Question: Is music losing? I choose my question carefully here. Obviously, if it were restricted just to “are the major labels losing?” then, duh, the …

Above: Quebec pop group Karkwa, stars of Karkwa - Les Cendres de Verre. The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) starts up this Thursday …

One of my students, grinning at me, pulled out a big plastic bottle full of something clear from her bag. It was early Wednesday morning …

You’ve probably heard the term “voodoo economics” before. Famously used by George H.W. Bush to denounce Ronald Reagan’s theory of trickle-down wealth when the two …

The gatekeepers of literary culture—at least at magazines—are still primarily male.” If these gatekeepers are showing a gender bias, there’s not much room to make …

There are other kinds of pasta than the Italian standards - ramen, rice stick, chow mein, and soba to name a few—but the North American …

How do you see your own death? Is it a glorious evaporation? Perhaps, like I do, you picture a sudden, adrenal cataclysm of the senses.  …

Marc Fischer, with special Canadian records from his seemingly vast collection. Marc Fischer thinks we all need to embrace our inner archivist. "As government and …

President Barack Obama wants you to know he cares about democracy in the Middle East. His rapidly multiplying press conferences and statements on Egypt, Bahrain, …

                                           Lamb Noodle Soup at La Maison du Nord                    Despite the freakishly warm weather this week, I still think it would be horrible to …

Yung Chang is in between things. His next film, China Heavyweight, won't be released until next year, and it has been four years since Up …

Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of China, and his reign ended a period of constant war that had lasted 250 years.  He burnt …

Ste. Catherine Street In the middle of winter, when you wake up, look out the window and see brilliant sunshine, it can mean only one …

The woman in the pashmina leaned in closer, her face almost pressed up against the glass as she tried to get a better look at …

If Egypt's revolution does nothing else—if it dies at the hands of the state's thugs with their American guns—it will at least have exposed with …

I’m not “raw”, I’m not vegan, and I’m not even vegetarian, but I’ve now been to two raw food potlucks at the Crudessence loft in …

Dear Ms. McLaren, I'm sure you've been so swamped with emails regarding your article about women not being funny that you won't even read this. …

Vida, the organization for women in the arts, has published some disturbing, though not surprising numbers. The pies that illustrate tell the story very plainly. …

Western politicians don't get to have any real fun.  Their inspired moments always seem to come before life's main events, their proclamations of justice and …

It’s Chinese New Year, and whether or not you’re actually Chinese, that means it’s time to eat dumplings. Noodles are traditional too, especially the “long-life” …