Buoyed by the promise of a cool $100,000 set aside in the preliminary city budget and surround by local music heavyweights, the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition launched a new campaign to stimulate interest in music made locally. Known as Love Local Music, the campaign was fêted with
By Maureen McEwan Ottawa artists Katia Pershin and Nakisa Fouladi want their nude-art blend of photography and painting to be more than just one exhibit: they say they hope to start a discussion and maybe even a movement on Sunday at the General Assembly Gallery in Hintonburg. Fouladi and
Ken Dryden has had two concussions in his life. One happened when he was a 12 year old quarterback. He was blindsided when he dropped back to pass. He woke up on the sidelines. The other happened when he decided he would learn how to
With its emphasis on repetition and ritual, it’s no wonder that dance attracts people with OCD tendencies. The notion of “practice makes perfect” feeds the disorder, rewarding and punishing in equal measure. For their newest creation, OCD Love, Israeli dance company L-E-V turned to a
A future just two years hence in which the Trump administration’s detention of millions of illegal immigrants has led to atrocities: sounds improbable, doesn’t it? But weren’t we saying precisely that about Trump’s electoral chances at the outset of last year? Authoritarianism can triumph unexpectedly, as
By Rosa Saba When Cleason Lewis found out about an opportunity to organize the Amplified Coffee House, he jumped at the chance to provide young artists in Ottawa with a space to showcase their talents. A musician and artist himself, the Grade 11 student wanted to be
Ottawa's Gallery 101 is about to move to Catherine Street. The announcement of the move in the new year was made Thursday afternoon in a media release. The gallery is changing locations because its current home at 51 B Young St. is about to be demolished
This Saturday will mark the end of an era in Canadian literature. At the Manx Pub, the collection, Best Canadian Short Stories 2017 will be launched. It will be the last one edited by Ottawa's John Metcalf. Each year for the past 10 years straight, Metcalf
Like a fine piece of choral music, Choir! Choir! Choir! started softly and grew into something expansive and grand. The Toronto-based outfit began as a lark at a birthday party and, nine years later, is an industry unto itself, with road shows across North America
On Thursday and Friday, Pinchas Zukerman will return to the Southam Hall stage and play Haydn's Violin Concerto in C major and conduct his former colleagues in the National Arts Centre Orchestra in the playing of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and Haydn's Symphony No.84. It may
