The Arts Tonight
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The Arts Tonight was a Canadian
radio program. The show aired weeknights from 10:00 to 10:40 p.m. on CBC Radio One
. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel
, the program covered theatre
, dance
, books, music
and visual arts in Canada in a magazine and interview format. It was followed at 10:40 p.m. by Between the Covers
The last episode aired on February 16, 2007.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
radio program. The show aired weeknights from 10:00 to 10:40 p.m. on CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...
. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel
Eleanor Wachtel
Eleanor Wachtel, CM is a Canadian writer and broadcaster. She is the host of the flagship literary show Writers and Company on CBC Radio One, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in October 2010...
, the program covered theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, books, music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
and visual arts in Canada in a magazine and interview format. It was followed at 10:40 p.m. by Between the Covers
The last episode aired on February 16, 2007.