Canada’s Stage to Shine Brighter Than Ever in 2017!

 This morning inside the National Arts Centre the message rang out as loud as a 1st of July firework: in 2017, the NAC will be Canada’s stage. Though the NAC has always celebrated the diversity of Canadian arts since opening its doors back in 1969, next year’s big 150th birthday

Christopher Plummer’s Mastery of Shakespeare and Music

 As the crowd stood and applauded, Plummer was handed a bouquet of roses, some of which he shared with orchestral stage mates, the crowd, and one with the charm true to Plummer, he placed cheekily between his teeth, bowed, and then walked off the stage. A couple sat talking in

It’s Not Just the Law That’s an Ass Mr. Dickens

 Charles Dickens at his writing desk.  The 19th century novelist and author Charles Dickens, who is famous for such great books as David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations, once wrote that the ‘Law is an Ass’.  Dickens had a valid reason for saying this because in