[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/myutopian/7402946384/) Unbalanced. Photo by [ Ben Wood ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/myutopian/7402946384/in/pool-ottawastart) . Here are our contributor picks for the best local events this week. ** Friday, July 13: Friday the 13th Séance at Billings Estate ** ...

As seen on reddit created by edwardog , who’s planning to sell them as t-shirts. (Apparantly these are also hanging in the lounge at Shopify. If you know more about the artist let us know!) I think these are great. ...

A selection of photos recently shared in the OttawaStart Flickr Group . Click on any of the photos for full size / more info. [  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/myutopian/7498178234/) By Ben Wood. [ ! ...

_ All photos by Jean Labelle / Labelle Photo . Click any image for full size. _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/JPL_5570.jpg) An hour before he started, the multi-generational crowd waiting at the Alice Cooper stage was bigger than the crowds at the stages where live music was being played. ...

_ All photos & text by Jean Labelle / Labelle Photo . Click any image for full size. _ _ _ Hamilton-based ** Arkells ** , with their traditional blues hooks mixed with rock-heavy riffs had the crowd singing alone to every word. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/flax.jpg) _ Westboro _ The hot, humid weather of the holiday weekend prompted some area kids to set up a thirst quenching, good ol' fashioned organic flaxseed stand at the corner of Golden and Avondale. With prompting from their overbearing and health conscious parents, the kids original idea of a lemonade stand was altered so they would offer more health-oriented organic flax seed smoothies, with optional wheatgrass additive. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7474704722_1efb71eeac.jpg) Gateway to Chinatown. Photo by [ Mikey G ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/7474704722/in/pool-1894735@N21/) . ** Thursday-Sunday, July 5-8: [ Dusk Dances ](https://www.facebook.com/events/315268861894328/) ** Band starts at 7pm, Dance performance starts at 7:30pm. Pay-what-you-can, BYO chairs and blankets. ...

A selection of photos recently shared in the OttawaStart Flickr Group . Click on any of the photos for full size / more info. [  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/7482194032/) By [ Zhu ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/7482194032/in/pool-1894735@N21/) [ ! ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/71_candidate_gary-beamish.jpg) _ Ottawa _ The recent heatwave staggering the regions of Eastern Canada have brought temperatures into the mid-30s, but with a “humidex"factor of reaching into the 40s. The increasing humidex factor has many people wondering how the humidex is calculated, as most times it is simply stated as “Feels like 43 with the humidex” during weather updates. ...

[  ](http://parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/newhillcam.jpg) [ ** Live shot of Parliament Hill. ** ](http://ottawastart.com/hillcam.php) ** ** _ Photo courtesy of the Government of Canada. _ * For a big list of local activities in Ottawa, visit OttawaStart's [ Canada Day Guide ](http://ottawastart. ...