Reading Time: 3 minutesTo help you out with all the mortifying interactions you’ll have to field this reading week, keep this cheat sheet handy to answer some of the most awkward questions your extended family will ask.
Arts
Reading Time: 2 minutesCarleton University started the Dr. Marc Andrew Hewson Memorial Scholarship this month with a literature panel and award for the first recipient of the prize, named in honour of an English professor who taught at Carleton and the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCheck out our recap of the drag show that took place on campus last night featuring Tatianna, best known for her appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 2. The event was part of the University of Ottawa’s Pride Week.
Reading Time: 2 minutesanda Game might be good for the spirits but it can be hard for the body. Read our survival guide to make sure your soul is alive for those Monday morning classes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA great pre-Panda Game playlist is essential. The Fulcrum’s got you covered on the 10 songs you’re bound to hear at this year’s parties.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA zine is a mini-magazine — a self-published, do-it-yourself, physical object. All three of those ingredients are essential. The zine exists outside the literary industrial complex and as a physical object.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFormer Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher released his second solo record on Sept. 20. Sports Editor and longtime Oasis fan Charley Dutil gave it a spin.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBoth Neufeld and Davidson worked in collaboration to display a metaphorical approach to feminism in art. They are not afraid to question authority and are strong advocates for all female artists, both past and present.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUniversity of Ottawa professor Seymour Mayne kicks this year off with his 76th publication, consisting of his selected compilation of 14-line word sonnets translated in four languages: English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe sibling of CityFolk Festival at Lansdowne Park, Marvest puts local musicians in the spotlight with a series of free and intimate concerts across the Glebe.
Reading Time: 2 minutesToronto rapper Haviah Mighty took home the 2019 Polaris Prize on Monday for her album 13th Floor, released in May. On her album, Mighty encapsulates themes of love and relationships, while threading in details of American slavery.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA University of Ottawa student, inspired by her commute from the suburbs, wrote her complaints about OC Transpo’s service down as lyrics, set them to “Bodak Yellow,” and graced Ottawa with “Bodak Transpo.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlant’s new style of music is hard to pin down. The easiest descriptor is world music. For Led Zeppelin fans, it’s a totally different type of music, but it’s apparent the seeds of Plant’s new output were there back in his old days, too.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe National Arts Centre has started a historic new chapter with the inauguration of the first season of its Indigenous theatre department, something artistic director Kevin Loring is calling a “one-of-a-kind” institution.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCityFolk, if you look at its name, might not seem like the place to go wild on a Saturday night, but it was the hottest place to be in the city this weekend. Day 3 of the festival ranged from sultry soul to high-energy trap, proving that even a folk festival can be sexy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOur Lady Peace’s Summersault tour stopped in Ottawa this weekend for CityFolk Festival. The Canadian rockers are still going strong after more than 25 years of touring.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe first day of City Folk was heavy on rough-and-tumble outlaw country, harmonious folk, and edgy “hard roots” music. And the Strumbellas who, despite being headliners, were the odd ones out.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I just focus. Do school, do music, do X, do Y, try to feed all my relationships, try to nurture everything and just stay motivated. I love doing it … just to rap and have people say ‘George, I appreciate what you’re saying in your music.’ ”
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe theme of April’s MFA exhibition is two-fold: she is interrogating the separation between the human world and the natural world while also analyzing how painting can interact with digital media.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 2019 uOShow, a hallmark of 101 Week, took place this past Thursday in University Square. Ottawa duo Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine headlined the concert, which ran from 8 to 11 p.m. Photographer Emilie Azevedo was there. Check out the gallery below for some of our favourite snaps of the night.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe gathering held over the weekend, held partly on campus, looked to highlight the guitar’s relationship to electronic music and the academic study of the instrument.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCirque du Soleil’s new take on its lauded show is powerful, emotional and will make you laugh.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSnoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, Pussy Riot push through cancellations to light up the LeBreton Flats festival.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLeBreton Flats was full of nostalgia as Alexisonfire, The Offspring and T-Pain took the stage.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThursday saw Leikeli47, Murda Beatz and Shakey Graves persevere through stormy weather to shine on stage
