arts & entertainment

_ “Winterlude House” by Lydia Bociurkiw, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group . _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ** Thursday-Sunday, February 6-9: Second Weekend of Winterlude ** An action-packed weekend of skating, ice sculpturing, dancing, music and more. ...

_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ _ _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01.-2014-01-15-Mousseau-Mosaic-Jackson-Building.jpg) _ The colourful mosaic that greets those who enter the Jackson Building at 122 Bank. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) 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 Denise Leblanc, the Winterlude spokesperson to talk all about the event that runs Jan 31st to Feb 17th! ...

_ Winterlude 2014. Photo by Luciana Nechita _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ** Friday-Sunday, January 31-February 2: First Weekend of Winterlude ** Ottawa’s annual celebration of cold and snow begins this weekend. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every Saturday 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’s guest is Robbie Lariviere from Fall Down Gallery. He’s an interesting entrepreneur who does amazing art and promotes it in Ottawa and his store. ...

** UPDATE (March 31: ** The station re-launched this morning at 11:00am as Jump! 106.9. ( Official press release here. ) First song on the air was “Animals” by Martin Garrix. Here’s a promo photo that the station sent us, showing their on-air hosts: left to right, Jay Hat (mornings), Jenna Mo, Mr. ...

Photo by Danielle Donders, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group . ** Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ** ** Thursday, January 23: Book Launch for _ The Four Walls of My Freedom _ ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every Saturday we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this week’s episode, special guest is Lon Ladell, brewmaster at Big Rig Brewery, and music is from Silkken Laumann. ...

Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week… ** ** ** Thursday, January 16: Book launch of _ Toxin Toxout _ ** Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith offer up suggestions on how to avoid the thousands of harmful synthetic chemicals found in soaps, cosmetics and other household products—they’ve even tested some detox methods on themselves. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every Saturday we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this week’s episode, we meet up with Randy Oickle, the new president of the Ottawa Real Estate Board, to talk about his new role in Ottawa, what it means for you, how he got elected, the successes they have had in the past, the current and future state of the Ottawa real estate market and much more. ...