Christine Duport began participating in visual art workshops only after losing something often considered crucial to the medium: her sight. 
Elizabeth Beddall, Centretown NewsVisually impaired participants in an art workshop at the National Gallery of Canada work with blocks of clay.
Category: Arts
Tara Players bring a touch of the Irish to Ottawa
Ghosts, mysteries, sorrow and secrets from Dublin are expected in Ottawa on Feb.12, the opening night of the play April Bright, performed by the award-winning Tara Players Theatre of Ottawa.
Elizabeth Beddall, Centretown NewsActors rehearse a scene from April Bright at Bronson Centre
Museum goes ape for Goodall
Visitors to the Canadian Museum of Nature in Centretown need only take a few steps to leave Ottawa's snowy streets for the lush jungles of Tanzania. 
Natalie Zakrzewski, Centretown NewsChildren climb around in a chimpanzee nest at the Museum of Nature's newest exhibit.
Viewpoint: Reviving snail mail and the lost art of letter writing
About a month ago, when my older cousin told me and my father that he had something to show us, I wasn’t sure what to expect. He came back into the room holding a long, green box, brimming with letters bearing the sepia tint of age. I sifted through them and realized they were letters exchanged by my grandmother and grandfather during World War II, as they struggled to maintain their relationship thousands of miles apart.