arts & entertainment

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Urban-Electric-Inuksuk28.jpg) You have to check out David Scrimshaw’s blog for his account of how he built the amazing urban inukshuk pictured above. David says: “A couple of years ago, I told Keane I wanted to make an inuksuk … Unlike on the barren tundra, flat rocks are hard to come across here in the centre of Ottawa. ...

JP MacDonald (aka Johnny Vegas), the director of entertainment at Barrymore’s Music Hall, sends along this note: Hi Everyone Barrymore’s will finally re-open this Thursday night, September 11th ! It’s been a few crazy weeks, but we’re back in action. ...

This afternoon on CBC’s All In A Day , they were talking about Will Inrig, a Cantebury High School student and animator. His animated short, ** ** The Depose of Bolskivoi Hovhannes, is going to be shown at the Ottawa International Animation Festival later this month, alongside over a hundred films from around the world. ...

Here’s part of a rant (and some constructive suggestions) from Kris Joseph on his blog, Struts and Frets : ** ** The Ottawa theatre scene... is really hopping right now. Due to a congruence of a number of events — a new home for [ Great Canadian Theatre Company ](http://www. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/LP3_1618.jpg-photo-Aruna-K-photos-at-pbase.com_1216086567858.png) Check out these great photos of the 2008 Canada Day Fireworks in Ottawa , taken by Aruna Kalutanthri. I know, I know … this is 14 days after the fact … but I thought these were nice enough pics to share, even if it’s a little late. ...

Issue #16 of Ottawa’s Guerilla Magazine was released last week. Lots of good stories, including Bodies of Work , profiling three Ottawa tattoo artists: ** ** Once sordid, masculine, and navy blue, tattoos are now stylish, androgynous, and multi-coloured, acceptable even for the teenage girls from suburbia. ...

** From James Duthie’s blog : ** Recently, Sports Illustrated declared St. Paul Minnesota the new Hockeytown U.S.A, replacing Detroit. That angered folks in the 313 (which probably is not a good idea…I’m just sayin’). Throw Canada into the mix and you have an argument that will lead to either: ...

Scott Feschuk rants about Ottawa’s Remembrance Day ceremony on his Maclean’s blog: If you go to the ceremony, here’s what you discover. You’ll discover it is pretty much impossible to see anything. Depending on where you end up, you’ll discover that it’s pretty much impossible to hear anything. ...

Over on the Postcards from the Mothership blog, DaniGirl has posted a great round-up of all of the Santa Claus parades in the Ottawa area , plus some more big Christmas events in the Nation’s Capita ** l. Related: ** Ottawa Events Guide

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/the-urban-chronicle-of-ottawa-ontario_1189561793734.png) Recently added to our blog list: Urban Chronicle . An Ottawa blog that’s full of pictures from around downtown Ottawa. Street art, strange signage, found items, and the latest post, a couch being destroyed in the back of a garbage truck. ...