Most every human who has ever lived is an abstraction to those of us who are alive today, for we can only imagine them through artifacts and data, through bones and other bits of archeological discovery. We can never really see them, we can never
The winners of the annual Ottawa Arts Awards have been announced by the Ottawa Arts Council. This year's recipients are: 2017 Victor Tolgesy Arts Award: Sylvie Desrosiers 2017 Ottawa Arts Council Mid-Career Award: Jesse Stewart (Interdisciplinary Arts) Finalist: Maura Doyle (Visual Arts) Finalist: Andrew Wright (Visual Arts) 2017 RBC Emerging Artist Award: Gillian King (Visual
The Ottawa Choral Society takes to the stage on May 13 with CBC Radio's Eleanor Wachtel reading poetry and the choir performing moon music. One of the pieces to be performed is by Ottawa composer Laura Hawley, who has been making a name for herself with
Five authors with connections to Ottawa are finalists for the 2017 Trillium Book awards. The list includes: André Alexis, The Hidden Keys (Coach House Books) for the English award; Jean Boisjoli, La mesure du temps (Éditions Prise de parole), Éric Mathieu, Les suicidés d’Eau-Claire (Éditeur La Mèche) and Michèle Vinet, L’enfant-feu
NACO's on-going Canada 150 tour has added another stop. Accompanied by Quebec's violin master Alexandre da Costa, the NAC Orchestra will be making a stop in historic Quebec City on June 3. The performance will be in the Palais Montcalm, Maison de la music. Da Costa, who has
“Chief Appreciator” may sound like an absurdity from a Monty Python skit — “I am Chief Appreciator at the Ministry of Silly Art,” perhaps — but Michael Palin is unexpectedly playing such a role in real life, and it links him to the National Gallery
Zip lines, multi-media and a button-eyed puppet named DOG: if you needed proof that performing arts for children is evolving while still celebrating its traditions, search no further than this year’s Ottawa Children’s Festival. Now in its 32nd year, the festival runs May 10-14 at LeBreton
For the Indigenous peoples of North America the thunderbird is part of their cultural story. For Marion Newman, a British Columbia born mezzo-soprano with Kwagiulth and Stó:lō roots, the Thunderbird is a piece of music that she performs. This week in a concert of "stormy" music
One Brother Shy Terry Fallis (McClelland and Stewart) In town: Terry Fallis appears at the Wakefield Writers Festival May 13 and in Ottawa at Prose in the Park June 10. For information, please see writersfete.com and proseinthepark.com. • Is Terry Fallis getting serious on us? His forthcoming novel, One Brother
HALIFAX • Alexander Shelley's first tour as the conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra has been a lesson in learning. There have been some great musical moments on tour including a wonderful opening concert in St. John's, Newfoundland and a moving performance in Eskasoni, Cape Breton Island,
