Arts

A handful of animation and hip-hop fans watched the culture-bending animation Afro Samurai at the Museum of Civilization Sept. 24 for the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Afro Samurai was one of several animations screened for the panel on animation in hip-hop culture.

Hushed voices filled the small, upstairs room of the Carleton Tavern as everyone waited in anticipation before Jesslyn Delia Smith took the stage. The Carleton graduate opened the night with her strong, intimate poetry for the Small Press Action Network-Ottawa (SPAN-O)’s readings and book launch Sept. 23.

Everyone listened intently and quietly sipped their drinks as Smith, standing at the front of the small room, read some of her most recent work, including “Over.”

Carleton graduates Renée Yoxon and Lynne Hanson kicked off the opening weekend of the O-Town Hoedown music festival Sept. 24-25.
Yoxon, who earned a physics degree at Carleton, performed Sept. 24 at Rainbow Bistro.

Yoxon has played at the Ottawa Jazz Festival, the 1000 Islands Jazz Festival and other big venues. However, she said she enjoyed playing tunes with a country vibe during the hoedown.

New York rockers Bayside were all business Sept. 21, tearing their way through an hour-long set for of an enthusiastic crowd at Ottawa’s Maverick’s bar.

Carleton students showcased their talent at the Raven’s Roost Sept. 20 to raise funds for Canadian Blood Services.