''The Arts Tonight'' was a Canadian radio programme that aired weeknights from 10:00 to 10:40 p.m. on CBC Radio 2. It debuted in 1988 with host

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and covered

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

, dance, books,

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

and

visual art The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts ...

s in Canada in a magazine and interview format. It was followed at 10:40 p.m. by '' Between the Covers''. In 1993, it expanded for a time into a one-hour magazine show on Radio 2 followed by three hours of recorded concert performances of classical music; the concert portion was initially hosted by

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, and later by Peter Tiefenbach. This format lasted until 1996, when Tiefenbach moved to host a new daytime classical music show, ''Radio Concert Hall'', while ''The Arts Tonight'' narrowed back down to a half-hour magazine format hosted on a rotating basis by

Eleanor Wachtel Eleanor Wachtel (born 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian writer and broadcaster. She is the host of the flagship literary show '' Writers & Company'' on CBC Radio One, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2015. Her interviews fo ...

Erika Ritter Erika Ritter (born 26 April 1948) is a Canadian playwright and humorist. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, she attended Sacred Heart Academy for High School, studied drama at McGill University and the University of Toronto. In addition to her publi ...

and

Carol Off Carol Off (born 1954/1955) is a Canadian journalist, commentator, and author associated with CBC Television and CBC Radio. Early life Off was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1954 or 1955. She moved to Ottawa at ten years old and later move ...

.Christopher Harris, "CBC's Arts Tonight trimmed to 30 minutes". ''

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'', October 5, 1996. In later years, the show was hosted solely by Wachtel. The last episode aired on February 16, 2007.

References

External links

The Arts Tonight - Canadian Communication Foundation
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