arts & entertainment

It has been well over a month since the final Christmas craft show of the season closed its doors and – if you’re like me – you have started to display symptoms of a condition known as “craft show withdrawal”. Fret not, the 2015 spring event season is upon us so synchronize your calendars with the (preliminary) list below and dust off your shopping bags! ...

The NAC Orchestra’s own superstar principal cellist, Amanda Forsyth, has officially announced that she will be leaving the NAC Orchestra at the end of the 2014/15 season, so she can focus her energies on her global solo and chamber music career. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . _ ** February 6-8: Second Weekend of Winterlude ** Highlights include snow and ice sculptures, Canadian sports and comedy. ...

A tiki-mug and an original Ottawa Tiki-bar menu. EDITOR’S NOTE: Andrew King has contributed several pieces to OttawaStart about our city’s forgotten motels. Most recently, we collaborated on a search for two motels in the Greenbelt outside of Bells Corners. Before that, he wrote about the old Talisman Hotel on Carling Avenue. ...

[caption id=“attachment_9457” align=“aligncenter” width=“405”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/130133857@N05/16373282375) Morning sun breaks through onto Entrance Bay Ottawa River by S Myers[/caption]   Just about every weekday at noon there’s a 15-minute concert played by the Peace Tower Carillon, the massive collection of bells that ring out from inside the tower on Parliament Hill. ...

OTTAWA, ON – Ottawa’s first Winter Design Festival launches February 1 st at Aberdeen Square, in the newly renovated Lansdowne Park. The festival, meant to showcase the Canadian design and art community, will open the doors to new trends and invite the Ottawa public to interact with innovative design and architecture. ...

The Lunch Out Loud podcast looks to promote the amazing talent, food, events and music Ottawa has to offer. Every week we will introduce you to new things about Ottawa you never knew existed. ** This week: ** We meet up with Bruce Lazenby, President and CEO, of Invest Ottawa. ...

Chrysanthe Michaelis, owner-chef at _ Chrysanthe/Mom’s Culinary Creations _ , has loved cooking for as long as she can remember: “Most of my earliest memories involve food in some shape or form. When I was a teenager, my younger brother and I would often be the only two home until dinner time so I would usually make dinner for the family. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . _ ** January 30-February 1: First Weekend of Winterlude ** A kilt skate, soccer in the snow and a world record attempt are all part of the opening weekend of Winterlude. ...