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Heather Ogden: Dancing The Nutcracker’s Sugar Plum Fairy
For 20 seasons, National Ballet of Canada principal dancer Heather Ogden has been performing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the enduring holiday…
1 year ago
Suki Waterhouse: Making the pivot from actor to musician
Suki Waterhouse is best known as a model and actor, but she’s had a quiet passion for music since she was a kid. After starring in the hit show “Dais…
1 year ago
Lin-Manuel Miranda: How a talk with George Lucas changed his perspective on success
Lin-Manuel Miranda changed the face of Broadway forever when he wrote the musical “Hamilton.” Now, he’s bringing his talent back to the screen with D…
1 year ago
Quick Q: The Sheepdogs on their 20 years as a band
From playing bars in Saskatoon to arenas around the world, the Canadian rock band The Sheepdogs have come a long way in two decades. To mark their 20…
1 year ago
Cher: The difficult reality behind the scenes of The Sonny & Cher Show
This year, decades after re-establishing herself as a solo artist, Cher was finally recognized by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She’s also just relea…
1 year ago
Remembering percussionist Zakir Hussain
The acclaimed tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain has died at age 73. Last year, he was in Toronto for his show “Masters of Percussion” at Massey Hall. Just…
1 year ago
Michael Healey: His stage satire about the failure to build a smart city in Toronto
Michael Healey’s award-winning play “The Master Plan” is a biting satire about the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, when the Google sister company at…
1 year, 1 month ago
D.D. Jackson and George Elliott Clarke: Can any poem be turned into music?
The Canadian pianist D.D. Jackson got an unusual request during the pandemic: his old friend, Canada’s former poet laureate George Elliott Clarke, as…
1 year, 1 month ago
Gwen Stefani: No Doubt’s early days and her new album Bouquet
It’s been eight years since Gwen Stefani has released an album. Following a very public divorce, she needed some time to heal, pick up the pieces of …
1 year, 1 month ago
The OBGMs: How therapy shaped their new record
Densil McFarlane, the lead singer of the Canadian punk rock band The OBGMs, felt like he was in a rut, so he decided to seek out therapy. That decisi…
1 year, 1 month ago