Building a Ghost Opera
Not your average ghost story.
Canada’s masters of puppetry for adults have collaborated with celebrated composer Veronika Krausas and Giller Prize-winning author André Alexis to create a haunting new opera.
Culture
Q&A: Louvre Curator Guillaume Faroult
An artistic mind.
In conversation with Guillaume Faroult, who oversees the curation of eighteenth-century French and English paintings in the most-visited museum in the world—the Louvre.
Cartier Recognizes Female Entrepreneurs with the Women’s Initiative Awards
Honouring women in business.
The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards is the world’s largest women’s business competition and one of the most meaningful aspects is its focus on females who are in the beginning of their entrepreneurship journey.
Photojournalism in the Modern Age
When words fail, a photograph does not.
When words fail, a photograph does not. And with the rise of image-heavy social media apps like Instagram, photojournalists have become the unsung heroes of truth. Does it matter who stands behind the lens?
The Folly and Frustration of Creating Passwords
Open says me.
A look at the worlds most common passwords—ranging from sequential numbers to the word ‘password’ itself—bring to light a new age of digital apathy, where our most personal information is thinly blocked by our most lacklustre passwords.
Hot Docs 2019
What to watch during Toronto’s 10-day festival.
The annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival offers many a way to rewind the news cycle and better understand our evolving world.
Song Map of Canada
A rare musical tapestry.
Songs about Canada—that is, specific places on the Canadian map—are relatively rare. There have been some over the years, but compared to the USA, north of the 49th tends to get short shrift from the recording industry.
Just Our Type: Spring Reads
Essential spring reading.
Books by Kassia St. Clair and Joshua Rivkin.
Spring Gardens
In bloom.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Whether kept with care in a glass house or growing wild in meadows, botanical varieties of all sorts wait yearlong for the pinnacle of spring. In this spirit, we unearth five stories from the NUVO archive inspired by greenery.
