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Job Opportunity - Odyssey Theatre

Administrator — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:43:44 +0100

POSITION AVAILABLE:
ADMIN INTERN

Odyssey Theatre, Ottawa’s premiere professional mask summer theatre, is offering a ninemonth Arts Administrative Intern position to a University or College graduate. The position could be extended up to fourteen months. This job is perfect for someone who is interested in exploring the world of arts administration, and/or gaining new administrative skills, which would be transferable to other fields.

Odyssey Theatre is a dynami...

Call for Volunteers - the Fringe Festival

Administrator — Tue, 17 May 2011 01:28:40 +0100

Fringe is looking for volunteers!

The Fringe us upon us again! June 16-26, 2011

Ottawa will once again host the 15th annual Ottawa Fringe & Arts Festival. We are looking for energetic and dynamic volunteers to join our ranks, to make this year’s Fringe the best yet.

Volunteers make up an essential part of our festival, operating box offices, running security and keeping things running smoothly for both patrons and artists

THE GOODS
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Suze Rotolo, R.I.P.

Kevin Johns — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:06:53 +0100

Suze Rotolo passed away last week after a battle with lung cancer. She was 67.

Rotolo was an activist, artist, writer and teacher.

She was also, for a time, muse to the 20th century's greatest song writer, Bob Dylan.

Through her relationship with Dylan in the early 60's, Rotolo introduced the young musician to the leftist politics that would define his work during one of the most creative periods. She appeared alongside Dylan on the cover of his le...

Call For Volunteers - Independent Short Film

Brendan Blom — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:30:21 +0100

Independent Short Film SINCERUS Call for Volunteers: Crew + Cast

SINCERUS features a young man who experiences a succession of startling surreal visions in his dreams and waking life that help him recognize the presence of sincerity. This artistic short film project will be filmed in the Ottawa region in the summer of 2011.

Film/video, acting and art students and professionals + creative volunteers are welcome! This is a unique opportunity for artists and actors of all a...

Concerts at the NAC: Biss and Beethoven

Administrator — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:52:31 +0100

The National Arts Centre Orchestra’s fifth Mark Motors Audi Signature Series concert – an all-Beethoven program entitled Biss & Beethoven – features Pinchas Zukerman and white hot rising star pianist Jonathan Biss

The fifth Mark Motors Audi Signature concerts of the season – entitled Biss & Beethoven – will be performed on Wednesday February 2 and Thursday February 3 at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall.

Before the concert, Pinchas Zukerman and...

Thursday Art - August 12, 2010

Administrator — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:32:53 +0100

Experience the sights and sounds of Ottawa’s artists this summer! Some of Ottawa’s most talented performers are being featured at wading pool parks throughout July and August. Themed events will offer a variety of arts activities for children and youth on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., including an artistic performance from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
The Magic of Vito and Diego (magicians)
Thursday, August 12
Dutchies Park, 154 Mann Ave. (corner of Range)
Rai...

Weekend Art: July 16 - 18, 2010

Administrator — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:11:31 +0100

Friday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
FIVE DAY EXHIBIT
KARA WILLIAMS
New Paintings
July 16-22, 2010
Vernissage: Friday July 16, 2010 / 7-10pm | 306 Cumberland Street

a night above/ground: Irwin, Anstee + McCann
at the Carleton Tavern, 233 A...

CALL TO ARTISTS & PERFORMERS: Lumiere Festival 2010

Administrator — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:10:25 +0100

Lumiere Festival 2010 - Saturday September 4th
CALL TO ARTISTS & PERFORMERS
www.lumiereottawa.com

The 9th Annual Ottawa Lumiere Festival, presented by The Crichton Cultural Community Centre, is a chance to celebrate the magic and beauty of light. The Festival is an evening of art, performances, lanterns, costumes and music.

Lumiere Festival burns brightly because of the number of diverse and creative participants and partners. We are committed to engaging local e...

Thursday Art: June 17, 2010

Administrator — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:11:00 +0100

LIVE PERFORMACE ART AT THE HISTORIC BYTOWN MUSEUM; This contemporary art event brings a fresh perspective to the interpretation of Ottawa's history – on the same site where some of the events happened.
Event Title: Crossings | Traversées
Artists: Sandra Johnston and Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell
Location: Bytown Museum (2nd and 3rd flo...

Arts Court Seeks Three New Resident Companies

Administrator — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:43:37 +0100

A new sizzling summer season, the launch of an annual children’s holiday event, these are just some of the programming initiatives the team at Arts Court has put in place this past year. Now, the Ottawa Arts Court Foundation, the local charitable organization in charge of managing and operating the Arts Court Theatre and related performing arts spaces in the building, is providing another opportunity for professional arts producers in the city by opening up three new spaces for r...

Thursday Art: April 22, 2010

Administrator — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:21:57 +0100

On Thursday, April 22 at 6 p.m, the public is invited to a special screening of André Forcier’s critically acclaimed movie Je me souviens. Set in Abitibi in the 40s and 50s, this poetic fictional drama stars some of Quebec’s top actors, including Céline Bonnier, Gaston Lepage, Ré...

"Art," by Yasmina Reza

Brendan Blom — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:58:43 +0100

Yasmina Reza's play "Art" is now running at the Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto, until April 10th. Here's the Globe and Mail review. And here's an interview with one of the leads, Colin Mochrie.

We discussed Reza in this blog last year.

Matsuev and the Mariinsky Orchestra at the NAC

Brendan Blom — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:01:46 +0100

At the National Arts Centre tonight, the Mariinsky Orchestra, under the baton of Valery Gergiev, performed works by Berlioz, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. The Rachmaninov was the 3rd Piano Concerto, with the dazzling Denis Matsuev as soloist. Here's a clip of Matsuev playing another piece of Rachmaninov's, "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini."

And here's the Mariinsky playing Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony. (They played the 15th tonight.)

The whole thing was spectacular. All I c...

Mariinsky Orchestra at the NAC

Brendan Blom — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:12:54 +0100

St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Orchestra (formerly known as the Kirov) will be performing at the National Arts Centre on March 15, with superstar conductor Valery Gergiev. Gergiev is a fascinating personality, as this article attests: maestro, businessman, jet-setter, Russian nationalist and friend of Vladimir Putin; and, according to a review of a documentary about him, the possessor of "an elemental ferocity just barely held in check."

Thursday Art - January 28

April Yorke — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:17:18 +0100

There are so many arts things happening in town tonight that it just seems like a better idea to combine them in one post than to keep posting them separately. Duplicate info will be deleted shortly.

ABSTrACTS/RéSuMÉS: An Exercise in Poetry

Thursday January 28, 7 pm
Performances at 7:...

Weekend Art: October 30 - November 1

April Yorke — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:47:31 +0100

Friday

Friday, October 30th @ 8:00pm - Performance
Enriched Bread Artists Studios - 951 Gladstone Avenue
Danny Hussey will be doing a performance in the first floor common area, entitled "Louder Than Last Year." Come find out what dozens of people all ready know, why Danny Hussey became a visual artist and not a musician. &l...