Lifestyle

Forget the Hollywood stars and directors. Put aside the galas, gossip and giggles. Take your mind off the popcorn and pop culture. If you let it, Cinefest can help you understand the world around us and its many complicated issues.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN   Jen Gaydos doesn't get embarrassed when she goes out in public in a garish red hat and bright purple dress. The Levack woman says her idiosyncratic apparel gives her self-confidence.

Six local students each won scholarships recently in the City of Greater Sudbury.

BY JASON THOMPSON As he puts the finishing touches on a pilot for "Get Poked," a reality show filmed in Sudbury's own tattoo parlour, Canadian Red Dragon, owner Laurier Falldien needs a rocking theme song.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Rita Celli, the new host of Ontario Today on CBC Radio, is a Greater Sudbury girl to the core.

BY LIONEL RUDD  Many place names around our city all have a history of sorts. Early settlers identified their new home with some creativity or a reminder of where they hailed from.

The City of Greater Sudbury would like to invite citizens to provide feedback on the draft Arts and Culture Strategy and Action Plan.

The audience might notice something odd about Theatre Cambrian's production of The Odd Couple, which runs Sept. 15 and 16 at the Jubilee Centre. Instead of two men in the title roles, director Mark Mannisto has cast two women.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Perhaps legendary baseball player Babe Ruth would have felt at home in our community. After all, he lived in another Sudbury, this one located in Massachusetts, from 1916-1926.

The Old Farmer's Almanac  is predicting Northern Ontario will have below-normal precipitation and snowfall this winter.