Culture & Entertainment
National Arts Centre founder Hamilton Southam dead at 91
Hamilton Southam, founder of Ottawa's National Arts Centre, died Tuesday. Southam was also the driving force behind the new Canadian War Museum and the Valiants Memorial, the 14 bronzes of military heroes and heroines placed on Confederation Squar...
Mississauga invades Toronto Fringe Fest
Mississauga will be well-represented when the delightfully weird and wacky Toronto Fringe Festival gets underway later this week. The festival, running July 2-13 at various locations and theatres in Toronto, will feature six shows starring, writte...
Don't Touch the Red Book at Toronto Free Library
Beginning Wednesday, the newest "librarians-in-residence" at the Toronto Free Library will be the conceptual comedy duo Life of a Craphead (Amy Lam and Jon McCurley). These are the guys responsible for installing the most remote Queen Video locati...
Jonas Brothers mobbed by fans in Toronto
June 30, 2008 (Sawf News) - The Jonas Brothers were mobbed by fans as they stepped out of their hotel in Toronto on Monday, June 30. The sibling rockers are set to kick off the Burning Up Tour at Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Ontario, on July 4t...
Canstage shines at the Dora Awards
Despite a year of financial and backstage struggles, Toronto's Canadian Stage Company walked off with the lion's share of spoils yesterday at the 29th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
Toronto's Allie Hughes send home on 'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?"
TORONTO — Toronto resident Allie Hughes is the latest to be sent packing on the CBC-TV reality show "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" Hughes - who studied theatre at Sheridan College - and Jayme Armstrong of Vancouver received the fewest vi...
Oooooh, Canada
Late last Saturday evening, La Ronde, an amusement park that's just a stone's throw from downtown Montreal on an island in the St. Lawrence River, seemed an unlikely venue for a world-class competition.
Comedian Sandra Bernhard serene and serious while in Toronto for Pride Week
TORONTO — Comedian Sandra Bernhard is best known for her outrageous live shows, her memorable star turn in the film "The King of Comedy" in the 1980s and a famous feud with her former best friend forever, Madonna. And yet the tall, red-haired Bern...
Ottawa artist, Toronto publisher win premier's arts awards
Ron Noganosh, an Ojibwa artist who has challenged notions of contemporary native art, has won the Ontario Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
Toronto Jazz Fest
Toronto prides itself on being a big, multicultural city, so it's no surprise that its annual jazz festival would boast impressive diversity in terms of both music and musicians. It doesn't matter whether you lean toward acoustic, mainstream swing...
Bragg stepping down as artistic producer of Canadian Stage Company
Martin Bragg announced yesterday that he would leave his position as artistic producer of the Canadian Stage Company at the end of the 2008-2009 season, his 17th with the organization.
Keita and Taha among top world acts lined up at Toronto music festivals this summer
Emotional West African singer Salif Keita and French-Algerian bad boy Rachid Taha top the world-music lineup at Toronto festivals this summer.
Toronto teen to represent Canada at Supermodel of the World competition
TORONTO — A Toronto teen has been selected to represent Canada in what's touted as the largest and most prestigious competition in the modelling world.
Calgary stampede tips hat to tradition in kickoff parade
The Calgary Stampede's first queen from 1946 shared the spotlight with R&B singer Jully Black Tuesday at the lineup launch for what's billed as the greatest show on earth.
Maria hopefuls on CBC-TV reality show whittled down to 10
TORONTO — The CBC-TV reality show "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" has whittled its list of potential Maria von Trapps down to 10. The program aims to find a performer to star as the beloved nun-turned-governess in a production of "The Sou...
Town of Vulcan beams in son of 'Star Trek' creator
The son of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry boldly went to a town most haven't gone before, to launch Vulcan, Alta.'s annual Spock Days and Galaxyfest.
A wall of wonderful women
A thousand pictures accompanied by a thousand words is a striking sight, dangling as they are just out of reach. French artist Pierre Maraval's latest Mille Femmes exhibit presents portraits of a thousand of Toronto's most creative women in a vast...
A raw taste of Toronto's punk culture
'Over the years, people have urged me to remaster The Last Pogo, but it is what it is," filmmaker Colin Brunton says, talking on his cellphone from Canadian Tire. "When the sound falls apart at the end, that's exactly what happened at the show - i...
Coldplay Axe Three Canadian Shows And Shuffle Other Dates
There's a song on Coldplay's new Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends album called "Lost!" that describes what's happened to the money shelled out by those who paid to see four of the British band's upcoming Canadian shows.
Dancing Toronto-style
Call it the Toronto style, if you like. A culturally eclectic mix of reggae, salsa and hip-hop inspired by music videos and practiced to perfection in living rooms across the city.