Category: Arts

Over the next few months, Ottawa schools will receive used musical instruments as part of a new program called ENCORE.

Most little girls adore playing dress up. It’s fun to parade in mom’s tacky purple corduroy dress, orange sun hat and beige high-heel pumps in front of the mirror. Despite the oversized and mismatched clothes, we thought we looked great. And we did.

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 . . .