Canadian Culture
The Bizarre Story Behind These Sensual Photos of Women and Bears
Meet Stepan, the 24-year-old Russian domesticated bear that’s become an Instagram icon.<p>Every once in a while, the incomprehensible algorithm behind Instagram’s explore tab makes my day. During a recent idle scroll, I was whisked away to the Russian tundra where permafrost and now-shut gulags set …
BearsVancouver diner lands unlikely spot on Top 50 Cafes on Earth list
Vancouver loves its coffee, from bean to cup. The city is packed with third wave coffee shops, where brewing is an art form, the graphic design on …
CaféJeremy Dutcher, The Newest Light In Canada's Indigenous Renaissance
"You are in the midst of an Indigenous Renaissance. Are you ready to hear the truth that needs to be told? Are you ready to see the things that need to be seen?" exclaimed musicologist, vocalist and composer Jeremy Dutcher as he received the Polaris Music Prize for his debut album, <i>Wolastoqiyik</i> …
MusicEdmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl makes 8-year donation to We Day & local hockey programs
Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl will donate $150,000 per year for the next eight years to We Day, as part of a commitment to give back to his …
Canadian NewsCompletely Distracted By Things
Jess and Trisha preview their When In Romance book club discussion, chat about what they’re reading, and do quick takes on topics including bad takes …
Canadian LiteratureJaipur Literary Festival brings writers from across globe to Boulder
Poet Jovan Mays led writers through three exercises around the words "beyond," "underneath" and "inside."<p>For "beyond," he used pictures from nature …
BoulderRental program brings Art Gallery of Alberta into your home
Imagine visiting an art gallery and taking home the pieces you love.<p>You can actually do that at the Art Gallery of Alberta — for as low as $9 a month.<p>…
EdmontonReview: Saskatoon symphony delivers audience favourites on opening night
There aren’t many pieces of music more theatrical than Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. Take the opening: The pianist starts alone, striking a …
SaskatoonStop and read a book for Australian Reading Hour
Today the ANU Library is encouraging you to stop for an hour and read as part of Reading Hour.<p>Australian Reading Hour is a national campaign that …
List-WorthyPotlatch 67-67 exhibit sheds light on impacts of ceremony's ban on First Nations
An educational program is challenging people to reflect on what they know about potlatches, the history of the potlatch ban and its cumulative impact …
Aboriginal CanadiansBooker surprise
Past winner Michael Ondaatje’s ‘Warlight’ didn’t make it to the shortlist for the 2018 prize. Photo: AFP<p>After revealing a striking longlist in July, …
Business (India)The Top 10* Most-Produced Plays of the 2018-19 Season
<b>Every year American Theatre receives listings from theatres around the country,</b> telling us what they’re producing next season. This year, we received …
Top 10Publishing in Québec 2018: New Frontiers of Crime Fiction
Québec and its long, dark winters have much in common with the Scandinavian environment that has proven such a fertile ground for authors in the …
QuébecMontreal to host Canada's first retrospective of artist Calder
MONTREAL (AFP) -<p>More than 150 works by American artist Alexander Calder, including his famous mobiles, will go on display starting Friday at Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts, Canada's first retrospective dedicated to the influential sculptor.<p>New York's Guggenheim and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, …
CanadaFall 2018 exhibitions // September 22–December 21, 2018
<b>Fall 2018 exhibitions</b><br>September 22–December 21, 2018<p><b>Esker Foundation</b><br>4th floor, 1011 9th Avenue SE<br>Calgary, Alberta T2G 0H7<br>Canada <b><br>Hours:</b> Tuesday–Sunday …
PaintingThe Poetic Disturbances of M. Nourbese Philip
June Callwood didn’t mince words when she told poet and critic M. NourbeSe Philip to “fuck off.” The scene was the 1989 PEN Congress in Toronto where …
Canadian LiteratureRandy Boyagoda’s book Original Prin captures Toronto’s multicultural zeitgeist | The Star
Prin is a midlife academic at a financially strapped Catholic university in downtown Toronto. A specialist in the sea horse in Canadian literature …
MulticulturalismLove Anne with an E? The cast and showrunner have some book recommendations!
The second season of <i>Anne with an E</i> begins on Sept. 23 on CBC. In honour of the premiere, we asked the cast and showrunner of the award-winning series …
Penguin Random House6 Terrific Books for Getting Girls Into Tech: List List #321
The List List is sponsored by <i>Vampires Like it Hot</i> by Lynsay Sands.Vampires are real. Jess would’ve never believed it until she saw them with her own …
Mental DisordersSask. duo wins Canadian prize for young female opera creators
In a music world historically dominated by men, Canadian women are being given the chance to make their mark — and a Saskatoon pair is part of the …
SaskatoonBook Now For THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME in the West End
The smash-hit National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returns to London for a strictly limited season, …
Tony AwardsMural brings northern inspiration to Inuit Art Centre construction site
The Winnipeg Art Gallery's Inuit Art Centre isn't set to open until 2020 but there is already some artwork on display in downtown Winnipeg.<p>A mural by …
Aboriginal CanadiansRBC Emerging Artist Apprentice Award Winners Announced
Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada announced today that Corps de Ballet members Hannah Galway and Alexander Skinner are …
BalletMan Booker prize shortlist narrows the field – and also its sights?
What is the point of a literary prize? Is it there to reward good books, or good readers? Does winning the Man Booker prize mean a book is, by default, the best book written in English of the year? And if we’re rewarding “best”, what does that encompass – best prose, best voice, best subject, best …
Man Booker PrizeART SEEN: Incoming Rochelle Steiner learns about Vancouver Art Gallery collection from outgoing Ian Thom
On Thursday, Ian Thom did his last media preview as a curator for the Vancouver Art Gallery.<p>But before Thom led the media on a tour of A Curator’s …
Art GalleriesMoCA Toronto set to open in new industrial home that hosts both art and artists
New works by Barbara Kruger, Tania Bruguera and Awol Erizku will be presented in Canadian museum's first year
Canadian ArtCurrents: Chris Clayton, Minnesota Conservation Volunteer editor
Today: Chris Clayton is the new editor at Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, the Department of Natural Resources’ popular bimonthly magazine. Clayton …
Paul McCartneyKhaled Hosseini | Video | Amanpour & Company | PBS
As a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR I'm concerned as are all people who care about the plight of refugees by the sort of tide of anti refugee …
Canadian LiteratureAnand Giridahahdas | Amanpour and Company
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