Advocacy groups financially support minority creators amid pandemic

The Warrior Microgrant Series, created by Ottawa groups Loud Black Girls, You Tell ‘Em Girl and Black Market Creative on May 7, will provide...

Finding artistic inspiration during a pandemic

Ottawa artists are finding the drive to stay creative, even though COVID-19 has delivered a devastating blow to the Canadian arts community.  Katherine Takpannie is...

Review: The beauty of Instant Influencer lies in its audience connection

With everyone stuck at home, boredom becomes a virus that’s all-too-easy to catch. After watching all of your favourite TV shows for the umpteenth...

Ottawa Children’s Theatre fosters love of arts virtually

The Ottawa Children's Theatre, a now-empty building in Centretown that used to serve as a second home for youth performers, is bringing the love...

Q+A: Executive music editor Shirley Halperin shines a light behind the scenes of music...

Shirley Halperin, Variety’s executive music editor, knows the in’s and out’s of the music business. In her decades-long career, she has been a major...