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Shining a light on the 1970s gallery that only showed artworks that had to be plugged in
An exhibition of neon and LED art at Two Seven Two gallery brings new energy to the legacy of the Electric Gallery, a groundbreaking Toronto space that occupied the same address 50 years ago.
Arts 7 hours ago
How a new Halifax film fest is saving old indie films from extinction
Y2K-era classics like New Waterford Girl will screen at Carbon Arc’s Nova Scotia Retro Film Festo
Morgan Mullin
Arts 10 hours ago
Q with Tom Power
Sook-Yin Lee on adapting Paying For It — her ex's bestselling graphic memoir about sex work
The multi-hyphenate Canadian filmmaker sits down with Q’s Tom Power to discuss her new movie, Paying For It, based on Chester Brown’s 2011 graphic memoir of the same name.
Vivian Rashotte
Arts Q 5 hours ago
Commotion
Highlights from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Film critic Hoai-Tran Bui talks about three of her highlights from the Sundance Film Festival: Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Wedding Banquet and Omaha.
Arts Commotion 8 hours ago
Emerging Queer Voices
Emerging Queer Voices is a new CBC Arts essay series that gives space to up-and-coming LGBTQ writers
Peter Knegt
Arts January 29
Emerging Queer Voices
Understanding Anora as an accidental trans girl romantic tragicomedy
Lily Kazimiera
Arts January 29

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Emerging Queer Voices

How I learned to embrace the intersections of my identity by finally enrolling in Hogwarts

Shuli Grosman-Gray

Arts January 29

How Tom Green changed TV

Arts Commotion January 29

Q with Tom Power

Fernanda Torres explains why I'm Still Here is resonating with audiences outside of Brazil

Arts Q January 29

Winnipeg poet Chimwemwe Undi selected as Canada's 11th parliamentary poet laureate

News Canada Manitoba January 29

Dispatches From Dystopia

Where do we look for solace in these dark, anxious times? Sometimes, the answer is at the cinema

Arts January 28

A very strange weather phenomenon has struck the Art Gallery of Burlington

Arts January 28

Q with Tom Power

'It's bigger than me': Jaylene Tyme on using Canada's Drag Race to raise awareness of the Sixties Scoop

Vivian Rashotte

Arts Q January 29

This theatre critic hurt his back and couldn't sit. Standing at shows changed his perspective

Sheena Goodyear

Radio As It Happens January 28

There's never been a Canadian cop show quite like Saint-Pierre

Arts January 29

All the hype around Rebecca Yarros's Onyx Storm, explained

Arts Commotion January 28

Do you know these 2025 Canadian Grammy nominees?

Natalie Harmsen

Music January 28

Q with Tom Power

Lita Fontaine on Winyan, her new exhibit celebrating Indigenous women and their resilience

Arts Q January 28

Lost (and gained) in translation: why subtitles in movies matter

Arts January 27

Those striking photos at Sankofa Square? They capture a journey of self-discovery

Arts January 27

The new Broken Social Scene documentary explores the band's formative years

Arts Commotion January 28

2025 Grammy nominees: Kaytranada, the Weeknd among Canadians with nods

Music January 27

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