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The West End Studio Tour (WEST) is a self-guided tour of 16 local artists’ homes and studios that spans two weekends: September 6-7, and 13-14. This issue contains KT’s second installment of artist profiles. Go to Kitchissippi.com to read the ones you may have missed and for two web-only profiles. Get inspired,

plan your route, and most importantly, meet the people behind the art. For the third year in a row, Venz Vesselinov will invite local art lovers into his Whitby Avenue studio to share the newest works as part of the West End Studio Tour (WEST). For the work that will be on display during WEST, Vesselinov has pushed his signature landscapes

even more towards the surreal, with the kind of colour and scenery that is unique to the artist’s own mind. “For these paintings I haven’t used anything from real life, everything is created from my own imagination,” says Vesselinov. And he has quite the imagination to pull from, being a world traveller who has seen every continent and lived Continued on page 3

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Continued from page 1 on two of them. Born in Bulgaria, Vesselinov obtained his Master’s degree in Fine Arts and began his career as an illustrator and designer in Europe. In 1994, he came to Canada to expand his opportunities as an artist. He started in Newfoundland where he co-founded a graphics design company and also took up the art of making stained glass windows. He moved to Montreal where his work with animation began to take off, and then to Ottawa 10 years ago. He continues to work as a designer and an animator, currently working on programming for the Discovery Kids channel. “I’m not a traditional painter,” Vesselinov admits. With so many years as a designer and illustrator, it is the time spent making stained glass in the Maritimes that influences his paintings the most. “I kept the simplicity of the lines and the very colourful pallet, I was able to create my own kind of style,” he says. “Lately I’m trying to make the colours more mixed, after working with the stained glass I like the brightness, the colours are so loud, so beautiful.” Anyone who saw his work last fall should definitely make a return trip, as Vesselinov is taking things further into the realm of the unreal this year. With a couple of years of WEST under his belt, he is excited to see both new and familiar faces again this year. “The best thing about all this is the feedback,” says Vesselinov. “Usually an artist just stays alone with his work. Suddenly you have all the public coming to your place and everybody has something to say, it’s awesome.” For more information about Venz Vesselinov, visit venz-art.com or westendstudiotour.ca. Meet the other WEST artists in this issue and online at Kitchissippi.com.

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Hampton Park resident and West End Studio Tour (WEST) participant Manju Sah loves sharing inspiration she gets out of nature, particularly from her garden, and this is expressed in her art.

“Art evokes emotion and feelings in people. It’s about communication.” “My art is based on what I see. I explore what inspiration my garden gives me and I paint,” says Sah. Motivation to create her art from nature did not come by chance for Sah. Born and raised in Northern India near the Nepal border, Sah spent her childhood near mountains. When she immigrated to Canada in 1974, she attended the University of British Columbia (UBC) and graduated with a Master’s in English Literature. As a student, having those west coast mountains nearby, helped Sah

transition into WEST artist Manju Sah Canadian life. She also felt acceptance finds all the inspiration amongst her new Canadian friends, she needs in her garden. which helped her get over the loneliness of being in a new country. “I grew up in a beautiful area full of mountains. Moving to BC was not a huge stretch from such natural beauty but it was a huge extension of it,” says Sah. “What I had to get used to was living on my own, understanding culture through daily interaction. Studying at UBC was good for me because there were a lot of international students and I loved Vancouver.” Reflecting on her Canadian life and becoming an artist in adulthood, the now retired public servant looks at her work and wants to let people know that good artists don’t necessarily get their start in childhood. As she puts it: age is merely a number. Sah took up art 20 years ago after receiving a box of acrylic paints from brother-in-law and famed American wildlife artist, Joseph Hautman. She was hooked. “Joe totally encouraged me. Whenever I visit my sister, Joe and I paint together,” says Sah. “Whenever

I’m done with a painting I’ll send it to him for critique. Painting is a solo thing and it helps to get good information afterwards.” Sah says studying poetry early in life helped her eventual shift to painting because she realized how closely related literature and symbolism is to visual art. “English is all about expression, and so is art, because a picture says a thousand words.… When I started to paint, it was a direct connection. Art evokes emotion and feelings in people. It’s about communication. I love sharing that connection with people who come to our tours,” says Sah. For more information about Manju Sah’s work, contact her via email at manjusah@rogers.com or go to westendstudiotour.ca. Meet the other WEST artists in this issue and online at Kitchissippi.com.

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As a third grader in Pleasant Jones has a third Park, Alta Vista, David Jones’ grade teacher to thank, as well teacher, Miss Robertson, sent a note home with his report as his parents, for an early card. David showed talent start in the and an aptitude for art, and world of she recommended his parents visual arts. buy some art supplies. His mother set him up with new paints and brushes and a broken tea cup and saucer. She poured turpentine in the cup, and the saucer became his first palette. This is how Jones came to paint his first piece of art, which he and becomes more personal.” still has in his collection. In 1981, Jones received a special When Jones was in eighth grade, commission to be Canada’s war artist for representatives from the Board of the Canadian navy in Victoria, BC. Three Education travelled from school to school of his paintings were part of an exhibit looking for students interested in visual that toured Canada in 1985 along with arts, music, or drama. Canterbury High works by Arthur Lismer, Alex Colville School opened the following year, in and William Ogilvy. 1969. Jones was one of the first graduates Jones has taught adult art courses in of the visual art class five years later. the evenings for over the past 33 years. Jones also studied clarinet in his last Four of his former students have also been year at Canterbury. “I wanted to be the involved with the West End Studio Tour: next Benny Goodman,” he says, but visual Manju Sah, Jeff Wiebe, Barbara art won out. He attended the University of Zuchowicz, Edwina Sutherland (who is Ottawa during its so-called “golden years” taking a year off), and Alice Hinther (who of visual art and studied under Kenneth is no longer part of the tour). Lochhead, famous for changing the face of Jones also devotes a lot of time to landscape art in Canada and for the inspiring younger artists. establishment of Emma Lake, a summer He volunteers in Ottawa schools where arts retreat. Lochhead was brought to he becomes the “resident landscape artist” Ottawa to teach and taught a summer for a week, setting up his materials and course, which had the students painting working in an area where students and outdoors in 1978. “It changed my life staff can watch his painting evolve. He completely,” says Jones. does this to instill confidence in young Jones also learned to push the artists, and demonstrate the time, talent, boundaries of landscape painting from and expertise needed to produce a good Lochhead. piece of art. “My studio is the outdoors,” says For more information about David Jones, where he works in oils as well as Jones, visit davidwjones.ca or watercolours. “It’s fine to work from westendstudiotour.ca. Meet the other photos, but better to be in the landscape WEST artists in this issue and online at – it raises the bar of landscape painting Kitchissippi.com.

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Hintonburg artist Wendy Feldburg’s passion is rooted in her garden.

For Wendy Feldberg, inspiration can come in the form of a falling leaf. “One day I was bathing a piece of fabric in vinegar, after using nails to create rust stains,” says Feldberg. “A leaf fell on the fabric. I left it, and when I came back it had imprinted on the design.” Feldberg specializes in the art of ecodyeing, or contact printing. To create designs, Feldberg uses the pigments extracted from plants to colour different textured fabrics, like paper or silk. Feldberg soaks the fabric in water mixed with a mordant, or binding agent for the dye. She then wraps the fabric around a leaf or piece of plant matter and steams the bundle over high heat for an hour. The resulting fabric can be a swath of gentle purples, pulled from a maple leaf,

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Westview Avenue resident and West End Studio Tour (WEST) participant Janet Bell says getting over the fear of sharing your artwork with others is what separates the experienced from the inexperienced artist. “A lot of people fear others will [look at their art] and say ‘It’s crap.’ It’s a fear of people saying what you’re doing is junk. I once had that but I don’t care. I do what I do,” says Bell. Although the 64-year-old Ottawa native and illustrator grew up in an artistic household, she says simply letting things be nourishes her artist within. Ideas arbitrarily come to her, whether it comes in the form of eye-catching buildings or landscapes. “It has to be in front of me… I never know. The ideas come,” says Bell. Bell met her husband John Bell, now a retired naval officer and her brother’s former roommate, at a Christmas party when he was a university student. At first she says they had nothing in common. Yet

they communicated West End Studio well and she found Tour participant her non-linear life Janet Bell says showing your complimented that work makes an of an organized experienced artist. man. While he has never taken up art in their 40 years of marriage, she says he always had an appreciation for it. Their skills work well involved with WEST together: she draws, and he frames. in 2006. “He’s very structured. I’m so “It’s always nice to sell [my art] random, abstract. I have become to someone who cares and much more knowledgeable about appreciates it,” says Bell. politics and he has become more Some illustrations Bell plans on knowledgeable about art! It works,” showing on the studio tour include says Bell. a series of buildings located in Over the years, Bell’s development Victoria, British Columbia. Also, as an artist took many forms. After nearly completed and sitting on obtaining a Creative Arts diploma Bell’s desk, is a happy sketch of a from Sheridan College, she travelled clump of grass with all the roots across Canada with John, worked showing, a butterfly, kites flying government illustration contracts, above, fish underneath in water wrote and illustrated a cookbook with a purple sky with the word published by Pottersfield Press, and “serendipity” written across the taught art classes at the Ottawa top. Municipal School of Art. In 1988, For more information about she started selling her artwork Janet Bell visit dartmouthinkworks. through word of mouth. Eventually ca or westendstudiotour.ca. Meet she started organizing art shows the other WEST artists in this issue and showing her work, becoming and online at Kitchissippi.com.

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“I have wonderful design ideas. I get an idea in my head and I want to produce it.”

Westboro’s “There is always something new,” she Lynette Chubb has been with says. Chubb’s art is the West End Studio Tour designed to be hung since 2001 but or mounted so that there’s always natural light streams through it. Although something new at her studio. it resembles stained glass, it is actually made with museum-grade, clear roots. She is also able to craft pieces sheet acrylic, lead, glass paint and that are very unique, since few others embellishments. are making this type of art. She had originally tried working As part of the studio tour, Chubb with traditional stained glass, but displays pieces in different stages of found the medium very frustrating. production so she can show how she “I absolutely love beautiful glass,” puts her work together – a process she explains, “but you are very that involves drawing on the paper restricted in what you can do with backing of the acrylic, then cutting it.” and peeling off the paper in pieces as She needed a medium that would she applies different colours of paint. allow her to create what she envi- The final step is the application of sioned, instead of being limited by lead, which she bends and shapes what the glass could do. This led her into its pattern. She jokes about her to clear acrylics. metal-bending strength: “I’ve got a “I’ve always been my own design- good right arm,” says Chubb. er,” she explains, sitting in her sunChubb says her experience with filled Westboro studio. “I have won- WEST has always been positive. derful design ideas. I get an idea in “People really enjoy seeing the my head and I want to produce it.” process, the artist at work and the “I am also a paddler,” she adds, kind of environment artists surround noting she does a lot of water designs. themselves with,” Chubb says. “The She recently returned from a five- creativity in their own neighbourweek canoe trip in Northern Quebec hood – people really appreciate seewhere the caribou she saw inspired a ing that.” new series of work. For more information about With acrylics, she is able to create Lynette Chubb visit acrylart.ca or intricate and flowing designs that westendstudiotour.ca. Meet the other take inspiration from nature as well WEST artists in this issue and online as from her Celtic and Canadian at Kitchissippi.com.

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Tatiana The front room of Tatiana Mandel is a Mandel’s Westboro home is artfully decorated. Intricate, hand- new addition to the West End painted branches, birds and Studio Tour. flowers cover the walls from floor to ceiling. Mandel’s neighbour Paula Zoubek had seen these paintings through the open windows. “I finally knocked on the front door, my curiosity having gotten the better of me, and asked if I could see them,” Zoubek says. Zoubek is also an artist, and a participant in the West End Studio Tour (WEST). She thought her neighbour’s wall coverings were “amazing” and encouraged Mandel to join the tour. So it is that this year, for the first time, Mandel is part of the illustrious WEST roster. The Moldova-born artist studied fine arts in Russia and graphic design at Algonquin College. She also has a background in oil painting and interior design that collectively inform her handmade wall coverings and custom murals. Mandel will be showing her large-scale paintings at her home off Island Park Drive. Some of her bigger-than-life acrylic pieces resemble peacock feathers, leopard spots or zebra stripes. They are designed to make a bold statement, to be the focal point of a room. “You hang one of these above your couch in a condo, add some accent pillows and your room is done,” she says. Drawing on her background in interior design, Mandel carefully considers how her art will work with its surroundings, especially when she makes custom wall coverings. She notes that it is amazing to see how a mural or decorative wall covering can add so much to a room. “It transforms a space in a couple of hours,” she says. Her work decorates homes of the rich and famous, especially in California, and is receiving interest from around the world. Because she usually works on wallpaper, she can create a piece in her home, then ship it anywhere in the world. Her international network of interior designers ensures that each piece is hung by a professional. “I love what I do,” she says. “I get ideas from everywhere.” The inspiration to handpaint wallpaper came to her after visiting chateaus in southern France. In Europe, handmade wallpaper dates back to the 16th century. Mandel had since found a unique niche as an artist. Her company, Actual Design & Décor, engages high-end clients from across North America who were looking for customized art to showcase in their homes. To create her intricate and bold pieces, Mandel pays attention to the smallest details and does careful research before creating a new design. She even visits zoos so she can see the coats and colourings of exotic animals up close. Recently she has begun experimenting with marble backsplashes decorated in gold leaf. “It’s very interesting to work with,” she says. “There are lots of opportunities.” Mandel is looking forward to being part of WEST and hopes that the weather will cooperate so that she can display art both indoors and in her backyard. For more information about Tatiana Mandel, visit actdesigndecor.com or westendstudiotour.ca. Meet the other WEST artists in this issue and online at Kitchissippi.com.

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Paul Wing

Photography-based digital art awaits visitors at this stop along the WEST route

Story and photo by Jack Lawson

When local artist Paul Wing was diagnosed with Parkinson’s he revisited his first love – the camera. Wing worked as a videographer for 37 years before Parkinson’s forced him to retire. Almost immediately, he began taking pictures again. At the advice of a friend, he also began exhibiting them. “Seven years ago I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s,” says Wing, one of the 16 artists on this year’s West End Studio Tour. “I worked for a year and a half, until I couldn’t anymore. As soon as I retired I pulled out my old Nikon cameras and started shooting.” Much of this love of photography can be attributed to Wing’s father, an amateur photographer. As a child Wing once borrowed his father’s camera and went out into the snow to capture chickadees in flight.

Garden art Continued from page 4 and her husband lived in the Glebe. During the downsizing process Feldberg decided to put to use her collection of vintage fabrics. A committed gardener, Feldberg researched the ways to combine these two parts of her

“I was about 11 or 12, it was one day in November… I lay in a snow bank for an hour shooting chickadees. When I got the film back it was ridiculous – just little black specks,” laughs Wing. “That was probably when I started to become an amateur photographer.” These days Wing works just as much with digital media as he does the traditional tripod and camera combination. Wing’s style, occasionally described as “painterly,” is achieved through the careful planning of a few photographs and the technological magic of Photoshop. Typically Wing will take between 25-50 photos when on a shoot. These pictures are then refined and finessed for hours with editing software until the otherworldly colours or transparent figures present in so much of his work come to the fore. “I guess I’m a wannabe painter,” says

life. Although eco-dyeing started as a hobby in 2011, it has since blossomed into a process she is very passionate about. “To me, this art is about the process. It’s about the engagement of the hand, and the eye, and the heart,” says Feldberg. “In stage, after stage, after stage nothing is finished quickly.”

Wing. “A lot of my stuff I push into the graphic painting route. Paul Wing’s artwork is I try to make photographyachieved based digital art – marrying and through careful combining multiple pictures.” One example of this is a planning and the series of four photographs magic of Photoshop. taken in Barcelona. Wing sandwiched the four images together, blending the characters into ghostly medication. These drugs, when combined shapes and pulling out sharp pastel colours with extensive surgery have made living from the buildings. with the illness much more manageable. Although a number of Wing’s works “Photography is very therapeutic. It’s are from travels overseas, much of the creative and it gives you a sense of indephotography on display for the tour is pendence,” says Wing. “I can’t imagine decidedly Canadian. not shooting. So I’d like to keep taking “[For example] I’ve got a few pieces I pictures until I kick it.” shot at Gib’s Gas Station on Highway 7,” For more information about Paul says Wing. “I found these two cars, bright Wing, visit wingimagery.com or westendred with greenery pushing in on them.” studiotour.ca. Meet the other WEST Early on in the interview, Wing spends artists in this issue and online at a few minutes searching for his Parkinson’s Kitchissippi.com.

Currently Feldberg is working with a combination of scrolls and imprinting. In one example she created an autumnal catalogue by imprinting a number of plants gathered in October into a folding scroll. Feldberg’s garden is a riot of greenery. Each plant has its place and its purpose, according to

Feldberg. She specializes in plants native to Canada: maple, sycamore, and coreopsis. During frequent excursions into Ottawa’s fields Feldberg also gathers plants for the dyeing process. As the seasons begin to change, and the summer drifts further away, Feldberg remains committed to not only her work,

but the garden in which it grows. “Some people say that a garden is never finished,” says Feldberg. “I believe that a gardener’s work is also never finished.” For more information visit wendyfeldberg.ca or go to westendstudiotour.ca. Meet the other WEST artists in this issue and online at Kitchissippi.com.

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Clare Brennan is a collector and a scavenger as much as he is an artist. His sculptures – wooden beings which hover somewhere between playful robots and curious cousins of Pinocchio – are all made out of found objects, bits and pieces Brennan often finds on his walk to work. In fact, he has been known to peek in neighbourhood garbage cans, which can throw home owners for a bit of a loop if they see him. Wood makes up the base of most of his work, but it has to be the right

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The first time Jeff Wiebe took a commission as an artist, his buyer, a high school teacher, paid with a toonie. “I think I just sort of stared at him in shock,” says Wiebe. “It was a bit of a locker-door slamming kind of moment – a hard lesson. It taught me to be more particular, and to be wary.” Despite this somewhat rocky beginning, Wiebe has been drawing, sketching, and painting for thirty years. Much of his work focuses on the natural world. After graduating from the Alberta College of Art and Design, Wiebe began working as an illustrator with the Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan. Wiebe worked there for four summers, drawing park wildlife and set designs for plays put on by park staffers. It was there that he developed the pen and ink style that would define his work. “I started, because of the national park job, working with the pens. I used architectural pens, and I ended up using them totally incorrectly,” says Wiebe. “I’d madly crosshatch, and the pens would kind of just get burnished down.” Many of Wiebe’s pieces are crosshatched animals that show off exaggerated features: crows with large eyes, and a lynx being slowly expelled from a chimney as a cloud of smoke.

As a boy, Wiebe was fascinated with large animals. One of his strongest memories is the systematic redrawing of bison, over, and over, and over. “I remember being really into drawing bison when I was a kid. I drew with BIC pens in black ink. This was actually the start of my first commission,” says Wiebe, smiling wryly. These days Wiebe works with paints and brushes as well as pen and paper. This came about after a bout of tendonitis, which made the repetitive motion of crosshatching difficult. Despite the injury, Wiebe keeps up with his pen and ink style. He often finds inspiration from photos taken in the field. Upon moving to Ottawa, Wiebe discovered Gatineau Park, where he sketched birds and other animals. These sketches were re-worked into finished pieces. Inspiration, however, can strike at any time, says Weibe, not just during a trip to Ottawa’s prodigious network of parks. “There was a period where we drove along [highway 7] quite a lot,” says Wiebe. “I drew several different pictures of the same old oak tree. We’d pull over and I’d draw it. Again and again.” For more information, visit westendstudiotour.ca. Meet the other WEST artists in this issue and online at Kitchissippi.com.

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By Tim Thibeault Imagine you are conducting interviews to find just the right employee for a job that would affect your personal comfort for years to come. More than just mowing a lawn, this employee would have to decide on the topography of the yard, the type of grass, flowers and trees to be planted, where the walkways and fountains will go, how much traffic will pass by, and every other aspect of how your yard will turn out. Imagine that the responsibilities of the job are so important that you will pay about $93,000. a year to have it done right. How concerned would you be that the person you hire should be capable of doing the job? Would you have some specific questions to ask? Would you research what the new job-holder has done, could do, and might do? Would you think of how you might expect this new employee of yours to perform? Or would you let someone else make all those decisions without you? How well would you trust a stranger to have your best interests at heart? On October 27 this year, you will be hiring someone to do just such a job. Ready or not, you will be hiring a City Councillor for Ward 15 – your neighbourhood. There are now 4 people who are interested (one has dropped out), and they have been trying to reach you for some time. In the next 2 months, they will try even harder. Voter turnout in civic elections is rarely high enough for

any one candidate to declare victory by a true majority of eligible voters. This is because most often, approximately one half of (sometimes even fewer) eligible voters take the trouble to vote. The winner is usually chosen by a concerted, and concerned, minority. Too often, the majority of voters is just not that inspired by the choices offered. Or, perhaps they just don’t understand. Maybe they just trust strangers to choose for them. In the last civic election, Kitchissippi Ward tied with Bay Ward for second highest voter turnout in the city. Only 51 per cent of eligible voters took part. Capitol Ward had a 52 per cent voter turnout for first place. Certainly the issues affect voter turnout. So too, does awareness and involvement by new voters in each election. Newswest’s goal in 2014 is to increase voter turnout in Ward 15 neighbourhoods. To that end, we need a strategy to appeal to all voters. We need “Job Interviewers.” We invite you, our readers, to send us your questions and concerns – and the responses you would expect. We will ask each of the remaining candidates a selection of your questions, and report back to you in our next issue. You can email your questions to editor@newswest.org by Sept. 18 to give the candidates some time to reply. For further details on Ottawa’s Election 2014, visit newswest.org

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Capital Pride Parade I am very proud that the Ottawa Carleton District School Board has had a contingent in the Capital Pride Parade every summer since 2011. This year students, families, neighbours and friends marched alongside school staff on Sunday August 24 to demonstrate that we are a safe, caring and inclusive organization. We are usually one of the biggest groups in the parade! We started this practice when Donna Blackburn, our first openly gay trustee, asked if we could participate in Capital Pride. Consistent with our stated policy of inclusion, it was an easy answer. Since then, the ripple effect on the organization has been profound. It is now part of our culture to be open and inclusive of all students and all families and indeed all community members. It affects the attitudes and the dialogues both inside and outside of the classroom and in the community.

Trustee Elections and My Plans As many of you know, trustees are elected on the same ballot as our City Council representatives. After eight years of serving as your trustee, I have decided not to run again this time. It has been a tremendous pleasure looking after the public schools in Kitchissippi and Somerset Wards and I often have felt as though I have 70,000 kids to watch over. Thank you for allowing me the honour of serving as your representative on the school board!

Broadview PS Rebuild Trustees voted to allocate the funds required for the rebuilding of Broadview Public School in June. Only $5.3 Million of the required $15 Million was provided by the Ministry with the rest to be made up by the Board. These funds will come from a reserve containing proceeds of disposition (sale of school board properties). Traditionally, this fund is used extensively for schools across the region to make up for unavoidable cost overruns and general underfunding for capital projects from the Ministry. We are fortunate that trustees agreed to use it towards Broadview. Architectural drawings are being prepared and a public meeting will be scheduled during the Fall. You should know that underfunding of a school rebuild in this way is unprecedented at the OCDSB. Of the over

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lenging discussion at times. The impact on the community during the bus detour onto Scott/Albert is not trivial, especially for those who live on or near Scott St. The association will continue to keep the community informed of the ongoing impacts and scheduling of route changes etc. Once the LRT is completed, it is likely to be a key priority for the community to ensure that Scott St. turns out as envisioned in the CDP. We need to start now to ensure the City allocates the appropriate funding in 2018.

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By Paulette Dozois Our little village was bursting with song on Saturday 23 August at the Hintonburg Free Summer Movie Night! If you were passing the HCC around 7:00 p.m. you would have heard many young voices singing every song from the movie FROZEN. Free Movie Night was back in the hood and the suggestion of FROZEN as the lead movie was just right! Many of you know that the HCA and the HCC have hosted free outdoor movie nights for over 10 years now. Our great successes have been

movies such as Slumdog Millionaire and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Last year we had a spanner thrown in the works when we were informed that we were breaking the Copyright legislation by not paying the requisite fees. We thought our free movie nights were a thing of the past. Not so as this year the HCA decided to regroup and pay for one Hintonburg movie night for summer 2014 (which cost us approximately $400.00 for both movies) and what a success it was! Approximately 60 viewers showed up and had a won-

Lots of development and zoning work in addition to the CDP has kept the Zoning Committee especially busy. They led our involvement in two OMB hearings regarding Holland and Armstrong Avenues. More volunteers to help with that workload would be greatly appreciated. The AGM gives residents a chance to discuss those areas on which the HCA should focus in the coming year. Our purpose is to support residents in the issues that affect our community. The AGM is open to the public but only paid members may vote to elect the next year’s board. The membership table will be open from 6:30 p.m. for people to renew, or join the HCA. derful time as the young ones knew the words to EVERY song. The second movie was Ghostbusters and Dan Akyrod, Bill Murray and their spooky friends still have fans in Hintonburg as it was very well attended too. The HCA and HCC are happy to collaborate on this event. This partnership continues to work well. We also want to thank Donna Blake and Kody Ferreira for their continued volunteer work with our movie night. Donna is the hood’s best popcorn maker and the movies would not be a success without her. Kody keeps things going with his enthusiasm and help. Both deserve recognition for their contributions to the success of movie night in Hintonburg.

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September 7 - Heritage Ottawa Walking Tour of Hintonburg Named for Joseph Hinton, a shopkeeper and civic official, the village of Hintonburg was incorporated in 1893. This walking tour will take participants through the heart of this interesting, eclectic and socially varied neighbourhood, that is so rich in heritage. Guides will be Linda Hoad and Paulette Dozois. Meet at St-François d’Assise Church (20 Fairmont Ave.) at 2:00 p.m. Heritage Ottawa members: $5.00, Non-members, $10.00. For further information call 613-230-8841 or email info@heritageottawa.org. September 9 - Camera Club of Ottawa anniversary Celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Camera Club of Ottawa at the Hintonburg Community Centre (1064 Wellington St.) from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m, on Camera Club of Ottawa Day. We meet every Tuesday and have outings to interesting places and events, workshops on photographic techniques, guest speakers, competitions, and a lot fun. Meet keen photographers who love to share their knowledge and keep learning about different aspects of photography. All are welcome from beginner to expert, and all ages. For information go to cameraclubottawa.ca or call 613-216-2326. September 10, 17, 24 - OPEN REHEARSALS for the NEPEAN CHOIR Join a delightful group of people singing a wide variety of interesting and accessible choral music. Open rehearsal each Wednesday evening in Sept. at 7:30 pm at Northwestern United Church. For details, go to nepeanchoir.ca or phone 613-435-6382.

you! This free, 60-minute workshop at the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public library will be taking place at 2:00 p.m. and is offered in partnership with Ottawa Public Health. Registration is required. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca. September 20 - Community Fundraiser and CD Release party This community fundraiser and CD release party for heather lynn song and the Elizabeth Riley band will also feature information tables from various community organizations. $10, food included. Proceeds will go to Interval House (intervalhouseottawa.org) and First United Church (firstunitedchurchottawa.org). From 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at First United Church (347 Richmond Rd.) Potluck dessert offerings welcome. For more information, contact heather lynn song at hfarrow672@gmail.com or go to facebook. com/heatherlynn.song or the Elizabeth Riley Band at facebook.com/ groups/2652930534. September 23 - Hintonburg Community Association Annual General Meeting The AGM will be taking place at the Hintonburg Community Centre (1064 Wellington St. W.). Learn about the past year’s activities, raise concerns and help elect the Board of Directors. Sign-in and membership renewal at 6:30 p.m.; meeting at 7:00 p.m. Membership is open to all residents, businesses and property owners. Call 613-7987987 for more information or send an email to info@hintonburg.com.

September 13 & 14 - Fundraiser for the Ottawa Riverkeeper Local artist Margaret Chwialkowska is hosting her 8th annual art studio tour fundraiser. A portion of the proceeds from onsite sales will be donated to the Ottawa Riverkeeper. Saturday & Sunday, September 13 & 14, 11:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., at 195 Woodroffe Ave. For more information call 613-729-9351 or go to artristsincanada.com/margaret.

September 27th - Annual Candlelight Labyrinth Walk This unique community event in McKellar Park is for all labyrinth walkers, experienced and newcomers alike. Children are required to bring their adult supervisors. Drop by between 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. There will be music by Baobab Community Drum Performers from 7:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. Adults only after 9:00 p.m., with vocal soundscape by Antonia Pigot. Sponsored by the McKellar Park Association and hosted by Barbara Brown.

September 17 - How to Start a Walking Group Joining or starting a walking group is a good way to promote good health, walk regularly, have fun and meet new people. If you are a new mom, new to the neighbourhood, retired, or simply looking to meet new people in your community, and be more physically active, this workshop is for

September 6-7 & 13-14 - WEST End Studio Tour WEST is a free tour that has been organized annually since 1995 by the artists themselves, and it’s a rare opportunity for art lovers to see where the art is inspired and made and explore one of Ottawa’s most interesting neighbourhoods. For more information go to westendstudiotour.ca.

September 13 - Tastes of Wellington West Mark your calendars, because Tastes is back for another year! This community street party is a great opportunity for residents and visitors to experience the neighbourhood from a new perspective. Come and enjoy the performances, sidewalk sales, family activities, free workshops and food samples at the annual celebration of Wellington West’s vibrant urban streets from 11:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. on both days. For more information follow @Wellington_West on Twitter or visit wellingtonwest.ca. September 16 - Scottish Country Dancing Scottish Country Dancing is an exciting form of dance with widespread appeal, enjoyed around the world by people of all ages. No experience and no partner necessary. Classes begin September 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Churchill Centre, 345 Richmond Road (free parking just north of Richmond Road). It’s a great way to keep in shape, meet new people and exercise the brain all at the same time. Dancing takes place on a sprung wooden floor so it’s easy on the knees and legs. Wear comfortable clothing and soft-soled shoes. Come and join us for a few weeks, with no obligation, to see if you like the class. Contact Tod Moxley for more information at 613-232-6451 or wtmoxley101@hotmail.com. You are also invited to the Welcome/Introductory Dance on September 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Parkdale United Church ( 429 Parkdale Ave.) September 28 - McKellar Park Fall Festival Save the date! Dovercourt Presents the McKellar Park Fall Festival in partnership with the McKellar Park Community Association from 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Come celebrate the first weekend of fall with lots of food, fun and music in the park (539 Wavell Ave.). Email mpca.blog@gmail.com for more information. November 1 - String stories Join Ruth Stewart-Verger, of the Ottawa StoryTellers, for a workshop on how to tell a story using string. In this free program, children will discover how to create a series of string figures to “illustrate” a story. This workshop is intended for children ages 7-12, and takes place at 10:30 a.m. at the Rosemount branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Registration is required. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca. November 13 - How to buy a PC When buying a PC, you are faced with a lot of choices: laptop or desktop, dual or quad core processor, AMD or Intel, size of hard drive, size of monitor, faster processor vs more memory, and more. Chris Taylor, President of the Ottawa PC Users’ Group will help sort out the choices so you can buy the computer that is right for your needs. This 120 minutes workshop will be taking place at the Rosemount branch of the Ottawa Public Library and begins at 6:15 p.m. Registration is required. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.

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Social SENIORS Join in an afternoon of cards, bridge, euchre, board games and socializing every Wednesday from 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Parish Hall, 153 Woodroffe Ave. All seniors are welcome to attend this weekly non-denominational gathering social gathering. For more information contact Ellena 613-728-4018 or Celine 613-234-0853. Friday Open Mic Nights Show off your musical chops and bask in the applause at the Westboro Legion! We have the sound equipment so just bring your talent and instrument(s). For information, call the branch any afternoon: 613-725-2778. Your Community Associations For up-to-date news on your neighbourhood, stay in touch with your community association. Information about events, traffic changes, development, neighbourhood clubs, volunteer opportunities and board meetings is available from the following Community Association websites. Champlain Park Community Association champlainpark.org Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association chnaottawa.ca Hintonburg Community Association hintonburg.com Hampton-Iona Community Group hamptoniona.wordpress.com Island Park Community Association islandpark.wordpress.com McKellar Park Community Association mckellarparkcommunity.wordpress.com Mechanicsville Community Association facebook.com/MechanicsvilleCA Wellington Village Community Association wvca.ca Westboro Beach Community Association westborobeach.org Westboro Community Association lovewestboro.wordpress.com.

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