By Matt Yuyitung The Three Sisters Theatre Company is thinking about the global gender imbalance in theatre and acting locally at The Gladstone theatre to change that with their production of the romantic comedy The Clean House. The show is being described as the perfect fit for
By Meaghan Richens The intersection of art-making and artificial intelligence is a growing topic of interest, especially for the Ottawa-based media arts group Artengine. It's why they are holding a symposium Sunday at Arts Court from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. that will examine, debate and
Shashank Subramanyam is considered the leading exponent of classical Indian flute music. He is joining the Montreal-based ensemble Constantinople for a concert Sunday in the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat on Sussex Drive. Before the performance he talked with ARTSFILE. Q. What pieces you will be presenting on
John Kofi Dapaah's journey in music begins in Ghana where he was born. There have been other stops along the way. At age six, he moved to Muroran, a port city south of Sapporo on Japan's Hokkaido island, with his family. His father was studying
An art exhibition at the Canadian Museum of History is unique in that the people who made it were not artists at all. The exhibition, Picturing Arctic Modernity — Northern Baffin Drawings from 1964, includes 50 drawings gathered by Terry Ryan 54 years ago. Ryan, who
Walter Boudreau has received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his life's work as a composer, conductor, musician and as the artistic director of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec in Montreal. Did you recognize the name? If you didn't, you probably not alone. Not that
A new book has entered the shelves of the Library of Parliament and it includes music written by 40 Canadian composers from sea to sea to sea. The book, titled Canada Mosaic: Sesquies is the end result of a major effort by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Ottawa native and Swiss-based historical bassoonist Andrew Burn is back home to perform three concerts with harpsichordist Marie Bouchard and soprano Marianne Moore. The concerts, at Carleton University, in Perth, Ontario and at Southminster United Church, will feature a program of music by composers of
In the past, luthiers such as Antonio Stradivari would painstakingly piece together a new violin out of special woods. They would mix the varnish that would protect the instrument themselves and then these beautiful pieces of art would be presented to their owner. Stradivari's instruments
Good things do come to those who wait. That's certainly the case for Mark Monahan, the executive director of RBC Ottawa Bluesfest. After five years, the legendary Foo Fighters are making an appearance at the festival this summer. The band, formed by the grunge god Dave Grohl,
