’4in1′ Ottawa Park Acoustic Sessions

Not only is there a fabulous new Ottawa arts blogger in town, Matias of ‘Ottawa Showbox’ also gave me a flattering review for my impromptu poetry performance at new series ’4in1′ Ottawa Park Acoustic Sessions, hosted by photographer/music lover Ming Wu. Perfect end to a magical two weeks in Canada’s capital. Jessica Ruano gave me [...]

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Where are the poets?

Where are the poets? Hiding between the pages of books Mumbling loose phrases on street corners Or wringing their hands behind the red curtain I find it funny that a poem has to ‘hold up’ on the page in order to be considered successful. Would you say the same thing for a musical composition or [...]

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SPEAK UP OTTAWA! The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word returns to the capital

The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW 2010 Ottawa www.cfsw.ca) returns to the capital for the first time since its inception in 2004 with the largest slam-focused spoken word event in Canadian history. From October 12 to 16, 2010, Ottawa will be treated to a wide-ranging display of Canadian slam poetry and spoken word featuring [...]

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#27 Attempt some form of busking

For the complete list of 101 things in 1001 days and the progress so far, follow this link.

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Ottawa Arts – April 2010

Greetings arts enthusiasts! Hope everyone had a great World Theatre Day on March 27. Congratulations to new Ottawa theatre group Rock the Arts for winning the Ottawa Theatre Challenge with their awesome puppet show. I also really enjoyed Scott Florence’s tribute to Henrik Ibsen, featuring the Wakefield Nudes Calendar. It seems like everyone has decided [...]

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Ottawa Arts – March 2010

Greetings arts fans! There is a lot to celebrate in the month of March: International Women’s Day (March 8), World Theatre Day (March 27), and my half-birthday (March 12). All very important occasions; and yes, I expect lots of half-presents. In recent news: the nominees for the 2009 Prix Rideau Awards have been announced! For [...]

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Feeling fervently female

Last night I attended a special presentation of Voices of Venus at the Umi Cafe: Vancouver’s own Barbara Adler happened to be in the neighbourhood with her newly created band Fang, consisting of herself on accordion and James Meger on upright bass. The songs and poems were about saints riding bears, cats chasing mice, communism [...]

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Dance makes no sense to me…

… and that’s why I love it. One of the first performances I caught at the 2010 PuSh Festival was called Poetics: a ballet brut by this New York group the Nature Theater of Oklahoma. I decided to attend this show on a whim, so I didn’t have the chance to read up on the [...]

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Leaving on a jet plane…

Okay, that’s a lie. I’m actually leaving on Air Canada. But that doesn’t sound half as romantic, and the plane will probably be late, and there will be all sorts of complications, and I’ll lose my suitcase, and there will be jet lag and general nausea… I mean, yay! traveling! This Sunday I am leaving [...]

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Ottawa Arts – January 2010

Greetings, arts enthusiasts! Congratulations, we made it through the decade. Inspired by Nadine Thornhill and her Adorkable Thespian Blog, I recently wrote my own decade in review, going over all the things that have happened to me in the last ten years. And let’s just say, since graduating from middle school in the year 2000, [...]

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