Singer, songwriter, producer, actor and civil rights activist, 91 year old Harry Belafonte is a legendary name in the history of American culture. His Calypso album was the first to sell a million records in the U.S. and again in Europe. And he popularized a form
Three generations of Lara Kramer's family were dragged to the Pelican Falls Residential School near the community of Sioux Lookout in Northwestern Ontario. The school left a mark, one that the Montreal-based artist Kramer is trying to navigate for her self and for her family. She uses
Peter and Will Anderson are twins both genetically and musically. The brothers both play jazz music and both have a passion for the history of the form. They also both play the same reed instruments primarily clarinet and saxophone. Their life in music has taken
Marie Antoinette’s wig could be a play unto itself. An eye-grabber in the Three Sisters Theatre Company’s smart production of Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists at The Gladstone, the wig is a beehive of crumpled, handwritten pages emblazoned with a couple of books which, in turn, are
The soldiers seen in The Wounded, a new exhibition at the Canadian War Museum, are varied and valorous, but they are not victims. It’s tempting to call them heroes, though that’s not the point. Photographer Stephen Thorne’s purpose was that the wounded be seen. Thorne, who
Some stories need to be told because they reveal something important about a person or a country. The story of the black men who worked as porters on Canada's passengers trains is such a history. The former journalist and educator Cecil Foster has brought their story
Marcelle Hudon works with shadows, but her world is not a dark place. Hudon is a master of shadow puppetry and she brings an artist's eye to this ancient art form. It is so much more than the shadow bird you might make with your
At the end of a long day, the incoming director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada's voice was hoarse but her vision was clear. In an interview Alexandra Suda, better known perhaps as Sasha, said Job 1 when she takes her post in April
The award-winning New Zealand documentary maker Pietra Brettkelly had just finished work on the film A Flickering Truth. She'd spent some 2 1/2 years in Afghanistan and it had landed spots at TIFF and the Berlin Film Festival. As she said in an interview, that filmmaking
Amanda Rheaume moved to Toronto's Little Portugal area in May 2017. You could say the move has been good for her. She certainly thinks so. "I lived in Ottawa for 35 years. As a creative, I think it's good to shake it up." She found a place
