Archive 1997-2016
Wingfield Unbound
Written by Dan Needles
Directed by Doug Beattie
Starring Rod Beattie as Walt Wingfield
Runs Mar. 19 to Apr. 4 at the NAC English Theatre
Tickets: $37.50 or $45
Simplicity is the name of the game for Wingfield Unbound. The plot is simple, the set is basic, and the cast is . . . one person?
Facing cuts in government funding, national museums in Ottawa are looking for new ways to raise money to bring popular exhibits to the public without raising admission prices.
So far it’s working. A Statistics Canada report released Mar. 9 indicates that Canadian museums still boast high attendance figures despite less funding from the federal government in the past few years.
Dear Readers: I must confess. I am a semi-recovered teenybopper. About ten years ago, my room was plastered with posters of Corey Feldman and Corey Haim and I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation religiously to drool over Ensign Wesley Crusher.
It seemed, for a while, that the whole teenybopper-idol thing died with the 1980s. And then along came TITANIC and actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Or as I like to call him, “my boyfriend.”
By Amber Mything
One of Ottawa’s best links to the contemporary art scene is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary.
From Feb. 28 to Mar. 28, the SAW Gallery is commemorating its humble beginnings with an exhibition titled, “Art Multiples Reproduction and Fine Print.”