Ottawa Art Gallery participated for Doors Open Ottawa on June 2 & 3, 2018. On June 3rd there was a performance by Bozica Radjenovic called Included/Excluded. About the performance piece: Utilizing fifty-two balls of red wool and two red knitted wearable sculptures, the performance Included/Excluded recalls the myth of Sisyphus who had to roll a …
In celebration of OAG’s inauguration, Galerie Annexe presented four group exhibitions by regionally-based artists. These exhibitions highlight the major themes in the expanded OAG’s first exhibition, Àdisòkàmagan / Nous connaître un peu nous-mêmes / We’ll all become stories, namely bodies, technology, mapping, and bridging. Print Culture highlights an emerging print scene that is developing in …
During Canadian Music Week on May 12, 2018. Saw these two bands perform at the Monarch Tavern. They were: Good Kid from Toronto Fleece from Montreal and was totally excited to see since they will be embarking a fall tour with Tokyo Police Club.
A wonderful stunning show at the First Baptist Church with Jeremy Dutcher and Cedric Noel on May 25, 2018. Cedric Noel began the show with his singer/songwriter music which was lovely and wonderful to hear. Then it was Jeremy Dutcher’s turn. All I can say that it was an emotional and stunning performance that there …
Tina Faucher is an emerging artist currently living in Ottawa. She works primarily with black ink creating detailed hand-drawn stippled images, with subject matter exploring themes such as identity, mental health, and mythology. May 24th was the vernissage for A Fresh Skin at Purple Urchin. A Fresh Skin is about the process of purging what …
I was very fortunate enough during Canadian Music Week 2018 to go to this insane show that took place at an abandon subway station on Bay Street. A friend was messaging me to go since there was basically not alot of people showing up. After being lost for like 10 minutes, I finally found the …
Need to get back from Canadian Music Week 2018 coverage. Here is when I was at the Drake Hotel Underground and caught the band Tallies performing on May 11, 2018. Wonderful set of surfy pop music!
A sunny last day of Santa Teresa Festival. Let’s say the last day was very hip-hoppy on the main stage outside. While the indoor shows was more alternative pop rock. The big news that night was the headliner Lil Uzi Vert cancelling his performing causing a ruckus. I wasn’t there to witness it but was …
The big show on the first night of Santa Teresa festival was Feist. Performing at L’Église Sainte-Thérèse d’Avila. Feist was truly amazing live in a church setting.
Small World Music Centre is a venue I have never been to in Toronto. Located on Shaw Street which is beside Trinty Bellwoods Park. During Canadian Music Week, I totally had to catch Foonyap perform. Part of Small World Music Society’s 16th Annual Asian Music Series sponsored by TD and presented in association with Wavelength …