When Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government took the reins of power at Queen's Park, they said they would do things differently. So citizens have watched the new Tory regime end the previous government's cap and trade scheme that was aimed at controlling carbon emissions. They have
The new head of the Ottawa Arts Council is Nicole Milne. She will formally replace Peter Honeywell as executive director on June 24. Milne's prime directive will be to guide the council into a higher profile in the Ottawa arts community along with a "greater investment
This is the season of anniversaries and one to take note of is the 10th birthday of one of the city's most ambitious ensembles, the Capital Chamber Choir. ARTSFILE asked artistic director Jamie Loback about the past, present and future of this group. Q. A decade
Leila Josefowicz has been playing the violin since she was a young child. Her talent surfaced quickly and she was soon immersed in track that would take her onto the world stage. Like many young violin soloists, she played the great concertos and sonatas — Beethoven,
Drew Gonsalves and his band Kobo Town, don't get a lot of requests to take part in fundraisers and benefit concerts. But whenever one comes along, he's happy to take part. He knows the role music plays in community building. "Any charitable benefit request we get, we
They say the artists point the way forward. The city of Ottawa certainly seems to need some direction when it comes to the much-maligned addition to the venerable Château Laurier hotel. The latest of five frustrating proposals from the architects doing the work for Larco
When U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence lauded Donald Trump’s pro-life stance during his recent visit to Ottawa, you couldn’t help but wonder if you’d suddenly been spirited back to some earlier decade. Anti-abortion posturing by Sam Oosterhoff and some other Ontario Conservative MPPs induces the same head
Opera and movies compliment each other well. Both are notable for breeding outsized personalities and vicious competition, not to mention production shenanigans of near-mythic status. But while there have been several movies about opera — Fitzcarraldo, Meeting Venus and A Night at the Opera are
Christopher Deacon used to attend concerts at the National Arts Centre with his father who was a music critic for the Ottawa Journal some five decades ago. These days, after a career at the centre that effectively started in the bowels of the building, Deacon is
Geddy Lee has a passion for the electric bass, an instrument he played with the legendary rock band Rush for many decades. But he became more than just a passionate player. He has been collecting basses and studying the great players with the kind of enthusiasm
