Category: National Arts Centre

Biden and Trudeau Toast to Friendship, Hope and Family at Gala Dinner

March 24, 2023
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U.S. President Joe Biden stayed in Ottawa during his short trip north of the border, but the catering team from the National Arts Centre took him on a cross-Canada culinary tour Friday evening. The president and first lady Jill Biden were the guests of honour at a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and…

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Media Mogul, Former National Arts Centre President Peter Herrndorf Dies, Family Says

February 18, 2023
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Peter Herrndorf, lawyer, Canadian media mogul and the former president and chief executive officer of the National Arts Centre, has died at age 82. Matthew Herrndorf confirmed the news, saying his father died of cancer early Saturday morning “surrounded by family” at Toronto’s Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital. “He had a big and consequential and important life,…

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Ottawa Theatre Backtracks Performance for ‘All-Black Identifying Audience’

January 31, 2023
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A taxpayer-funded theater organization appears to have backed off its idea of holding an “all-black identifying audience” event next month. On Jan. 16, the National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa announced that it planned to hold a “Black Out night” event featuring a rendition of Aleshea Harris’s “Is God Is” on Feb. 17, but which…

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