Theatre retrofits marquee lights
By Devon Litster The Gladstone’s signature marquee in Little Italy is a little brighter since an energy retrofit on Nov. 14. All 348 of the old 11-watt incandescent bulbs were…
Highway widening forces Gallery 101 move to Catherine St. space
By Alana Thoman After five previous relocations in its 38-year existence, Gallery 101 is being forced to move once again after learning that its Little Italy home is being expropriated…
Comedians stand up for diversity via Facebook
By Ruth Tecle A group of Ottawa stand-up comedians is trying to grow the local comedy scene by hearing from underrepresented members of their community. The Ottawa Comedy Community Facebook…
VIEWPOINT: Love Local Music campaign hits all the right notes
By Nathaniel Dove, Arts editor I’ve dedicated my past few columns to highlighting some of the arts projects in this city that, in my view, weren’t very good ideas. The…
War museum adds two more treasures to Victoria Cross collection
By Mike Barry In the latest of an impressive string of acquisitions, the Canadian War Museum has acquired two more Victoria Cross medals to bring its collection of the country’s…
Instagram sponsors Bank Street mural
By Jamie Pashagumskum Instagram has sponsored the creation of a colourful mural on the side of a Bank Street building in Centretown as part of the photo-sharing platform’s global program…
Carleton moves forward on plan to purchase Dominion-Chalmers church
By Rosa Saba Carleton University will be going ahead with negotiations to purchase Dominion-Chalmers United Church. If acquired, the historic Centretown church would be used as “a multi-purpose performance space…
Concerts fill gap for families of autistic children
By Julia Paulson A third of the chairs were empty as children raced around the room, shouting, clapping, and playing with toys. At one point, a young boy approached the…
Poets organize women’s-only slam event
By Maggie Parkhill Rhube Knox was, for a long time, a secret poet — like many aspiring wordsmiths, she penned lines in notebooks and stashed them away. “I’ve written poetry…
NaNoWriMo draws to a close
By Shanice Pereira The soft clicking of many keyboards could be heard at the downtown library recently as participants in NaNoWriMo — National Novel Writing Month — tried to write…