1. Ottawa Vintage Clothing Show

    On Nov. 18, hundreds of people packed into the sunny ballroom at the Ottawa Convention Centre.

     Shoppers leafed through dangling necklaces and clattered through trays of brooches. Many waited their turn to squeeze in for a peek. The vintage glasses, many with the lenses popped out, were a hit. People craned their necks around crowded mirrors to see how they looked in horn-rimmed or Lennon-style frames.

    Read more of Catherine Cross’s coverage of the Ottawa Vintage Clothing Show at Canculture.com.


  2. Sunshine, 21. Check out CanCulture.com for more street style. 

    Sunshine, 21.

    Check out CanCulture.com for more street style. 

  3. Zoey B., 24, was spotted on her break enjoying a smoke and some coffee. She isn’t quite feeling the cold yet and still feels like showing off her stomach. Check out more street style pics at Canculture.com

    Zoey B., 24, was spotted on her break enjoying a smoke and some coffee. She isn’t quite feeling the cold yet and still feels like showing off her stomach.

    Check out more street style pics at Canculture.com

  4. Death of the Drive-In

    The drive-in, born in the 1930s, has been through the Great Depression, World War II, poodle skirts, flower power, disco and hair metal — a simpler time before technology became a daily part of our lives and when “movie night” meant more than just seeing what was playing on Netflix.

    But one by one, the lights went out. 

    Natalie Berchem reports on the death of the drive-in. 
  5. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.

    Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.

  6. A Week in Headlines

    TORONTO

    • The Juno Awards: A close look at this year’s nominees [National Post]
    • Get ready, Canada: The Clock is about to start ticking [Globe & Mail]
    • Art with heart: Toronto welcomes Condé and Beveridge back [The Star]
    • Hanson go from MMMBop to veterans of pop [National Post]
    • The Seventh Art’s Chris Heron [A.V. Club]
    • Dufferin Underpass finally set to get public artwork [blogTO]

    OTTAWA

    • Ottawa welcomes the Junos with art exhibits and a celebrity basketball game [Ottawa Citizen]
    • City lays off theatre artistic producer [CBC]
    • An arts plan for Ottawa [Ottawa Citizen]
    • Selling art online—does it work? [Ottawa Citizen]
    • Blizzart blankets Winterlude with art [Ottawa Citizen]

    NATIONAL

    • Madonna to charge for Plains of Abraham show [CBC]
    • National Ballet brings back Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [The Star]
    • Medal award kickstarts Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Canada [Montreal Gazette]

    Compiled by Hillary Lutes.

  7. Every puppet has a tag bearing the person’s name and party, and has the one-liner at the bottom: “Politicians are not recommended for children.” Writer Sarah Spitz spoke with Fish on Fridays’ Gabe Thirlwall about her political puppet collection, The Political Circus. Thirlwall talks about how her puppets help place faces to names, how her sales predicted Michael Ignatieff’s exit, and the therapeutic value of her miniature politicians. READ THE ARTICLE HERE. (photo provided).

    Every puppet has a tag bearing the person’s name and party, and has the one-liner at the bottom: “Politicians are not recommended for children.”

    Writer Sarah Spitz spoke with Fish on Fridays’ Gabe Thirlwall about her political puppet collection, The Political Circus. Thirlwall talks about how her puppets help place faces to names, how her sales predicted Michael Ignatieff’s exit, and the therapeutic value of her miniature politicians. READ THE ARTICLE HERE. (photo provided).

  8. “After the moratorium took its toll, they started to disappear one by one, boat by boat, either sold off to make money or placed in dry dock never to see the water again.”

    – 31-year-old photographer Terrence Suley was 12 years old when the fishing industry collapsed in his hometown of St. John’s, N.L. 

  9. A Week in Headlines

    TORONTO

    • Christian Marclay’s The Clock exhibit coming to Toronto’s Power Plant [The Star]
    • Toronto budget: Arts funding won’t be cut [The Star]
    • Opening of specialized schools reignites fairness debate [Globe & Mail]
    • Toronto lags in municipal funding for the arts [Globe & Mail]

    OTTAWA

    • Public board seeking arts education suggestions [Ottawa Citizen]
    • MoneyJunk nabs 3 prizes at Maple Blues Awards [CBC]
    • Ottawa arts funding rose under O’Brien [CBC]
    • Concert hall back on arts agenda [Ottawa Citizen]

    NATIONAL

    • Genie Awards: Cronenberg, Jean-Marc Valee score top nominations [National Post]

    Compiled by Hillary Lutes

  10. canadakeepexploring:

    The pliées and arabesques of the talented dancers at Canada’s National Ballet School are captured in 360º in this incredible video from director Ryan Enn Hughes.

    Catch a performance by The National Ballet of Canada: http://national.ballet.ca/

    Dope.

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