The first confirmation of private support for Carleton University's purchase and development of the Dominion-Chalmers United Church complex is the announcement of a $2 million contribution on Tuesday by the Ottawa-based Crabtree Foundation. ' “We are very grateful to the Crabtree Foundation for this gift,” said Carleton
The new arts hub in the downtown core is more than the sparkling new Ottawa Art Gallery. It is also the rejuvenation of the gallery's old home, Arts Court. The former courthouse was built in 1870. The accompanying Registry building was constructed at the same time.
The last time we saw veteran actor John Koensgen on an Ottawa stage, he was playing the mysterious Josef Džibrilovo in the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s production of Nicolas Billon’s thriller Butcher. It was a good show. But that was in March, 2016, and Koensgen, with
The Ottawa Choral Society and Montreal’s St. Lawrence Choir occupy similar niches: long-established, substantial, disciplined amateur choirs specializing in traditional large, sacred choral repertoire with orchestra. Iwan Edwards, the beloved, longtime conductor of the St. Lawrence Choir, was also Brian Law’s successor as music director
The gift of music will be given this holiday season with a two concerts by the "boy band of the classical world," the King's Singers. The sextet will be part of the Chamberfest winter concert series and will be performing on Dec. 14 and 15 at
There are many significant moments in the history of Canadian comedy, but likely none is more important than the day Andrew Alexander plunked down a few thousand bucks to buy the Second City outlet on Lombard Street in Toronto in 1974. That moment of entrepreneurial inspiration has
The 2018 Ottawa Arts Awards were handed out Tuesday night before about 140 people in the Alma Duncan Salon of the new Ottawa Art Gallery. The recipients took home a total of $22,500 in seven categories. Here are the winners: The Victor Tolgesy Arts Award went to Jon Bartlett,
As he nears the end of his tenure at the National Arts Centre, Peter Herrndorf has started to reflect on his time as CEO. "There are lots of regrets," he said in a recent interview. "Recently I got to a concert late. The Toronto Symphony was
The final concert of the Ottawa Choral Society season on June 1 welcomes the St. Lawrence Choir of Montreal for a performance of Mozart's Requiem and the Davide Penitente. OCS music dirctor Jean-Sebastien Vallee talks about the show in this interview with ARTSFILE. The concert
The diversity of Canada's art scene was on display on Tuesday with the announcement, in a media release, of the five finalists for the 2018 Sobey Art Award. Three of the five have Indigenous heritage and a fourth is an African Canadian. The finalists are: • Jordan
