arts & entertainment

Ottawa filmmaker Pascal Aka emailed me last week with some great news: EVOL , a movie that he wrote, directed and starred in, is up for five nominations at a California film festival. The film gets its world premiere on Monday at the Action On Film Festival . ...

If you went to Bluesfest earlier this month, chances are on the way out you saw The Dube Brothers – the three kids who were rockin' out just beyond the main gates. Last Tuesday night, Arcade Fire dropped by for an impromptu sing-along with the brothers. ...

With Bluesfest finished for another year, Ottawa music fans should look be looking eagerly ahead to the end of August for this year’s edition of the i(heart)music festival . It’s a three day festival from August 26-28, with shows at Mavericks and Cafe Dekcuf downtown. ...

Here’s another video preview of Mosiaka, the new sound and light show on Parliament Hill. It’s a multmedia show with video projection on the Peace Tower and Parliament Buildings – looks very cool. ** Related: ** Ottawa Tourism Guide

First, the making of the Oscar Peterson statue: ** ** Second, Queen Elizabeth unveils the statue on June 30: ** Bonus: ** Photos of the statue from Robin Kelsey / Watawa Life ** Related: ** Ottawa Arts Guide

UPDATE: OttawaStart is giving away a free print from the Emily and Serena’s D.A.D. Project. Contest closes July 11th at 11:59pm. Click here to enter the contest… [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/100623-2BotsFull.jpg) A few weeks ago I read about the " D.A.D. Project “, a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS). ...

(This post was originally published on April 21, 2010 then updated & re-published on July 2, 2010.) The complete list (so far) of performers at the 2010 edition of Bluesfest. Be sure to check out the excellent Bluesfest website or OttawaStart’s Bluesfest Guide for more info. ...

It’s 7:28am on June 21, and that means it’s officialy SUMMER!!! Just a quick post today, pointing you towards 15 of our OttawaStart guides that will help you make the most out of summer in Ottawa. 1. [ Bicycles Guide ](http://ottawastart. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/concerts-screenshot.gif) We recently launched a new Ottawa Concerts Guide on OttawaStart, complete with a huge listing of upcoming shows. The concert schedule feed is provided by PollStar.com , on of the internet’s biggest concert listing sites. Besides upcoming shows, you’ll also find a listing of local music venues plus ticket info as well. ...

The NCC will debut a new nightly sound and light show on Parliament Hill on July 8, but over the past few weeks they’ve been testing and rehearsing the multimedia show. ** ** It’s called ** ** [ Mosaika ](http://www. ...