The Ottawa Folk Festival line-up is out! Here’s who’s performing so far: 1. [ Anaïs Mitchell ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=49) 2. [ Anders Drerup & Kelly Prescott ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=47) 3. [ Basia Bulat ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=27) 4. [ Bright Eyes ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=21) 5. [ Bruce Hornsby & The Noise Makers ](http://ottawafolk. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/natalie.jpg) New app puts Ottawa's Natalie MacLean in your pocket. Last year we featured Natalie MacLean's [ wine-matching widget ](http://ottawastart.com/cool-wine-matching-widget-from-natalie-maclean/) . She's one-upped this summer with a new mobile app: _ The Natalie MacLean Wine Picks & Pairings app lets you use your smartphone camera to snap a picture of any bottle label bar code in the liquor store. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/17248968@N00/1343882864/) Photo by Paul Sherwood, via [ Flickr ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/17248968@N00/1343882864/) . An interesting photo collection from an OC Transpo group on Flickr : _ "Count up in order using OC Transpo buses, from 1 to infinity. ...

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If I had to choose the best Ottawa event of the weekend, it wouldn’t be Doors Open Ottawa , or Dickinson Days , or the Children’s Festival . Those are all great events, but the best by far is the New Art Festival at Central Park in the Glebe. ...

** _ UPDATE: Thanks to reader comments below & via Twitter - I added a few photos & locations to this list of recently demised KFC’s. _ ** While all of the attention this week has been on the demise of the Dirty Bird in Hintonburg , let us not forget the other area KFC’s that also closed this week, and in previous years. ...

** Update (June 5): ** The band took this video down shortly after it was posted. I asked them why. Their reply: "We were too loud and we didn't have a permit... We just want to keep raising money for charity while having fun. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ottawastart-avenue.gif) Saw a tweet today from Daniel Langer , who visited the city’s traffic operations centre as part of Doors Open Ottawa . He mentioned that the City of Ottawa’s official street sign font is Frutiger , condensed at 65%. ...

** UPDATE: ** Not to be outdone, Gatineau has a rain barrel rebate program too ! [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rain-barrel-art.jpg) Rain barrel art from [ RainBarrel.ca ](http://rainbarrel.ca/) Did you know? The City of Ottawa offers a $50 rebate for all residents who purchase a rain barrel. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IMG-20110430-00066.jpg) The garage sale assault will not be televised. Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://about.me/glengower) . While all of our garage sale attention was focused on [ The Great Glebe Garage Sale ](http://ottawastart. ...