Reading Time: 3 minutesIn addition to the cool acts, H2Ottawa is bringing a new element of refreshing taste to the festival. The U of O based H2Ottawa initiative will be selling reusable aluminium water bottles to attendees. Launched in March of this year, H2Ottawa’s goal is to educate the public about the issues related to access to clean water and the issues with plastic water bottles.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year, the NAC along with the University of Ottawa, hosted 70 internationally renowned artists and faculty members to assist with the program, one of whom is U of O alumnus, Bryan Wagorn, assistant conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Friday June 1, Ottawa-based indie rock band Fools of Love released their first full-length album,The Howl and the Whisper.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo celebrate their 40th birthday, BeaverTails will be giving away free pastries from 2-4 p.m. at select stores across Canada on Friday June 1—including their popular Byward Market location.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Visual and Media Arts awards honour lifetime achievements in the fine arts, such as ceramics, sculpture, multimedia and audio-visual, painting, and photography. All forms of artistic expression were included this year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBut Ottawa is also crowded with smaller museums devoted to a single topic or local history that are just as fascinating as the big ones.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom April to August, the OSA will offer a variety of courses, exhibitions, and events during its Spring (April-June) and Summer (July-August) terms.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe vernissage is the biggest night for the visual arts department, with professors, faculty, family and friends, and artists and gallery owners coming through
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe more time you spend in a place, the more that it feels like it’s a part of your identity and the harder it will be to break the connections and friendships that you’ve made.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe interpretations of “avian” ranged from life-like ceramic owls to performance pieces about Twitter.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThey are a non-confrontational group that hopes to give students knowledge and awareness on how to live a cruelty-free life.
Reading Time: 2 minutesScott has noticed that people come to Irish culture for different reasons. Irish music and dance are popular, she noted, and so she tries to work the Irish language into dance or music classes.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe play itself deals with some dark themes, and its characters are complicated and flawed. They are often contradictory and always conflictual.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Life and Death of Languages” looked in extreme detail at how Hill and his team are working to revitalize the Tuscarora language, which has only one truly fluent speaker remaining.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a result of fusing African house and rap coupled with Lamar’s distinctive hip hop style, this album is able to connect to an international fan base by shining light upon international artists.
Reading Time: 2 minutesZanette has recently launched an initiative towards setting up an anti-harassment inclusion policy to be implemented universally in arts programs across Canada with the goal of better protecting LGBTQ+ members and those of other vulnerable groups.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt flawlessly straddles the border between 70s glam and 80s new wave—in fact, the album is often viewed as Bowie proclaiming his dominance as the original freak over a new generation of artists.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew facilities, show schedules, policies, and advertising are all working together in a top-to-bottom revamp that aims to capture the diversity of Canada’s artistic scene.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough most students shop at big-box grocery stores, there’s still a lot that students can do to reduce their waste.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPRD is a club that meets weekly, preparing vegan meals with food that would have otherwise been thrown out.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe play was popular in Brazil as a subtle critique of the ruling dictatorship, but the questions it asked about the role of art in that oppressive society were left behind when the dictatorship fell.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDostoyevsky left no place for laughter in his novel. His message, among many, is clear: Actions have consequences. And some consequences can drag you into the unimaginable depths of hell.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen it comes to representation, mental health may not be the first thing you think of, but luckily, the creators of these shows have.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe recipients of the 2018 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards were announced on Thursday, March 8 at an event in the Canada Council building attended by some of the recipients.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBased in Nepean, Click eSports is aiming to create a space where gamers of all skill levels can gather to discuss, watch, and play the world’s most popular competitive video games.
