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image+nation Culture Queer Launches I+N StoryLab Queer Scriptwriting Project
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2021
Expanding its role in LGBT2SQ+ culture from presentation (image+nation.festival film LGBTQueer Montréal) to content creation, image+nation culture queer has initiated its first incubator-mentorship project.
Fran Lebowitz Will Appear at Roy Thomson Hall in May 2022
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2021
The author, journalist & social commentator will appear on Thursday May 5th, 2022. Learn more about the appearance and how to purchase tickets here!
Cole Foundation Intercultural Conversations Grants Awarded to 12 Local Theatre Companies
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2021
Ever creative, theatre artists have made their way through these trying times, whether exploring and sharing digital performance, researching and writing new works, or teaching a variety of online classes. Nevertheless, the excitement of returning to the stage is palpable.
Banff Centre Announces Reopening of Campus
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2021
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is welcoming people back to its beautiful campus as facilities and spaces open over the coming months. As select services and facilities on campus open over the summer, Banff Centre will also be working towards resuming on-site arts, leadership, and creation programming and small conferences in the Fall.
BLOOD RAGE MODE Audio Series Will Be Performed From Fabulist Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2021
Join three young women as they prepare to fight the 'Good Boys,' a human supremacist group rising in ranks; make new friends; search for a cure to the incurable; experience budding romance... and unveil the truth.
Ottawa Short Film Series Negotiations With Existence Ponders The Big Questions In Life's Small Stories
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2021
Negotiations with Existence is a series of thirty-minute video episodes, incorporating short film production, lyrical music, and short story narrations which ponder the big questions in the small stories of life.
ANASTASIA to Premiere This Summer On Stingray Classica
by BWW News Desk - June 02, 2021
Created by acclaimed Choreographer and Artistic Director Bengt Jörgen, Anastasia is set to an original full orchestra score by composer Ivan Barbotin, premiering Thursday, August 19 at 9:00PM On Stingray Classica.
LAWYER PLAY 2021 Will Stream From Great Canadian Theatre Company Next Week
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2021
Kate Smith (Skeleton Key Theatre) returns to direct your favourite multi-talented lawyers who are taking to the airwaves for two old-timey radio plays: Agatha Christie’s The Case of the Careless Client, the story of famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot unravelling a murder case, and the American detective Dick Tracy in The Case of the Big Top Murders, where Tracy and friends must jump through hoops to tame a brutal criminal. 
New Appointments In Stratford Festival's Directors' Office
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2021
Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino has announced some changes in the Stratford Festival's Directors' Office, which will open the Festival to a broader range of artistic voices and influences as it prepares to mark its 70th season in 2022.
Winners Announced in the 2021 Concours Musical International de Montréal Piano Edition
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2021
Concours Musical International de Montréal has unveiled the winners of its 2021 Piano Edition. First Prize was awarded to South Korean Pianist Su Yeon Kim, who will collect awards and scholarships valued at over $180,000, an unprecedented total sum for the CMIM.
THE LOST DIRECTION By Timothy S. Boucher to Be Sold Using Cryptocurrency
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2021
Speculative fiction novel, The Lost Direction by Timothy S. Boucher, is being sold as a non-fungible token. The hot-topic term, most often tied to digital art, is now spreading into publishing.
Ottawa Arts Council Announces 2021 Arts Awards Recipients
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2021
 The Ottawa Arts Council announced the final recipients of the annual Arts Awards today in a streaming video presentation celebrating the exceptional artists in the community. This year’s laureates included music industry executive Colin Mills, multidisciplinary artist Claudia Salguero, and folk musician Amanda Lowe Warnakulasuriya.
Segal Centre Welcomes Back Audiences With EVERY BRILLIANT THING
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2021
The Segal Centre for Performing Arts will welcome back audiences to the theatre with Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Johnny Donahoe.
GCTC Artistic Director Eric Coates Steps Aside
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
Sharon Peake, Chair of the GCTC Board of Directors, announced today that artistic director, Eric Coates, is stepping aside after nine seasons with the company. He will leave the position at the end of May, 2021. 
La Chapelle Launches SKIN'S WEBCASTS with ASL Interpretation and French Subtitles
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2021
La Chapelle scènes contemporaines is eager to be launching two Skin's webcasts, one with ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation and the other with French subtitles.
GCTC Unveils Spring 2021 Programming
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2021
Between now and the end of April, GCTC takes to the digital world with a flurry of online activity including concerts, plays, and hybrid mash-ups of both.
2021 Barbara Spohr Award Recipients Announced
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2021
Walter Phillips Gallery at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is pleased to announce Anna Binta Diallo and Logan MacDonald as the recipients of the 2020/21 Barbara Spohr Memorial Award.
Dan Kanter, Fefe Dobson, Madeline Merlo and More Join THE LOST TAPES LIVE
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2021
Notable artists and mental health advocates will band together in a free virtual broadcast on Thursday, March 25 at 8 p.m. ET to shine a light on the music industry's mental health crisis. The 'Lost Tapes Live' broadcast was produced by Lemmon Entertainment and recorded at Toronto-based studio The HUB.
Haviah Mighty Live Stream Kicks Off Origin Arts + GCTC Partnership On Origin Kitchen Concerts
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2021
The Origin Arts and Community Centre and the Great Canadian Theatre Company are announcing their partnership on Origin Kitchen Concerts.
YPT Announces New Artistic Director, Herbie Barnes
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2021
Jenine Krause and David Scandiffio, Co-Chairs of the Young People’s Theatre (YPT) Board of Directors, today announced the appointment of Herbie Barnes as the next Artistic Director of YPT.
VIDEO: Great Canadian Theatre Company Hosts Interview With the Leaders of The Origin Arts & Community Centre
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2021
On February 19, the Great Canadian Theatre Company hosted a livestreamed interview with the team behind  The Origin Arts & Community Centre, one of Ottawa's most exciting cultural centres.
New Brunswick Theatres Hope to Return to Live Performances Before the End of 2021
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2021
Theatres in New Brunswick are working to return to live performances, hopefully before the end of 2021.
Federal Government Invests $485,000 in Annapolis Royal's King's Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2021
The federal government is investing $485,000 in Annapolis Royal's historic King's Theatre.
Neptune Theatre Stays Afloat Thanks to Government Grant For Arts and Culture Organizations
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2021
Neptune Theatre in Nova Scotia has been able to stay afloat thanks to funding for arts and culture organizations.
Reimagined Emerging Artist Award To Recognize Ottawa IBPoC Artists
by BWW News Desk - January 21, 2021
For the fourteenth edition of the Emerging Artist Award, the Ottawa Arts Council is launching a reimagined award focused on recognizing emerging artists from Ottawa’s IBPoC (Indigenous, Black, and Persons of Colour) communities. 

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