Category: Arts

Like a proud mother hen, Oksana Yarosh says that each of her pysanky is unique in its own way.

Ottawa resident Kasia Sadej has been honoured with the Vivian Asfar Award for Vocal Excellence. The $2,000 bursary is given to a young member of Opera Lyra Ottawa each year and was presented to the mezzo-soprano on March 19.

It’s Saturday and the St. Laurent shopping centre is like an amusement park. Excitement and anticipation create a thick layer that hugs the contestants who are waiting in line to audition for the fourth season of Canadian Idol.

Six decades ago, Ottawa painter Kenneth Lochhead met a friend of Pablo Picasso in a cafe in southern France. With little persuasion, this friend arranged for him to meet the artist himself at Picasso’s second-floor studio . . .