Video of the construction of Gott Ist Tot’s set in Little Italy. A long-awaited dream comes true in the form of a short film for Ottawa Producer Marc-Antoine Cuerrier. “Doing this movie is definitely a check mark on my to-do list,” said Cuerrier. On April 14, 2012 after installing the green screen, cameras, among other essentials, the sci-fi drama entitled Gott Ist Tot (God is dead), directed by Chris Chitaroni, started becoming reality in a small studio in Little Italy. The title emanates from German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s famous words... | Continue reading article

Post and photos by guest blogger Art Hill. Festibiere (Gatineau Beerfest) is scheduled for May 25, 26 & 27 at Lake Leamy Park. This annual festival features the best of the brew coming out of Quebec’s ever growing brewery industry, featuring both established brewers like Boreal or the artisan beer producers springing up almost everywhere around the province.  Apartment 613 was invited to a lunch and presentation hosted by organizer and beer aficionado Mario D’Eer to get the scoop on what Ottawa can expect at this year’s festival. Being a... | Continue reading article

Scary Bear Soundtrack is an all-girl rock band based right here in Ottawa. The group consists of the appropriately named Gloria Song (who should be familiar to you all as Apartment613′s music writer), Keyboardist/vocalist Dannik, guitarist Maggie and drummer Ainslie (who also serves the tea). This group’s video for their single Asian Fetishist manages to be smart and silly at the same time, which is not a example of their general sound. The video, released as part of Asian Heritage Month, tackles some issues that many people in our multicultural country can relate... | Continue reading article

If you missed the crazy fun that was Chinatown last week, have no fear – the art stays up for another few weeks. You might have to create your own installation pieces or bring your own robots, though… (If you need a gently used set of robots, your best bet is to check out the punkottawa.com flea market Saturday, at the Bronson Centre.) Or you could just be lazy and spend the long weekend in your pjs. Why not? 1982 was an epic year – we got our Charter, awesome... | Continue reading article

This past weekend the CE Centre was overrun with a fabulous array of self-styled geeks, freaks and misfits attending Ottawa’s first ever Comiccon. Costumed attendees pulled out all the stops with everything from amazingly detailed Steampunk gadgets and gizmos, to scantily clad villains and vixens. There was even a working replica of the The Delorean Time Machine (for the uninitiated, that’s the time machine from the Back to the Future movies that looks a bit like the love child of an 80’s era Toyota Corolla and a Lite-Brite). Created with... | Continue reading article

Next month from June 19 to 24, Ottawa’s newest yearly film festival will be born. The Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival will highlight aboriginal artists and issues while entertaining the masses. Howard Adler, one of the festival’s co-directors, sat down with Apartment613′s Alessandro Marcon to discuss Asinabka, aboriginal cinema and The Business of Fancydancing. Apt613: Hi Howard, Can you tell us about the Asinabka festival? What is it and what can people expect to see at events? Howard Adler: Asinabka is an Indigenous themed film and media arts festival, taking... | Continue reading article

The spirit that Samantha Evert celebrates in her Hood Wars argument for Chinatown is attracting all kinds of multicultural, quirky and independent businesses to Somerset, making it t a fantastic area to play in these days. Adding to the growing love for my ‘hood is the fact that we now have VIP Karaoke. Full disclosure: calling me a karaoke “fanatic” is an understatement. I got engaged at the Big Echo in Tokyo and spent hours at the Fantacity Karaoke in Vancouver when I lived there. Considering my pre-Ottawa karaoke history,... | Continue reading article

Tonight, three girlfriends (and one boyfriend) of four local DJs unite to take to the stage at Raw Sugar in an event that has been aptly dubbed “The Girlfriends.” But this is no four-way lover’s tiff: these four have nothing to prove. Instead, these three relative newcomers to DJing (and one established DJ: Mr. Caffrey) are tearing new cuts in old records in support of the burgeoning local DJ scene. The show is pay-what-you-can and runs from 9pm on. In particular order, the performers are Tara Dwivedi, Melanie Yugo (co-operator... | Continue reading article

It’s going to be a great weekend in Chinatown. The weather looks great, making it a perfect day for a stroll through the arch to take in a remixed version of Chinatown. For the fourth year in a row, local Chinatown businesses have teamed up with Ottawa-based artists to turn Chinatown into one huge gallery. From the Daily Grind in the East to Purple Urchin in the West – 54 different locations are taking part. You’ve got a month to take in the art, but today you can take in... | Continue reading article

Un album de lévitation c’est que Gabriel Malenfant disait de ce qu’allait devenir Havre de Grâce, le dernier album de Radio Radio. C’est vrai que les chansons peuvent paraître un peu moins de party – y’a pas vraiment de Dekshoo ou de Cargué dans ma chaise. Le flow est un peu plus lent sur les chansons, mais les chansons sont plus rafinés et diversifiés que sur les deux derniers albums. On y retrouve des airs de micro des Beastie Boys circa 1994 que j’aime bien. J’ai jaser avec Gabriel cette... | Continue reading article