Alisa Klebanov started playing the violin at age three in Toronto. Her family had just arrived in Canada and her mother had seen an advertisment for a Suzuki method school. "She wanted me to have a hobby," Klebanov said. Alisa was born in Israel to Russian parents.
If a tree fell on Greenwood Island some time in the near future, every one would hear. After all, in Michael Christie's new novel, Greenwood Island is one of the last refuges of the primeval forest that has been destroyed by what is known as
How Nancy Johnson’s Appropriateness and The Proper Fit came to be hanging at the National Gallery of Canada again is as relaxed a story as the narrative at the core of the work. Associate curator Adam Welch was aware of Johnson’s work, though he had never
The Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin has been surprised by how people view her work Split which will be at the National Arts Centre for three nights starting on Oct. 24. "I have had so many different interpretations about this work from other people. Some see it
When Steven Price was a university student studying literature and thinking about making a living as a writer he was surrounded by novels — hip deep in them likely. But one stood out and it just wouldn't let go of his imagination. The book was The
In 1919 in Germany, the old order of the Kaiser and the imperial court, had been burned away in the fire of the First World War. There was room for new ideas and new ways of doing and being. Into this turmoil came Walter Gropius. He created
Megan Gail Coles hails from Savage Cove on Newfoundland's windswept and beautiful Great Northern Peninsula. Savage Cove is the most northernly sheltered harbour in the straits on the island. As a child, Coles used to look across the Strait of Belle Isle she could see
The influence of Baroque music was present across Europe in the 18th century. The French had their version; the English too. In Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach was leading the way from the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. But the Baroque also travelled east toward to the glittering court
Katherena Vermette lives near the Red River in Winnipeg. The flowing water has become a part of her life. Now the idea of the river has become the central metaphor of her latest collection of poetry called River Woman (House of Anansi). Vermette will be reading
The current Gladstone Theatre season may merit a prize for diversity. One show features someone called Queen Susan and an “anthropomorphised army.” Another spotlights the songs of Gordon Lightfoot. A third is David Mamet’s classic drama about sexual harassment and political correctness, Oleanna. This enticingly
