Arts & Culture

Reading Time: 2 minutes“The greatest musical decade ever,” claims one attendee when referring to the 1970’s era of rock, during Ottawa’s CityFolk final festival night. This past Sunday, I was most fortunate to attend my first concert featuring some of the founding members of punk rock.

Vicki Brittle photo

Reading Time: 2 minutesAmong the hustle and bustle of the Ottawa CityFolk Festival last week, the Busker Series brought the real essence of street performances to the forefront: fully acoustic and fully real.

Photo by Daniel Jones
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series CityFolk 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesRest assured, price and distance did not deter many. Students showed up for CityFolk as they always have, including on my bus which resembled a mosh pit more than an easy-listening lounge. I did have the pleasure of being able to eavesdrop on a heated conversation about “challenging your sensei.”

Reading Time: 4 minutesDear Di, over the summer my entire life seemed to go wrong. My friend group split up, I got phished by an email scam, and I think I don’t like the program I’m in now. Is university life supposed to feel like I was thrown off a cliff and expected to fly, or go SPLAT!!?

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Voice of Hind Rajab provides the public with a false sense of understanding about Palestinians and their suffering, allowing them to remain comfortable in their sympathy, and effectively demobilizing them from taking any real action or stance towards the dismantling of Israel’s actions.

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor fans of the Mean Girls story, musical, or the original movie, the law students’ production will feel familiar, with some funny Canadiana changes that elicited a handful of laughs.

Reading Time: 5 minutesCHROMAQUEER OFFERS A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS OF QUEER COMMUNITY, BLENDING HISTORICAL INSIGHT WITH CONTEMPORARY ACTIVISM The new Ottawa based film festival, ChromaQueer, premiered at the Arts Court in Byward Market. The weekend long film festival featured over 25 events in its program, with film screenings, poetry readings and live theatrical performances to …

Reading Time: 3 minutesThese products that promote a fictional account of political action and change sell a cheap satisfaction that is quickly digested by online discourse, shortly before another Hollywood executive greenlights a sequel.

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