Archive 1997-2016
The David Levine Affair; Separatist betrayal or McCarthyism north?
By Randal Marlin
Fernwood Publishing; 144 pp; $15.95
Chapters called the cops to the book launch.
As Randal Marlin discussed his book in the downtown bookstore, some in the crowd of 100 heckled.
An angry man wearing a bright violet-coloured knit hat shouted: “You’re trying to break up Canada!” He carried two placards, “Resign Levine!” and “Hospital board spits in Ottawa’s face.”
The first concert of its 58th season has ended, but the Ottawa Choral Society still has something to sing about — a new musical director for the 135-voice symphonic chorus.
Daniel Gordon, who replaced Iwan Edwards as director three months ago, conducted his first concert with the choir Nov. 8 at St. Matthew’s Church to a full house. The choir had a lot of different music to learn and was hustling right up until the afternoon of the concert, Gordon says.
If you haven’t an appreciation for the artistry of photojournalism, wander through the foyer of the Constitution Square Building in Ottawa to experience the jolt one photograph can create.
An Italian woman with burn injuries lying bandaged in a hospital bed, the coagulating blood of Evander Holyfield’s bitten ear, a New York prostitute and drug addict bathing from a bottle of saved water, and the rippling bulges of skin that hang from a sumo wrestler’s legs are only some of the many vivid images you will experience at this year’s World Press Photo Exhibition.
If you haven’t an appreciation for the artistry of photojournalism, wander through the foyer of the Constitution Square Building in Ottawa to experience the jolt one photograph can create.
An Italian woman with burn injuries lying bandaged in a hospital bed, the coagulating blood of Evander Holyfield’s bitten ear, a New York prostitute and drug addict bathing from a bottle of saved water, and the rippling bulges of skin that hang from a sumo wrestler’s legs are only some of the many vivid images you will experience at this year’s World Press Photo Exhibition.