The Squared Circle
Get ready to rumble! On May 16, the CWF will present its first-ever Yukon Rumble at the Takhini Arena presented by the Yukon Arts Centre…
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Interlacing Herds
The Caribou Art Project brings people into the herd, hoping we will stand together to help the caribou continue.
Drawing Towards Healing
In Outer Space — Inner Space: The Fabric of the Universe, Dawson-based artist Basia Barb Hinton turns her attention to cells and galaxies…
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Elisapie shows in Whitehorse and Dawson
Elisapie grew up in Salluit, an Inuit community in the northern Quebec region of Nunavik. She has lived in Montreal for almost 25 years…
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There lived a hobbit…
If you think you’ve also got the chops, YAC is holding auditions for each of these roles on April 17 and 18.
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Uprooted
As you approach the ODD Gallery in the Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture in Dawson City, it might look a bit dim.
open to interpretation
If 10 different people read the same book, they’d actually be reading 10 different books. Sure, there are elements of any story…
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Frozen Comes to YAC
Some Yukoners may think Elsa, the magical princess who brings freezing blizzards, ice fog and mountains of snow…
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Shared Territories
Among the four exhibitions that opened Nov. 27 at the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC), the works in Shared Territories have probably been seen…
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Whitehorse Rocks
It’s easy to write a Christmas song once you let go of the idea that you’re competing with Mariah Carey. That’s what Whitehorse found anyway.
the Power of Voice
“Voice is one of the most powerful tools we have for connection, healing and self-expression,” says Yukoner Lianne Cranfield…
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Cory Weeds Quartet Bringing The Juju Of Jazz
Cory Weeds is set to bring his jazz quartet to the Yukon Arts Centre on Nov. 16 as part of the Jazz On The Wing concert series
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Lifting Spirits With celtic Music
Mike talks with Stewart MacNeil of the noted Celtic band the Barra MacNeils about their upcoming Christmas shows at the Yukon Arts Centre
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Bringing The Blues
Sue Foley is back and bringing the blues to the Yukon Arts Centre during Blue Feather Music Festival’s 25th anniversary in November
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Visions From The North Premiers In Whitehorse
Visions From The North is Etienne Geoffroy-Gagnon’s first skiing documentary since stepping away from Team Canada’s ski team
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Alyssa Bunce Talks New Performance Piece – Our lady of the home
Alyssa talks with Manus about growing up in the Yukon, training in Montreal, and bringing her first independent production home to perform
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Yukon In Zurich
The Honouring Our Future exhibition will be shown at NONAM until Sept. 28 and will then return to North America for further consideration
Anastasia — One For The Ages
Yukon Theatre for Young People is pleased to present this incredible production featuring a cast of YTYP’s senior cast and alumni Aug 12-15
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This Year’s Tombstone Artist In Residence
Melissa Naef, a Dawson City–based artist, will create new pieces and lead workshops from Aug. 2 to 15 during her Tombstone Artist Residency
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More Than Words
Ernest Chua and Colin Dorward’s Without Saying exhibition is on display at the Yukon Arts Centre until Aug. 29
Where Songs Live
The Midnight Sun Moppets Children’s Festival happens at the Yukon Arts Centre on June 8 with free activities for kids and parents alike.
Whitehorse Dancers Scoop 57 Awards in B.C. Festivals
Northern Lights School of Dance received major accolades at competitions in Fort St. John and Prince George.
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It’s New, And It’s Mobile
A series of concerts will use YAC’s mobile stage in Whitehorse and Dawson this summer “Now we have a professional, turn-key stage that’s easy to
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It’s All About Character Development
YTYP values building character as highly as building sets. Yukon Theatre for Young People is a beacon for youth aspiring to trade the Northern Lights
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We Seek the Holy Grail!
Spamalot — Eric Idle’s musical adaptation of Monty Python and the Holy Grail runs at the Guild Hall from March 25-30 “People should come and
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The Charms Of Chocolate
Yukoners are in for a treat – YTYP brings a new take on a famous story A little patience now, while the ingredients simmer. The
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The Vibe Of The Room: Miles Black at the YAC
Vancouver’s Miles Black Trio will be On the Wing at YAC on March 2 Every audience is so different. You become attenuated to the vibe
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In Reverence to Nature
Jackie Olson and David Curtis honor nature’s resilience. Their exhibitions at YAC blend eco-inspired art and collected materials,
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Young digital artist has a new exhibition
Young artist Riley Cyre debuts her digital art exhibition at YAC, blending creativity, emotion, and vibrant storytelling.
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Matt Andersen bringing Jolly for your Holly
Matt Andersen, 2024 Maple Blues Awards star, performs “Put the Jolly in Your Holly” December. Soulful music and holiday magic.
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Getting Back to the Garden
“It’s like Cirque du Soleil, cabaret, & vaudeville. But in terms of scale, it’s nothing like Cirque du Soleil. We will recover financially,”
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Introducing Abundance
The 14 most recent additions to the Yukon Permanent Art Collection (YPAC) are featured in an exhibition titled Abundance,
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Everybody Hurts
You might not think listening to sad songs would make for a fun night out, but you’d be wrong, says Brian Quirt.
A Decade Of The Jenni House
The Jenni House Artist Residency is known in the Yukon for providing studio space to artists from the territories, northern BC
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Graduation Regalia Exhibit Going To U.K.
In collaboration with the Yukon Arts Centre and the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, a smaller selection of the Honouring Our Future…
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Moving Between Worlds
For Violet Gatensby, carving feels like going into a different world. It’s not unlike the feeling she used to get as a kid…
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The Final Bow
Barbara Chamberlin is looking forward to moving on to new endeavours. Her upcoming retirement from the Whitehorse Community Choir…
A Flippin’ Farewell
Motus O is the only dance company that tours with its own defibrillator. That’s what James Croker says….
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Pivoting Into the New Year
For the Yukon’s theatre and live performance community, 2024 is set to start on a strong note, with Nakai Theatre’s Pivot Festival…
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Untold Storytelling
When Brianne Bremner got the email from the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (YAPC), asking for her company GBP Creative, to shoot…
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What’s On At The YAC?
What do The Comic Strippers, Moontricks, Open Pit Theatre’s Radio Silence and Great Lake Swimmers all have in common?
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We Don’t Even Know What We Don’t Know
Prophecy Fog is only a solo performance if you don’t consider the rocks to be performers. Jani Lauzon does.
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Wyrd: A Musical UnFairytale
The idea for Wyrd first came about after playwrights Katherine McCallum and Angela Drainville met for the first time in 2017.
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The Yukon Youth Summit
The upcoming Yukon Youth Summit has a few main goals, according to Lindsay Cornell, executive director of Boys & Girls Club (BGC) Yukon…
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Come To The Fire
In 2023, the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) will invite visitors in by asking them to gather outside. That’s the idea behind a new firepit…
Gwich’in Moccasins
In 1995, the Yukon Arts Centre began acquiring works of art by Indigenous and northern artists—art significant to First Nations…
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The Choir Is Back
The Whitehorse Community Choir’s annual Christmas shows are happening Dec. 2-3, and won’t be scaled down due to pandemic restrictions.
Yukon Arts Centre Permanent Art Collection: Bella Simo
In 1995, the Yukon Arts Centre began acquiring works by Indigenous and northern art significant to First Nations and northern Canadians.
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A look at the fate of Earth’s other inhabitants, should humanity disappear?
If humanity for some reason disappears, what will become of Earth’s other inhabitants? David Curtis: Shall Inherit at Yukon Arts Centre.
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YAC SHOWCASE Spirit: Alice Park-Spurr
Alice Park-Spurr explores the interplay of line and shape through the gestural application of paint on canvas
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Yukon Arts Centre 2022 Live Shows
You can tell the Yukon Arts Centre loves you because on Valentine’s Day, it announced ticket sales for eight new live shows. Those shows, all
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Showcase at The Yukon Arts Centre
Softcore, at the Yukon Arts Centre, is the first exhibition by the Whitehorse-based North Node Collective, featuring Courtney Holmes, Rebecca Manias, Katie Newman and Heather
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Walking the Elements: The Chu Niikwän Artist Residency is back at Arts Underground in Whitehorse
Rebecca Manias, Kim Roberts and Sheelah Tolton: Elemental Transformations. Works from Chu Niikwän Artist Residency
Cypherfest 2021 is happening!
This year’s edition of Cypherfest will take place from July 23 to 25, with COVID-sensitive programming.
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Come out and see your friends
Drawn Together: embroidered portraits and Doortraits: Intimate Pandemic Images. Meaningful to a Yukon audience. Look for faces you recognize.
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The Masked Singers
It’s been a complicated year for Whitehorse Community Choir. Around a year ago, they went from regularly scheduled full rehearsals to absolutely nothing, and had no idea when or how they’d be able to return.It’s been a complicated year for Whitehorse Community Choir.
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The show must go on
The All-City Band’s March concerts take place the evenings of March 30 and 31. They will be presented through the Yukon Arts Centre.
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For our children tomorrow
Closeup of Velma Olson’s beadwork on Sidney Anderson’s 2015 graduation dress [one_half] To my mind, Honouring Our Future: Yukon First Nations Graduation Regalia is among
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We Will Rendezvous
Rendezvous weekend takes place Feb. 26 to Feb. 28, with a mix of in-person and outdoor action.
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Honouring a whale
“I’ve been thinking about water for about five or six years,” said artist Joyce Majiski. While walking the beach in Spain she was struck by the large amount of garbage that was getting washed in with the tide. And then, one day, she was struck with a vision of building a whale out of garbage.
Robyn McLeod: Culture meets couture
Robyn McLeod’s dresses from her fashion collection, Dene Futurisms: Series about the three Chu Niikwän residency artists and their work.
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What’s in a name?
Chishti’s Then and Now: Water and a Name is the second in a series of stories featuring the Chu Niikwän artists and their work.
All in the family
The Jennifer Scott Quintet will bring an electric jazz program to the Yukon this weekend In one sense, Jennifer Scott’s newest CD, due to be
Take the tentacle
In this time, when we cannot easily travel, Shuvinai Ashoona’s exhibit at the Yukon Arts Centre offers to take you to imagined worlds you never knew existed.
Bringing mentors and mentees together
COVID-19 is a challenging time for artists, which is why the Yukon Arts Centre is so excited about their Yukon Emerging Artist Program.
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Busting the myth of the small town artist
When the National Gallery of Canada announced the recipients of the 2020 Sobey Art Award in April, Yukon artist Joseph Tisiga was on the list
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Emerging North re-emerges online
On Monday, March 16, the Yukon’s Chief Medical officer set health and safety measures against COVID-19 in place that we’re still in the midst of;
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Emerging North Exhibit
A virtual tour of the Yukon Arts Centre new gallery exhibit, Emerging North
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Art education wherever you are
Kids Kreate, the Yukon Arts Centre’s education program, needed to bring art into the lives of Yukon’s youngsters. The solution, go virtual.
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Love, loss and creation
You’re seated comfortably in the Yukon Arts Centre, absorbed in the live streaming of a multi-layered interpretation of a Gothic horror/sci-fi story you’ve known for
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Yukon’s got talent!
The 2020 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR) Festival promises to be more inclusive than ever. The much-loved Superstar competition will be replaced by Hunt for a Headliner, open to all, including comedians, dancers, singers and anybody else with an entertaining skill!
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Tenor of his times
The Sam Taylor Trio will present an evening of jazz standards at the Yukon Arts Centre on Sunday, Jan. 26, as part of the Jazz on the Wing series. Besides Taylor, personnel will include Aaron Seeber on drums and Neal Miner on upright bass.
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Getting nutty
Go Nuts show created by the students of The Heart of Riverdale is an opportunity for the community to celebrate the successes of our students, which contributes to their self-confidence.
Stories sprout wings in the dark
Sandra Grace Storey, Yukon Art Exhibit, The long goodbye
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The many of voices of “Canadiana”
On the longest night of the year, Yukon’s very own chamber orchestra will take the stage at the Yukon Arts Centre for a musical exploration of the theme “Canadiana.”
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Creating bridges between the audience and the land
Boreal hip hop, still from “Remote Sensibility: the ecology of perception” Grace Simpson-Fowler, Talia Woodland and Karyin Qiu were early participants in Remote Sensibility, performing
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Ring in the Holidays with Song
For many, the holiday season would not be complete without their favourite Christmas music. The Whitehorse Community Choir has the perfect solution for those who
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Come prepared to dance
Generally, when you decide to attend a dance performance, you can anticipate being treated to a single style of dance–ballet, highland, tap, contemporary, etc. The
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Lawyered up and ready
Without question, Phil Dwyer was the only first-year law student at the University of New Brunswick in 2014 sporting an Order of Canada pin in
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Ready, Set, Howl will visit Whitehorse for a show on Oct 10
Norman Mervyn Barrington-Foote is bringing his own unique combination of music, comedy and puppetry to Whitehorse for a Halloween-themed show on Oct. 10, 2019 at the Yukon Arts Centre. Music, costumes and Halloween are all part of Ready, Set, Howl.
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Challenged by technology
The Yukon Arts Centre opened two new exhibitions on Sept. 5. One showcases the work of Advanced Artist Award recipient Lillian Loponen, who visited Finland
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Read all about it
Disney’s Newsies, put on by Yukon Theatre for Young People (YTYP), will premiere on June 14 at the Yukon Arts Centre. The cast for the Tony-winning
Spirit of the times
The German term zeitgeist is generally rendered in English as the spirit of a given time, as shown in prevailing thought or customs. (Think, perhaps, how
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Music to warm your soul
Donovan (comes to our neck of the) Woods His music soothes the soul like that first warm beverage on a busy morning; his lyrics surround
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Fractured and beloved northern landscapes
A cool, open feeling struck me as I walked into the current show in the main gallery at the Yukon Arts Centre. An aqua-blue wall,
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Enjoyment is the whole point
Vocalist-bass player Katie Thiroux brings her jazz trio to Whitehorse for a Jazz on the Wing concert
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Things that go bump in the night
Renowned dancer Peggy Baker brings her new show to Whitehorse on March 13 Relieved – that’s how Peggy Baker feels to be bringing her latest
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Croon your way to confidence
If you love to sing, but you’ve never stepped onstage in front of a crowd of people to do it, maybe you’ve just never had the proper motivation. How does $1,500 sound?
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Champion fiddler makes his Yukon debut this Rendezvous
Having won over judges at competitions around Canada and the United States with his uniquely Canadian style, Ontario born fiddle player Shane Cook is coming to Whitehorse this Rendezvous for his first gig north of 60.
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The anarchy element
At the age of nine, Tomáš Kubínek gave his first performance before a group of experienced magicians. Four years later, he had an agent. He would soon make his circus debut with a duo of Brazilian clowns.
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Music is a birthright
By her own admission, Jodi Proznick, an award-winning bassist and member of Triology, has enjoyed an “incredible performing career, and had opportunities really beyond anything I could have imagined for myself at the beginning of this journey.”
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From the Punjab to the Yukon
Gurdeep Pandher was one of the first people I met when I moved to the Yukon. I walked into a Scottish country barn dance at the Old Fire Hall, in Whitehorse, and here was a guy in the remote North in his pagri, at an event, sitting and absorbing the dances and people.
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Swinging Hard
After more than two decades as a jazz guitarist, Sheryl Bailey still invokes the name of a player who first inspired her love of the
Bah! Humbug!
Christmas —’tis the season to be jolly, for many; but for others, not so much (think “Grinch”!). Perhaps … just maybe … a little balance
Evoking kintsugi
Whitehorse artist Leslie Leong applied for a residency at the Ted Harrison Artists Retreat to work towards a large show at the Yukon Arts Centre
Overloaded by motherhood – Motherload at YAC
Motherload brings together laughter and pain. Discover the unique story of motherhood and personal loss on the YASC stage.
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Scavenging for Raven
Upper Tanana artist Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé has teamed up with Whitehorse-based artist Nicole Bauberger to create a scavenger hunt of installations and events this fall.
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The Queer Songbook Orchestra
The Queer Songbook Orchestra is a Toronto-based 12-piece chamber pop ensemble making their debut on September 30.
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Canadian concert series comes to Whitehorse
Aurora, a Canadian company that produces and distributes medical marijuana, is putting on a national series of free concerts to celebrate cannabis culture and the imminent legalization of marijuana through music and arts.
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It’s an attack of breakdance, hip hop and street-style art
Intense break-dance battles, powerful performances, live painting showcases and wild parties — CypherFest consistently delivers it all.
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