François is one of the co-founders of Apt613. Over the years, he's worn many hats for the organization. He currently sits on the Apartment613 Community Initiatives board and still bangs out the occasional article. He's most drawn to people and organizations that contribute to making this city better.
Brock Zeman is far from being a newbie to the music scene, the roots man from Lanark is on his 9th album in ten years and has been on the touring circuit for the last decade, easily doing a hundred plus shows a year. Often compared to Fred Eaglesmith, Zeman’s song writing has been praised […]
When Ollie Teeba and Jake Wherry met, they immediately shared a love for all that was hip hop, funk, soul and jazz. They knew when they started making music that hip hop writ large was what they wanted to do but none of them were rappers. Throughout their career, the Herbaliser ended up working with an impressive […]
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Par François Levesque 45 minutes | Drame | PG À la suite de son dernier succès au Fringe, Roller Disco Saved My Soul, Nancy Kenny a décidé de s’attaquer à un ambitieux nouveau projet en traduisant et adaptant la pièce Dolores d’Edward Allan Baker. Dans un quartier col bleu d’une petite ville du Nouveau-Brunswick (pensez Bathurst), Dolores débarque […]
Review by Brian M. Carroll, seen at Fringe de Montreal 55 min | Comedy/Storytelling | PG-13 Weaksauce is a coming of age story told by Sam Mullins who toured Tinfoil Dinosaur on the Fringe circuit last year. He sets the stage with two short tales. The first is about his best friend Sesha who moved […]
<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/zHthlErCOLU” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> We don’t often talk federal politics on Apt613, but we thought this topic was important because it’s not just about politics, but also human rights. When the Canadian government announced it was implementing cuts to health insurance for refugees, it created a big backlash among many groups – from new […]
Think you are up to date about local happenings? Test your knowledge with our local news quiz, five questions designed to test whether you’ve been paying attention. How to score: 5 out of 5: News stud! I hear The Citizen is hiring… 4 out of 5: Cheater! You work at City Hall. 3 out of […]
Think you are up to date about local happenings? Test your knowledge with our local news quiz, five questions designed to test whether you’ve been paying attention. How to score: 5 out of 5: News stud! I hear The Citizen is hiring… 4 out of 5: Cheater! You work at City Hall. 3 out of […]
For the longest time, I’ve been encouraging Vinod and co. to emphasize art at HUB Ottawa. Little did I know they had a major piece of art in the works for the past year. The piece, created by Professor Manuel Báez, is set to be installed this summer at the Hub. I met with Manuel […]
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Matt Love has been an Ottawa Senators fan for as long as they’ve been around but was never really impressed by official Senators gear. He wanted something with more personality, something that showed the true character of some of his favourite Sens. He got an artist friend to create the ’stache and it took off […]
Think you are up to date about local happenings? Test your knowledge with our local news quiz, five questions designed to test whether you’ve been paying attention. How to score: 5 out of 5: News stud! I hear The Citizen is hiring… 4 out of 5: Cheater! You work at City Hall. 3 out of […]
Think you are up to date about local happenings? Test your knowledge with our local news quiz, five questions designed to test whether you’ve been paying attention. How to score: 5 out of 5: News stud! I hear The Citizen is hiring… 4 out of 5: Cheater! You work at City Hall. 3 out of […]
Ottawa punk rockers Big Dick released their first video off of their self-titled debut today. The video, directed by Lesley Demo, Media Art Coordinator for Arboretum Festival features some sweet visuals from snowy Ottawa, some wrastlin’ and good ole’ rock’n’roll. Big Dick plays at Mavericks on April 27th with Single Mothers. Big thanks to Rolf Klausener […]
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