A decade ago Ottawa was a different place. No light rail troubles then. Stephen Harper was prime minister and Jim Watson was just elected mayor. This was also the time that a group of dedicated versifiers started thinking about what is now known as VERSefest. Starting on
The connections between Canada and the Netherlands dot this city every spring as tens of thousands of tulips bloom across the city. But the ties extend beyond this annual floral celebration that began after the Second World War in recognition for Canada's part in the liberation
Musicians are also entrepreneurs and they have to do a lot of different things to advance their art and their careers. Consider the case of the SHHH!! Ensemble, an Ottawa-based duo featuring percussionist Zac Pulak and pianist Edana Higham. They recently combined their Spirits concert
You usually hear “please don’t touch the art,” but, in this case, please do. Press that button. Open that hatch. Spin that goat’s arse. Your interaction is essential to Tim desClouds’ new works. As with the political situations and circumstances that desClouds is commenting upon,
The bewildering explanation as to why the National Gallery of Canada cancelled a long-planned exhibition of Old Masters paintings from Liechtenstein raises far more questions than it answers. And no one wants answers more than Johann Kraftner, director of the organization Liechtenstein: The Princely Collections. Kraftner
The National Gallery of Canada says it decided not to host an exhibition of works from the collection of the royal family of Liechtenstein because of a 2005 report on estates in Austria owned by the family during the Second World War. The gallery said in
When you begin an odyssey you can never really be sure how it will end. But almost certainly unforeseen circumstances happen. Angela Hewitt has been on such a journey playing the piano works of J.S. Bach
Hawksley Workman and Sarah Slean go back — to the 1990s and the Queen Street scene in Toronto. They were both working on being The Next Big Thing at the time and would collaborate on each others' projects. "It's a time we both like to remember in
The fact that Julie S. Lalonde has built a career as a successful advocate and activist in the fight against sexual violence, is already pretty impressive. That she has obtained a BA and MA in Canadian Studies and succeeded in getting a sexual assault centre at
Coronavirus concerns are closing places such as the Louvre in Paris and La Scala in Milan, along with shuttered schools, cancelled flights, cruises and even an autograph session with the San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert. Now, because of the coronavirus, the comedian Maz Jobrani has
