A young woman poses in front of the camera, wearing a dress patterned with leaves and branches and a simple chain around her neck. She looks off into the distance, leaning against a post and supporting her chin with her arm, cut off just below the wrist. 
Courtesy Nick DanzigerMariatu Kamara, whose hands were cut off during Sierra Leone's civil war, is among 11 women portrayed by British photojournalist Nick Danziger.
Category: Arts
Traditional powwows up the ante, drop the bass
Think powwow. Think music and dancing and drumming but leave the stereotypes behind. Think electronic beats and flashing lights and a throbbing bass underscoring it all.
Viewpoint: Stick close to the roots and watch the music blossom
No one’s quite sure how it happened, but despite the first hints of winter snow drifting across Centretown, there’s something sizzling in the concert halls and across the airwaves.
Street art boosts pride in community
Construction continues to plague much of Bronson Avenue, with the roadway still closed or half open as part of the city’s major water and sewer upgrade, and an uninviting fence surrounds almost an entire block where the McNabb Community Centre and the adjacent schoolyard park are located.
City of OttawaArtist Tim desClouds' installation will decorate the gate of McNabb Park at Bronson and Gladstone avenues.