arts & entertainment

[caption id=“attachment_4415” align=“alignnone” width=“580”] Photo by Glen Gower[/caption] _ (Pro-tips from craft show aficionado Mel Patterson.) _ As we sip our very first pumpkin spice lattes of the fall, another seasonal trend is upon us; the Ottawa craft scene has already begun to ramp up for the holiday season! ...

Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. ** This week: ** We hosted Don and Jenn from foodiePrints' book launch for “Ottawa Food: A Hungry Capital”. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. _ ** October 23, 2014: 8th Annual Babes4Breasts Concert ** A National Benefit Concert fundraising for a variety of Breast Cancer charities. This year’s concert will feature Coco Love Alcorn, Scarlett Jane, Jadea Kelly, Laura Cortese, Amanda Rheaume and Ana Miura. ...

** Electronic dance music ** fans in the ** Gatineau-Ottawa ** region will be thrilled to find out about the upcoming visit of two international house music stars in upcoming weeks. Special guest DJs ** Erick Morillo ** and ** Bob Sinclar ** will perform ** Friday, October 31, ** and ** Saturday, November 15, ** respectively, in the intimate and spectacular ** new ALÉA nightclub at the Casino du Lac-Leamy ** . ...

[caption id=“attachment_5752” align=“alignnone” width=“400”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]

Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. ** This week: ** We meet up with Ottawa municipal politic writing legend Jonathan McLeod to discuss this year’s Ottawa election. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/derekmellon/15565990842) Reflections. Photo by Derek Mellon from the OttawaStart Flickr Group. _ Here’s our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. _ ** October 23, 2014: 8th Annual Babes4Breasts Concert ** A National Benefit Concert fundraising for a variety of Breast Cancer charities. ...

Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. ** This week: ** We meet up with Amie and Malorie from the Unshaven Mavens to talk all things cancer awareness and their great charitable organization and how it is helping those in Ottawa. ...

As part of the Ottawa Public Library’s ongoing work to better serve its customers, a self-serve DVD holds dispenser will be available at the Main branch on October 22, 2014 .  The DVD Holds Dispenser will enable customers to retrieve their DVD holds independently. ...