arts & entertainment

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) Earlier this week I emailed a few of my favourite bloggers, twitter-ers, friends and followers, and asked them: ** “What upcoming Ottawa event are you most excited about?” ** And with that, a new weekly feature on our blog was born. ...

If I had to choose the best Ottawa event of the weekend, it wouldn’t be Doors Open Ottawa , or Dickinson Days , or the Children’s Festival . Those are all great events, but the best by far is the New Art Festival at Central Park in the Glebe. ...

** Update (June 5): ** The band took this video down shortly after it was posted. I asked them why. Their reply: "We were too loud and we didn't have a permit... We just want to keep raising money for charity while having fun. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ottawastart-avenue.gif) Saw a tweet today from Daniel Langer , who visited the city’s traffic operations centre as part of Doors Open Ottawa . He mentioned that the City of Ottawa’s official street sign font is Frutiger , condensed at 65%. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/current.jpg) You should go watch this video called “Currents” that’s playing as part of a digital art installation at the new Marketplace Transit station in Barrhaven. It’s a strangely calming collection of photos and stills of mostly Barrhaven things. ...

It’s the 10th edition of Doors Open Ottawa this Saturday and Sunday. I’m sure you’ve heard about (and possibly visited) the popular destinations like the U.S. Embassy, Rideau Hall, and a bunch of downtown churches. Here are our picks for a few under-appreciated buildings on the tour this year, in alphabetical order. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/2007-11-12-armchair.jpg) ** Used Armchair #2. ** Photo by [ Eric Charlebois ](http://whitebalance.ca/?key=706fa51d9c50c34ca2213d6e3478c5fd702742b7) . It's kind of like the Great Glebe Garage Sale, but it's city-wide, and it's free. From a [ press release ](http://www. ...

Here are some of my favourite photos from the Ottawa Race Weekend. Thanks to all of the photographers for letting us post the photos here. (We’re always looking for great photos of life in Ottawa - please email your pics to feedback@ottawastart. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2011-ottawa-marathon-map.jpg) Ottawa Race Weekend is this Saturday and Sunday downtown. The main event is the full marathon, which starts on Sunday morning at 7:00am at the intersection of Elgin and Laurier. This year’s new marathon route will take the race through more neighbourhoods than before, so we asked our readers for suggestions on the best spots to watch the race from. ...

Hope you’re recovered from the long weekend, because summer’s just starting here in Ottawa. Here are some of the big events we’re looking forward to over the next five or six weeks. * [ The Great Glebe Garage Sale ](http://ottawastart. ...