Remigio Pereira is about to sing in concert in Ottawa for the first time since he was at the centre of controversy. The former member of The Tenors lost much when his successful musical career was sidelined after he decided publicly to change the words of
Butterflies, I thought, as I entered a room full of them at the Canadian Museum of Nature, are a wondrous duality of the epic and the ephemeral. They are so fragile that when you walk into their humid, temporary habitat at the museum, you’re advised
From time to time passersby have been dazzled when the National Arts Centre has turned on the massive LED screen of the Kipnes Lantern that towers over Elgin Street near the National War Memorial. Well, starting on New year's Eve at 8:45 p.m. ET, barring
Helmut Kallmann was a pioneering music historian and a leader in the study of music in Canada. As is often the case, a new Canadian is responsible for contributing something vital to the culture of this country. Kallmann was born in Berlin in 1922. His life
Canada's representative at the 2019 Venice Biennale will be the Nunavut-based artist collective Isuma. Led by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn, Isuma, which means “to think, or a state of thoughtfulness” in Inuktitut, is the first Inuit video-based production company in Canada. It was co-founded in
The National Arts Centre continues to fill the ranks of its new Indigenous Theatre department with the hiring of a managing director to work with artistic director Kevin Loring. Filling that vital administrative job is Lori Marchand, who is leaving her post as the executive director
The May 2018 edition of the annual Canada Dance Festival has been suspended because of a funding shortfall. The decision was taken by the festival's board of directors and made public Wednesday in a media release. The release also indicated that the board was "hopeful the
A big hint at what the citizens of Bytown and beyond can expect when the new Ottawa Art Gallery opens has just been published. Pulled together by four curators, Rebecca Basciano, Jim Burant, Michelle Gewurtz and Catherine Sinclair, the OAG's senior curator, the book Adisokamagan/Nous Connaitre
If the images of Walt Disney are everywhere in our culture, so too is the music produced by the legendary film and animation company. From Jiminy Cricket singing When You Wish Upon A Star in Pinocchio to Let It Go in Frozen, the Disney soundtrack has
On Dec. 15, the Stairwell Carollers will celebrate 40 years of singing with a special Christmas concert at Knox Presbyterian Church. The ensemble of 30 voices will present
