Artist and musician Daniel Wakeman has arrived. By Hattie Klotz Irish-American writer and Pulitzer Prize winner Frank McCourt published his first book, Angela’s Ashes, at age 66. Another Pulitzer winner, Annie Proulx, best known for The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain, didn’t get her start...
By Hattie Klotz FROM LOCAL KID WHO DIDN’T MAKE THE TEAM TO MAJOR LEAGUE ENTERTAINER, CAMERON HUGHES HAS GOT GAME. For Ottawa native Cameron Hughes, an audience of thousands is all in a day’s work. Hughes, who grew up in New Edinburgh and Manor Park, and went to Rockcliffe Park Public School before...
By Paul Gessell Photos by Carl Lessard Nicole Mathieu, known as Niko, is an artist whose original works are exhibited around the world. They are the faces of glamour, with luscious red lips, sparkling eyes and perfect bone structure. The paintings by the artist known as Niko portray women who are...
Celebrated concert pianist, recording artist and educator John Kofi Dapaah bridges the gap between the classical and jazz worlds. By Paul Gessell Photos by Kathi Robertson & Michael Lucy Muroran, on Japan’s Hokkaido Island, is an industrial city famous for its spectacular cliffs and ocean views...
Mary Ciancibello keeps things classy in the contentious world of fashion By Janet Wilson Photography by FINNSQUARE.com To stand out and to stay relevant in the fashion world, you need to be creative, have thick skin, sharp elbows and excel at self-promotion. For Ottawa stylist Mary Ciancibello...
Photos by James Park Photography James Jefferson is well known as creative director and co-owner, along with Daniel Mackinnon, of Blackbook Lifestyle, the city’s top lifestyle marketing and events agency, blackbooklifestyle.com. He turns heads all on his own, though. As a maestro of fashion moments...
In the swim of community leadership By Hattie Klotz When Ottawa lawyer Hugues Boisvert graduated from both of his law schools—he studied civil law at Ottawa University and common law at Moncton University—he dreamed of becoming a business lawyer specializing in deals and investment. He also wanted...
How two urbanites discovered the joy of country living By Melissa Milakovic A picture can convey 1000 words; a picture can also be deceiving. I told myself this last summer as I scrolled through images of a listing for an unusual lakeside property: two small, box-like buildings made of red and grey...
Brooke and Blake’s bracelets and decorative beads help raise funds for CHEO’s cardiology unit. Darling wee heart warrior Blakelyn O’Reilly was born June 23, 2020, with two congenital heart defects—coarctation of the aortic arch and atrioventricular septal defect complete. She also has a...
By Hattie Klotz Photos by kathi robertson & wmlucy Across Ottawa and different mediums, artist Christopher Griffin is making an indelible impression. In Grade 13, Ottawa artist Christopher Griffin received an offer from the University of Guelph to study business. He tore the letter up and never...
By Paul Gessell Ottawa author’s thriller about Caravaggio captures a dazzling light of the art world who also embodied darkness. In Caravaggio’s iconic painting, The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599-1600, the apostle is depicted as a man with a thin face, prominent nose, shaggy beard and startled...
By Paul Gessell National Gallery presents compelling new look at an old master The mysterious, plump, young woman at the National Gallery of Canada has confounded art historians for centuries. Who is she meant to represent? Who was the model? Why is she dressed in such finery? Rembrandt painted the...
