Newswire | 2026 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival
Since 1976, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has been a global leader in celebrating mountain culture. This year’s nine-day festival of mountain art, music,…
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Review | Gärtnerplatz: Munich’s Best-Kept Operatic Secret
Munich’s Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz occupies a singular position within Germany’s operatic landscape. Unlike its illustrious neighbour, the Bayerische Staatsoper, it neither attempts to compete in…
Newswire | Canada Council Prize Recipients
Across artistic disciplines and at different stages of their careers, this year’s prize recipients are helping to shape and strengthen Canada’s arts sector through their…
Review | Dear Lara Interrogates Classical Music’s Most Prestigious Institutions
*The following article contains references to sexual abuse Dear Lara is unflinching. With this documentary, violinist and writer-director Lara St. John paints a portrait of…
Newswire | Order of Canada Appointees in the Arts – June 26, 2026
OTTAWA, Ontario—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, Governor General of Canada, announces 61 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including 4 Companions, 19…
Music and Film | The Girl Who Cried Pearls: Where Music and Animation Meet
In animated film, where every image and sound is deliberately constructed, music plays a central narrative and aesthetic role, shaping atmosphere, rhythm and emotional perception…
International First Peoples’ Festival: Honouring the Great Peace
This summer, the International First Peoples’ Festival (IFPF) will mark the 325th anniversary of the signings of the Great Peace of Montreal, which brought an…
Review | Experiments in Opera’s Constance: A Confession: Coming Clean
Review of Constance: A Confession, a new multi-author opera created by the “Writers’ Room” of the Experiments in Opera company; viewed May 18, 2026, with…
The 61st Venice Biennale: In Minor Keys Amid Rupture & Reckoning
The 61st Venice Biennale opened this week under the shadow of absence. The South African curator Koyo Kouoh, who conceived In Minor Keys before her…
Review | For Philip Glass and Ballet BC, from Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber
The stage was bustling, with 16 Ballet BC company artists and four emerging artists dancing their hearts out to the warmth of live music played,…
