Poets are “noisier” than most people, Ottawa poet Nicola Vulpe writes in his new collection, Insult to the Brain (Guernica Editions). And, as Vulpe’s book demonstrates, poets’ deaths can be extremely noisy. “Poets are in the business of saying things, whether about death, or life, or
Lily Maisky is a classical pianist. She plays a lot of solo and chamber music and she also plays with her father, the cellist Mischa Maisky. The duo will make their Ottawa debut on May 8 in Dominion-Chalmers United Church as the annual Chamberfest concert
Borders may be clanging shut around the world, but the Ottawa Children’s Festival is still dusting off the welcome mat. The 34th annual edition of the festival, which has an admirable track record for presenting work that is thoughtful, well-produced and just plain fun, runs May
Douglas Cardinal was thinking about his Blackfoot grandmother on Thursday morning. The legendary 85 year old architect of Indigenous heritage was remembering what Martha Lee taught him as a youth. She transmitted to him her knowledge of the land of the Kainai (Blood) Nation in southern
Like Erich Korngold before him, Howard Shore is a composer of beloved film scores who also produces works for the concert hall. Shore was in Ottawa last night to attend the world premiere of his new concerto for guitar and orchestra, commissioned by NACO. The Forest was
Alan Cumyn's most recent book North to Benjamin (Atheneum) was sparked by an experience in Canada's North. "A fabulous program run by the Writers Trust of Canada sends four Canadian writers north to Pierre Berton's family home in Dawson, Yukon, for three months at a time." The
The Art of Diplomacy (Simon & Schuster) is part memoir, part essay, and from cover to cover a “love letter” to Canada. “It’s a big hug,” says Bruce Heyman, the former United States ambassador to Canada and co-author with his wife, Vicki. Their term as
The National Capital Commission is confirming that part of the Ottawa Jazz Festival will take place in Confederation Park in 2019 and 2020 "as it has for the previous two years, with the Main Stage located at Marion Dewar Plaza." But beyond that there is no
An exhibition of Indigenous art – reproductions rather than real art — is to open this June at the former U.S. embassy on Wellington Street across from Parliament Hill, ARTSFILE has learned. The exhibition of historical and contemporary art reproductions is to continue for up to
This is a bittersweet story It starts, in a way, some 20 years ago with the germ of an idea. That's when Lanark County's Jan Andrews, storyteller, author, arts administrator, activist, first thought of Edie Murphy and the book To See The Stars. Edie stayed with
