UPDATE: The opening night of The Bonds of Interest has been delayed to July 27 at 8 p.m. in Strathcona Park. Recent heat and humidity delayed the rehearsal process. Ticketholders for July 25 and 26 have been asked to contact Odyssey Theatre at (613) 232-8407
Just as the annual summer Chamberfest is about to begin, people are reminded that there is more music to come with the release of the Ottawa Chamber Society's concerts plans for the fall and winter season. The Chamberfest Concert Series has become much more than
Every wonder what members of NACO do in the summer? Well, at least four of them are relocating to Prince Edward County for — let's call it — a working vacation with benefits. The four are Jessica Linnebach (violin), Carissa Klopoushak (violin), David Marks (viola) and Julia
The winner of the City of Ottawa's 2019 Karsh Award is Andrew Wright. Wright, who is an associate professor of visual arts and the acting chair of the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa, was chosen by a jury made up of the
Both music and photography have a language. But how does one capture the other. That's the task the Ottawa-based photographer Neeko Paluzzi has assumed. The result is a fascinating exhibition that opens at the Studio Sixty Six art gallery on Friday. The show is on
The last part of the redeveloped Arts Court opens July 19 with new and big spaces, and the ambition to fill them. SAW Gallery will launch with a three-pronged party to give the public a first look at its renovated rooms, and its inaugural year of
There's nothing Amal El-Mohtar likes more than a good conversation — whether with friends, her students or even an inquiring journalist. El-Mohtar, who is a poet and a writer of speculative fiction, has now produced a novella called This is How You Lose the Time War based
Paul Halley lives in Nova Scotia's Mahone Bay these days with a sailboat at the ready. It's a short commute to his jobs in Halifax, one leading The University of Kings College Chapel Choir and the other as the music director at The Cathedral Church
Music and Beyond is short on woman solo instrumentalists in its coveted 7:30 p.m. slots this year, and even shorter on women composers. While Chamberfest, which starts July 25, will be marking the 400th Barbara Strozzi anniversary and the Clara Schumann 200th, neither composer is
The Ottawa art community is mourning Blair Sharpe. The painter and educator died on Monday in the Bruyere hospice after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. The Ottawa School of Art, where Sharpe taught for some 40 years, expressed condolences in a Facebook post. "The staff, students,
