Arts

Carleton student, Charlie Taylor, will be performing with the Charlie Taylor Banned at the Mayfair on Dec. 10. The Charlatan’s Larissa Robyn Johnston spoke with the comedian/musician about eating off silver platters, running around in briefs and a bowtie, and Ho Ho Hos.

The Charlatan (TC): Quite a few of your song titles – like “Never Been Too Drunk Too Drink” and “Eternal Hangover in Hell” – are about booze. Describe your relationship with alcohol.

There’s a hair-raising film coming to Ottawa this week.

It features an issue is so widely discussed, so socially relevant and so fascinating, it won the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

It is a documentary about hair.

Good Hair, opening Nov. 27, is a deeply funny and insightful documentary, which examines the love-hate relationship that African-Americans have with their hair.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Infinity Ward

As one of the most anticipated games of 2009, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 needs little introduction, and suffice to say, it lives up to every bit of the hype it generated.

MW2’s developer Infinity Ward has done a spectacular job in sticking to the formula that has made the Call of Duty franchise successful, while at the same time innovating the game to offer something entirely new to veteran players.

On Monday night, art in Canada’s capital took on a meaning beyond simply aesthetics with the exhibition Back Burner.

Back Burner is a collaboration of 29 local artists who have come together to celebrate Yann Martel’s vision of stillness in his work, What is Stephen Harper Reading? Surrounding Martel as he addressed his readership, art in many different media from artists of many different backgrounds expressed this common theme.

The Wrecking Ball swung through Ottawa for its pre-election event to break down politics and build awareness about headlining issues through art Nov. 16 at St. Brigid’s Centre.

The Wrecking Ball is an event that asks volunteer artists to create pieces in no more than two weeks so that it reflects the urgency of current situations locally, nationally and internationally.

It was founded in Toronto in 2004 to address what organizers said is “too much theatre in our politics, not enough politics in our theatre.”