Sometimes it’s good when history repeats itself.
Category: Arts
Job action thins ranks at labour film fest
Barb Stewart couldn’t help but laugh at the irony. The treasurer of the Workers’ History Museum in Centretown had finally solved the question that had stumped many of her colleagues: Why were there only 25 people in attendance at Ottawa’s version of the Canadian Labour International Film Festival?
Divisive documentary stirs protests
Bandana-clad protestors assembled at Ottawa City Hall to protest screenings of the controversial film The Red Pill earlier this month. Jamie Pashagumskum, Centretown NewsA group of protesters wearing bandanas over their faces protested a film screening at City Hall in early December because they said it is anti-feminist and misogynistic. The masks, they said, were for their protection.
Sculptor’s stolen raven returns to studio roost
Artist Christopher Griffin had his 125-pound concrete raven sculpture returned to his doorstep on Nov. 20 after its chains had been cut and the object stolen a week earlier. Kristine Lee, Centretown NewsIt was a huge sculpture of a raven, weighing more than 55 kilograms. It was stolen from where it was locked and chained outside of the artist’s Centretown studio in mid-November. And then, just as mysteriously, nine days later it re-appeared. It was as though the raven had gone for a week of flight.