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A young girl on the shoulders of her dad takes a photo with an iPhone of a chaotic scene on Sparks Street. Photo by David Johnson via the OttawaStart Flickr pool. How do you want to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Ottawa? ...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/15980984748/ _ Instagrammin' by David Johnson. A young girl on the shoulders of her dad takes a photo with an iPhone of the chaos on Sparks St. _ How do you want to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Ottawa? With friends and family? ...

This summer, the City of Ottawa will be hosting free programs and special events at City Hall for every taste and interest.  Here are the events that are scheduled for the week of July 6: ** Tuesday, July 7 ** ** Salsa Babies ** ** ™ and Picnic ** 10 a. ...

Staging Our Histories is a new event in Ottawa, ON which explores the convergence of history, memory and performance. Bringing together performing artists of diverse traditions with members of academia and the general public, Staging Our Histories will provide a space for engagement and dialogue about the ways we express our histories beyond the page. ...

As part of the lead-up to its 50th anniversary in 2019, the National Arts Centre introduced a new logo (or as they call it, a new visual identity) and a new web site today. (Official press release is here.) ...

Came across these two videos on Sunday. For the first, you’ll have to visit Kevin Bourne’s blog, Reinventing Ottawa , to watch video he shot of a Capaoera demonstration in the middle of the Market. The second video was shot by the fine folks at Local Tourist Ottawa . ...

Earlier this week, Natasha Gauthier posed this question on Twitter: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/poll.png) I thought it was an interesting question and it provoked a variety of responses . Some people thought it was rude and a distraction to both performers and fellow audience members. ...

I really liked this video shot at House of Paint this past weekend. The videographer is Nigel Powers , an “artist of many things” who lives in Ottawa and goes to school with Cee, the dancer featured in the video. ...