While for some hockey fans, it might be hard to imagine anything about the Toronto Maple Leafs being historically significant, but it is, in fact, true, especially in this 100th anniversary year of the NHL and the franchise. At least the Canadian Museum of History and
At a certain point in his career, Bruce Cockburn decided that if he wanted to be a "serious" writer of songs he needed to get
Defiance may stamp many films at the upcoming Ottawa International Animation Festival, but you’d be right in thinking that’s hardly surprising. Political turmoil on multiple fronts over the past few years, festering racism and xenophobia, the crushing concentration of wealth: somehow, Bambi just doesn’t cut
Three exhibitions of photography show the Ottawa area as it once was, as it has become and, finally, how a few “emerging” photographers from the city are seeing the larger world. Sarah Fuller’s exhibition, at the Ottawa Art Gallery annex in city hall (to Sept. 24),
The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra has expanded their concert season from four to five, announce the winner of a new music prize, reached out to a new venue for part of the season and helped fuel technological innovation in instrument making. And that doesn't include a
Alexander Shelley and the National Arts Centre Orchestra kicked off their 2017-18 season Wednesday evening with a potpourri of popular film music performed by the beloved violinist Itzhak Perlman. Perlman is no stranger to Southam Hall, thanks to his great friendship with Pinchas Zukerman. This time
If you look above the stage in Southam Hall this month, you just might see the spirit of Pina Bausch. The legendary German choreographer died 2009, but her works and her Tanztheater Wuppertal company continue to be seen worldwide including in Ottawa to kick off the
The Ottawa Choral Society season for 2017-18 will feature a collaboration with the choir of Ecole Secondaire de la Salle, an Ontario premiere of a new Canadian work, a performance by renowned baritone Russell Braun, a Christmas collaboration with Chamberfest and a joint celebration of
Marc Djokic, a violinist well-known to Ottawa audiences, has won the $125,000 Goyer prize given to a collaborative emerging artist. The prize is the largest in Canada and one of the largest in the world for a collaborative classical music artist. The prize is named for the
The musical duo of Canadian violinist Véronique Mathieu and pianist Stephanie Chua will open the 2017-18 Concerts by the Canal series at Southminister United Church on Sept. 16. In advance, ARTSFILE talked to Mathieu, who is based in Toronto, is an award winning performer, an
