Musicians collaborate for charity at Everybody Loves Everybody festival Photo courtesy of Zach Raynor ZACH RAYNOR, A University of Ottawa student and member of the band The Lionyls, wants to bring local young musicians together in a collaborative atmosphere. At 5 p.m. on Sept. 20 on Tabaret lawn, the ELE Music festival will feature local …
A Tribe Called Red aims to reclaim indigenous culture Photos courtesy of Tina Wallace IAN “DJ NDN” Campeau says he still gets nervous before every show. “Typically it goes away right as the music starts,” he says. Bear Witness, Dan “DJ Shub” General, and Campeau—the three members of A Tribe Called Red—headlined the Fall Festival …
Fulcrum contributors’ picks for the Polaris Prize THE POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE is a $30,000 music award given to the best Canadian full-length album of the year. A jury of music journalists, broadcasters, and bloggers chooses the winning album based on its artistic merit, without regard to genre, sales, or professional affiliation. The Polaris Prize Gala …
Campus pub competition series returns for sophomore year Photo by Marc Jan CAMPUS PUB 1848 is holding a party competition: no gimmicks, no tricks—as plain and simple as that. Party-Off nights take place on Thursdays again this year and 1848 is giving $100 and a DJ to competing federated bodies, clubs, and other associations in …
Vampire Weekend get their groove on at FolkFest Photo courtesy of Rebecca Potter WHEN I VENTURED out to the Ottawa Folk Festival for Vampire Weekend’s Sept. 5 show, I owned 12 of their songs. As I write this just 15 hours later I own every song they’ve ever released. You could say they made an …
Her style and sound may have recently graduated from electro-pop to acoustic, but that doesn’t mean Lights can’t teach post-secondary students how to have an electrifying frosh week.
Lara Sabraoui has fully committed to the philosophy, “Think globally, act locally.”
The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) is welcoming back students with a festival of music, buskers, food, and psychics.
Visual representations inspired by human rights violations and social justice issues can be arresting, compelling, and sometimes, disturbing. They can also begin conversations.
For a university in the capital of a country rich in Aboriginal history and culture, it’s surprising that this is the first SFUO-run powwow held at the University of Ottawa
“MCMASTER UNIVERSITY BROUGHT the Arkells together,” Arkells’ lead singer Max Kerman told a crowd of anxious and excited white-shirted 101ers at Fedstock on Sept. 1.
Though the beginning of the show was promising and his insights on the corruption of a capitalist society rang true to me, as the show progressed, he dove further and further into a pool of cheap, predictable sex jokes.
In the space between creating art and scientific invention lies an opportunity to control the world around you.
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Since the release of their self-titled album in 2012, the band—made up of Erin Saoirse Adair and University of Ottawa students Angela Schleihauf and Amelia Leclair—have received media attention for their song “Apartheid.”
THE ARKELLS ARE SET to headline this year’s Fedstock, one of the largest and loudest student-organized concerts each year. The event will take place Sept. 1 at Confederation Park and is open to all University of Ottawa students for $15 and included in the cost of all 101 Week kits. Patrick Marquis, vp social of …
ONE OF OTTAWA’S most colourful parades took place on Aug. 25, wrapping up the weeklong Capital Pride Festival. For the first time in nearly a decade, the parade route stretched down Bank Street, through Ottawa’s gay village, and ended at Marion Dewar Plaza at City Hall.
ADULTHOOD IS FILLED with responsibilities: bills, deadlines, and worrying about long-term plans. But for one night a month, the Canadian Museum of Nature offers an opportunity to indulge your inner six-year-old with a drink in hand. On Aug. 18, the museum held their monthly Nature Nocturne event, this time with a Star Wars theme. Attendees …
It might be new compared to similar festivals across Canada, but this year’s second annual National Capital Craft Beer Week was a resounding success
Fans wait over nine hours for Osheaga Festival Max Szyc | Fulcrum Contributor Photo by Charleena Fan MONTREAL’S ANNUAL OSHEAGA festival typically attracts festival-goers of all ages thanks to its eclectic lineups. This summer was no exception, as ‘80s electro-pop veterans New Order played back-to-back with modern folk-rock sensations Mumford and Sons at the festival’s …
This could be the breakout year for Ottawa-based band Go Long(!).
Café Nostalgica reopened its doors Aug. 17, and even in its newness it was strangely familiar.
Thousands of intimidating metal and punk fans completely overtook the quaint town of Montebello, Quw. this June.
It started with a simple idea: to make good beer.
U of O alumnus publishes ebook Run Charlie Run Emily Aube | Fulcrum Contributor Photo courtesy of John Wiber CHARLIE SEEMS TO be running from adulthood. He’s a 23-year-old University of Ottawa student who doesn’t quite know who he is, and struggles with first love, heartbreak, and the darker side of Ottawa. He’s also the …
