It’s rare to find a record shop with two locations on one street, but it works for The Record Centre. Since Apt613’s last feature on the record centre, the store’s popularity has only grown.
Naledi is the first musician to be part of the Talking Albums collaboration with Apt613. Each episode, on the Apt613 YouTube channel, will feature a local musician talking about themselves, their music and six special albums of their choice.
‘The hardest working band’ is a term often thrown around for bands that tour extensively. And often times, it’s misdirected at large-scale bands with dozens or even hundreds of roadies and staff making them look and sound good. But if you want a chance to see a band that would actually be deserving of that title, head to the Bronson Centre Saturday for Toronto’s alt rockers The Dirty Nil.
A year since our last interview, we sat down with Commissioner Mathieu Grondin to hear a little more about his first year in the role — and to talk about what’s next for Ottawa’s nightlife.
Spanning 2.3km from Island Park to Breezehill, the Taste of Wellington returns to Wellington Street West on Saturday, Sept. 20, for a full day of live music, markets, roller disco, car show, aerial antics, and more.
One of the standouts from last year’s CityFolk was Kitchener’s Softcult. The sibling duo made their debut opening for The Beaches and the number of festival goers who had their phones out searching who this band is surely means they made plenty of new fans that day. But who are Softcult?
Ava Margueritte, a neurodiverse multidisciplinary artist rooted in Ottawa-Gatineau, invites us into her deeply personal world through her latest photography exhibition, “Landfall,” opening at Shenkman Arts Centre on Sept. 16. Through introspective imagery that speaks to the cyclical nature of living with invisible disabilities, Margueritte’s work shifts a solitary experience into a collective conversation.
The Ottawa International Animation Festival lands on Sept. 24 through to Sept. 28. The festival showcases the work from animators across the globe, from Finland to France, Estonia and beyond. Among all these selections, only one hails from the festival’s host city of Ottawa. Brennan Bova, and his short film Join will be joining us in the ‘Commissioned Animation’ section of the OIAF this year.
When Lindsay Schindler celebrated her birthday this past October, she wasn’t expecting that one of her gifts would be finding out the band she’s part of had been nominated for a Canadian Folk Music award. Now, Lindsay and band members Tara Dunphy, Andrew Kosty, Kenneth Palmer, and Myke Phillips are making their way to Ottawa’s own Red Bird for a celebratory performance on Aug. 10.
Laura and Samara spend their days as non-profit unicorns and fill every spare minute exploring the world of musical theatre as BFFs (that’s Broadway Friends Forever). Follow @bffs613 on Instagram and Facebook. The Broadway uber-success Hamilton returns to Ottawa’s NAC theatre next week, thanks to the Broadway Across Canada tour. We were thrilled to get […]
In February, Dreamscapes premiered at Club SAW, a short experimental film that acts as an ode to the dreams many of us hold. Now, the short film is on its way to tour Canada, starting in Toronto on July 26.
Apartment613 sat down with We Were Sharks ahead of their Bluesfest and Dominion Tavern performances.
Apt613’s Brian Carroll interviewed Brenda Small of the Glebe Art in the Garden Tour (July 5-6, 10am-4pm). Brenda Small is one of the artists in the tour, a member of the organizing committee, a member of the jury, and is responsible for advertising.
In an effort to better understand blue space — the aquatic counterpart to green space — local writer Dan Rubinstein has travelled 1,200 miles (nearly 2,000km) by stand-up paddleboard. His recently-published book, Water Borne: A 1,200 Mile Paddleboarding Pilgrimage, documents his voyage and all the conversations he had with journalists and experts along the way.
Ottawa-based artist Linh VH Nguyen’s practice delves into themes of memory, transformation, and diasporic identity through photography, cyanotype printing, and interdisciplinary installation. Nguyen extends this commitment to accessibility and community through her “choose-your-own-adventure” cyanotype workshops at The Grove Studio. I sat down with Nguyen to discuss her workshops and how she experiences the Ottawa art scene.
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