Free Drink with Admission at Bytown Museum during Winterlude
The Bytown Museum is pleased to offer a free hot beverage (coffee, tea, hot chocolate or hot apple cider) with every paid admission during Winterlude from Feb. 5 to 21.
During Winterlude, the Bytown Museum will remain open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is located steps from the Rideau Canal Skateway, easily accessible by staircase off Wellington Street or via the pedestrian ramp near the National Art Centre. The My Neighbourhood, My Voice project, first revealed for one day at City Hall in June of 2009, is currently on view at the Bytown Museum. Featured is the second grouping of photographs, Youth, offering a fascinating perspective on life in Ottawa. The final instalment, Family, will be on display from Feb. 23 to April 4.
Go to www.bytownmuseum.ca for details.
145 years of traditional fun behind annual Carp Fair
Chris Cobb, The Ottawa Citizen
It’s one of the Ottawa Valley’s oldest fall traditions and while a sell-out show Friday by the venerable rock band Blue Rodeo attracted the biggest single crowd of the weekend, the traditional is still the foundation, and major attraction, of the Carp Fair.
Farm animals, homecraft and agriculture – mostly absent from the daily lives of Ottawa’s urbanites – are always a major pull at the fair which for 145 years has been one of the region’s major annual attractions.
For the full story as well as photos and video, visit the Ottawa Citizen website: 145 years of traditional fun behind annual Carp Fair
Ottawa Gets Folked
David McClelland | apartment613
When it comes to music festivals, those that focus on folk music often don’t get as much regard as more mainstream events, considered the domain of aging hippies and twanging bluegrass. And while the 16th annual Ottawa Folk Festival played host to plenty of both, there was lots more on offer, featuring a wide variety of musical performers and some big-name Canadians as headlining acts.
Taking place in the west end’s Britannia Park on August 21-23, the Folk Festival was probably one of Ottawa’s best musical events this summer. Headlined by former Barenaked Lady Steven Page, Canadian folk-legend Bruce Cockburn and Halifax-based rocker Joel Plaskett, and featuring a wealth of lesser-known performers the festival seemed to have something for everyone.
Read the full review @ apt613.ca: Ottawa Gets Folked
Teens rate rides at SuperEx
TERRI SAUNDERS, Sun Media
After 14 rides, many of them worthy of making even the sturdiest of stomachs a little queasy, 13-year-old Morgan Connelly decided enough was enough.
“I think I’m done,” she said, lowering herself to the ground. “Do you think I could get something to drink?”
She was just two rides away from matching the 16 her friend, Brennan McNamara, 13, managed to complete as they joined thousands of people at Lansdowne Park Thursday for opening day of this year’s SuperEx, which runs until Aug. 30.
The two teens gamely took on the challenge of riding as many of the rides at the fair as they could and then rating them on a scale of 1 to 10.
See the ratings @ Ottawa Sun online: Teens rate rides at SuperEx
Headliners strike intimate note at workshop
TIM WIECLAWSKI | METRO OTTAWA
Only at a folk festival would you see the biggest acts of a weekend playing together on a side stage for an afternoon concert on the last day.
The Ottawa Folk Festival wrapped up last night with a concert from Nova Scotia folk/pop singer Joel Plaskett.
But before he took to the main stage, Plaskett played at an afternoon workshop with former Barenaked Ladies lead singer Steven Page, Canadian folk legend Bruce Cockburn and Ottawa singer songwriter Ana Miura on the Hill Stage to a crowd of around 1,000 people.
Full review @ Metro Ottawa: Headliners strike intimate note at workshop
SuperEx rides again
KENNETH JACKSON, Sun Media
Every year they gather before the tall red gates peering in through the bars with wide eyes.
Their anticipation boils to the point of gleeful exuberance until finally the gates open and the kids rush in like water through a broken dam.
Today is the opening day of the 121st SuperEx and it’s free.
Let the fun begin.
Full story on Ottawa Sun online: SuperEx rides again
Paul Mills Receives 2009 Helen Verger Award
Each year, the Ottawa Folk Festival presents the Helen Verger Award to an individual who has made significant, sustained contributions to folk/roots music in Canada. This year’s recipient, Paul Mills, has been an integral part of the Canadian folk music scene for more than thirty years. In that time, he has produced more then 140 albums, working with artists such as Stan Rogers, Ron Hynes, and Sharon, Lois & Bram.
“I am deeply humbled to be in the same company as the other Canadian musicians and industry builders who have received the Helen Verger Award. It is indeed a great honour and I am so grateful to those who felt I was a worthy recipient”, said Paul in reaction to receiving news of the award. Past recipients include Bruce Cockburn, Colleen Peterson, Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Willie P. Bennett.
ONE CHANGE: FUEL PILOT PROJECT LAUNCHING AT SUPEREX
An exciting new pilot project designed to help Ottawa residents save fuel and money, protect the environment, and improve vehicle safety is launching at noon today, opening day of SuperEX at Lansdowne Park.One Change: Fuel, along with its partners-Natural Resources Canada, The Ontario Trillium Foundation, and Canadian Tire-are on hand to kick-off this unique pilot project. Staff and volunteers at the One Change: Fuel booth at SuperEX are distributing 1,000 free tire gauges and fuel-saving Canadian Tire coupons throughout the day to local area residents, along with an empowering message: simple actions matter. Each digital tire gauge and valuable coupon will result in annual savings of up to $90 in fuel and auto-service, and cut 140 kg of CO2 emissions.
Four years after the launch of the award-winning Project Porchlight campaign in Ottawa, the One Change: Fuel pilot campaign will see the delivery of 12,000 additional free fuel- and money-saving digital tire gauges along with Canadian Tire coupons to Ottawa residents. As part of the campaign, nine participating Canadian Tire stores will host family-friendly tire clinics during August and September, where consumers will learn how to properly check their tire pressure.
GreekFest joins forces with the Ottawa Food Bank to fight community hunger
Barrhaven This WeekGreekFest is in full swing at the Hellenic Community Centre until Aug. 23 and the Ottawa Food Bank is hoping attendees will remember needy families in Ottawa while they are enjoying Greek culture. Red collection bins are set up around the festival grounds to collect non-perishable food donations.
Source: yourbarrhaven.com
Opa! Get your Greek on
Mj Deschamps for Metro Ottawa
Get ready for cries of “Opa!” and delicious, hard-to-pronounce food — Ottawa’s annual Greek Festival is here.
Now in its 36th year, GreekFest — which starts Thursday and runs through Aug. 23 —is expected to draw crowds of 80,000 to its Hog’s Back Park site for traditional cuisine, dance demonstrations, music, and its famous nightly Zorba show.
“Our motto is to ‘Live a Day the Greek Way,’” said GreekFest general manager Erin Giakoumelos. “The festival’s sights, tastes and sounds are a great way to experience Greek culture and cuisine.”
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