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Gordon Lightfoot added to Folkfest lineup
Gordon Lightfoot will play on the final day of Ottawa Folkfest, Sept. 8. The Canadian superstar will play at 8 p.m., a statement says. “This is a marquee booking—a first for the Ottawa Folk Festival,”...
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See the art for sale at Portraits of Bluesfest 5
More of the original works of art that’ll be up for bidding at the Portraits of Bluesfest 5 silent auction at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 29 at Patrick Gordon Framing Studio (160 Elm St. in Ottawa). You can...
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Nuit Blanche: a user’s guide
So much to see, so little time, even if Nuit Blanche 2013 does stretch from dusk to dawn. Here are some tips to expedite your experience: What: Nuit Blanche is an annual, one-night festival of art...
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Video: 5 minutes of Nuit Blanche Ottawa-Gatineau
Here’s a five-minute video of many things in Nuit Blanche Ottawa-Gatineau 2013. Just a few of the things I saw over the course of the night . . .
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John Barkley paints the Green Man, and all of us
What: Underneath the Surface, recent paintings by John Barkley When & where: To Oct. 17 at Gallery 3, 1281B Wellington St. West *** Who is that appearing out of the background of John Barkley’s...
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Weird, provocative images of the body at SAW Gallery and La Petite Mort
What: Transformer: The Body Remixed When & where: At SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas St. in Arts Court, to Nov. 2. Late into Nuit Blanche last month, after I’d already been walking around the city and...
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Blue Rodeo and other shows announced for Ottawa
Ottawa’s perennial favourites Blue Rodeo will return to the capital on Valentine’s Day. The Toronto band, which marked its 25th anniversary this year, will play the Canadian Tire Centre on Feb. 14....
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Canada Cup Diving Event Staying In Gatineau
The folks of Gatineau really made a splash during that city’s fill-in stint as host of the Canada Cup FINA Diving Grand Prix in May, so much so that Diving Plongeon Canada has agreed to keep that...
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Makeover Under Way At Hunt Club
Michael Hurdzan shows off the new eighth green on the West Nine of the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club during a course tour on Oct. 22, 2013. Disclaimer No. 1: I am a member of another Ottawa-area golf club....
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Soccer Ravens Flying High
Alex McNutt says members of the Carleton Ravens women’s soccer team are believers. They believed they could have qualified for the Ontario University Athletics Final Four championship tournament a year...
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Black Sabbath to return to Ottawa
Black Sabbath will bring the 13 tour to Ottawa next April – no fooling. The legendary band — with key members Ozzy Osbourne on vocals, Tony Iommi on guitar and Geezer Butler on bass – will play the...
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Trying To Stay In The Curling Mix
Deserving of a break on Sunday evening, and perhaps even needing it, were the following eight people: Gary Oke, Susan Curtis, Terry Oke and Sigrid Fitzpatrick of the Corner Brook Curling Club; and...
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Duncan de Kergommeaux’s art of constant change
What: Gatineau Hills, Old Irish Line – new paintings by Duncan de Kergommeaux When & where: to Nov. 30 at Wallack Galleries, 203 Bank St. *** If Duncan de Kergommeaux were a much younger man...
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Amalgamation releases third album Thursday at Pressed in Ottawa
Ottawa band Amalgamation has a release party for its latest album, Permutations, at Pressed (750 Gladstone) on Thursday, Dec. 5. The band is fresh off its first regional tour this past summer and with...
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Coach-Watch CFL: The Redblacks Edition
First among the Canadian Football League head coaching vacancies to be filled was that of the Edmonton Eskimos (4-14 in 2013), who hired Chris Jones away from his previous position as defensive...
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Video: HILOTRONS’ make new clip for song My Number
Mike Dubue of the HILOTRONS (Photo by Remi Thériault.) There’s a new video for the HILOTRONS’ song My Number, and you can watch it below. It’s filmed in Ottawa by Ryan Paul Gibson (producer) and...
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Public art: 7 foxes and one red ball for Kanata North
One time, I phoned my parents to tell them I had a new job and would be living much closer to home. Several of my young nieces and nephews were visiting my parents when I called, but they seemed more...
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Buddy Guy to play the blues in Ottawa
Buddy Guy plays Ottawa April 7. (Photo buddyguy.net) One of the big names in blues is coming to Ottawa this spring. Buddy Guy will play Centrepointe Theatre on Monday, April 7. The 76-year-old guitar...
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Slo Tom to play free, solo show on Sunday
Slo Tom, the veteran Ottawa musician usually seen with his backup band the Handsome Devils, will play a free, solo show Sunday, Jan. 12 at the Manx Pub (9 p.m., 370 Elgin). It’ll be an intimate show in...
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David Usher, Hidden Cameras among new shows for Ottawa
Multiple-Juno winner David Usher and LGBT heroes Hidden Cameras are among new shows announced for Ottawa states this week. Usher will play the Shenkman Arts Centre in Orleans on Feb. 21, performing...
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