Arts

For Cindy Stelmackowich, her artwork finds beauty in things that many people find morbid, like illustrations of cadavers and epidemic diseases like cholera.

She said her most recent exhibition, In Mourning Of, combines science and art to explore themes of death, disease and mourning in the nineteenth century.

“It’s sort of like this tragic beauty that I like about it,” she said, sitting in the lobby of the Patrick Mikhail Gallery, where her works are currently on display.

The Toronto-based taiko drum ensemble Nagata Shachu rumbled into Ottawa’s École Secondaire Publique de la Salle Auditorium Nov. 13 to present its new show, Iroha.

The penultimate installment of the much-loved Harry Potter series opens with the wizarding world in chaos. While the series has been building up over the years, gradually getting darker as the main characters age, it has never been so clear as in Part 1 of The Deathly Hallows that this is no longer a children’s franchise.

There is something to be said about a book that can keep you so deeply immersed you finish it in a single day, while dealing with the distractions of school and work. Such a novel would have to be funny, sarcastic and able to make fun of itself.

Say hello to The Cube People, the debut novel from Canadian author Christian McPherson. The capital native has written a story based in Ottawa laced with city landmarks.