Jared Davidson
EditorJared's love of Ottawa builds up to the point where he must purge it from his system, post by post. When he's not about-towning, he freelances as a communications & marketing manager for your favourite businesses.
Jared's love of Ottawa builds up to the point where he must purge it from his system, post by post. When he's not about-towning, he freelances as a communications & marketing manager for your favourite businesses.
This late into December, weekend outings in Ottawa will inevitably involve some measure of holiday-themed craft shows. And while this week’s Weekend Roundup is certainly full of cheer, I hope there’s a little bit for everyone, Grinch and otherwise. Oh yeah, and there’s some hockey stuff going on.
Jared Davidson: “Tess Degenstein does an excellent job… She keeps things moving and she keeps it funny.”
This weekend in Ottawa will feature football, music, karaoke, theatre and more music. So, whether you cheer for the Stampeders, the Argonauts, or neither, check out our list of goings-on in the city, and for heaven’s sake stay warm out there.
After what seems like a month of halloween, November has come. As the rain turns to snow and the city prepares to slumber, Ottawa’s weekend warriors will make a desperate last stand against the coming winter.
Amanda Bernardo’s journey toward writing children’s books started when she noticed that many of them were lacking something. In 2014, she decided to remedy the problem herself and partnered with illustrator Samantha Clusiau-Lawlor to create Little Voice Books.
While this October’s Friday the 13th will no doubt be a time for early Halloween parties, dancing ghoulishly, and watching movies about men with chainsaws and too much free time, it will also be a great weekend to enjoy fall weather as Ottawa gears down from its perennially overwhelming festival season.
“You are happy!” says GCTC Artistic Director Eric Coates. “It’s definitely an instruction.”
Jared Davidson: “Strong performances make Onegin a musical worth seeing.”
Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon opens the Forest Stage at Arboretum Festival on Friday night.
Another night, another NAC stage crammed with talent. Canada Scene closed on Sunday, but on Saturday the festival treated the Babs Asper Theatre audience to Anishinabekwe, a night featuring five outstanding performances from five outstanding female Indigenous artists.
Jared Davidson: “The concert was very tight, and while Wainwright did three encores, he in no way overstayed his welcome.”
Josh “Socalled” Dolgin of Chelsea, Quebec is the kind of artist who defies categorization, in his case openly and verbally. He is different and that will be evident at his Canada Scene concert with Yves Lambert Saturday night in the Babs Asper Theatre at the National Arts Centre.
DJ Shub will perform alongside Buffy Sainte-Marie and Randy Bachman at the National Arts Centre on Monday July 3 at 7:30pm.
Jared Davidson: “Brown is a skilled magician, and those skills are on display here, but they’re hidden behind a lot of extra stuff that wasn’t necessary.”
Jared Davidson: “It may be conjecture, but I’d wager that a Venn diagram of improv and D&D fans would be pretty much just a circle.”