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Community & Culture

Small museums in Canada evolve to include Indigenous history, Globe and Mail
Albertans with disabilities grapple with isolation during pandemic, Calgary Herald
How March of Dimes Canada helps with support for people with disabilities, Global News Edmonton
Canmore Pride, CBC Radio The Homestretch

Contemporary Dance

Betroffenheit creators on the 'shape of grief' in the body, CBC Radio q
Choreographer Crystal Pite on the sorrow that dare not speak at all: the loss of a child, CBC Arts
No words can describe Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre’s Betroffenheit, National Post
Betroffenheit: Beauty born out of tragedy, Toronto Star
Dispatch from the Banff Centre: speak peeks of arts giants, Calgary Herald
Work in process: Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young / Betroffenheit, Dance International
Betroffenheit, Dancing Times​

Visual Arts

​Quand la nature s’illumine et se raconte, URBANIA
ILLUMINATIONS artist Sarah Fuller, CBC Radio The Homestretch
​Parcours artistique dans la nature à Banff, Radio-Canada Le Cafe Show
Let there be light: This massive installation turned a Toronto park into a spiritual experience, CBC Arts 
Art Gallery of Alberta’s 2017 biennial refuses to speak for us all, in the very best way, Edmonton Journal
for the time being: 2017 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art features 24 Alberta artists, VUE Weekly 
The 10th Alberta Biennial, LUMA Quarterly
Longing and the Edges of Landscape at the Alberta Biennial, Canadian Art
Séance Fiction at the Walter Phillips Gallery unfurls time, Canadian Art
Séance Fiction, Galleries West
Séance Fiction, Magenta Magazine
Ektoplasm-o-vision! with Guy Maddin, LUMA Quarterly
Thespian android brings life to robot on stage at Banff Centre’s Convergence, Globe and Mail
Art + tech takeaways from Banff's Convergence summit, Canadian Art
Convergence au Banff Centre, Le Telejournal Alberta
New robot takes phone calls to the next level, CTV Calgary
Convergence, CBC Radio Daybreak Alberta

New Music

Artists-in-Residence: Julia Sinelnikova at Banff Centre, VICE
Convergence: More than just a residency, freq magazine
The Banff Centre embraces electronic music with new residency, THUMP
La musique électronique pose ses valises au centre des arts de Banff, Radio-Canada 
Convergence numérique à Banff, Radio-Canada 
Musical technologist Robin Fox talks ‘falling into it’ and synaesthesia, BeatRoute Magazine
New Convergence residency offers new ways to think, hear and sound, BeatRoute Magazine
Electronic music and digital art residency a first at Banff Centre, Calgary Herald
Patti Schmidt on the Convergence Residency, CJSW

Classical Music

7 things we're dying to hear at BISQC 2016, CBC Music
The Afiara Quartet on Spin Cycle, CBC Radio The Homestretch
Who knew you could win $150,000 playing in a quartet in Banff?, Calgary Herald
Rolston string quartet takes top prize in international Banff competition, Calgary Herald
Rolston Quartet wins Banff International String Quartet Competition top prize, The Strad
Canada's Rolston String Quartet takes top honours at Banff competition, Toronto Star

Opera

Opera's next act, The Walrus
A New Underworld: Orph​é​e+ reboots classic tale with modern technology at Banff Centre, Calgary Herald
Banff's hell of an Orph​é​e, Opera Today
Banff Centre’s Opera Program scores impressive hit with Orphée+, ​Calgary Herald
Scrutiny: Kopernikus heralds Opera In The 21st Century, Musical Toronto
Preview: Centering Kopernikus, Opera Going Toronto
Kopernikus Review, Opera Going Toronto
Review: Vivier's Kopernikus at Banff Centre the ideal opera of the future, Calgary Herald
Letter from Banff, Opera Canada
A murdered composer, a lost libretto...could this be Canada's greatest opera?, CBC Arts
Unvanishing: The Musical Life of Claude Vivier, Wholenote
Against the Grain takes Mozart to a whole new level, Musical Toronto
Against the Grain writes opera's next chapter, Toronto Star
Cultural stars align at Banff Centre with dance and opera offerings, Calgary Herald
Mozart meets ‘Married At First Sight': a fix for opera?, Maclean's 
Joel Ivany's A Little Too Cozy gives Mozart a reality TV-style makeover at Banff Centre, Calgary Herald

Literary Arts

The Second Coming of the Plants, The Walrus
The fairy tale of Salman Rushdie, The National Post​
Superstar author Salman Rushdie is just like the rest of us, Globe and Mail 
Salman Rushdie returns to fiction with Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, Calgary Herald
Salman Rushdie on his new book and love for social media, Huffington Post
Salman Rushdie on Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, CBC Radio
Journalism in the age of alt-facts and fake news the topic of Banff Centre conference, CBC News Alberta
The Democracy Project: Journalism in the Age of Alt-Facts, CBC Radio The Homestretch
What's it like being a journalist in the age of alt-facts?, CBC Radio The Eyeopener
​Journalism in the age of fake news, CBC Ideas
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