Arts Entertainment

Tone Loc Collapses: Not Unusual for the Rapper Mid-Act

March 18, 2013, 6:34 am

Tone Loc Collapses: Rapper Tone Loc, 47, collapsed mid-act on a stage in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday night. It isn’t the first time the rapper has fainted on stage.

Piero della Francesca and I

March 14, 2013, 12:21 am

To cut to the chase, something must have changed because as I was staring at Piero della Francesca’s “Santa Monica” at The Frick Museum in New York, I did see it, or [...]

Inside Leonardo Da Vinci’s Collaborative Workshop

March 12, 2013, 12:01 am

NEW YORK—Leonardo Da Vinci: Renaissance man, philosopher, inventor, delegator? In a March 6 lecture titled “Leonardo da Vinci: Singular and Plural,” Luke Syson, curator in charge of the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Met, laid out [...]

Showcasing China’s Traditional Arts, Shen Yun Returns to Canada

December 13, 2012, 12:48 am

Shen Yun Performing Arts, known as the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music performing arts company, returns to Canada this month.

Exotic Creatures

October 13, 2012, 10:39 am

The iguana is peering over its shoulder, the macaw is staring inquisitively, and the owls are perched comfortably, wrapped warmly in their feathers.

TIFF: Homegrown Giant in Film Fest World

September 5, 2012, 7:15 pm

Toronto is abuzz with celebrity chatter as Hollywood’s brightest begin to descend on the city.

Nature in Vast Plenitude

February 1, 2012, 10:43 am

David Hockney’s quiet scenes of nature, and joyous colour, on a vast scale. Rather like going on a long and pleasant country walk with a friendly old dog which stops to sketch [...]

Dr. Krukowski, Says of Shen Yun: ‘Definitely love it, it was good’

January 31, 2012, 9:43 pm

Trained in ballet, Dr. Jody Krukowski appreciated the artistry of all the vignettes in Shen Yun, pointing out that ‘Snowflakes Welcoming Spring’ had a special appeal for her.