Archive 1997-2016
The harmonious sounds of the Capital Chordettes, a women’s barbershop chorus, provide a unique musical experience.
Fresh from attending an international competition in Indiana in November, where they placed second among 20 choruses, the group is enjoying the busy holiday season.
The National Arts Centre may have found a couple of four-leaf clovers with the end of its orchestra’s labour strike and the beginning of talks between representatives of the NAC board and the House of Commons heritage committee.
The Crown corporation has seen some bad luck over the past couple of months — the centre’s director and chief executive officer of the past two years, John Cripton, left the NAC in early October, and in November, its orchestra went on strike.
Mariah Carey is ready for her close-up, but it’s not for another big-budget video. She’s going to the big screen.
Carey is one of the most recent pop music stars to express an interest in acting. She is working on a musical with the working title All That Glitters. The film should be in theatres sometime next year.
The untimely end of Ottawa’s first competitive amateur baseball team has set off a debate over the level of talented young baseball players in the region.
According to team officials, various factors led to the decision in mid-November to fold the Ottawa Nationals.