Bruce Burwell is a retired hi-tech guy who enjoys exploring everything Ottawa has to offer. He loves music and theater and has enjoyed writing apt613 pieces about things that are a little quirky. He hates Brussels sprouts and has difficulty relating to people who enjoy them.
jem rolls MAXIMUM CRUSOE Created by jem rolls Produced by jem rolls/big word Content notes: Described performance Remember where you were when the pandemic hit? Remember what you missed out on in the subsequent days and weeks and months and years? jem rolls certainly does. jem rolls had a plan. He had gone to an […]
A Side of Rice Created by Nicholas Rice Produced by Chromedome Productions 60m Content notes: Described performance, Sensory friendly, Sexual content As we traipse into the venue before the show, Nicholas Rice is introducing himself to everyone in the first few rows. ‘Hi – I’m Nick’. He greets a few familiar acquaintances even more warmly. […]
Bruce Burwell: “Imagine if a burlesque, a cabaret, and a circus act walked into a bar and decided to join forces to put on a show. This might very well be the show that they came up with.”
I first noticed 111 Places in Ottawa That You Must Not Miss by Jennifer Bain on the Twitter feed of the Bytown Museum. The title didn’t sound too promising (a book title as clickbait?), but I did the Google thing and was encouraged enough by the description to get a copy. It promised to “take you on a quirk-filled journey through O-Town, the modern and multicultural capital city.”
The Canadiana documentary web series takes an entertaining look at some of Canada’s lesser-known historical episodes. It’s now into its third season and recently released some major Ottawa content. “How the Cold War was started… in Ottawa” is the story of the defection of cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, an employee of the Soviet embassy in Ottawa during World War II. He defected just a couple of days after the war ended… and arguably started the Cold War.
Odyssey Theatre has created a podcast series of dramas called The Other Path: a set of five unrelated stories in which old fairy tales have been reimagined in a modern setting.
Is Ottawa Canada’s capital of Middle Eastern food? I’m not 100% sure, but I can’t think of another city in the country that is so well-supplied with such a variety and a sheer number of Middle Eastern restaurants.
Ottawology is the interdisciplinary study of all things Ottawa. It involves the sociology, history and urban geography of the National Capital Region.
If you’re looking for a new location for your walks, you can add Mud Lake to your list!
