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TODAY'S SURE THING, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
The rainy season is upon us. And with it comes the Ottawa Jazz Festival. (The season traditionally returns in time for SuperEx, but at least we won’t have to worry about that this year.) Prepare for 11 days of adventurous sounds to defy even the rainiest of nights.
TODAY'S SURE THING, SCREEN>>by Razor Sharp
Ever set your face on fire? On purpose?
Ralph Zavadil has. Or should I say Cap’n Video.
TODAY'S SURE THING, STAGE>>by Maria Feldman
It’s a new era in dance ― marked by guttural movements, rapacious beats and intrepid performers. Mark these words: the urban dance movement is spreading, and is revolutionizing the traditional dance forms standing in its way.
TODAY'S SURE THING, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
“It’s kind of three different things in one,” Chuck Ragan says of the Canadian tour that brings him to Capital City. The first thing begins Thursday at Mavericks, as Ragan and pal Dave Hause hit town for a folksy revival show. For this and a handful of Ontario dates, the singer and guitarist will perform in the company of trusted bassist Joe Ginsberg and fiddler Jon Gaunt.
TODAY'S SURE THING, SCREEN>>by Razor Sharp
Jomar is big, burly bear of a man who thinks nothing of shaving his head and slapping on an alcohol soaked tampon to get a buzz on (apparently a Polish tradition). Jomar likes his drink. Jomar likes his smoke. Jomar has a fascination with fires. But apart from his primal vices, Jomar is desperately lacking motivation in life. That comes in the news of a four-year-old offspring Jomar didn’t know he’d sired.
TODAY'S SURE THING, SCREEN>>by Razor Sharp
About time we had an exploding head count to rival Scanners. Nothing better than a noggin splatter flick featuring an all season radial. Why a tire? Why not? Silly question.
TODAY'S SURE THING, SCREEN>>by Razor Sharp
Remember the woodchipper incident in Fargo? Well the simpleton shoving Steve Buscemi to his composting end is back. This may not be a sequel to the Coen brother’s masterpiece, but Peter Stormare’s turn as a cop in Small Town Murder Songs is a great nod to that particular genre.
TODAY'S SURE THING, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
It’s 2 p.m. on a Thursday, and Evan Patterson is sitting down to breakfast in Charlotte, NC, flanked as usual by fellow Young Widows Nick Thieneman and Jeremy McMonigle. The nosh is OK, he says, but there is a concern.
TODAY'S SURE THING, STAGE>>by Holly Gordon
If there’s one thing Evolution Theatre’s proven both with February’s Little Martyrs and with this month’s The Lavender Railroad, it’s that the theatre company is not afraid to push the limits.
TODAY'S SURE THING, MUSIC>>by Shawn Jam Hill
It is with a certain trepidation that I ring up Jonny O’Callaghan, frontman for hardcore Toronto lifers Liferuiner and known throughout the scene as a hulking, tattooed figure with a steely gaze and inhuman vo-kill pipes. I wonder if I, a beer-addled hesher, will have anything to discuss with a life-long practitioner of the straightedge (sXe) lifestyle. But the fact that some of the heaviest and most pissed-off hardcore ever laid to tape comes from the sXe scene is a bonus: It is all about the heaviosity.
TODAY'S SURE THING, WORDS>>by Allison Smith
The cross-Atlantic journey of France’s filles du roi, may not seem like a traditional family story, but the shipment of 800 impoverished women to Canada from France in the 17th Century by King Louis XIV to breed and be merry, may be about as traditional as the Canadian family gets.
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet uses video projection design to send its dancers down the rabbit hole.
Local photographer Joy Kardish preserves, and reveals, all-but-forgotten spaces.
The 2011 visual and media arts laureates speak for themselves at the National Gallery group exhibition.
The renowned Japanese percussion ensemble, celebrating its 30th year, comes to the NAC March 7.
