This is a pretty exciting time to lead Library and Archives Canada. The repository of the many treasures that make up this country's historical record is about to undergo a major makeover. There are two major building projects underway. There is the much publicized new joint facility,
The Broadway musical Waitress tells the story of a young woman named Jenna struggling to break free from an abusive marriage using her skills as a pie-maker to start a business, stand on her own two feet and raise her young daughter. The musical is now
After 46 years of hilarity, the Royal Canadian Air Farce will land forever with a final New Year's Eve special on Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. on CBC-TV. The Farce, found in 1973, has evolved from a radio show to a TV series and then to
Ottawa-based guitarist, PhD candidate at McGill University and teacher Adam Cicchillitti's duo album with his pal Steve Cowan has made the top 20 list for 2019 as put out by the CBC's Robert Rowat. ARTSFILE wanted to find out more about the record and about Cicchillitti so
A few years ago, Joanna Pocock left her home in London, England and headed to Montana in the American West on a gut feeling. "I guess I am one of those people
Most of us see organic, free-range chickens in the supermarket and we buy one or we don’t. End of story. For Canadian comedian Jen Grant, it’s the beginning of a story, or at least a two-minute stage routine. Chickens like these, she reports, ingest no chemicals
Jessie Nelson was a waitress for some 10 years during which time she was honing her skills as an actor and writer. With that kind of life experience, it's fitting she was asked to take the film script for the movie Waitress and help turn it
Some 75 years ago, the legendary big band leader Glenn Miller died in a plane crash. At the time, he was one of the biggest stars in the world with hits such as In the Mood. It was music that basically defined the era. Today
The narrator of Michael Blouin’s new novel, Skin House (Anvil Press), is never named despite hogging most of the ink in the book and doing outrageous stuff on every page. This narrator is not like Clint “Man-With-No-Name” Eastwood we saw years ago in the spaghetti
My last review of the 20-teens was of Handel’s Messiah, a piece of music I’ve probably heard more often than any other, in this or any previous decade. Ubiquity and repetition are two reasons I normally cross reviewing it off my list, unless I’m presented
