What would happen if you took two pieces of music separated by more than 180 years and shuffled the various movements together into one continuous deck? You'll find out Saturday night when the New Orford String Quartet does just that at the National Gallery with Joseph
Alonzo King is considered a dance treasure of the United States. His work with his company LINES in the community in his hometown of San Francisco and on the stages of the world is highly respected. Before his company comes to the National Arts Centre
The duality that was Paul Klee, and the balance it must have given him, are revealed with a stroll through the new exhibition at the National Gallery. Klee, the Swiss-German master, had a prodigious work ethic and even in his final years, when incurable illness wore
The winner of the 2018 Sobey Art Award is Kapwani Kiwanga. The announcement of her award was made Wednesday evening at a gala at the National Gallery of Canada. “The Sobey Art Award is a humbling encouragement to continue to make work that asks us to look
Sometimes artists cut a little too close to the bone. That was the case for some when Ottawa-born author Joan Finnigan wrote the screenplay for the award-winning 1968 film The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar. Featuring the late Margot Kidder, the National Film Board
The Montreal-based jazz singer Elizabeth Shepherd just loves her hometown of Montreal
As a student of English Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Cape Town in the 1990s, Kagiso Lesego Molope was living in a country emerging into a new democracy in the years after the end of the apartheid regime. She had come from a
Soaring security costs and frozen funding is putting increased pressure on cultural festivals across Canada and prompting a call for more support from the federal government. The call for federal investment is being made by Festivals and Major Events Canada (FAME) which represents local events such
Amanda Forsyth has been travelling the world since she left the principal cello chair with the National Arts Centre Orchestra some three years ago. From Seoul to Sydney; St. Petersburg to Sao Paolo, she's lugged her cello Carlo to concert halls across the globe as a
The After the Storm benefit concert raised $50,000 for tornado relief Saturday night. The concert organized by the Ottawa music community and CUPE Local 503 featured the Jim Cuddy Band as headliners along with a who's who of the local music scene including Matt Mays, Sarah
