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This Toronto fashion designer is reusing discarded textiles to show us how much we waste

Evan Biddell's new collection weighs 81 pounds — the same amount the average North American throws away each year.

Exhibitionists March 17

You might not know about one of the Middle East's most incendiary issues. This doc will change that

Canadian-Israeli Shimon Dotan's newest work explores the West Bank's Jewish-only settlements — through the eyes of the settlers themselves.

For these artists, the most important moment of building a sculpture is burning it down

A group of what we're calling "pyro-sculptors" built a massive dire-wolf in Edmonton — just to set it on fire. It's pyromania turned public art.

Exhibitionists March 16

You've got to see what's hiding inside these incredible transforming sculptures

CFCF and Jean-Michel Blais's unlikely pairing: How pop and classical made a magical musical merger

5 teenagers. 24 hours. And the pressure to make an entire film — beginning to end

"This is not a period piece": showrunner Moira Walley-Beckett charts new territory in Anne

Radio Q March 17

From dry shampoo to yeast infections: How to spin comedy gold out of the terrible everyday

'To refuse somebody so desperate is almost a crime:' Ai Weiwei unveils new refugee-themed artwork in Prague

News Entertainment March 17

Party on St. Patrick's: 17 songs to aid the revelry

The actress who beat out over 1800 others to play 'Anne' tells us how a musical changed her life

Mercedes Grundy

Exhibitionists March 15

Derek Walcott: 5 things you should know about the late, groundbreaking poet

Radio Q Blog March 17

Girl with the fox tattoo: Yellowknife woman uses body art to heal from sexual trauma

Priscilla Hwang

News North March 17

'Growing up, I wanted to be white': How Bollywood dance helped this artist embrace her culture

Exhibitionists March 14

Beauty and the Beast: an oral history of Disney's original 1991 hit song

Celebrating 30 years of Degrassi Junior High with Pat Mastroianni and Stacie Mistysyn

Radio Q March 17

'Less different, more alike': This versatile collective uses art to find global common ground

Happy St. Patrick's Day: 12 great books by Irish Canadian authors

Texas man creates video game about the perils of crossing the U.S.-Mexican border

Radio As It Happens March 17

Get inspired by these 4 speeches celebrating diversity at the Canadian Screen Awards

A new exhibit reveals the work of an early Jean-Michel Basquiat

Radio Q March 17

What a girls-only rock band camp means to these kids

News Toronto March 17

Art Post Outpost

Beauty and the Bigotry and more arts stories you might have missed

How well do you know your Anne of Green Gables?