Culture

Twelve musicians from Brooklyn mumble their way though postmodern romance

Sick and tired of misleading news out of Palestine? Fed up with journalists taking the same-old storylines that just perpetuate the suffering of Israelis and… Read More »A good time for Grassroots

A retrospective of the first annual Quebec Triennial at the Musée d’Art Contemporain

Break a leg Sweaty palms? Shaky voice? Mind gone blank? If you’ve ever auditioned for a play, you’ll recognize these symptoms not as the warning… Read More »Culture Briefs

The World Press Photo Exhibition makes detachment impossible

Studio photography pays homage to the Japanese Canadian experience

Yves Saint Laurent inverts the rules of women’s vogue

Conservative government cuts $48.5-million from federal arts funding

We are the voiceless generation that has yet to do something genuinely new to define itself – so the argument goes. Enter Terrence, a man-child… Read More »Who is KK Downey?: hipster comedy hits home

Rapid-fire art analysis Twenty images, and 20 seconds per image – this is the only guideline for the ten specialists presenting at next Wednesday’s Pecha… Read More »Culture Brief

Matthew Forsythe’s graphic novel Ojingogo rethinks the relationship between words and images

A summer spent searching for the spirit of the city

[Correction appended] “If you erase the people of downtown America, the effect is bizarre, not to say disturbing… the familiar urban landscape without a soul… Read More »Wide urban spaces

Local author Andrew Hood delves into the gritty side of small-town Ontario in his debut short story collection Pardon Our Monsters

Expat Asian artists fall short as cultural ambassadors of their motherlands