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Indigenous Musician LEANNE BETASAMOSAKE SIMPSON Plays Exclusive Toronto Concert in Celebration of New Collection of Stories and Songs, April 26
— Concert celebrates release of much-anticipated new book This Accident of Being Lost and acclaimed latest album, f(l)ight — — Renowned Anishinaabe artist’s uncompromising truth-telling and genre-bending style challenges perceptions of Indigenous people — “A genius shape-shifter and defiant genre-detonator, there is quite simply no one like her.” – Naomi Klein TORONTO (April 18, 2017) […]
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How will you celebrate Canada 150 here in Peterborough? – The Peterborough Examiner
April 20, 2017 One starts, I think, with a slowly-dawning realization that this year, 2017, will be acknowledged in most quarters with joy and gratitude, but that it is not a cause for celebration among Canada’s indigenous people. The commemorations should take note of that reality. Our country has a deep, dark side of its […]
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Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow
Francis Pegahmagabow (1889–1952), a member of the Ojibwe nation, was born in Shawanaga, Ontario. Enlisting at the onset of the First World War, he became the most decorated Canadian Indigenous soldier for bravery and the most accomplished sniper in North American military history. After the war, Pegahmagabow settled in Wasauksing, Ontario. He served his community […]
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Tanya Tagaq pushes U.S. band Eskimeaux to change its name – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 18, 2017 13:03 By David Friend THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq has convinced Brooklyn indie band Eskimeaux to swap out its name for one deemed more culturally sensitive. The Polaris Prize-winner jumped on Twitter last week to call out singer-songwriter Gabrielle Smith for “using slurs to sell music.” […]
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Top Picks of Hot Docs 2017 – NUVO Magazine
An eclectic mix of films comes to Toronto. From the history of Halifax’s long-lost Africville to the glittery world of New York’s party mavens, “people can discover more about what’s happening around us from documentaries,” says Shane Smith, director of programming for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, which kicks off its 24th iteration […]
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Historians and filmmakers dissect CBC’s maligned doc series ‘The Story of Us’ – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 12, 2017 By Cassandra Szklarski THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ The CBC attempted to cram 150 years of Canadian history into the 10-hour docu-drama “Canada: The Story of Us.” By many accounts, it’s not doing so well. But this isn’t the only series that has failed to capture our rich and varied […]
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Midnight Shine Returning to CMW
Attawapiskat ON (April 11, 2017) — In the span of just a few weeks, Midnight Shine’s frontman Adrian Sutherland will have gone from battling NHL hockey greats on the ice at JUNO Cup… to traveling by snowmobile with his son 90 kilometers north of Attawapiskat to participate in the annual Spring Harvest (caribou, geese, fishing)… […]
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Toronto-based Luminato Festival announces its 2017 lineup – TheSpec.com
TORONTO — Artistic works from a vast spectrum of homegrown and international artists will share the spotlight at the upcoming Luminato Festival. The Toronto-based multi-arts festival has unveiled its 2017 lineup, the first programmed by new artistic director Josephine Ridge and led by CEO Anthony Sargent. Luminato will kick off June 14 with “Tributaries,” a […]
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A Day at the Movies for Canada150!
National Canadian Film Day screenings at Bruce Peninsula National Park April 10, 2017 Tobermory, Ontario Parks Canada Agency Together with REEL CANADA, Parks Canada is pleased to celebrate National Canadian Film Day at Bruce Peninsula National Park with free screenings of three award-winning Canadian films at the Parks Canada Visitor Centre theatre. National Canadian […]
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Luminato’s evolution continues with first festival programmed by Artistic Director Josephine Ridge, June 14 to 25
April 06, 2017 Two Canadian-made world premieres: Bearing, a dance opera by Michael Greyeyes & Yvette Nolan of Signal Theatre; King Arthur’s Night co-created by Niall McNeil with Marcus Youssef & James Long of Neworld Theatre; The National Arts Centre Orchestra performs multimedia experience Life Reflected; Montreal’s Le Patin Libre hits the ice with Vertical […]
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