arts & entertainment

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdb466/5439712690/) [ Winterlude ](http://ottawastart.com/winterlude.php) , Ottawa's most famous festival and one of the world's great winter festivals. [ Photo by Ross Dunn. ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdb466/5439712690/in/pool-1894735@N21/) [ ](http://ottawastart. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) I asked our contributors to send in their picks for this week, and Stuntman Stu responded with this: _ “ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL STARRRRRRRRRRRR GAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.” _ ** Translation: ** Stu is excited about the 2012 NHL All-Star game happening this weekend in Ottawa. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) ** Lots of fun events this week in Ottawa: ** There’s a beer festival in Gatineau on Friday and Saturday with a very fancy name: Festibière de Gatineau … on Saturday night, there’s a night of apocalyptic poetry celebrating the end of the world … there’s a giant lululemon warehouse sale Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the CE Centre … the Home Renovations Show runs this weekend too … on Wednesday there’s a Robbie Burns Scotch Whisky tasting … also on Wednesday, hear the stories of two Ottawa moms who blog … and here are more suggestions from our contributors. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa for the week of January 12-18. Share your picks for great Ottawa events in the comments below. _ _ _ _ _ ** Ross Brown , blogger/writer/author/photog: ** ...

Check out this blog post with photos and details on how Craig Anderson’s goalie mask was created . The artist is John Pepe from Pepe Custom Paint . Also: Anderson is on Twitter: @craiganderson41 [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/The-Birth-of-a-Helmet-252C-with-John-from-Pepe-Custom-Paint-Anderson41-The-Official-Home-of-NHL-Goaltender-252C-Craig-Anderson.png) ** See also: ** Ottawa Hockey Guide ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa for the week of January 5-11. Share your picks for great Ottawa events in the comments below. _ _ _ ** Kaitlin Wainwright , blogger & twitter-er: ** ...

Congrats to Brad Wood and his girlfriend Stacey, who got engaged on New Year’s Eve. I think it’s safe to say that Brad is the top balloon artist in Ottawa. He is a true balloon master , as you can see from this piece he created to celebrate the upcoming nuptials. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/invisible-cinema.jpg) Inside [ Invisible Cinema ](http://invisiblecinema.ca/) , a great movie rental shop at Lisgar and Bank. Photo by [ veganbackpacker ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillpyle/) . Last week, reader Darcie Walker asked, “Where to rent foreign films now that DVD stores are closing? ...

What better way to bring in the New Year than with some fresh Bluesfest speculation and rumours. Based on your comments below, some possible performers include: * Blue Rodeo is confirmed (but you can pretty much pencil them in for every year) * Coldplay (they're on a North American tour this summer with no date yet in Ottawa) * Foster The People * Silversun Pickups * Steve Miller * Iron Maiden * The Beach Boys * Scorpions * Kiss * Boston * George Thorogood * Flaming Lips * John Mellencamp * Dave Matthews Band * Metric Keep in mind this is all speculative based on touring schedules and wishful thinking. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1c0il.jpg) [ Andrew King's ](http://www.andrewkingstudio.com/) "Stage Fright", depicting the dramatic final night of Bluesfest. This painting was auctioned off as part of the [ Portraits of Bluesfest ](http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2011/08/31/stage-crumpling-storm-produces-unique-art-for-portraits-of-bluesfest-3/) fundraiser. ** ** ** Ottawa was obsessed with [ weather ](http://ottawastart. ...