arts & entertainment

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BVvUzfCCAAA_k8C.jpg) OttawaStart is excited to be involved once again with Babes4Breasts (B4B) , a local fundraising initiative that includes a concert, a cd, beer, and more. Funds raised at this year’s concert will go to the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s Music Therapy Program and the Maplesoft Centre. ...

Thanks to illustrator Colin White for letting us publish this sketch he did of Ada’s Diner on Bank Street. About a decade ago I lived just around the corner from Ada’s on Arlington Avenue. It was always a cozy place to have some coffee and eggs. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ottawa-gateway-carp-cover.jpg) ** ** Rich Little, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Green, Norm MacDonald, Mike MacDonald, and Sandra Oh are just a few funny people from Ottawa who’ve made it big in show business. Author John Mazerolle has intereviewed key people from Ottawa’s comedy and entertainment scene and written an interesting oral history of comedy in Ottawa. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/10029972675/) Tourist. Photo by [ David Johnson ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/10029972675/in/pool-ottawastart) from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/10029972675/) . _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Club747_1.jpg) ** From the OttawaStart Community News feed : ** Club 747 will be holding its 30th Anniversary Reunion Dance Party Thanksgiving weekend, Saturday, October 12th, 2013, starting at 10:00 PM in Ottawa's unique city of Vanier at 333 Montreal Road (Concorde Motel). ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/christophe_ledent/9762395884/) Chateau Laurier Revisted. Photo by [ Christophe Ledent ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/christophe_ledent/9762395884/in/pool-ottawastart) from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/9762395884/) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/9801445993/) Cotton Candy Clouds. Photo by [ David Ian Johnson ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/9801445993/) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ...

We spent a couple of hours earlier this afternoon at the House of Paint festival, where we saw incredible art like this… [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart/9743370654/) The event takes place underneath Dunbar Bridge (where Bronson Avenue crosses the Rideau River). The underside of the overpass has been transformed into a huge performance space. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/30494749@N00/1535427545/) Photo by [ Terry Pryde ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/30494749@N00/) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/1535427545/) Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mr-loaf-by-andrew-king.png) Today we’re really excited to launch a brand new comic on OttawaStart called _ Mr. Loaf _ . You can read the first episode today on OttawaStart’s home page. A new comic will be published every Monday morning. ...