This is a year of anniversaries at Chamberfest. The festival itself has been celebrating turning 25 for the past year and that will come to a conclusion when the world's largest chamber festival opens July 25. It ends Aug. 8 after about 100 concerts featuring
Asitha Tennekoon lives in Toronto, but the tenor might as well rent a room in Ottawa for the number of appearances he has been making here lately. He's sung a Messiah with the Rideau Chorale, a Christmas concert with Thirteen Strings, Handel's Israel in Egypt with
Performers with strong Ottawa connections won JUNO awards Saturday evening. The Gryphon Trio of Roman Borys (cello) Jamie Parker (piano) and Annalee Patipatanakoon picked up a statue in the classical album of the year: solo or chamber category for their CD, The End of Flowers: Works
As the National Arts Centre prepares to celebrate the launch of Indigenous Theatre this fall, NAC Presents will be helping celebrate with concerts featuring some aboriginal stars. The legendary Buffy Sainte-Marie will be on the NAC stage once again this fall following the launch of
The yellow brick road runs right through the NAC Dance season in 2019-20. That's because the Royal Winnipeg Ballet is bringing its take on The Wizard of Oz to Southam Hall in January. But, as has been the case with the seasons programmed by NAC Dance's
When artistic director Jillian Keiley is lining up a new season for NAC English Theatre (ET), it’s kind of a numbers game. Her long list is about 20 shows, which she narrows down to the final eight that comprise a season. But that long list is
Alexander Shelley has set out to pay homage to the orchestra he leads in 2019-20 with concerts that feature his talented players. "There are two concerts: one with John Storgårds (NACO's principal guest conductor) and one with me where we celebrate the birthday of the orchestra.
Peter Wohlleben is a tree-hugger — literally. He is a forester in Germany where he manages a beech forest. He is also an author of many books on the value of trees and the complexity of the natural world. He has recently published the last book
If this is life on Parliament Hill, it’s a wonder anything ever gets done. More to the point, if this is life for women – and not just women on the Hill – it’s a mystery why they didn’t give up long ago and just
There’s an incongruity between the photographs by David Heath and the photograph of David Heath. The 180 photographs taken by David Heath, on exhibition at the National Gallery, are largely of people with unsettled expressions, sometimes dread or despair. There are glimmers of happiness and even
