Serena Ryder
All Serena Ryder needs is an umbrella and a coffee on rainy afternoon in Ottawa. She was spotted in the crowd during the sound checks on Parliament Hill the day before her performance on Canada Day.
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All Serena Ryder needs is an umbrella and a coffee on rainy afternoon in Ottawa. She was spotted in the crowd during the sound checks on Parliament Hill the day before her performance on Canada Day.
Kevin Parent and Suzie McNeil jams with Blue Rodeo in a rehearsal before their performance on Canada Day in Ottawa.
Nova Scotia rocker Joel Plaskett was on stage rehearsing the night before his Canada Day performance on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Judging be the number of times he's been performing in Ottawa area this year I think he should have an apartment here. That would be cool.
For more info check out his site on the web:
http://www.joelplaskett.com/
Alberta Country Superstar Paul Brandt rehearsed his hit song Alberta Bound on stage the day before Canada Day in Ottawa.
More info here:
www.paulbrandt.com/newindex.html
Canadian singer, Suzie McNeil rehearses during a sound check on Parliament Hill one day before Canada Day.
Check out her web site www.suziemcneil.ca for more info.
Victorious poet rob mclennan gives the nasty Nathaniel G. Moore a pummeling with a folding chair. Smack! Spencer Gordon lays motionless after a vicious unwarranted attack by Moore, now bloodied. This is poetry at its finest.
rob mclennan hurls defeated poet Nathaniel G. Moore off the stage at Babylon's in Ottawa 27 June 2008. A bit of poetic justice I might add.
if you look carefully at the photo on flickr.com (click on photo to see large size) the two rubbed out words are "my socks".
I ♥ you pingpong. So I went up to her to ask about the t-shirt. In broken English she tells me its for her twin boys. One is named Pin, and the other, well the communication broke down there.
She spelled out one son's name, Pin. P-i-n. I asked about the second boy's name and why the 'g' in ping. Unforunately, I didn't understand what she said as she didn't have time as the group was boarding the coach. Probably the other son is named Pon?? Hence, I heart pingpong... Anyway, thought you'd be interested.
From the Toronto Star on line bio:
"Chantal Hébert, Toronto Star political columnist, cut her teeth in politics at Queen’s Park in the late seventies covering the minority governments of Progressive-Conservative premier William Davis.
Since then she has reported in French and in English on Canada’s constitutional and referendum wars, the 1988 free-trade debate as well as the more recent rebirth of the Conservative movement.
In addition to her columns, Chantal is a regular member of the CBC’s At Issue panel, broadcast weekly on The National."
Wiki entry:
Chantal Hébert
On the roof of the Carleton Tavern for the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair pre-fair reading with Stuart Ross, David McGimpsey, Mike Spry, Jason Camlot (could not make it) and Jon Paul Fiorentino (seen reading in background).
Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee for president of the United States, visits Ottawa Friday 20 June 2008 to deliver a free trade speech to the Economic Club of Canada. McCain has a few parting words with Fairmont Château Laurier's general manager Claude J. Sauvé as the Senator is whisked away by motorcade at the side entrance of the hotel.
Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee for president of the United States, visits Ottawa Friday 20 June 2008 to deliver a free trade speech to the Economic Club of Canada. Far left is US Ambassador David H. Wilkins patting the back of Fairmont Château Laurier's general manager Claude J. Sauvé (back turned) as the Senator gives a brief wave to the crowd and then is whisked away by motorcade at the side entrance of the hotel. Tickets for the luncheon allegedly sold out within minutes when news of the event was posted on the club's website.
Uh, not quite sure what's going on here. But it's probably not a comment about Free Will's hair.
From WESTfest bio:
Free Will is a performance poet from Ottawa. He is the 2007 Capital Slam Champion and was a member of the Ottawa Slam Team at the 2007 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Halifax.
Colleen Sutton is a local Ottawa actress and a recent graduate of The Ottawa School of Speech and Drama. She appears in many successful plays around town and in this photo she portrays an iconic 1980s era model / mannequin for Westboro hair salon, Changes, during WESTFest.
Lacing, umm strike that... velcroing up the gloves for a boxing demonstration at WESTfest, Saturday 14 June 2008.
Donald Throop is a ubiquitous, yet quiet, audience member usually seen in the front row of many of Ottawa's literary events. I should know; I see him all the time. This portrait was taken at the Christopher Dewdney reading hosted by Max Middle the other evening. Still haven't got around to posting a pic of Dewdney either...soon perhaps.
Sarah works at The Urban Well on Laurier East in Ottawa. She was our server last evening during the Christopher Dewdney book reading of The A B Reading Series hosted by Max Middle. Don't know if I'll get around to actually posting a pic of the featured writer. Maybe.
In any event, Christopher Dewdney, winner of the 2007 Harbourfront Festival Prize, read passages from his new book Soul of the World: Unlocking the Secrets of Time.
from his personal website: www.donboudria.com/
"Mr. Boudria was the dean of the Liberal caucus in the House of Commons during the 38th Parliament. He announced his intention not to seek re-election on May 6, 2005 and as of the General Election on January 23, 2006, he ceased to be a Member of Parliament. He has since published his autobiography Busboy: From Kitchen to Cabinet available at www.optimumbooks.com/. The french version is available at Editions du Vermillion."
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 6, 2008) - The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement today appointing Lt.-Gen. Walt Natynczyk as the new Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS). The appointment will be effective following the Change of Command ceremony which will take place in the coming weeks.
"Uncle Walt" smiles during a conversation with a fellow soldier at Rideau Hall during the unveiling of the new Victoria Cross design on 16 May 2008.
Preperation
Ottawa -- 7 June 2008
World Naked Bike Ride
nakedwiki.org/index.php?title=Ottawa
John Lavery, of the Max Middle Sound Project, caught in the poetic throes of a paroxysmic outburst.
John, along with Max, were the opening performers for guest reader, Jaap Blonk at St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts and Humanities 6 June 2008.
Jaap Blonk makes his brand of sound poetry come alive in stereo with two mics at St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts and Humanities Friday 6 June 2008.
From the online blurb on OIWF's web site:
"Dutch composer, performer and sound poet Jaap Blonk is unique for his powerful stage presence and almost childlike freedom in improvisation, combined with a keen grasp of structure. He has performed in many European countries, as well as in the U.S. and Canada, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa and Latin America. With the use of live electronics the scope and range of his concerts has acquired a considerable extension."
From the online blurb on the OIWF's web site:
"Dutch composer, performer and sound poet Jaap Blonk is unique for his powerful stage presence and almost childlike freedom in improvisation, combined with a keen grasp of structure. He has performed in many European countries, as well as in the U.S. and Canada, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa and Latin America. With the use of live electronics the scope and range of his concerts has acquired a considerable extension."