Arts

Local bands stepped up to the mic to raise funds for humanitarian aid in East Africa at Oxfam Carleton’s Jammin’ Against Famine Sept. 14.

Kalle Mattson, Right by Midnight, Winchester Warm and The Beer Barons graced Babylon’s stage for a concert with all proceeds going directly to the Humanitarian Coalition, which is made up of several major Canadian non-governmental organizations.

One artist doing his part is Carleton student Kalle Wainio of the band Kalle Mattson.

The cast of The Buried Life has cured a girl of her fear of heights, sneaked into the Playboy Mansion and walked the red carpet as women, but they said their greatest challenge has been the production of the show.

“You could have made a show about producing the [The Buried Life],” cast member Duncan Penn said.

The most recent venture for the cast was to Carleton as they talked to frosh students during a meet-and-greet and behind-the-scenes look at their show Sept. 7 in the Fieldhouse.

613 Records, Ottawa’s new “anti-label,” is promoting local talent without forcing them to sell out to big corporations, said the producer.

James Brummel, the producer of 613 Records, said there is a major underrepresentation of local artists in the music industry.

This is a large part of what he said he is trying to rectify with his project: 613 Records and his compilation album, Out of Ottawa, which is “trying to acknowledge Ottawa’s extremely vital music scene.”

Ten years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to the moment, Brahms and Mozart symphonies will ring out from the National Arts Centre terrace and fill the streets of Ottawa in remembrance of those who were lost that day.

The 9/11 Concert of Hope and Remembrance will begin at 8:46 a.m. Sept. 11, to coincide with the time the first plane hit the World Trade Centre a decade ago.