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Siegel, the Canadian Opera Company’s new star soprano, workshopped her own songs at small shows in Toronto, with plans to go pop. If she’s honest, it was always going to be opera. (Photograph by Saty + Prathat, hair and makeup by Paola Manigat/Cadre Artists) The first musical Charlotte Siegel ever saw was a dress rehearsal…
(Photograph by Wade Hudson) Every night is a blockbuster night for Shawn Levy. Coming up in the ’90s, the Montreal-born director, screenwriter and producer mastered the buttery box-office banger—think Date Night, Cheaper by the Dozen, Night at the Museum and The Pink Panther (Beyoncé’s version). Even now, it’s virtually impossible to escape his creations. Perhaps…
In November of 2018, the Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu was at the peak of his fame: young, confident, unstoppable. That month, he released his album Antares, and the record was a phenomenon, with seven songs landing on the American iTunes top 10. Standing six-foot-one, with Cupid’s-bow lips and a V-shaped face, he was known…
In the ever-evolving landscape of art and cultural production, the intersection of creativity, technology, and diverse cultural influences continues to be a rich source of inspiration. The Qatar campus of Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, known as VCUarts Qatar, has emerged as a vibrant hub for this convergence. Established in 1998 through a…
(Photograph by Ellis Parrinder) More than 10,000 members of the Authors Guild, America’s largest organization for writers, recently co-signed an open letter urging AI leaders at tech companies like Open AI (owner of ChatGPT) and Meta to stop using their work without permission or compensation. “Millions of copyrighted books, articles, essays and poetry provide ‘food’…
“There is an onus for us to document ourselves. I certainly wasn’t waiting for anyone to tell me about Black Kitchener-Waterloo—it was incumbent upon me to do so.” Growing up, it was rare for Aaron T. Francis to see his grandfather Roy without a camera in hand. “He was one of the most influential people…
“Part-time workers have no benefits, and full-time workers have no control over our schedules,” says Gabi Abdalla (photograph by Yasin Osman) Last month, workers at Metro grocery stores across the GTA voted in favour of a strike mandate ahead of contract negotiations. At the top of their demands is a wage increase, one that reflects…
“Part-time workers have no benefits, and full-time workers have no control over our schedules,” says Gabi Abdalla (photograph by Yasin Osman) Last month, workers at Metro grocery stores across the GTA voted in favour of a strike mandate ahead of contract negotiations. At the top of their demands is a wage increase, one that reflects…
“The very things that we hated—these objects of control and surveillance—are the things that help us trace back the story of exclusion.” (Photography by Ian Kobylanski) Last week, Canada’s first and only museum dedicated to Chinese-Canadian stories opened to the public. The Chinese Canadian Museum is housed in the oldest building in Vancouver’s Chinatown—the Wing…
For centuries, Indigenous fire keepers kept forests clear of fuel. It’s time to fight fire with fire once again. “Cultural burns incinerate debris dropped on the ground by dead trees—fuel just waiting for a spark.” (Illustration by Pete Ryan) I grew up in Skeetchestn, a small riverside community northwest of Kamloops, British Columbia, in a…