If you’ve been missing out on live music, you can support local Ottawa musicians in August by checking out Sparks Street’s “Songs from the Shed” series once again. New safety measures are in place at Songs from the Shed, with a plexiglass shield between the stage and the street to keep musicians and audience members […]
Have you ever had the chance to see a meteor shower? There’s really nothing quite like it! Whether you have or haven’t, you won’t have long to wait because you can catch the Perseid meteor shower Tuesday and Wednesday and the viewing conditions are looking good with the moon at only 52% illumination. If you […]
You can get back to your favourite nature exhibits here in the capital with the reopening of the Canadian Museum of Nature Saturday, September 5th. The museum will also open its doors for Labour Day on September 7th. You’ll be able to enjoy all of the permanent installations along with a couple new features, including […]
Amanda Rheaume had plans to play gigs in Ottawa and Toronto before the pandemic postponed and cancelled concerts for months and months out. Excitingly though, after many months of waiting Amanda will finally play live in her hometown of Ottawa this weekend on August 8th at the RBC Bluesfest Drive-In. We chat about how she’s […]
How’s it going this week? Cases are still pretty high in Ottawa and regardless of that sad fact, there’s never a bad time to reiterate the importance of wearing a mask and washing and sanitizing your hands regularly to keep safe and avoid spreading germs. Stay COVIDWISE as Ottawa Public Health would say. If you want to stay […]
Singer songwriter and 106.5 ELMNT FM host, Julian Taylor, joins us to chat about his upcoming gig on July 31st at RBC Bluesfest Drive-In. It’s his first live gig since COVID-19 hit back in March aside from performing on his front lawn for neighbours in Toronto during the pandemic. We chatted about how he is preparing […]
The 2020 Emmy nominees have been announced, thanks to a special digital event hosted by Leslie Jones today who revealed each and every one of them with help from Tatiana Maslany, Frank Scherma, Laverne Cox and Josh Gad. Leading the pack are Watchmen with 26 nominations, Marvellous Mrs. Maisel with 20 nominations and Ozark with 18 nominations. Other standout nominees are The Mandalorian, Saturday […]
Just when you thought there was no festival season in the capital… a group of festival planners have come through to make those summer concerts a possibility! RBC Bluesfest and the National Arts Centre’s #CanadaPerforms initiative collaborated to create a socially distant music festival fit for 2020: RBC Bluesfest Drive-In. The festival will take place […]
You’ll be able to visit even more library locations across the city starting today. The Ottawa Public Library has opened five more branches across the city including: Emerald Plaza, Centennial, Blackburn Hamlet, Alta Vista and Elmvale Acres. These five branches will offer contactless book returns. If you have any safety concerns regarding borrowing a book, these branches will handle books between […]
It’s been a week of mixed emotions here in the capital. We’ve seen a rise in COVID-19 cases as local businesses and Ottawa favourites like Mayfair Theatre, the Canadian War Museum and Canadian Museum of History and the Bytowne Museum open their doors for the first time since March. With these two very different moods […]