Tag: Arts & Culture

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Pulse Nov 1 through April 28 2019 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Independence Ave and 7th St Washington, DC In the Hirshhorn’s largest interactive technology exhibition to date, three major installations from Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Pulse series come together for the artist’s DC debut. A Mexican Canadian artist known for straddling the line between […]

2022 I don’t know you like that: The Bodywork of Hospitality Curated by Sylvie Fortin, Bemis Center 2019–21 Curator-in-Residence In-person, Online Sylvie Fortin is an independent curator, researcher, critic, and editor based between Montréal, New York, and Omaha, NE, where she is the Curator-in-Residence 2019–2021 at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. I don’t know […]

National Ballet of Canada January 28th, 2020 – February 2nd, 2020 Opera House – The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F St NW Washington, DC 20566 The National Ballet of Canada will be returning to Washington, D.C. with two productions for its 2019/2020 season. On January 28th and 29th, they will […]

Charlotte Jewish Film Festival (CJFF) February 1-2, 2020 YidLive! By YidLife Crisis February 1, 7:15 pm Temple Israel 4901 Providence Rd Charlotte, NC Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish February 2, 1:00 pm The Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts 5007 Providence Rd, #102 Charlotte, NC The Consulate General of Canada in Atlanta is partnering for […]

NHL Black Hockey History Bus Tour January 12 – March 23, 2020 Various locations across the U.S. In celebration of Black History Month 2020 the National Hockey League (NHL) has announced the return of the NHL Black Hockey History Tour presented by American Legacy for a second season. This uniquely curated mobile museum will visit […]

The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston Exhibition Through January 2020, weekdays from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Embassy of Canada Art Gallery 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001 The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston exhibition contains artefacts and drawings which show Lynn’s influences and early illustrations, and the surprising, real-life inspirations behind her beloved […]

The tragic events of September 11, 2001 profoundly impacted Americans and Canadians alike. The terrorist acts claimed thousands of lives, including those of 24 Canadians. This tragedy reinforced the enduring bonds of friendship that underpin the Canada-U.S. relationship.  In solidarity with our American friends, the government of Canada did what had never been done – […]

  This week, the Embassy of Canada’s Adopted School class, 5th graders at J.C. Nalle Elementary School, helped us decorate the Christmas tree in the Embassy lobby, bringing holiday cheer to all our visitors. Washington Performing Arts and D.C. Public Schools have run the Embassy Adoption Program since 1974, and the Embassy of Canada has […]

Earlier this fall, the Consulate General of Canada in Chicago participated for the first time in EXPO CHICAGO, the International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art. In its eight year, EXPO CHICAGO connects artists from over 24 countries to art-lovers and buyers in the upper Midwest. Thanks to our Consulate General, Canada’s cultural industries were […]

As Canadians far from our homeland, we sometimes get homesick for the creature comforts in the North. In Washington, there are no ketchup chips, or maple-glazed donuts. We even miss snow from time to time. So when we heard a neighborhood bar, Penn Quarter Sports Tavern, was planning to start serving poutine, we were simultaneously […]