By Floriane Bonneville Afghanistan mission veterans will have to wait longer for a monument commemorating the conflict after the Canadian War Museum recently balked at plans to place the memorial just west of its LeBreton Flats location. Some veterans say they don’t understand why the
By Natalie Harmsen The National Capital Commission has given the green light to a range of projects that will brighten Ottawa’s downtown core at night and attempt to put the city in the same league as Paris and other dramatically illuminated European capitals. The NCC’s board of
By Kelly Millar and Nathaniel Dove As it considers a decision on a purchase, Carleton University has already received offers of major donations for the possible purchase of Dominion-Chalmers United Church as a performing arts hub. The university is now expected to decide by the end of
The musical journey of Miguel de Armas and Yasmina Proveyer has been very much a partnership. The next part of their on-going story unfolds Saturday in a concert at Southminster United Church in Old Ottawa South. But it began in Cuba where they were married
It's called the Adagio for Strings. Written by the American composer Samuel Barber, it's considered one of the most popular and moving pieces of 20th century classical music. It certainly affected a young lad in Manchester, England, who heard it the first time when he was
The Canadian composer Alexina Louie has written for orchestras and for chamber quartets, but her next world premiere was unique. She had never written something that featured a high-powered and unique trio of violinists. The three players are the concertmasters of their respective orchestras: Jonathan Crow,
Adolphe Binder has a daunting task. She has assumed the role of artistic director of a world famous dance company created by the legendary choreographer Pina Bausch. But she said, in an interview from New York where the company has just concluded nine sold out performances,
The Beijing Dance Theatre is a leading exponent of contemporary dance in China. The troupe is making its first visit to Ottawa this week as part of a cultural exchange between Canada and China. In advance of the performance on Sept. 29, questions submitted by
This year's Siminovitch Prize will be awarded to one of four playwrights. The list of 2017 nominees was announced in a media release Monday morning. The final four are: Evelyne de la Chenelière was born in Montreal in 1975. A former member of the Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental, a
The back is slightly bent and the hair has been bleached by time but Bruce Cockburn, that musical lion, doesn't seem ready for eternity quite yet, even if he might be thinking about it. The legendary singer songwriter returned Friday night to a packed Southam Hall
