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Arts & Culture: Cultural Happenings for You to Enjoy
Cultural happenings for you to enjoy By Robin Etherington Ottawa Culture 200+ fun in our museums, galleries, concerts, theatres, and street art performances GALLERIES MUSEUMS PERFORMANCE FESTIVALS + HAPPENINGS
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Books by or about Lowertown
Monda Halpern, Alice in Shandehland: Scandal and Scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz Murder Case, McGill-Queen’s, 2015 By Nancy Miller Chenier Was it an accident or was it a crime of passion? Monda Halpern never gives the answer, but she does provide the reader with multiple things to ponder in this detailed analysis of the Edelson/Horwitz murder…
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Ottawa celebrates its 200th with 200+ Culture to the Core (Part 2!)
By Robin Etherington In part two of this series, Robin Etherington discusses plans for Ottawa’s 200th anniversary cultural celebrations with Courtney Gehling, Executive Director of the Bytown Museum and Alexandra Badzak, Director and CEO of the Ottawa Art Gallery. ACE District was launched on June 17th and a number of murals animate parking and heritage…
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Books by or about Lowertowners
Brian Doyle Angel Square, Groundwood Books, Toronto, 1984. By Nancy Miller-Chenier Brian Doyle is legendary and when he died earlier this year, Lowertown lost one of its most beloved and renowned story-tellers. Doyle’s novel, Angel Square, takes readers into the life of Tommy, pseudonym Lamont Cranston, alter ego of The Shadow, a crime fighter based…
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Ottawa celebrates its 200th with 200+ Culture to the Core
By Robin Etherington Robin Etherington sat down recently with two leaders in Ottawa’s cultural community – Alexandra Badzak, Director and CEO of the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) and Kelly Eyamie-Shorey, Manager of Art and Wellbeing, also at the OAG. They discussed the cultural activities that are planned to celebrate Ottawa’s 200th anniversary this year. Ottawa’s…
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Interview with Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard, Artistic Director, La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins
By Robin Etherington Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard is an artistic and general director, and digital artist, who has had works presented nationally and internationally. He directs Théâtre du Trillium, weaving together contemporary theatre and digital arts, with a focus on emerging francophone artists and hybrid live performance. He collaborates with partners in Ottawa’s arts ecosystem…
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