Yes, it’s true, agrees Kate Smith: In school, children learn about the natural world and the importance of protecting it. “But there’s theoretical education sitting in a classroom and then there’s practical, immersive education, and I don’t think that can be replaced by reading about stewardship,”
The past few months have been a celebration of youthful genius at NACO, with a parade of talented twentysomething soloists and conductors taking the stage. In contrast, Monday night’s guest appearance by the Toronto Symphony was all about wisdom, experience and mature development. After 14
At one point in Up to Low, two hunched actors holding wooden chairs become a looming piece of farm machinery in a darkened barn. Minutes later, the two performers are pigeons and the chairs, their flapping wings as the birds, disturbed, flutter to the top of
On the 14,000th day, give or take a few thousand, the Ottawa Art Gallery and its decades of supporters said, “Let there be light.” And the light was good, indeed glorious, for it was natural light, and it poured into the exhibition spaces as it never
The AOE Arts Council is working hard to reach the $5 million goal for the ARTicipate Endowment Fund, which, among other things, supports programming at the Shenkman Arts Centre in Orléans and opens the door of the centre’s professional spaces to arts groups. This latest campaign was
When Peter Oundjian raises his baton on the podium in Southam Hall Monday, it will be for the last time with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. After 14 years, Oundjian is moving on with "no regrets." He's also given up his position with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. This liberation
Centrepointe Theatre is celebrating 30 years with an upcoming season that includes country music star Ricky Skaggs and his band Rolling Thunder, along with opera singer and CBC Radio host Ben Heppner. The theatre opened up on May 3, 1988. “Milestones like our 30th anniversary are one
Two photographs, hung side by side in the first room of the exhibition Extended Moment at the National Gallery, dramatically demonstrate how the practice of photography has changed, even as the inspiration so often remains the same. At left is a tiny daguerrotype created by Félix-Jacques
Not so long ago, if you were under 40 and leading major orchestras around the world, you were considered a young lion. But now there’s a new crop of baby baton prodigies who make the thirtysomethings look old. One of the youngest and most heavily
J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel never met during their lifetimes, even though at one point the great composers lived only a very few miles apart. But they share a bitter connection. Both men were victims of a medical charlatan who claimed he could cure impaired
