Arts & Culture
Jacobs takes Toronto
Kahnawa’kehró:non Joanne Iewisenhawi Jacobs strutted down an unconventional runway last week - the cobblestone streets of Toronto’s Distillery District, which were transformed as part of Fashion Art Toronto’s annual fashion week.
Eager reception for Everyday Reconciliation
Before Everyday Reconciliation sold out at its June 3 launch at Montreal’s Paragraph Bookstore, Kahnawa’kehró:non author Derek Montour was not sure he wanted to share his story at all.
Four nights of glee
When Scout Marquis made the decision to transfer to St. George’s High School last year it was for one reason: to join the school’s award-winning glee club, the G Majors.
Sterling shoots for the stars
Ten-year-old Kaia Sterling has always loved performing, whether it’s been on local stages as an Irish dancer or at her beloved Turtle Island Theatre Company here in Kahnawake. Now, she’s planning to grow her skills by travelling further than ever before, to learn from industry experts at a training school in California this summer.
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November 18, 2016Turtle Island Theatre to William Shakespeare
Wahsonti:io Kirby tackles her first Shakespearian role this semester as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing. (Courtesy Wahsonti:io Kirby)
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November 16, 2016Divided America splits nation, forms another
The United States of America was split into two dug-in and opposing factions, one that favoured a white supremacy over a subject group that resulted in war.
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November 15, 2016Hospital expansion project highlights local artists
Aluminum sculptures made by Owisokon Pauline Lahache can be seen at the entrance of the hospital’s new in-patient wing.
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November 9, 2016Book review: Wendy is back, with a real townie vengeance
A successful sequel can be difficult. There have been plenty of flops on the big screen that demonstrate that. Just think of the second Neverending Story, Dumb and Dumberer or the god-awful mess that was Gremlins II.
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November 8, 2016Painted pieces promote peace and reconciliation
An art exhibit at Dawson College celebrates Skén:nen and the school’s proud tradition of Onkwehónwe artists past and present, including several alumni from Kahnawake.
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November 4, 2016Chanie Wenjack's tragic residential school story punches in multi-media
Chanie Wenjack's sad final journey along the tracks in tragic animated beauty is a testament to Gord Downie's talent and Canada's shame at the same paradoxic time.
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November 1, 2016Remembering Chanie’s journey through the forest
Chanie “Charlie” Wenjack. It is a name the entire country should now know, though few knew the boy during his 12 short years.
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October 28, 2016Round the world and back the imagineNATIVE way
Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs and director Kirsten Carthew field a Q&A after the screening of their film The Sun at Midnight at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre.
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October 27, 2016Standing in defiance of stereotypes
A total of 33 portraits hang at the University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries as a part of Courtesy Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde’s first solo exhibition.
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October 25, 2016Important book explores Indigenous male identity
“Who’s Walking with our Brothers?” It’s the title of the opening chapter of Indigenous Men and Masculinities: Legacies, Identities, Regeneration (University of Manitoba Press, $27.95)
