Play puts physics on stage
By Rebecca Kiriakopoulos Infinity is the compelling story of love, sex… and math? The original play by indie sensation and Ottawa-born playwright Hannah Moscovitch will make its National Arts Centre…
Instagram ads boost art sales
By Marika Van Schepen Ottawa artists have taken to Instagram to build a following, creating business pages to showcase and freelance their art. Now, selling artwork can be as easy…
Indigenous film screening coming to Gallery 101
By Caitlin Galipeau Gallery 101 is hosting a free indoor film screening on Feb. 18 to showcase indigenous filmmaking from the Arctic. Unikkaaqtuarniq: Stories from the North began as an…
Bytown museum marks century
By Kristian Kelly Canada’s not the only one with a milestone anniversary in 2017. A historic Centretown institution is also celebrating a triple-digit birthday. For a century, the Bytown Museum…
Play explores sex abuse
By Noah Richardson Jessica Ruano remembers how the high-profile trial of former CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi left her with many questions about how the Canadian legal system deals with victims…
Viewpoint: Ottawa artists making more — but not enough
By Alexandra Mazur The Community Foundation of Ottawa recently published statistics verifying the age-old trope of the starving artist. The organization collects data on various aspects of life in Ottawa,…
Tattooist earns awards nod
By Makayla Peacock Preston Street is home to many sounds: cars zooming past, pedestrians chatting amid the ambiance of Little Italy and — if you listen closely — the sound…
Kind Space hosts V-Day craft night
By Victoria Christie The handwritten message — in bright red ink, decorated with glittery heart stickers and rainbow gems on each corner of the paper — was pretty clear: “I…
Persian stone myth inspires local artist
By Arianna Paquette Mana Rouholamini’s “de patience (of patience)” exhibit explores curving rock formations and flowing bodies of water that are the gentle, yet persuasive forces that preserve our memories….
Ballet in drag comes to NAC
By Joshua Soucie Men dressed in tutus will be prancing through the National Arts Centre on Feb. 17. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is a group of dancers founded…