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Met Opera to open season with dark, murderous ‘Medea’

Met Opera to open season with dark, murderous ‘Medea’

NEW YORK (AP) — The first time Sondra Radvanovsky opened the Metropolitan Opera season, she played a mother who contemplates murdering her two young sons as revenge against her faithless lover.
Theater community unites for special anti-censorship podcast

Theater community unites for special anti-censorship podcast

NEW YORK (AP) — The theater community is banding together for a special podcast to combat censorship that features performances from plays and musicals under threat and appearances by Bryan Cranston, Raúl Esparza, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Richard Kind
Joshua Whitehead among finalists for $60K Writers' Trust non-fiction prize

Joshua Whitehead among finalists for $60K Writers' Trust non-fiction prize

TORONTO — Oji-Cree author Joshua Whitehead is among five finalists for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
Michelle Obama plans 6-city tour for 'The Light We Carry'

Michelle Obama plans 6-city tour for 'The Light We Carry'

NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama plans a six-city tour this fall in support of her new book , “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,” beginning mid-November in Washington. D.C. and ending a month later in Los Angeles.
Danish queen tests positive after UK monarch's funeral

Danish queen tests positive after UK monarch's funeral

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has tested positive for the coronavirus after attending the funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II , the royal palace said Wednesday.
CMT announces five stars as their 2022 Artists of the Year

CMT announces five stars as their 2022 Artists of the Year

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — CMT will honor country stars Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Walker Hayes as their 2022 Artists of the Year. The network will air its annual TV special on Oct. 14 featuring tributes by other artists.
Front line farming: Bombs disrupt critical Ukraine industry

Front line farming: Bombs disrupt critical Ukraine industry

NOVOMYKOLAIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — An unexploded rocket sticks out of a field, and another is embedded in the ground of the farm compound.
Edmunds: The pros and cons of vehicle touchscreens

Edmunds: The pros and cons of vehicle touchscreens

There’s no denying the impact that smartphones and tablets have had on modern vehicles.
'Joseph' to paint Toronto theatre technicolour during six-week run this winter

'Joseph' to paint Toronto theatre technicolour during six-week run this winter

Toronto's theatre district is set to get a lot more colourful this winter. Mirvish announced Wednesday that the revival of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" will make its North American premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre.
‘The Amazing Race Canada’ winners talk friendship, adversity

‘The Amazing Race Canada’ winners talk friendship, adversity

TORONTO — Catherine Wreford and Craig Ramsay had already experienced a hurdle more difficult than any reality show challenge by the time the friends of 25 years appeared on Season 8 of “The Amazing Race Canada.
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