Interviews

John Carroll and The Primary Colours are set to begin Sunday evening residency at Irene’s for the entire month of January.

Nour Hadidi performs at the 8th Annual New Year’s Eve Comedy Night at the Shenkman Arts Centre on December 31.

Rainbow New Beginnings is one of many local organizations in Ottawa helping to welcome LGBTQ+ newcomers. This fall, they hosted a fundraiser with a screening of Mr. Gay Syria.

Obscura Creative is a collective that focuses on local, grassroots storytelling. This year, they created Vs.: Women in Combat Sports, a six-part documentary series following 12 amateur female combat sports athletes from the Ottawa-Gatineau region.

The Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival creates opportunities for the city’s new and emerging filmmakers. It takes place December 20-23.

Stars will be performing at the NAC with a 90-piece orchestra, a first for the band.

Queen St. Fare is also one of the few food halls popping up across North America with entertainment on the menu.

Timsle is a new app that helps people stay accountable and take care of themselves by connecting with friends known as accountability buddies.

Local musician Lucas Haneman wanted to play the guitar since he could talk.

This week, Asim and I met in the Carlingwood Mall to relive our childhoods and take in the holiday festivities.

Lagered Tales is a new podcast courtesy of Vankleek Hill’s Beau’s All Natural Brewing. The themes and material are fun and entertaining and go beyond just talking about beer.

Formed in Ottawa in late 2005, the quartet began with the simple concept of exploring and re-imagining the music of classic surf rock via Saturday Morning B-movie spaghetti western soundtracks.

Apartment613’s Screening Party is happening at Arts Court Theatre on Friday November 30 at 8pm.

Ottawa’s Richard Reed Parry plays at St. Albans Church on Monday, November 26.

We asked Mercury Filmworks what goes into making such a fun loving and engaging show.