Cree Playwright and Actor Cliff Cardinal | Image Source: www.nativeearth.ca Indigenous playwright and actor Cliff Cardinal’s Huff took Toronto by storm as it opened the season for Native Earth Performing Arts Theatre from October 10-25, 2015. Huff follows the dark journey of protagonist, Wind and his tw...
Buffy Sainte-Marie opens Planet IndigenUS, July 31 2015 | Image Source: newsroom.unl.edu Over the next ten days Torontonians will have the chance to explore a variety of traditions, arts and culture from various Indigenous communities around the world. Over 300 artists will be performing in Toron...
A Tribe Called Red at Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver | Image Source: www.lordsofdogwood.com The Aboriginal Pavilion is a celebration of Indigenous arts, culture and sports. It’s a rare international platform that showcases Indigenous artists from all over North, South and Central America. Events will b...
Photos by: Jeff Bierk Directed by Ange Loft. Featuring Cherish Violet Blood, Iehente Foote, Dustin Frank, Rosina Kazi, Gilda Monreal, Simone Schmidt, and Ange Loft. ‘Don’t spend them all in one place’, the lady said. Curious, I took the five red kidney beans she held out for me as I walked into the new...
Feature Photo: Native Earth Performing Arts Anishnawbe humourist writer, and playwright, Drew Hayden Taylor’s, God and the Indian is premiering in Toronto with Native Earth Performing Arts. Director, Renae Mousseau brings this sobering tale to life starring Lisa C. Ravensbergen who portrays Johnny India...
Santee Smith on tour with Transmigration, 2015. Photo: Amie Roussel, Carousel Studios Music and dance are celebrations of Life, the body is a vessel for the spirit and the artist is a culture bearer. MUSKRAT had the opportunity to speak with Mohawk choreographer and Artistic Director, Santee Tekaronhiáh...
Allegra Fulton, left, and Diana Belshaw beneath the moon. Photo: MARTA IWANEK / TORONTO STAR While it was beautiful to hear a smattering of Ojibway terms, and some reference to the lunar calendar in the passage of months, I found myself wanting a deeper, more resonant connection between these women, and...
Gita Hashemi and Heather Hermant in Wonders of the Sea performance at Triangle Gallery, October 2014. Photo: Marc LeMyre MUSKRAT Magazine’s contributing writer, Zainab Amadahy interviews the project’s creator, Gita Hashemi Taking place on March 27, 2015, at Beit Zatoun in Toronto, Inhabiting the North i...
Congratulations from MUSKRAT Magazine! With the 2015 Juno Awards on the way, the whole country is buzzing about the five Aboriginal artists nominated to receive the prestigious award. In 2014, Aboriginal performing artists broke out of the box and crashed onto the mainstream music scene showing that the...
Photo: Keesic Douglas …emotionally, I was like a pressure cooker, just cooking and cooking until one night, boom, I exploded… In Part One of MUSKRAT’S interview, award winning actor Glen Gould spoke about deeply personal and tragic events in his life, and how he self-medicated to avoid dealing with the...
