Tag: Arts & Culture

For more than thirty years, Lynn Johnston captured the hearts of readers around the globe with her Pulitzer Prize-nominated comic strip For Better or For Worse. Now appearing as reruns, it is still seen in over 2,000 newspapers – including the Washington Post – throughout Canada, the United States, and about 20 other countries. The […]

Last week, the Embassy of Canada hosted a reading of a new play Chinoiserie by Canadian playwright Marjorie Chan. She is the incoming Artistic Director of Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille, Canada’s original alternative theatre. Set in America’s Midwest in the late 19th century, Chinoiserie is described by the playwright as “a play about love and […]

Earlier this summer, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Mia), launched an innovative exhibition celebrating Indigenous art made by women from across North America. The collection includes art made in a variety of media over the last 1,000 years, and is the first exhibition to highlight Native women artists from prehistory to present. The Consulate General of […]

  For over 150 years, Canada has had no closer friend and ally than the United States. We work together to make our two countries safer and more prosperous so we can build a better future on both sides of the border. To showcase some of the people and events that have shaped the relationship […]

  To commemorate DC Pride Week, the Embassy of Canada will host a screening of My Prairie Home Thursday, June 6 at 6PM. Space is limited so please RSVP. This feature documentary-musical by Chelsea McMullan, indie singer Rae Spoon takes us on a playful, meditative and at times melancholic journey. Set against majestic images of […]

Sunday, May 12 – 6:45 PM E Street Cinema (sold out) Wednesday, May – 15 6:30 PM AFI Silver Theatre Tickets The sharply intellectual and marvelously zany comedic duo behind the viral Yiddish-language web series YidLife Crisis return to their city of birth, Montreal, on a mission. On the verge of middle age, Eli Batalion and Jamie […]

On April 15, the Dallas International Film Festival screened the sci-fi thriller FREAKS, a Canadian film produced, directed, and written by Zach Lipovsky (Canadian) and Adam Stein (American).  The Consulate General in Dallas hosted a reception prior to the film, and Zach and Adam took questions about the film following the screening. The film was […]

Last week, the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC hosted a concert by renowned Montreal jazz singer Dominique Fils-Aimé. The concert, part of the DC Jazz Festival’s Charles Fishman Embassy Series, promoted two important anniversaries: the 15th Annual DC Jazz Festival and the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 40th Edition. Dominique Fils-Aimé’s music is […]

On March 27, 2019, the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis and Omaha Performing Arts launched the Midwest tour of the acclaimed Broadway show Come From Away.  After a rousing opening night performance, guests attended a special Canadian-themed event featuring the show’s cast and Consul General a.i. Ariel Delouya.  Two special visitors – RCMP Corporal […]