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Dec. 15, 2024 - This is the season of the list

Plus eye candy from Mark Neufeld, Elif Saydam, Aimée Henny Brown, Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet and Sukaina Kubba.

Dec. 8, 2024 - Make the season kind

Plus eye candy from Emma Welch, Laura Rokas, Emma Hole, Courtney Løberg and Carrie Allison.

Dec. 1, 2024 - The most wonderful time of the year

Plus eye candy from Stephanie Comilang, Devon Pryce, Sherri Hay, Yan Wen Chang, Ben Gould, Michael Thompson and Marlon Kroll.

Nov. 24, 2024 - Exploring the lost art of conversation

Plus eye candy from Alicia Nauta, Dalbert B. Vilarino, Elycia SFA, Dogs Understand, Mathew Thomson and Jacob Scott.

Nov. 17, 2024 - What happens when Taylor Swift comes to town?

Plus eye candy from Sophia Lapres, Holly MacKinnon, Jen DeLuna, Julie Alpert, Claire Milbrath and Grace Kalyta.

Nov. 9, 2024 - Countdown to the Sobey Art Award

Plus eye candy from Ryan Van Der Hout, Tyler Los-Jones, Eva Kolcze, Eunice Luk and Caroline Mauxion.

Nov. 3, 2024 - It's still spooky season, right?

Plus eye candy from Tessa Mars, Larysa Myers, Mariya Granich, Kyle Beal, Olivia Aguiar and Emerald Repard-Denniston.

Oct. 26, 2024 - What's getting noticed at Art Toronto

Plus eye candy from Jennifer Carvalho, Pardiss Amerian, Winnie Truong, Manuel Mathieu, Bubbles, Marigold Santos, Rebecca Munce, Mel Arsenault, Stephanie Temma Hier, Geetha Thurairajah, Allie Gattor, Élise Lafontaine, Lauren Crazybull, Graham Gillmore and Kim Adams.

Oct. 20, 2024 - What happens when a superfan makes a Céline Dion podcast?

Plus eye candy from Keely O'Brien, Jack Kenna, Paola Pivi and Tristram Landsdowne.

Oct. 13, 2024 - The immaculate vibes of a fall reading list

Plus eye candy from Sean Martindale and JP King, Jasmine Lesperance, Anna Ruth, David Umemoto and Marcel Dzama.

Oct. 5, 2024 - Think like a Nuit Blanche artist

Plus eye candy from Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Anna Binta Diallo, Chris Morin, Pneuhaus and Saype.

Sept. 22, 2024 - The next time you hear a song, ask yourself something

Plus eye candy from Naomi Rincón Gallardo, Sonia Boyce, DaveandJenn, Aurélie Blanchette Dubois and Jieun Kim.

Sept. 15, 2024 - TIFF not now, when?

Plus eye candy from Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett, Dil Hildebrand, Simon Petepiece, Taizo Yamamoto and Lindsay Montgomery.

Sept. 8, 2024 - One more thing for your end-of-summer bucket list

Plus eye candy from Phil Woollam, Sarah Sze, Nicole Crozier and Emily MacLennan.

Sept. 1, 2024 - Things to do while it's still (technically) summer

Plus eye candy from Lucie Chan, Minyoung Kim, Jessica Wee and Jacquie Comrie.

Aug. 25, 2024 - Destination: Art

Plus eye candy from Éric Lamontagne, Nadya Isabella, Nicholas Moenich, Dylan Glynn and Claire Scherzinger.

Aug. 18, 2024 - Summer vacation plans?

Plus eye candy from Elisabeth Perrault, Marie-Claude Lacroix, Kathryn Greenwood, Jillian Tamaki and Doktor Karayom.

Aug. 4, 2024 - Summertime feels 

Plus eye candy from Joshua Wallace, Grete Drummond, Oriole Steiner, Adrienna Matzeg and Andrea Mortson.

July 28, 2024 - Breaking ground at Paris 2024

Plus eye candy from Sarah Alice Moran, Clive Holden, Caroline Cloutier, Justin Trottier and Vick Naresh.

July 21, 2024 - Struggling with a summer art project?

Plus eye candy from Sonya Derviz, Moozhan Ahmadzadegan, Meagan Williams, Bev Pike and Marie Lannoo.

July 14, 2024 - Outdoor eye candy

Plus eye candy from Kale Vandenbroek, Emily Au, Keerthana Jhutty, Alex Marks, Sylvia Jacobs and Raoul Olou.

July 7, 2024 - What THEY do in the shadows

Plus eye candy from Chris Hyndman, Amy Feigley-Lee, Emily Pope, Derek Liddington and Natalie Jean Mizzen.

June 30, 2024 - Canada Day concerts on CBC

Plus eye candy from Eepmon, Charlene Vickers, Wally Dion, Evelyn Tan and Leif Low-Beer.

June 23, 2024 - Donald Sutherland's greatest achievement was something you'd never guess

Plus eye candy from Jeremy Shaw, Shannon Sandwell, Xénia Lucie Laffely, Nadia Waheed and Chris Flodberg.

June 16, 2024 - Who's on this year's Sobey Art Award shortlist?

Plus eye candy from Sierra Barber, Laïla Mestari, Andrea Chartrand, Graham Wiebe and Larry Madrigal.

June 9, 2024 - How's this for an invite list?

Plus eye candy from Rebecca Clouâtre, Mackenzie Browning, Adam Archer, Chloé Biocca and Mitchell Wiebe.

June 2, 2024 - "Ecstatically, dangerously and provocatively funny"

Plus eye candy from Anaïs Lera, Esther Hoflick, Haley Bassett and Doreen Wittenbols.

May 26, 2024 - Get ready for the Canadian Screen Awards

Plus eye candy from Stanzie Tooth, Maya Beaudry, Molly Greene, Abbas Akhavan and Wendell Gladstone.

May 19, 2024 - An Amy Winehouse double feature

Plus eye candy from Michelle Ku, Marina Levit, Julia Vysokova and Tony Romano.

May 12, 2024 - How do YOU think like an artist?

Plus eye candy from Julia Hajnoczky, Mere Phantoms, Maggie Groat, Krisanne Souter and Andrew Dadson.

May 5, 2024 - 67 ways to Think Like An Artist

Plus eye candy from Delali Cofie, Nik October-Clydesdale, Rylee Hollis, Sophie Parisi and Ernesto Cabral de Luna.

April 28, 2024 - Our hot picks for Hot Docs

Plus eye candy from Stephen Andrews, Natalia Arbelaez, Charlotte Fleming and Katie Green.

April 21, 2024 - Civil War Sympathizer

Plus eye candy from Kapwani Kiwanga, Erica Rutherford, Maude Deslauriers, Vickie Vainionpää, Meghan Hildebrand and Sean Taal.

April 14, 2024 - How can we make public art more sustainable?

Plus eye candy from Jess Lincoln, Damini Mittai, Heather Rule, Katarina Holbrough, Shea Chang and Alyson Davies.

April 7, 2024 - Totality awesome

Plus eye candy from Wanda Koop, Rachel MacFarlane, Dabin Ahn, Shanie Tomassini and Rebecca Munce.

March 31, 2024 - Canada's (still) a Drag

Plus eye candy from Sin Wai Kin, Raúl de Nieves, Frances Goodman, Arielle Bobb-Willis and Aralia Maxwell.

March 10, 2024 - Read this if you want to win your Oscar pool

Plus eye candy from Cynthia Daignault, Nico Williams, Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, Winnie Truong and Ambera Wellmann.

March 3, 2024 - Where Canada writes

Plus eye candy from Daniel Innes, Andrew Gordon, Amy Ordoveza and Véronique La Perrière M.

Feb. 25, 2024 - Catch up on Q

Plus eye candy from Kimberly Orjuela, Tiffany Shaw, Jiwan Larouche, Alissa Bilodeau and Ana María Hernando.

Feb. 18, 2024 - 'Still no f–king ziti'

Plus eye candy from Chaddy-Ann Newton, Felipe Arriagada, Malik McKoy and Ross Gamble.

Feb. 11, 2024 - Who's ready to Throw Down?

Plus eye candy from Kristy Moreno, Crissy Arseneau, Terrence Turner, Delphine Hennelly and Shary Boyle.

Feb. 4, 2024 - Black History Month highlights on CBC

Plus eye candy from Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Aaron Jones, Gio Swaby, Hanna Lee Joshi and Nicole Jang.

Jan. 28, 2024 - From the group chat to the real world

Plus eye candy from Alisi Telengut, Lotus L. Kang, Jes Fan and Catherine Telford Keogh.

Jan. 21, 2024 - The CBC Arts trend forecast

Plus eye candy from Katie Butler, Carolina Vasquez-Lazo, Hyunsun Park and Amy Brener.

Jan. 14, 2024 - Everything you could possibly want to know about Canada Reads

Plus eye candy from Paige Quinn, Jordan Baraniecki, Juan Ortiz-Apuy and Stasia Schmidt.

Jan. 7, 2024 - 2024 spoilers ahead

Plus eye candy from Renu Mathew, Jackie Talmey-Lennon, Elsa Valiñas and Thomas Haskell.

Dec. 24, 2023 - These are a few of our favourite things

Plus eye candy from Susan Canaday Henry, Jen Arnold, Elliott Langford and Lance Cardinal.

Dec. 17, 2023 - CBC Arts Rising Stars: Class of 2023

Plus eye candy from Jeremy Laing, Hannah Doucet, Mia Sandhu, Georgina Lee Walker and Valerie Hammond.

Dec. 10, 2023 - Let the 2023 recaps begin

Plus eye candy from Marcel Dzama, Marney McDiarmid, Maria Szakats, Rebecca Manson and Azza El Siddique.

Dec. 3, 2023 - Artisanal eye candy

Plus eye candy from Lea Linin, Bomemade, Toute, Aless Mc, Moniker Press, Asami Watanabe, Nico Humby, Lucky Bear and Sami Tsang.

Nov. 26, 2023 - Scott Pilgrim vs. this newsletter

Plus eye candy from Yan Zhang, Kaley Flowers, Yvonne Kustec, Anahita Akhavan and Azza Al Qubaisi.

Nov. 19, 2023 - Coming soon to CBC Gem: Swan Song

Plus eye candy from Erin Armstrong, Daniel Barrow, Robin Arseneault, Annie Baillargeon and Laura Findlay.

Nov. 12, 2023 - It's the story of the world's first smartphone

Plus eye candy from Sabrina Ratté, Heather Talbot, Naomi Rincón Gallardo, Native Art Department International and Tau Lewis.

Nov. 5, 2023 - Competing for a clay-m to fame

Plus eye candy from Objects and Feelings, Mariko Paterson, Jocelyn Reid, Hannah Johnson and Brendan Tang.

Oct. 29, 2023 - Eye candy from Art Toronto

Eye candy from Erica Eyres, Ari Bayuaji, Shanie Tomassini, Brendan George Ko, Sukaina Kubba, Erika Harrsch, Julia Sbriller and Joaquin Wall.

Oct. 22, 2023 - Black Life: Untold Stories is CBC's new must-see docuseries

Plus eye candy from Jannick Deslauriers, Brandon Vickerd, Tammy Salzl and David Spriggs.

Oct. 15, 2023 - Open a Tickle Trunk of memories

Plus eye candy from Roda Medhat, Colin J. Muise, Natalie Purschwitz, Duane Isaac and Maru Aponte.

Oct. 8, 2023 - Links to be thankful for

Plus eye candy from Miya Turnbull, Michelle Forsyth, Celan Bouillet and Anna Boghiguian.

Oct. 1, 2023 - Unlock this podcast one step at a time

Plus eye candy from Dana Claxton, Angela DeMontigny and Cheyenne Rain LeGrande.

Sept. 24, 2023 - What you missed at the Polaris Music Prize gala

Plus eye candy from Amanda McCavour, Wally Dion, Allyson Vieira and Do Ho Suh.

Sept. 17, 2023 - What to see at Nuit Blanche Toronto

Plus eye candy from Nuit Blanche Winnipeg and Nuit Blanche Saskatoon.

Sept. 10, 2023 - How to find hidden gems at TIFF

Plus eye candy from Omar Reyna, Karin Bubaš, Simon Hughes and Phyllida Barlow.

Sept. 3, 2023 - What to expect from TIFF

Plus eye candy from Karine Fréchette, Jane Corrigan, Anna Binta Diallo, Marisol, Alainnah Whachell.

Aug. 20, 2023 - Must-see movies by Canadian directors

Plus eye candy from Isabella Vella, Shary Boyle, Lisa Hirmer and Alissa Bilodeau.

Aug. 13, 2023 - Let's keep the Block Party going

Plus eye candy from Yuri Uenishi, Tiffany Chin, Luke Van H and Remy Fortin. 

Aug. 6, 2023 - The next best thing to a Stratford road trip

Plus eye candy from Kellen Hatanaka, Caroline Zhang, Shoshana Walfish, Laura Kay Keeling and Florence Solis.

July 30, 2023 - What does freedom mean to you?

Plus eye candy from Deanna Bowen, Séamus Gallagher, Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett and Pionara.

July 23, 2023 - If you like Barbie, this email is for you. If you don't like Barbie, this email is for you.

Plus eye candy from Chrystal Phan, Cara Guri, Hoda Ackad, Timothy Yanick Hunter and Cassie Suche.

July 16, 2023 - Because it's the last day of Stampede …

Plus eye candy from Fabian Jean, Jason Zante, Erin O'Keefe, Elizabeth Zvonar and Sarindar Dhaliwal.

July 9, 2023 - Your fair share of eye candy

Plus eye candy from Zahra Saleki, Yaw Tony, Hyunsun Park, Steven Minh Kenny, Stephanie Singh and Esther DOË Kim.

July 2, 2023 - What's the best movie directed by a Canadian?

Plus eye candy from Erik Olson, Tuan Vu, Manabu Ikeda and Alice Teichert.

June 26, 2023 - Is it the long weekend yet?

Plus eye candy from Machine Dazzle, Johnston Foster, Kenzie Housego and Libbie Farrell.

June 18, 2023 - Out in Space

Plus eye candy from Marshmallow Laser Feast, Skawennati, Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes, Braxton Garneau and Adam Basanta.

June 11, 2023 - You ain't zine nothing yet

Plus eye candy from Jacob Todd Broussard, Lan (Florence) Yee, Jean Paul Langlois, Katie Green and Tiffany April.

June 4, 2023 - It's an honour just to be nominated …

Plus eye candy from Luminato, Samantha Chiusolo, Aly McKnight, Lauren Clay and Joana Vasconcelos.

May 28, 2023 - Cutaways returns this week!

Plus eye candy from Xénia Lucie Laffely, Sami Tsang, Grace Kalyta and Horacio Quiroz.

May 21, 2023 - GGPAA's celebrate Canada's best

Plus eye candy from Linh VH Nguyen, Jess Riva Cooper, Stephanie E. Hanes, Jeremy Shaw, Matt Donovan and Hallie Siegel.

May 14, 2023 - Why is no one watching Canadian film?

Plus eye candy from Laurie-Anne Deschênes, Foonie, Maggie Groat and Refik Anadol.

May 7, 2023 - What is the Cadillac Ranch?

Plus eye candy from Vikki Wiercinski, Hayley Chiu, Gabrielle Schwartz and Lyle XOX.

April 30, 2023 - What to watch at Hot Docs

Plus eye candy from Sarah Anne Johnson, Wynne Neilly, Mitsuo Kimura and Holly MacKinnon.

April 23, 2023 - The age of Scanners and Meatballs

Plus eye candy from Padina Bondar, Noelle Hamlyn, Hannah Doucet, Dexter Barker-Glenn, Berirouche Feddal.

April 16, 2023 - Here & Queer on CBC Gem

Plus eye candy from Riesbri, Emma Ducharme, Jonah Strub, Heejung Shin, Kejie Lin and Dahae Song.

April 2, 2023 - New series alert! Digi-Art!

Plus eye candy from Madeline LeBlanc, Curtis Talwst Santiago, Malik McKoy, The Hibernation Project, Grace Tompkins and Kate Vorona.

March 26, 2023 - Where they write

Plus eye candy from Medrie MacPhee, Laura Moore, Nicholas Crombach and Körei Sándor.

March 12, 2023 - If Juno, Juno

Plus eye candy from Cindy Phenix, Shannon Garden-Smith, Katy Biele and Joi T. Arcand.

March 5, 2023 - Coming soon: Following Folk

Plus eye candy from Mel Arsenault, Myriam Dion, Victoria Wonnacott and Shaheer Zazai.

Feb. 26, 2023 - Cocaine Bear vs. Paddington?

Plus eye candy from Tim Whiten, Elisabeth Perrault, Natasha Lavdovsky, Matt Donovan and Marigold Santos.

Feb. 19, 2023 - People STILL love miniatures

Plus eye candy from David Elliott, Beth Frey, Divya Mehra, Gillian Haigh, Alexa Hawksworth and Winter Stations.

Feb. 12, 2023 - Would you trust an AI art critic?

Plus eye candy from Peter Doig, Vladimir Kanic, Revill Villanueva and Robert Xavier Burden.

Feb. 5, 2023 - What's the Commotion?

Plus eye candy from Jaiden George, Michelle Paterok, Michelle Furlong and Sofia Reyes.

Jan. 29, 2023 - How to Lose Everything

Plus eye candy from Kapwani Kiwanga, Holly Coulis, Meryl McMaster, Kate Moran and Philip Leonard Ocampo.

Jan. 22, 2023 - Last-minute Oscar predictions

Plus eye candy from Rebecca Belmore, Victoria Fard, Serkan Özkaya and Javid Jah. 

Jan. 15, 2023 - Introducing CBC Arts Rising Stars

Plus eye candy from Howie Tsui, Fausta Facciponte, Sascha Braunig and Sasha Huber.

Jan. 8, 2023 - Things to look forward to

Plus eye candy from Peter Chan, Alison S. Kruse, Michelle Nguyen, Julie Moon and Lisa Cristinzo.

Dec. 25, 2022 - What Canadian artists brightened your year?

Plus eye candy from Aaron Johnson, Megan Ellen MacDonald, Virgil Baruchel and Janice Liu.

Dec. 18, 2022 - 22 Salvage

Plus eye candy from David Kaarsemaker, Dana Slijboom, Mere Phantoms, Manuel Mathieu and Keer Tanchak.

Dec. 11, 2022 - Let's take an AI selfie?

Plus eye candy from Nick Cave, Leandro Erlich, Rammellzee, Natasha Katedralis and Tau Lewis.

Dec. 4, 2022 - Prepare to click 'add to cart'

Plus eye candy from Glen Baldridge, Karen Thürler, Hangama Amiri and Clay Ellis.

Nov. 27, 2022 - This show could throw you into an existential crisis (if you're a dancer) 

Plus eye candy from Azadeh Elmizadeh, Nicole Crozier, Robin Arseneault and Rihab Essayh.

Nov. 20, 2022 - The 2022 Sobey Art Award goes to …

Plus eye candy from Lisa Cinar, Hue Nguyen, Camille Jodoin-Eng and Andrea Joyce Heimer.

Nov. 13, 2022 - People LOVE miniatures

Plus eye candy from Jude Griebel, Marina Totino, Jessica Oreck and the Vancouver Vending Co.

Nov. 6, 2022 - There's more than one way to make art with mushrooms

Plus eye candy from Isabel Okoro, Rajni Perera, Loraine Mohar, Oil & Birch and Laura K. Watson.

Oct. 23, 2022 - Shroom for new ideas

Plus eye candy from Daniel Barrow, Emmanuel Taku, Rebecca Munce, Élise Lafontaine, Hugo Alonso and Hans Wendt.

Oct. 16, 2022 - Go back to High School with Tegan and Sara

Plus eye candy from Emily Harrison, Nadya Isabella, Daumante Stirbyte and David & Jorden Doody.

Oct. 9, 2022 - Not sure what to binge next? Watch This!

Plus eye candy from Seeing the Invisible, Christi Belcourt, Hanna Lee Joshi and Virgil Baruchel.

Oct. 1, 2022 - You're not dreaming ...

Plus eye candy from Whyishnave Suthagar, Jonathan Green, Kami Goertz and Princess Hidir.

Sept. 25, 2022 - Countdown to the Legacy Awards

Plus eye candy from The Bentway, Shannon Bool, Lisa Wu, Nolan Pelletier and Amber Cowan.

Sept. 18, 2022 - Polaris Music Prize prep!

Plus eye candy from Simone Elizabeth Saunders, Katie Green, Art Spin and Michael McGrath.

Sept. 11, 2022 - The true meaning of the Brenaissance

Plus eye candy from Claire Eason, Jennifer Murphy, Luvs and Squonk.

Sept. 4, 2022 - TIFF movies we can't wait to see

Plus eye candy from the Wall-to-Wall Mural & Culture Festival, Uýra, Sami Tsang, Sasha Pierce and Olivia Di Gregorio.

Aug. 28, 2022 - CUT TO … a red carpet movie premiere

Plus eye candy from Rachel Hayden, Alexa Hawksworth, Sabrina Ratté, Kate Pincus-Whitney and Esther Kim.

Aug. 21 2022 - A League of Their Own and the wild queer history of 1940s Moose Jaw

Plus eye candy from Darby Milbrath, Guimi You and Keita Morimoto.

Aug. 14, 2022 - There are loads of new places to see comedy. What's behind the boom?

Plus eye candy from Tania Marmolejo, Hiromi Nakatsugawa, Josh Kelly-Ali and Weppler & Mahovsky.

Aug. 7, 2022 - Release the love. Forget the rest.

Plus eye candy from Studio Other Spaces, Bianca Roco, Ben Johnston and Gerald Beaulieu.

July 31, 2022 - Celebrate Emancipation Day with some of Canada's leading Black artists

Plus eye candy from Misterpiro, Eelco, Ledania, Amery Sandford and Jenn E Norton.

July 24, 2022 - Who's the tiniest of them all?

Plus eye candy from Daim, Jacquie Comrie, Russell Banx and Ilana Savdie. 

July 17, 2022 - The world's seen nothing like it, but can AI spark a creative renaissance?

Plus eye candy from Aline Setton, Kima Lenaghan, Jenn Law and Sarah Davidson.

July 10, 2022 - A Canadian artist's journey to Lviv

Plus eye candy from Paul Heyer, Jess Stanley, Rebecca Belmore and Danaé Brissonnet.

July 3, 2022 - When your town doesn't have an art supply store, you have to be more creative than usual

Plus eye candy from Alejandro Figueroa, Alex Bierk, Born in the North and Talia Shipman.

June 26, 2022 - A big bronze 'Couch Monster' has arrived in Toronto

Plus eye candy from Jen Mann, Laurence Philomène, Madeleine LeBrun and Jenny Baboolal.

June 19, 2022 - A musical that could only come out of Toronto.

Plus eye candy from Danny Gretscher, Doras, Freddy Carrasco and Jordan Bennett.

June 12, 2022 - I watched The Onyx Experience on CBC, and now I can't stop Googling Fefe Dobson and Canadian pop punk.

Plus eye candy from Sabrina Ratté, Zephyr, Melanie Garcia and Jeff Nachtigall.

June 5, 2022 - Coming (very, very) soon to CBC. (But first, a Digital Publishing Award-winning throwback!)

Plus eye candy from Kent Monkman, Marie Lannoo, Luke Painter and SiiGii.

May 29, 2022 - Is this what we waited all pandemic to do again? Entertainment companies are betting on it, Netflix included.

Plus eye candy from Hanna Lee Joshi & Abhishek Dhoj Joshi, Rae Klein, François Arès and François Lacasse.

May 22, 2022 - Countdown to the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.

Plus eye candy from Fiona Freemark, Tina Guo, Dadu Shin and Curtis Talwst Santiago.

May 15, 2022 - A family secret revealed: dad was a ballet dancer. 

Plus eye candy from Toko Hosoya, Emerald Repard-Denniston, Anqi Cheng and Amy Crosby.

May 1, 2022 - Who steals a multimillion-dollar painting just to hide it in their bedroom for 32 years? 

Plus eye candy from Brendan George Ko, Amanda McCavour, Ed Pien, Amelia Carley and William KW.

April 24, 2022 - 50 years of Canadians at the Venice Biennale.

Eye candy from Stan Douglas, Tau Lewis, Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill, Yunchul Kim, JR.

April 17, 2022 - Cancon Movie Recos: The Sequel. 2 Much 2 Stream.

Eye candy from Kirsten Sims, Madeleine Gross, Lee Kyutae and Marie Larrivé.

April 10, 2022 - 14 things we've waited all pandemic to do again. Ready or not, the great reopening is underway.

Eye candy from Aïda Muluneh, Tiffany April, Allison Rietta, Kareem-Anthony Ferreira and Simone Elizabeth Saunders.

April 3, 2022 - How to pay rent (while pursuing an acting career). Real financial advice from a working Canadian actor.

Eye candy from Riisa Gundesen, Megan Ellen MacDonald, Séamus Gallagher, Garrett Owen Gilbart and Mimi Lien.

March 27, 2022 - From a cabin in the woods to a walk-in clinic. Canada Reads authors reflect on where they write.

Eye candy from Tara Booth, Sofia Arnold, Zeinab Diomande and Ryan Heska.

March 20, 2022 - Monday, the masks come off. So what does that mean for arts venues?

Eye candy from Gordon Von Steiner, Andrew Salgado, Jeffrey Gibson, Kelly Richardson and Sheida Shekarian.

March 13, 2022 - It's a show! It's a competition! It's an EXTRAVAGANZA.

Eye candy from Rashaad Newsome, Dustin Thierry, Ebony G. Patterson, Thirza Schaap, Aurora Robson and Laura Dawe.

March 6, 2022 - Get your hands on some upcycled art supplies. Plus, a quick yarn about Instagram-famous balaclavas.

Eye candy plus a Q&A with Alexandria Masse.

Feb. 27, 2022 - From Lestat to Gritty. The 200 most iconic queers in cultural history.

Eye candy from Krista Kim, Judy Chicago, Wanda Koop, Tristram Landsdowne and Jocelyn Reynolds.

Feb. 20, 2022 - 7 reasons to be excited about the CSA nominations. For starters, we scored a bunch of nods.

Eye candy from Vikky Alexander, Gabriel Lester, Annie Baillargeon, Jim Holyoak and Eyes as Big as Plates.

Feb. 13, 2022 - Sweat the small stuff. Want to make life more manageable? These miniature artists have found the answer.

Eye candy from Wei Xu, Aubrey Srnec, Tracy Ealdama, Smale Scale LA, Tinky, and Aleia Murawski.

Feb. 6, 2022 - Pam & Tommy & Us. A story of scandal and toxic celebrity obsession.

Eye candy from Lantern City, Xiaojing Yan, Juliana Hyrri, Lis Xu, Jieun June Kim,Chris Savage and Mao (Kun) Chen.

Jan. 30, 2022 - Arrival. From Edmonton's poet laureate, a cinematic tribute to the Black families who've built a life on the Prairies.

Eye candy from Ben Shannon, Firelei Báez, Eddy Firmin and Shohei Fujimoto.

Jan. 23, 2022 - Because everyone loves an art-world mystery. (Watch Portrayal on CBC Gem.)

Eye candy from Shellie Zhang, Gary Haggquist, Veronika Pausova, Laura Hudspith and Shaheer Zazai.

Jan. 16, 2022 - Auction earnings? $250 million. Peter Doig's take? 'Less than $65,000.'

Eye candy from Zeinab Diomande, Hiejin Yoo, Jun Ong, Waterfront Reconnect and Oreka James. 

Jan. 9, 2022 - 20 things every artist should know (according to Vivek Shraya).

Eye candy from Sara Khan, Corri-Lynn Tetz, Nic Wilson, Sanda Anderlon.

Dec. 26, 2021 - Maybe 2021 wasn't so bad? 10 of the best pop-culture moments — the stories that gave us hope for the future.

Eye candy from Alexandra Levasseur, Sung Hwa Kim, Galina Kurlat and Trevor Yardley-Jones.

Dec. 19, 2021 - 10 Canadians who made 2021 more bearable. To improve your year, read this email before Dec. 31.

Eye candy from Marisa Adesman, Joeun Kim Aatchim, Sam Friedman and Jagdeep Raina. 

Dec. 12, 2021 - Gifting artist-made merch this holiday season? It matters to these makers.

Eye candy from Wilf Perreault, Ness Lee, David Woodward, Hattie Stewart and Ryan Dodgson.

Dec. 5, 2021 - So maybe last week's newsletter could've been a little longer. Even more artist-made gifts for your wishlist.

Eye candy from Jamie Bennett, Lana Filippone, Caitlyn Murphy, Madeline Perry, Gabrielle Haynes, Sarah Spethmann and Karina Kalvaitis.

Nov. 28, 2021 - Holiday gift ideas, as seen on CBC Arts. On the hunt for something unique and Canadian-made?

Eye candy from Brianna Tosswill, Jill Harrison, Nicole Jang, fingernails are Pretty, Stephanie Cheng, Anita Cheung, Vivian-Sofia Mora, Tegan Thomas and Kaori Izumiya.

Nov. 21, 2021 - Holy Schitt! The GG Awards are on CBC this week. 

Eye candy from Lydia Chan, Jeffrey Gibson, Melanie Authier, Karine Locatelli and Fiona Ackerman. 

Nov. 14, 2021 - Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory on winning the Sobey Art Award. Plus the harrowing story behind her latest project.

Eye candy from Karin Bubaš, Kenzo Digital, Emily Hermant, Alireza Shojaian and Maya Beaudry.

Nov. 7, 2021 - How to cook like an artist. Try these extremely easy recipes from The Artist Cookbook Vol. 2.

Eye candy from Nicolas Party, Miles Greenberg, Rūtė Merk, Fenna Schilling and JR.

Oct. 31, 2021 - Toronto still has a 'Pulse.' Let this dazzling art show be a reminder.

Eye candy from Sabrina Ratté, Bea Parsons, Maude Corriveau, James Nizam, Sarah Nordean and Mahsa Merci.

Oct. 24, 2021 - CanLit road trip! Plus, a special performance from 3 of the country's top poets.

Eye candy from Agathe Bray-Bourret, Crissy Arseneau, Clare Celeste, Soraya Farha, Juan Ortiz-Apuy and Marta Chudolinska.

Oct. 17, 2021 - How to haunt a gothic mansion. Step 1: find yourself a Gothic mansion.

Eye candy from Mary Herbert, Stephanie Cormier, Erin Frances Brown, Sean William Randall and Shane Kalyn.

Oct. 10, 2021 - New monuments. Helmed by Director X, watch the show Friday on CBC Gem.

Eye candy from Rajni Perera, Amy Brener, Catherine Telford Keogh and Eli Howey. 

Oct. 3, 2021 - How can you engage with truth and reconciliation? Start with these 10 works of art.

Eye candy from Chippewar, The Bentway, Native Art Department International, Krista Kim and Jeff Schroeder.

Sept. 26, 2021 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: What's happening on CBC?

Eye candy from Marcel Dzama, Ben Reeves, Geneviève Lebleu, Mevlana Lipp and Keerat Kaur.

Sept. 19, 2021 - How they made it to TIFF. Canadian filmmakers share the personal stories that brought them to this year's festival.

Eye candy from Dana Claxton, Luke Ramsey, Jason Zante and Andrea Mortson.

Sept. 12, 2021 - 10 movies we can't wait to see at TIFF.

Eye candy from Yannis Davy Guibinga and Pauline Loctin, Jacquie Comrie, Kirsten McCrea, Valéry Goulet, Murriel Mapa and Gabrielle Schwartz. 

Sept. 5, 2021 - Orchestra + film crew + total creative freedom = Undisrupted!

Eye candy from Emma White, Justin Yoon, Giordanne Salley and Darby Milbrath.

Aug. 15, 2021 - Theatre that'll take you back to 2019. We went to Toronto's first big indoor (!) theatre performance of the pandemic.

Eye candy from Emmanuel Jarus and Marcelline Siu, Jessica Angel, Francorama, Yung Yemi and Quentin VerCetty.

Aug. 8, 2021 - The first indoor event we've been to all pandemic? A big 'immersive' magic show in Toronto. Find out how it went.

Eye candy from Sean Lewis, Andrew Cranston, Cat Johnston, Nasarimba, Matthew Wong and Paul Rousteau.

Aug. 1, 2021 - Watch FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2021

Eye candy from Jaspal Birdi, Laura Kay Keeling, Joseph Staples, Shoplifter and Nina Elliott.

July 25, 2021 - Can't spare a square. A toilet paper sketchbook? This artist would do anything to keep plying her trade.

Eye candy from Anne Bayin, Amy Friend, Faig Ahmed, Kapwani Kiwanga, Michael Highway and Saida Saetgar.

July 18, 2021 - One weird thing about those Emmy nominations … 

Eye candy from Mitchell Villa, Mira Dancy, Chuck Lewis, Esther Kim, Destanne Morris, Pam Lau and Jennifer Latour.

July 11, 2021 - Beyond those van Gogh shows. Galleries dedicated to immersive digital art are finally popping up in Canada.

Eye candy from Jean Jullien, Stuart Semple, Esmaa Mohamoud, Jennie Suddick, Anna Rose and Sarah Gee Miller. 

July 4, 2021 - You're not the only one who wants a tattoo right now.

Eye candy from Alex Da Corte, Anna Binta Diallo, Ina Dyreborg, Marcia Huyer and Daphne Boyer.

June 27, 2021 - He couldn't get work as Fuad Ahmed, but he did as Gabe Grey.

Eye candy from Doras, Esmaa Mohamoud, Zachari Logan.

June 20, 2021 - These artists have never met, but they've worked together for years. 

Eye candy from Anna Park, Angela Heisch, Dahae Song, Laura Soto and Carmen Mcnall.

June 13, 2021 - A trip to the Fairy Creek blockade. Visit an artist residency in B.C.'s old growth forest.

Eye candy from Lauren Crazybull, Sanaz Mazinani, Seth Rogen, Kareem-Anthony Ferreira and Melanie Daniel.

June 6, 2021 - Meet the class of 2021. A grad exhibition minus the crackers and cheese cubes.

Eye candy from Nalakwsis, Jeffrey Gibson, Moises Frank and Shary Boyle.

May 30, 2021 - COVID-19, as seen on TV. The pandemic playing out on the small screen looks a whole lot different.

Eye candy from Bayne Peterson, Krisanne, Steve Driscoll, Keiran Brennan Hinton, Frances Ferdinands.

May 23, 2021 - What would bring these artists back to Toronto?

Eye candy from Tau Lewis, Dominique Fung, Michelle Marin and Enas Satir.

May 16, 2021 - The most intriguing names in Canadian film. Revealing convos with 5 noteworthy stars.

Eye candy from Haleigh Mun, Jonathan Tan, Kim Hoeckele, Gwendoline Le Cunff, Haley Craw and Nicole Haywood.

May 9, 2021 - Make these flowers for mom. (Or just keep them. We don't judge.)

Eye candy from Kathryn Greenwood, Arin Yoon, Anaïs Boileau and Danielle Rhoda.

May 2, 2021 - Have you seen this duck? Quack open your email and read the story of Lewis Mallard.

Eye candy from Courtney Mattison, Max Dean, Wes Bell and Donna Huddleston.

April 25, 2021 - Poetic License is back! First up, a poem about the power of self-acceptance by Edmonton's Nisha Patel.

Eye candy from Antonio Carrau, Daniel Gordon, Heather Ríos. 

April 18, 2021 - Who does the drawings for The Great Canadian Baking Show?

Eye candy from Refik Anadol, Sonya Mwambu, Jordan Bennett, Zara Gardner and Joani Tremblay.