Last minute snips and stitches helped Centretown-based designer Ashley Parsons earn praise at the fourth annual Ottawa Fashion Week. But now, the young entrepreneur is hoping her fashion week exposure will help her expand her business. 
Courtesy Ashley ParsonsAshley Parsons of Ottawa-based Sugarbum Designs.
Category: Arts
Biography of gallery head wins top prize at book awards prize
Bringing Art to Life: A Biography of Alan Jarvis, which has won the Ottawa Book Award, examines Jarvis’s role in establishing the National Gallery, when it was located on Elgin Street in the 1950s and 1960s.
Jazz mentors use live venue as classroom
Jazzy rhythms and impromptu musical instruction are being combined at a Centretown night spot where the next generation of performers is getting a taste of entertaining a live audience under the guidance of trained professionals.
Courtesy Brett DelmageProfessional double bassist John Geggie teaches a student during a jazz mentorship night.
Workshops use comics to combat gay bullying
As the “It Gets Better” video campaign against sexuality-based bullying goes viral, queer youth in the heart of Ottawa are using another medium to spur social change and express themselves – comics.