Tag Archives: Arts

NEW YORK - The sole photograph related to the Houston Riot of 1917 shows 64 Black soldiers sitting with arms folded and legs crossed behind a rope. Their sheer number, in a courtroom otherwise populat...

Montreal has been having its quietest summer in recent memory, as COVID-19 put an end to a world-renowned festival circuit celebrating everything from jazz to circus arts. While ma...

LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated writer David Hare says he's turned his COVID-19 illness into a stage monologue about enduring "this quite extraordinary disease." "Beat the Devil" will open in London as ...

LONDON - A self-portrait by Rembrandt sold for 14.5 million pounds ($18.7 million) at a Sotheby's virtual auction Tuesday - a record price for a self-portrait by the Dutch master, the auctioneer's sai...

OTTAWA - Jesse Wente, a prominent advocate for an increased presence of Indigenous voices in Canada's cultural landscape, has been appointed chairperson of the Canada Council for the Arts. Wente, an A...

MILAN - The famed La Scala opera house on Monday announced a fall program of concerts and ballets aimed as a signal of confidence that European cultural life can resume in full following the coronavir...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - What do you do when you're a married theatre couple quarantined in your house for months with your stage work shut down? You write and perform a play about it and you take it on the ...

MONTREAL - The global protests spurred by George Floyd's death at the hands of police in Minneapolis took a colourful form in Montreal Wednesday, where some 20&...

MONTREAL - Quebec's arts scene is being rocked by a wave of sexual assault and harassment allegations against well-known figures in the province's entertainment industry. Mostly anonymous allegat...

VANCOUVER - Businesses in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood honoured the provincial health officer on Friday with a sneak peek at a mural exhibition featuring her image. Dr. Bonnie Henry vis...