News Releases
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Sir Salman Rushdie to attend Governor General's Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala
April 23, 2012
Ottawa (Canada) — Booker Prize-winning author Sir Salman Rushdie is taking part in tributes to some of Canada’s finest performing artists on May 5 at the National Arts Centre as part of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala. The author of 11 novels as well as several works of non-fiction, Sir Salman’s novel Midnight’s Children won the... Read more
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Sir Salman Rushdie to attend Governor General's Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala
April 23, 2012
Ottawa (Canada) — Booker Prize-winning author Sir Salman Rushdie is taking part in tributes to some of Canada’s finest performing artists on May 5 at the National Arts Centre as part of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala. The author of 11 novels as well as several works of non-fiction, Sir Salman’s novel Midnight’s Children won the... Read more
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Sir Salman Rushdie to attend Governor General's Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala
April 23, 2012
Ottawa (Canada) — Booker Prize-winning author Sir Salman Rushdie is taking part in tributes to some of Canada’s finest performing artists on May 5 at the National Arts Centre as part of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala. The author of 11 novels as well as several works of non-fiction, Sir Salman’s novel Midnight’s Children won the... Read more
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Sir Salman Rushdie to attend Governor General's Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala
April 23, 2012
Ottawa (Canada) — Booker Prize-winning author Sir Salman Rushdie is taking part in tributes to some of Canada’s finest performing artists on May 5 at the National Arts Centre as part of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala. The author of 11 novels as well as several works of non-fiction, Sir Salman’s novel Midnight’s Children won the... Read more
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NATHANMay 2 to 5, 2012, at 8 p.m.
April 20, 2012
Nathan Bénédict, born on a magnificent estate on the north shore of Rivière-des-Milles-Îles, plunged into self-immolation when he began writing an essay on the genealogy of his family, more specifically at the very moment when he typed the final letters E-N-D. The causes of the sudden fire remain unknown, but what is certain is that all that’s left of him is a few... Read more
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Ottawa jazz artists Renée Yoxon and the Jean-Pierre Allain Trio are featured in The Songs of Dave Frishberg on April 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fourth Stage of the National Arts Centre
April 20, 2012
Ottawa jazz artists Renée Yoxon and the Jean-Pierre Allain Trio (Denis Ouellette on drums, Normand Glaude on bass, and Jean-Pierre Allain on piano) will perform their arrangements of songs by Dave Frishberg, “the Stephen Sondheim of jazz song-writing”, in The Songs of Dave Frishberg at 7:30 on Thursday April 26 in the Fourth Stage of the National Arts Centre. Dave... Read more
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Colm Feore to host Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala at the National Arts Centre
April 18, 2012
Ottawa (Canada) — The National Arts Centre is delighted to announce that Canadian film, television and stage actor Colm Feore will host the star-studded Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) Gala on May 5—the 20th anniversary of the awards that recognize the outstanding body of work and enduring contribution to the performing arts in Canada by eight extraordinary... Read more
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National Arts Centre establishes new broadband connection with Iqaluit high school
April 18, 2012
OTTAWA—The National Arts Centre is delighted to announce that it has established a real-time, high-quality broadband videoconference link that will connect students at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit to the NAC’s Hexagon Studio. The new link will allow the NAC to continue its relationship with Inuksuk High School students that began earlier this year as part of the NAC’s Music... Read more
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Colm Feore to host Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala at the National Arts Centre
April 18, 2012
Ottawa (Canada) — The National Arts Centre is delighted to announce that Canadian film, television and stage actor Colm Feore will host the star-studded Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) Gala on May 5—the 20th anniversary of the awards that recognize the outstanding body of work and enduring contribution to the performing arts in Canada by eight extraordinary... Read more
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National Arts Centre establishes new broadband connection with Iqaluit high school
April 18, 2012
OTTAWA—The National Arts Centre is delighted to announce that it has established a real-time, high-quality broadband videoconference link that will connect students at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit to the NAC’s Hexagon Studio. The new link will allow the NAC to continue its relationship with Inuksuk High School students that began earlier this year as part of the NAC’s Music... Read more
