The National Arts Centre is hoping to attract a wider audience by making the orchestra experience more comfortable in its new three-concert Casual Fridays series.
Courtesy National Arts Centre Cameron Carpenter is the first performer in the NAC's "Casual Fridays" concert series.
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Scene Festival features largest-ever gathering of Northern artists
We think we know all about our Northern neighbours, but this year Scene Festival aims to show that our image of the Canadian Arctic seldom matches up with the reality of life up north.
Idle No More inspires art of resistance
Ben Powless has travelled around Canada and parts of South America to document the struggle of native groups. His pictures show indigenous communities reeling from violence in Peru, as well as those impacted by tar sands development in Alberta holding up banners in protest. 
Courtesy Ben PowlessA protester stands on Parliament Hill in a photograph by Ben Powless, one of many artists whose
Viewpoint: Local talent lost in talks of Ottawa film production
If forecasts are right, 2013 may be the biggest year yet for Ottawa’s film production sector. Earlier this month, Robert Menzies, president of local production company Zed Filmworks, told 1310 News and the Ottawa Sun that his business already has seven projects booked for this summer.