June 10, 2011 - Glebe Report

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Musical interludes in June
First Baptist Church at the corner of
Laurier and Elgin
by James Calkin
Thursdays in June, the downtown First
Baptist Church at Laurier and Elgin
streets, presents a series of lunch hour
musical interludes. This is another in a
series of increasingly popular midday
musical getaways. What better way to
spend a spring noon hour in the downtown
core than by listening to some of
Ottawa’s top classical musicians in the
sumptuous acoustics of this heritage
structure?
Well-known organist James Calkin
opened the series Thursday, June 2
with a concert of works by Bach and
Widor followed by Wesley Warren on
Thursday, June 9. The amazing mezzosoprano
Whitney O’Hearn is featured
in the third concert on Thursday, June
16. Baroque violinist Kevin James delights
with pyrotechnics from the Italian
baroque on Thursday, June 23. Finally the unusual duo combination of organ
(Karen Holmes) and French horn (Damian Rivers-Moore) is featured just before
Canada Day on Thursday, June 30.
Concerts run each Thursday in June from 12:15-1:00 p.m. Admission is $5
at the door. For more info, surf over to:http://firstbaptistottawa.ca/congregational/poster.pdf.
James Calkin is the director of music at the First Baptist Church of Ottawa.
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Jazz Festival
Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub plays closing night.
by Megan Marshall
Ottawa’s jazz festival should be
appropriately named the Jazz Explosion
this year due to the stellar
and overwhelming line-up. Running
from June 23-July 3 in Confederation
Park downtown, this year’s festival
promises to blow your musical
mind with acts including Youssou N’
Dour, Paco De Lucia, Brad Mehldau,
Joshua Redman, Pink Martini and
myriad others. But don’t just go for
the ‘known’ names or headliners!
There are a multitude of under-theradar
acts who will dazzle and inspire,
such as the Brian Browne Trio,
Craig Pedersen Quartet, Gord Grdina
Trio, Jaga Jazzist, Jayme Stone,
Megan Jerome, Mash Potato Mashers,
My Tiny Circus, Renee Yoxon,
Shooglenifty & the Peptides. There
has been some speculation concerning
some of the headliners due to acts
which are not commonly known for
being ‘jazz’; however those doubts
will quickly be dispelled.
On opening night June 23, Robert
Plant & his Band of Joy are the
headlining act. Of course, as soon
as one hears the name, memories of
Led Zeppelin creep into mind. Do
not be fooled. Plant has long since
departed from the psychedelic rock
roots of Zeppelin; his six Grammy
winning, multi-platinum project with
Alison Krauss, Raising Sand, was indeed
a bluegrass-folk album. Stemming
from this, Plant’s latest album,
Band of Joy, features Patti Griffin
and Buddy Miller, both guitar masters
bridging the gap between folk
and jazz. Though you may show up
to see the legend of Zeppelin, you’ll
walk away with a newfound respect
for the artistry and musicianship of
Robert Plant.
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MUSIC
Elvis Costello & the Imposters
grace the main stage on June 24.
Anyone dubious of Costello’s ability
to provide sensational jazz is simply
ignorant. With over 30 major release
albums under his belt, ranging from
rock to classical, there is no questioning
his vast musical abilities. His
latest album, The Future Lies Ahead,
is a perfect melange of roots, rock,
with a twist of jazz.
Saturday June 25 hosts one of
Canada’s legends to the main stage:
k.d. lang & the Siss Boom Band. Although
known for her hit “Constant
Craving” and renowned cover of
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, lang
has always had a spark that is hard
to pinpoint. Her music ranges from
easy listening to rockabilly and much
in-between. The band’s latest album,
Sing It Loud, may at first appear to
be a rockabilly project, but upon listening,
the guitar detail offers much
more of a jazz influence than rock.
This night is guaranteed to be a
packed park!
On closing night July 3, Daniel
Lanois’ band Black Dub will shock,
stimulate and make you beg for more.
The band consists of jazz virtuosos
Brian Blade (drums), Trixie Whitley
(vocals, drums, guitar, keys), Jim
Wilson (bass & keys) and of course
Daniel Lanois (vocals, pedal steel
and guitar). Together, this exceptional
group will electrify your soul. Do
NOT miss this performance.
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Megan Marshall, who brings readers
information and insight on the local
music scene, can be found most
days managing Compact Music in
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ART
Mapping
the mythical landscape
by Bhatboy
Move over doodle art, I have created
my own colouring project for all
ages complete with its own Ottawa.
It is a map of a mythical landscape
crafted of the imagination that has
grown from my experience of growing
up in the Glebe. Many aspects of
the map are autobiographical; it is
only natural that many aspects of my
world should seem familiar to other
Glebites. A keen colourist will find
the Glebe Community Centre, the
Aberdeen Pavilion and the Church of
the Blessed Sacrament surrounded
by bodies of water that seem vaguely
familiar.
I have always been fascinated by
maps and their abstract representation
of the world. Any one place can
be mapped a thousand ways according
to what you choose to chart: elevation;
rainfall; political allegiance;
number of cats per household. Each
map of the same area will be different.
Maps tell the story of the passing
of time. With their shifting boundaries,
and evolving statistics, they are
fluid, yet they are imagined and created
by individuals.
Mutchmor appears as a self enclosed
enclave with market gardens
and a public school, reflective of
my childhood when I had little perspective
and my world was small
without significant views. In the
summer, my parents would put me
in the back of the car and drive me
to our cottage near Algonquin Park.
This too appears in the map as The
Independency of Lock, named after
my family. This appears as a detail
in the top left hand corner of the
map. As I grew older, I made road
trips to San Francisco, and Detroit;
these appear at the periphery of my
consciousness, at the edge of the
kingdom.
Amongst the islands of familiarity
within, are mountains of the unknown,
valleys of seclusion, and
cold snowy glaciers of solitude as
the map is also an escape, a vacation,
a journey to places that are safe, and
places of adventure. This is the exploration
of life which we should all
undertake. For some of us, this is the
past, for others, it is our future, for
what is life, if it is not an adventure?
Colouring the map should be a vacation
from life. Whether we choose to
colour it in an organized fashion, or
in a random disorderly way is reflective
of the individual who colours; it
is our own expression of life. Some
will choose not to colour it at all.
Personally, I prefer to use a pencil
crayon rather than a felt tip pen as
I find the colours softer and easier
to blend from one to the other. You
can choose to colour the political
boundaries, or to follow the gentle
flow of the topographical features.
The boundaries are fluid and open to
expression unlike the doodle arts and
colouring books that I used to colour
as a child.
I was driven to create my own
maps at a young age and as I matured,
so did the concept of what
these maps could be. I am currently
working on mapping an entire world
whose cultures parallel our own like
a distorted mirror image, telling the
story of mankind’s transformation
of a planet. With our exploration of
the planet, our perspective of it has
changed from being a boundless
world to a self contained globe. This
map is the landscape of my own life,
compete with dragons.
Bhat Boy’s colour it yourself map
of Zurn is 27 x 32 inches and retails
for $20 at Mrs Tiggy Winkles and the
Gordon Harrison Gallery on Sussex
Drive. Pencil crayons not included.
Glebe art tour
of our gardens and studios
by Martha Bowers
This summer, a group of Glebe residents are reviving the popular “Glebe Art
in Our Gardens” tour. This event will be held on the weekend of July 9 and 10
and will feature the artwork of a number of Glebe artists – painters, potters,
sculptors, jewellers – who will display their art in their gardens and studios.
In past years, this event has attracted visitors, art lovers and gardeners from
throughout Ottawa and beyond.
With the reconstruction of Bank Street, this summer will be especially challenging
for Glebe residents and businesses alike, and it will be important to
continue to support our local commercial enterprises and welcome people to
our neighbourhood. The “Glebe Art in Our Gardens and Studios” tour will
attract many visitors to the Glebe on a midsummer weekend to stroll along
our quiet side streets to view the work of talented local artists and to enjoy the
delights of our lovely gardens.
Brochures listing the artists’ names as well as a map showing the studio and
garden locations will be available in Glebe shops and at the Glebe Community
Centre. Information will also be available on the website www.glebearttour.ca.
Be sure to mark July 9-10 on your calendar. We look forward to meeting old
friends and new who will support our artists and businesses.
Thank you for helping to make the “Glebe Art in Our Gardens and Studios”
tour a success this July!
Martha Bowers is a long time resident of the Glebe.
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