Topics: holiday

Christmas Music and Eggnog with Patricia O’Callaghan

Q & A with Patricia O’Callaghan For the past fifteen years, Patricia O'Callaghan’s career has taken her across genres, continents, and a range of disciplines and passions. Last October, she released her first Holiday album called "Deepest December", full of wonderful gems, from 15th…

An unforgettable night of music and dance

It was December 19, 2009, just moments before Juno award-winning Canadian folk music group Leahy hit the National Arts Centre’s Southam Hall stage. In the nearby foyer, two young sisters from Ottawa, Sophie and Nicole Pilgrim, were giving a TV interview in the middle of the pre-concert…

Canadian artists, home for the holidays

Canada’s National Arts Centre is home to our country’s greatest artists. But at this time of year, the NAC is “home for the holidays” to them too. Featuring English Theatre’s resident Ensemble of actors from across Canada, Alice Through The Looking Glass in association with the Stratford…

Delivering Christmas Cheer

As many of us rush to purchase gifts and prepare for the holidays it is easy to forget that not everyone can afford to celebrate Christmas in manner they would like. NAC employees Maggie Barbosa, Luc Lumieux and Diane Meunier have taken lead roles in running the NAC Employee Christmas Cheer…

The Nutcracker Tradition

Talkin’ Turkey

It’s pretty safe to say that many of us range from mildly stressed to genuinely panicked when it comes to cooking a turkey dinner for Christmas. So would you believe me if I told you of a small team of wunderkind chefs, who prepare 120 hot turkey dinners with all the fixins over the course…