Sylvie Hill

DiscUSsion or – just digust? I used to GET PAID for my public opinion that appeared in a printed weekly in news agent boxes on every bloody street corner, of every Ottawa city street stretching from the downtown out to suburban Orleans and Barhaven, and over to rural Perth, and into Quebec’s Chelsea and as […]

James Joyce is coming to Carleton University‘s LEARNING IN RETIREMENT PROGRAM this Fall 2018 | SIGN UP here! Following my five successful years of teaching James Joyce’s Ulysses at uOttawa’s School for Continuing Education, making new friends among participants, and creating new Joyce fans, I’m excited to start work to deliver a 2hr-workshop lecture at […]

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Ottawa’s amazing Roots Music / Americana / Country musicians The Brothers Chaffey have finished recording their new album with Ken Friesen (the Sadies/Tragically Hip) and it is available now! CD available in Ottawa at Compact Music. SHOWS: 13 Nov 2009 20:30 Blacksheep (Bushpilots CD release) Wakefield, Quebec 20 Nov 2009 21:00 Royal Oak (Canal/Echo Drive) […]

Check out the News section to find out what Shotgun was saying this time years ago…

Around this time of year since 2005, Mustaches for Kids’ Ottawa Chapter has been raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation (Eastern Ontario Chapter). Each year, the growing campaign culminates in a beauty pageant-style event called the “Sweetest Stache Bash” where growers dress up in costumes and compete in a variety of events (the mustache parade, […]

The Ottawa XPress– May 17, 2007 Roller Girl, See Her Go! Some men like ’em quiet, some men like ’em shy, but give me a girl with some bruises on her butt and that killer look in her eye. ~ Uncle Leon and the Alibis Roller derby’s resurgence almost skips Ottawa — almost. Forget cheerleaders […]

CBC-Radio Host Jian Ghomeshi‘s “Q” starts now! In Ottawa, listen to this new arts & culture radio show weekdays on CBC Radio One (91.5 FM) from 2:00-3:00 pm, with an encore presentation at 10:00 pm.

I’ve fallen in love with a Rebecca Gilman screen-print, and all I want is more! Ottawa artist, Rebecca Gilman will be indeed showing more of her art — two colourful abstract pieces this time at Abstractions II, the second of Gallery 7A’s three-part series of abstract art. Since featuring her art in a group show […]

Ottawa’s fabulously talented Jim Bryson just released his third amazing album, Where the Bungalows Roam, and performed Saturday, April 14 (w/ The Soiree) and on Sunday, April15 (w/ Male Nurse) at The Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield, PQ. Jim played with a full band that included Jake Bryce, Peter von Althen, Dave Draves, Jeremy Gara (from […]