Category: Arts

The lights dim and the audience in the South Keys Cineplex Odeon goes silent. But instead of the usual movie previews, the theatre is filled with the sounds of an orchestra warming up with a little Tchaikovsky and the rustling of an entirely different audience at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

Twang is back in a big way. It might be a bit strange to hear, but music with banjos and southern swagger may be the next big thing on the Canadian music scene.

Postponing the downtown portion of the O-Train has affected plans to expand a local arts building in Ottawa, city officials and local arts organizations say.

Throngs of teenagers wander around the room, laughing and yelling to each other, accompanied by live beats from a local hip-hop artist. No, it’s not a high school house-party, but a trip to the National Gallery of Canada.