François is one of the co-founders of Apt613. Over the years, he's worn many hats for the organization. He currently sits on the Apartment613 Community Initiatives board and still bangs out the occasional article. He's most drawn to people and organizations that contribute to making this city better.
Every month, Mayor Jim Waston takes does an online Q&A with different journalists across the city. Today is Apt613’s chance to speak to him. The live, interactive chat takes place between 12-1pm on jimwatson.ca. We’ll be taking questions from Twitter, Facebook, emails and comments. If you want to know what Watson’s local brew is or […]
Take an idea and run with it. That’s what Heidi Fuller and Bettina Vollmerhausen did when they created SMAKK. Heidi lived abroad for several years and every time she wanted to send a gift card home to Canada, be it for a birthday or a wedding, she ended up buying from big chain store. It […]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”338″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCq0Mmxcbv0[/youtube] Apt613 last spoke to Michael Feuerstack upon the release of Tambourine Death Bed back in May. Since then he’s returned to Ottawa a few times to play the second edition of the Arboretum Festival as well as lead a workshop at the Ottawa Folk Festival. Feuerstack has returned to the capital region once […]
Think you are up to date about local happenings? Test your knowledge with our local news quiz, five questions designed to test whether you’ve been paying attention. How to score: 5 out of 5: News stud! I hear The Citizen is hiring… 4 out of 5: Cheater! You work at City Hall. 3 out of […]
Sometimes, a city will inspire you. For musician Caleb Abbott, the creative force behind Theaternia, the inspiration was a year spent in Paris. “It wasn’t the music scene there necessarily, it was the time alone to focus on writing that propelled Theaternia. Paris has a way of pulling things out of you, and I chose […]
House of PainT’s (HoP) main musical event is a bit different this year. It’s taking place under the bridge as usual, but on Friday night as opposed to Saturday. For its 10th anniversary, HoP will feature some of the dopest, old school hip hoppers of all time – Afrika Bambaataa and Big Daddy Kane. Alongside […]
There’s been lots of action on and around Wellington West these past few weeks. Here’s a rundown of moves, new business openings and future businesses along the strip. Tall Tree Cycles will be taking over the Red Chair Kids space this fall, around November. While the space doesn’t immediately seem bigger than their current space, […]
House of PainT kicks off this week with a multitude of events . The festival that celebrates the four elements of hip hop – graffiti writing, bboy/bgirl, DJing and MCing is kicking things off on Wednesday at Babylon with the Ottawa Grand 500, its second annual poetry slam night. There will be special performances by […]
Think you are up to date about local happenings? Test your knowledge with our local news quiz, five questions designed to test whether you’ve been paying attention. How to score: 5 out of 5: News stud! I hear The Citizen is hiring… 4 out of 5: Cheater! You work at City Hall. 3 out of […]
We headed to Hog’s Back early Saturday afternoon to catch Leif Vollebekk’s 2pm set. I have to admit, dear reader, that I have a total crush on Leif. He has a bit of history with Apt613. We had asked him to play our first anniversary show at Raw Sugar, but alas had a conflicting gig. […]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”485″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og8WjudXEwM[/youtube] Portland, Oregon’s Colin Meloy had the unfortunate task of playing at the same time as Amos The Transparent and Shred Kelly. Not that these bands would draw some of his fans away, but rather they aren’t the quiet, acoustic type. Even though the stages are far apart from one another, the somewhat […]
A number of big festivals have lost their headliners this summer – Jazz Fest with Aretha Franklin and Neil Young and Crazy Horse with Folk Fest. Both adjusted quickly and while I think Neil Young might have had a bigger draw, his very capable replacement, City and Colour, may bring out more of the kids, just […]
Think you are up to date about local happenings? Test your knowledge with our local news quiz, five questions designed to test whether you’ve been paying attention. How to score: 5 out of 5: News stud! I hear The Citizen is hiring… 4 out of 5: Cheater! You work at City Hall. 3 out of […]
Over the past two years, my partner and I have been members of the Veggie Underground Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). There were many reasons to sign up: we wanted to diversify our veggie intake, the price was affordable and it was an opportunity to get to know the folks who feed us. In the middle of […]
Have you ever had an idea to better the city or the community, but you didn’t know how to make it happen? Launch Some Good is your chance to take that idea off the back burner and make it tangible. Launch Some Good is a bit of a riff off events that have been taking […]
