Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union plans to reopen Café Alt and Pivik in September 2020. The future of 1848 is still uncertain, while the union will not be bringing back the Agora Bookstore.
Arts
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Music has always been a cool way, if I’m feeling down, to take my mind of it or get some of those feelings out.” — Maxime Trippenbach aka maxime.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDon’t expect anything remotely similar to our current pop scene; Cohen is more of a poet than a musician trying to push the barriers of sound. He relies on the timbre of his voice, typically paired with laid-back orchestration and harmonies.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa alumnus Mishka Lavigne took home the prestigious 2019 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama for her locally-based play Havre.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Proximity at Gallery 115 promises to get visitors thinking about their own role as spectators in a gallery.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor many, the official start to the holiday season is a cause for celebration, but for some, it can be the perfect time to invest in a good pair of earplugs.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Mashkawazìwomagig: Indigenous Resource Centre organized the inaugural round dance on campus, an event that they hope will be the first of many.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis Sunday, the University of Ottawa club HerCampus will host the networking and empowerment speakers series BLOOM, as part of their mandate as a club to inspire women and push them to achieve their goals.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U of O Press is the university’s academic publishing arm, printing titles on a wide range of academic topics, by professors at the U of O and else
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Venice Biennale is the largest contemporary art event in the world, with countries from around the globe exhibiting. In 2019, over 70 countries from every continent participated. Inuit film collective Isuma represented Canada this year, screening their film One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa unveiled a new statue by David General, a member of the Six Nations of the Grand River, on Oct. 28, celebrating the long and continuing history of the Anishinaabe people on this land.
Reading Time: 5 minutesNothing More is beloved by their fans largely because of their lyrics, which openly and bluntly draw from dark experiences in the band members’ lives, but present these stories with hopeful messages of self-improvement and perseverance.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe School of Music’s Musicians’ Wellness Centre is an interdisciplinary centre that studies and provides treatment for health issues specific to musicians.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Great Canadian Theatre Company is starting their season with a topical political drama that tackles both police violence against Black youth and artistic appropriation, raising simultaneous questions of who gets to tell the story and why the story exists at all.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe theatre department is starting their new season off with a show that expertly mixes the serious with the comedic and is sure to visually amaze, raise questions, and leave the audience literally on the edge.
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.
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.
