Reading Time: 2 minutes“The body and ideas about how you move through the world and how the body carries experience have always been a big part of my work.”
Ryan Pepper
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith the debate over electoral reform still raging, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—henceforth retitled “Glorious and Eternal Leader of Canada”—quietly passed legislation on Monday, ending all subsequent elections.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Our goal moving forward is to really take on more of an educational approach, making people more aware of the realities of mental illness.” — Selena Saikaley, president of the U of O chapter of DIFD.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany Anglophones were left asking their bilingual companions “qaStaH nuq?” as the PM droned on about pot legalization and his latest scuffle with Starfleet High Command.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTitled Point and Place, this collection of video stills captures Kelsey McGruer’s organic movement around her cottage, exploring what she describes as her “ancestral home” in a totally new way.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“For us in Canada, we’re not immune to what’s happening. There are a lot of consequences in terms of what’s going on in the States, but there’s also a lot of sexism and racism here in Canada.”—Kristine St-Pierre, event organizer.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis student-run organization was founded in 2012, and specializes in playing a wider variety of music than your typical classical music program.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Nov. 17, Liberal candidate and dean of the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, common law section, Nathalie Des Rosiers was elected as a member of provincial parliament (MPP) for the Ottawa-Vanier riding.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCoffeehouse chain introduces appetizers and alcohol to traditional coffee menu.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite the disappointing storyline, the staging and performance of the play were excellently done, which is a feat considering even the actors struggled to find meaning in the play. But then again, that might have been the point.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this cabaret-style production, called Miscast, male performers were called on to belt out their favourite female-centric broadway tunes, while the females sang their favourite male songs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe festival runs Oct. 3–16, after which the market will come together for a (surprisingly lady-friendly) Sausage Party.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJaeyoung Chong, a fourth-year student with a bachelor of music in performance, has been playing the cello for thirteen years, and has taken part in various youth orchestras and solo works.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe upcoming year holds big promises for both bands, with new music and tours of the East Coast on the horizon.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe British quartet, famous for their arena-filling folk-rock—and for being that band who had a banjo, and then ditched the banjo—break new, beautiful ground with their latest offering.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOde, this year’s grad show, will be one of the largest ever. An annual tradition, this is the last opportunity for artists in their final year of their undergraduate degree to present their work that has been the product of four years of artistic exploration and self-discovery. The exhibit is run entirely by the students, who organized themselves into groups responsible for fundraising, planning for the opening night, or creating the catalogue.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe exhibit is the brainchild of second-year visual arts students Kelsea Shore and Sarah Elizabeth Beltrame and features paintings by Beltrame, an installation piece by Shore, performative pieces by the dancing thneeds, and an interactive piece where you can become a part of the art yourself.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough the self-described “ska-rockers” have relocated to Toronto, three of the members are originally from Aylmer, Que. and consider Ottawa their hometown. The band has toured across Canada, but play primarily in eastern Ontario, and are thrilled to be returning to one of Ottawa’s most popular live music venues, as they have played the Ottawa scene extensively.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, or The Magic Flute, first opened in 1791. On March 3, the University Ottawa’s Opera Company will be bringing the over 200-year-old opera to Tabaret Hall, so opera lovers can check it out without using a time machine, or even leaving campus.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHe has always been more than just the leader of the pack, and, forty-seven years after Major Tom first went up into space, David Bowie is still lightyears ahead of his contemporaries.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe collaboration between art and science was natural and probably destined to happen. The curators chose the space based on the similarities between artists and engineers.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe students in SUSK Ottawa felt that the commemoration was important to remember the millions of victims of the man-made famine, and to spread awareness of it on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe album never slows down from start to finish, and it’s perfect to dance along to or pick you up if you’re feeling down. Every song can make you laugh. It does everything a peppy pop song should do, just presented in a radically different way, and across an entire album instead of one four-minute track.
Reading Time: 4 minutesTim Hortons. Starbucks. Café Alt. Première Moisson. All of these establishments sell coffee on campus. But which joint serves up the best cup of joe?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat happens when a politician orders a murder to slip by in a vote? Comedy! And if Healey was aiming for a comedy he certainly succeeded, with a cast of hilarious characters, rants against Canadian Tire, a quest to find Triscuits, a splendidly performed awkward post-sex scene, rants against twenty-somethings and excellent use of the word “fuckwit.”
