arts & entertainment

Thanks to Alistair Steele for sending along these photos from today’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The top two feature the world’s largest leprechaun and the bottom one features the mayor and city councillors looking for a pot of gold to solve our budget problems. ...

Check out this blog from Lia Hiltz , featuring sketches that she’s done (mostly) while riding the bus in Ottawa. Maybe you’ll see a picture of yourself one of these days. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/lia-hiltz.jpg) ** See also: ** Ottawa Blogs Guide

Check out this this cool alarm clock called the DOTKLOK “an open-source, digital clock with multiple time-telling animations: some numeric, some graphic, and others using abstract patterns driven by the passage of time”. DOTKOK rev. 1.0 from The Latest Artists on Vimeo . ...

* ** See also: ** [ Open and Closed on Family Day ](http://ottawastart.com/story/13132.php) * [ Winterlude ](http://ottawastart.com/winterlude.php) , of course - but it's looking more like Waterlude this weekend. * The annual [ Sens Skills event is on Monday afternoon ](http://ottawastart. ...

Two headlines from The O-Dot that made me laugh this week: * [ SuperEx Cancelled For 2011, April Wine, Helix Left Scrambling For A Gig ](http://twitter.com/theodotblog/status/35143159717564417) * [ Mullets/Carnies Gather At Lansdowne To Remember SuperEx Tonight ](http://twitter.com/theodotblog/statuses/35419129288593408) ** Related: ** Ottawa SuperEx Guide

Thanks to Banerixat for letting us re-post these great photos he took on Somerset Street today. The lion dancers were part of the celebration of the Lunar New Year. ( Check out more photos from his Flickr page and also his blog for a full account of the day. ...

Here’s some video from today’s polar bear dip (officially called the Sears Great Canadian Chill ). It took place this afternoon in the Ottawa River at Britannia Beach. The video is from Graham Hay and Ron Hay at MegaPixel Travel , and you can find a ton of great photos here . ...

Every year, Ottawa blogger Dani Donders writes about a certain reindeer name on her blog. It’s a cherished Ottawa holiday tradition. Make sure you read this year’s rant . ** ** ** Related: ** Ottawa Blogs Guide

From Josh, one of our readers, earlier this week: "Oh man Glen, thank you for posting this! I don't even know you (and in Whitehorse so there's probably no way I would have heard about this otherwise), but you have solved the question of what I should get my parents for Christmas. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YLW_219321-620x411.jpg) A quick note to invite everybody out to this weekend’s Crush Improv 3rd Anniversary Show , Friday and Saturday night at the Gladstone Theatre. That’s two nights of improv comedy, featuring performers from Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and beyond. ...