Escape - Table of Contents

Dahlia Liwsze discussed with local poets Claudia Coutu Radmore and Rod Pederson their belief that their poetry must encompass more than the theme of escape. History, people and nature are among the a...

Alexandra Trottier investigates animal cruelty in Hollywood and wonders when these poor creatures will be able to escape their abusive environments. Animal cruelty has occurred throughout human ...

Can Henry DeTamble survive the leap from page to screen?   Despite the title, I never think of Clare Abshire as the protagonist in The Time Traveler's Wife. First and foremost, it is a book a...

Years after rescuing a VHS copy from a 99 cent bin, April Yorke still doesn't "get" Canadian writer-director Gary Burns' waydowntown. When fellow (Cult)ure cinema critic Joe Lipsett listed "too m...

Nearly two decades ago, Canadian folklorist Staunton R. Livingston made recordings of Canadian football players performing original songs about life on and off the football field.  The tapes collecte...

Frederick Hidell recalls seeing Bob Dylan in concert for the first time in May of 2008.  It was a concert that just might have saved his life. I stood on the shores of Saint John, New Brun...

Everybody needs a world to escape to once in a while. A place where enjoying the moment is all that matters. For us, that world is Bonnaroo. Photo: Kerry Feeney Each year, over 70,000 peop...

Wayne Current takes a surreal trip back in time by attending Carnivàle Lune Bleue, the 1930 traveling carnival recreation currently underway at Ottawa's Hog's Back Park. From July 23 to August 3...

(Cult)ure chats with the cast and crew at a sneak preview of the Gladstone Theatre's upcoming production of British playwright Michael Frayn's comedy classic Noises Off. "There is cream around he...

Showtime's new comedy Nurse Jackie gives viewers a picture of the health care industry from the dark and funny viewpoint of a nurse struggling to keep her personal life in order while healing the pati...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, I have this new boss. He kind of sucks. He belittled my opinion in a staff meeting the other day, and I don't know how to deal with that. I don't k...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, I got my undergrad earlier this year. After months of searching (stupid economy!), I've landed my first office job. It's not the perfect dream job,...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants,   What's cheating? I have a friend whose girlfriend isn't into sex, and she's given him license to fulfill his needs elsewhere. He thinks that else...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, Yesterday I got an invitation to a bridal shower. I don't want to go. The girl's nice, but we've been out of touch for a long time because I don't ...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, After reading your answer about buying fresh produce, I think you might be able to help me. I can't cook. It's not that I can't cook, actually -...

When you're 31 years old, single, childless, and have been working retail for six straight years without taking any holidays, it means the time has come for something grand. Enter the fulfillment of a...

Ottawa novelist D.W. Richards' visit to Venice, Italy, includes refrigerator-sized art, a personal Opera singer, a preserved human heart, and, oh yeah, dinner with Royalty. Perhaps the best word...

If travel is meant to be savoured, then crossing oceans should be a majestic experience, not merely a hop across the pond. For travellers of this persuasion, only one name evokes the pleasures of a go...

Stylist Christopher Massardo provides a behind the scenes glimpse into the world of fashion photography. I truly love fashion! I love fashion so much that I style photo shoots as my other job ...

On the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11, Mike Verdone reflects on what it took to get man on the moon, and why it's going to be difficult to get us back up there. Forty years ago, a Saturn V rocket...

Roxy Munro reveals her ultimate sexual role play fantasies. I like to fantasize . . .  in the sexual sense. Sexual fantasy can be a healthy, enjoyable way to experience sex alone or with other...

The City of Ottawa has launched a bike sharing pilot project featuring 4 docking stations and 50 bikes. Environmentalist, Sabrina Bowman evaluates the success of this pilot and offers insight into ...

Expulsé de son pays par un coup militaire, le président du Honduras, appuyé par la communauté internationale, cherche à reprendre ses fonctions à la tête de l'État, face à une coalition inté...