The Great Canadian Theatre Company’s artistic director will take a final bow at the end of this season.
Curtain closing on theatre run
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Public should rethink its approach to arts funding
By Kate MacLean
Edmonton Opera’s new artistic director, who is currently working with Opera Lyra on a production, left me with a head-scratcher recently.
I asked Michael Cavanagh if he thought it was sad that we pay people to depict our emotions on stage. He said maybe it was, but that without the arts we could no longer examine ourselves as a people.
Local poet opens International Writers Festival
Michael Dennis reads to sold-out crowd at National Arts Centre.
Ottawa celebrates the Duke
By Jocelyn Dickey
Local jazz aficiandos are celebrating what would have been Duke Ellington’s 100th birthday this April with a month of concerts and events.
Ellington, who some have called the most significant jazz composer of the 20th century, was born on April 29, 1899. His contributions to jazz music are still felt today, more than 20 years after his death.