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Queer is not a bad word. It's our unifying path forward
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Arts June 8
Group Chat
Have we forgotten how to behave at concerts?
As we head into the summer concert season, some artists are complaining about audiences that are full of people holding up their phones. Guest host Talia Schlanger gets into it with Commotion regulars Amil Niazi and Richie Assaly.
Arts Commotion June 8
Here & Queer
Drag queen legend Sasha Velour is serving queer history teacher in her new book (and this interview)
The Big Reveal author — and iconic Drag Race Season 9 winner — is the extra special guest kicking off the second season of our talk show Here & Queer.
Peter Knegt
Arts June 8
What is this year's song of the summer? Here are 13 Canadian contenders
Get in the seasonal mood with tracks from Nelly Furtado, Ralph, DJ Shub and more.
Music June 8
Quinn Hopkins' AR art connects Luminato-goers to Anishinaabe animal clan symbols around Toronto
Chris Dart
Arts June 7
American poet Roger Reeves wins $130K Griffin Poetry Prize for best poetry book in the world
Books June 8

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Turning nothing into something: the history of the steel pan

A Polish folk festival became a lifeline for Ukrainians fleeing war — with help from Canadian musicians

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Bruce Cockburn on releasing his 38th album

'We are still here': Indigenous History Month meets Pride in our new June logo

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Cinema helped me understand myself as a queer Asian person. I want my first movie to do the same

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Have we forgotten how to behave at concerts?

Drag queen legend Sasha Velour is serving queer history teacher in her new book (and this interview)

What is this year's song of the summer? Here are 13 Canadian contenders

Quinn Hopkins' AR art connects Luminato-goers to Anishinaabe animal clan symbols around Toronto

American poet Roger Reeves wins $130K Griffin Poetry Prize for best poetry book in the world

Watch on CBC Gem

Here & Queer celebrates and amplifies the voices of LGBTQ creators and performers

Following Folk takes us on a journey to discover the artists who are redefining folk music today

How to Lose Everything: 5 beautiful animated Indigenous short films share personal stories of loss

Watch 5 short dance films that explore the digital destiny of humankind in Future Futures

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With synthesizers and sensors, a musician turns the pulse of the life of plants into beautiful music

Tree Harps: This duo turns trees into gorgeous ephemeral instruments to record music in the forest

Poet Jennifer Alicia: 'To be the successor of legacy is also to be the inheritor of generational trauma'

Turning nothing into something: the history of the steel pan

A Polish folk festival became a lifeline for Ukrainians fleeing war — with help from Canadian musicians

How I realized I was trans by making terrible horror movies

All in Good Time: A guided ceremony of love, gratitude and release

Kahsenniyo performs a poem reckoning with the wounds of colonialism and breaking cycles of trauma

Watch artists carve and raise a Haida memorial pole in Prince Rupert

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Get the best of CBC Arts delivered to your inbox every Sunday with our newsletter

Bruce Cockburn on releasing his 38th album

'We are still here': Indigenous History Month meets Pride in our new June logo

Jungle Bobby's ode to the dance floor, and 5 more songs you need to hear this week

A mother's love is supposed to be unconditional. What happens when it's not?

Hollywood actors union votes to strike if contract talks fail, as writers walkout continues

Go slow: Kathak dancer Tanveer Alam gets vulnerable in Leher

Governor General's Literary Award winner Darrel J. McLeod publishing first novel this fall — get a sneak peek

Cinema helped me understand myself as a queer Asian person. I want my first movie to do the same

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