Hold the phone – local musicians are submitting their mix tapes for a chance to be the next featured act in the city’s phone line “hold” playlist.
Month: January 2016
Queerlude debuts at Winterlude
Karen Henderson, Centretown News
Andre Proulx, creator of Queerlude. Ottawa's first winter Pride event will feature bowling and a cabaret. This year Ottawa will experience its very first Queerlude – not to be mixed up with the city’s winter festival Winterlude.
Viewpoint: Local artists are speaking up and Ottawa needs to listen
It’s the mural you pass on the way to your downtown job, or the poster gruffly stapled to a Bank Street telephone pole. It’s the muffled music you hear coming from a basement as you walk past what, at first glance, seems like an average Centretown home.
Unlicensed tattoo trend pokes its way into local arts scene
Danaka Wheeler, Centretown News
Catherine O'Connell shows off her tattoo. The homemade tattoo on her upper arm is just one of the many works of permanent body art she has had done by friends.Imogen Reid has three tattoos. A tube of lipstick with a bullet, a crown above her knee and a banner that says “trash.”