Sights & Sounds

The Ottawa Film Office recommends 10 great movies and TV series animated here in Ottawa and streaming now, highlighting Ottawa’s animating talent from the CBC to Netflix.

Two hours of fresh local music. Updated weekly by apt613.ca music writers.

Apartment613’s first artist-in-residence has completed their special project for the blog. The complete Together Apart necklace collection will go on sale next Thursday, August 13.

Here, Jacqui talks about creating opportunities for performers of colour in Ottawa’s theatre scene and providing a safe space for vulnerability in young storytellers.

York Street Public School students were struggling with the news of racial violence coming out of the United States and here at home. The school partnered with MASC so that the students could explore the issues and their feelings through an artist-in-residence poetry program. The result is “Give Hope,” a collective poem.

At the time of this writing, Andrea Ross has spent an uninterrupted 850 days creating one-of-a-kind doodles at gruntled.ca.  She looks back on each day, through all the things she’s experienced, picks her favourite moment of joy, draws it, and posts it to her site.

This year marks Ottawa burlesque troupe Capital Tease’s 10th anniversary. Measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have affected Capital Tease’s regular performances, but they quickly moved their performances online through Zoom.

Two hours of fresh local music. Updated weekly by apt613.ca music writers.

Why rocks? Well, because they were there,” says John Felice Ceprano, reflecting on the stone balancing structures he has created at Remic Rapids for the past 34 summers.

Kathryn Patricia is a violist known for creating immersive soundscapes through the texture-building layers that her instrument and loop pedal produces.

At 529 Richmond Road, nestled quietly in the heart of  bustling Westboro, sits the 19th-century Maplelawn Garden.

An interview with Rachel Weldon, founder and creative director of Debaser, a non-profit organization with roots in community and DIY organizing.

Two hours of fresh local music. Updated weekly by apt613.ca music writers.

Ottawa’s underground music festival is set to return, albeit in an entirely digital format.