Category: Arts

When Lisgar Collegiate Institute’s senior band and orchestra left for a musical tour of China earlier this month they took with them instruments and books to enrich the lives of the people they would visit.

Arriving in Ottawa on Dec. 24, 1994, was a shock to Shoon Omar and her family. Her two sons asked: “What is this white stuff? Does it feel like cotton?”

Organizers cite lack of community support, reports Connie Smart.

Jim Larwill says rehearsing a poem is a bit like taking a car for a test drive.