottawa then which in those days pretty much meant, in
It is a fact of life for artists that they need to manage their own affairs. It's not easy navigating this tricky world. To that end some interested lawyers in town formed Artists Legal Services in Ottawa (ALSO) to offer some help and sound advice.
At one point in Gracie, Joan MacLeod’s compelling play about a girl’s coming of age in an isolated polygamous community, the titular character stands on a road at the border of where she lives. The road is blocked by a chain, and there’s a No
