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Virtual arts digest for the week of March 23: The best performances, talks, art classes and more
CBC Arts has your weekly guide to all the things Canadian artists are doing to help us pass the time at home.
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Watch Montreal musicians perform Leonard Cohen's 'So Long, Marianne' from their balconies
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Melody Lau
Music ||
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A long and entirely subjective list of creative challenges to get you through COVID-19
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Leah Collins
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'We're all in this together': How a timely picture book about Standing Rock relates to the pandemic
Radio -Unreserved |
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Anne-iversaries
20 years ago, Final Destination taught us that death is less scary when you make it ridiculous
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Anne T. Donahue
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Choir! Choir! Choir! hosts a social distance singalong amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Radio -Day 6 ||
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'People are really struggling': Indigenous artists need financial and cultural support, survey says
Radio -Unreserved |
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Comfort in the chaos: How Canadian true crime podcasts can help us connect
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Mari "Dev" Ramsawakh
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Dear musicians: here's how to successfully host a live music event from home
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Melody Lau
Music ||
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From self-isolation to cancelled book tours: Indigenous artists feeling the impact of COVID-19
Radio -Unreserved |
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Welcome to the Social Distancing Festival: a wonderful celebration of art for not-so-wonderful times
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Peter Knegt
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R.E.M's Mike Mills on why It's the End of the World resonates during the COVID-19 pandemic
Radio -Day 6 ||
Indigenous jingle dress dancing goes 'viral' on social media to help heal the world
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Rhiannon Johnson
News -Indigenous |
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Here are the movies about art that will lift you out of your self-isolation pod
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Lise Hosein
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Books for solace, perspective and connection during self-isolation
Radio -The Sunday Edition ||
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Canadian publishers turn to e-book discounts to entice readers amid COVID-19
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Jon Tattrie
News -Canada -Nova Scotia |
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Let artists teach you how to work from home (because they've been doing it forever)
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Leah Collins
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Netflix to launch $100M relief fund for screen industry workers affected by coronavirus pandemic
News -Entertainment |
Stratford Festival lays off hundreds, cancels more shows amid COVID-19 spread
News -Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo ||
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Queeries
Attention LGBTQ folks: This is an emergency, and we need to rise up to help our struggling siblings
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Peter Knegt
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Margaret Atwood, Waubgeshig Rice and Daniel Kalla share their pandemic reading lists
Radio -As It Happens ||
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Can you keep social distance at the drive-in? Starlite Drive-in changes its mind about reopening
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Jennifer La Grassa
News -Canada -Hamilton |