Nostalgia - Table of Contents

Photographer Anne-Lise Karam-Choueiri finds beauty in Europe's train stations. To her, train stations represent an indefiite space to which no one is attached. Check out these beautiful photos of Eur...

In Danny Boyle's 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire several of the child actors are from the Dharavi slum. Photo journalist Adeel Halim travels to this location to take photos of Dharavi, an area considere...

This year’s Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts prize presentation ceremony was held at Rideau Hall on March 25, 2009 . Nine exceptional artists were awarded one of the country’s ...

(Cult)ure speaks with British illustrator Tim Lee. See our gallery of Tim's work here. (Cult)ure: What is your background and education in art? Tim Lee: I have been to Art College and stu...

Check out our gallery of artwork by Tim Lee, a young illustrator from Leicester, England. Read our interview with Tim here. (You can also find out more about Tim on his website and his blog, as...

Photographer Barry Feinstein and musician Bob Dylan collaborated on a book in 1964. Now, 45 years later, it has finally been published as the extremely enjoyable Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric: the Lost Manu...

In the first installment of a new monthly feature examining Canadian cinema, (Cult)ure looks back at the highest grossing Canadian film of all time: Porky's.   What does it mean to be Canadia...

(Cult)ure salutes an era when kids swore, villain wielded guns, puppets ruled supreme, and Steven Spielberg and Christopher Columbus either wrote, directed, or produced practically everything worth se...

Our cinema editor finally corrects a glaring omission in her film education. It would be an exaggeration to say that I hate Stanley Kubrick’s films. More accurate would be that I just don�...

Welcome to Part 3 of the Hollywood fantasy draft. Make sure you read Part 1 and Part 2 first! Round Seven Kevin: I have Joe to thank for my next pick: Elizabeth Banks. Sure, like everyo...

Welcome to Part 2 of the Hollywood fantasy draft. Make sure you read Part 1 first! Welcome to Part 2 of the Hollywood fantasy draft. Make sure you read Part 1 first! Round Four Joe: Next u...

If you were the owner of a Hollywood studio able to sign any ten actors to an exclusive contract, who would you choose? In the tradition of sports fantasy drafts, (Cult)ure’s team of cinema writers ...

Welcome to Part 4, the final installment of the Hollywood fantasy draft. Make sure you read Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 first! Welcome to Part 4, the final installment of The Hollywoo...

Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin is surprisingly relevant and engaging.   There are many things that appear foreign to a contemporary Canadian audience about Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's...

An evening of medieval history and contemporary drama, inspired by a twelfth-century German woman, put into words and action by Canadian playwright Paula Wing, at the National Arts Centre. ...

In response to Toby Miller’s keynote address at the 4th Annual Carleton Graduate Communications Conference, Lauren Cheal explores the merits of the current “television revolution.” She argues th...

Art: Nina Charest In honour of Earth Day (April 22), Miss Smartypants is tackling green questions all this month. Send yours to advice@culturemagazine.ca. You can send other questions there...

Art: Nina Charest In honour of Earth Day (April 22), Miss Smartypants is tackling green questions all this month. Send yours to advice@culturemagazine.ca. You can send other questions there,...

  Art by Nina Charest In honour of Earth Day (April 22), Miss Smartypants is tackling green questions all this month. Send yours to advice@culturemagazine.ca. You can send other questions t...

Art by Nina Charest In honour of Earth Day (April 22), Miss Smartypants is tackling green questions all this month. Send yours to advice@culturemagazine.ca. You can send other questions ther...

Stressful situations inevitably arise in life. How people react to and subsequently cope with these experiences can vary significantly. Some people move on to live happy and successful lives, whereas ...

Faced with the current global financial crisis, Elitza Palazov decided to investigate the history of money.  What is money and just where does it come from? I have never had a particular i...

(Cult)ure chats with celebrity chef Michael Smith, host of Food Network Canada’s Chef Abroad.   He’s one of Canada’s premiere television hosts, and yet he doesn’t have cable or...

Food and memory are closely linked -- as both are to the enjoyment of life. The Parisian food blogger and cookbook writer Clotilde Dusoulier listed “Les Sandwiches au Nutella” as one...

This year’s Capital Cupcake Camp packed the Jack Purcell community centre with over 600 dessert lovers. Some waited for 30 minutes or longer to taste treats from some of Ottawa’s finest bakers. Lu...

Just because we think we're living in a sexually progressive era now doesn't mean that the past was entirely repressive. There's an episode of Sex and the City in which Samantha asserts, "H...

Would you rather live in an era where your country was a target of the Red Army or Al-Qaeda? Kendall Giberson compares international relations during the Cold War to those during the current War on Te...