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Whether you’re enjoying some time off or still working, hopefully, you can end the year with fantastic events and activities across the city.

In this feature, Apt613 asks blog contributors and local food lovers about their recent Ottawa area restaurant highlights to help you find new tasty treats to discover or revisit when someone inevitably asks, “Where do you want to eat?” We want to hear about something that you ate and loved! Leave comments below, and if you’d like to contribute to a future edition of Best Bites, email .

The countdown is on as we arrive upon the final weekend before the holidays. If you’ve managed to get your shopping done already (or even if you haven’t), there are lots of festive things to do about town that are plenty more fun than braving a mall in late December.

Fresh local music whenever you want it. Updated weekly by apt613.ca music writers. It’s like New Music Friday but for #ottmusic and we release on Wednesday. Basically the same thing. Add our playlist on Spotify!  Here are this week’s fresh new tracks: [Soul/Country] “Everything’s Fine” by Mar x Maracle [Afrobeat] “Lost” by KAR33M [Folk-Pop] “So […]

In this feature, Apt613 asks blog contributors and local food lovers about their recent Ottawa area restaurant highlights to help you find new tasty treats to discover or revisit when someone inevitably asks, “Where do you want to eat?” We want to hear about something that you ate and loved! Leave comments below, and if you’d like to contribute to a future edition of Best Bites, email .

Well, it’s here. Winter really just arrived in all its glory, and I hope everyone is safe, dry, and feeling cozy. If you are looking to get out of the house this weekend, there is definitely lots going on, both Christmas themed and not. Dig out your driest socks and make the most of the city when it’s all clean and white!

Christmas seems to be coming early—the first half of December sees the ByTowne and the Mayfair gifting us with lots of great films, including a very special Christmas treat at the ByTowne on Dec.12.

This past September, the Bronson Centre hosted a star-studded Legends Weekend that kicked off with a quartet of 80s superstars headlined by Strange Advance. One of the highlights that night was a captivating set by Montreal’s The Box. Their limited eight song setlist clearly left fans wanting more, which they will get at the Brass […]

It’s that time of year again when weekends are full of holiday markets and cheer. But if you’ve left the shopping to the last minute and missed some of the markets that passed in November, here’s a quick list of 12 holiday markets you can still visit this December.

Winter is coming! In Ottawa, that usually also means the holiday events are coming, so this weekend the twinkle lights, carolling, and festivities are really getting started, but there is plenty of non-Santa related culture happening, so strap in!

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Cyprus–A Divided Island is a captivating new display celebrating going on from now until Jan. 31, 2025. It highlights the experiences of more than 30,000 Canadian soldiers who played an important role in maintaining peace on the island from 1964 to 1993.

Isn’t it awesome when good things get even better? That’s exactly what happened to the lineup for the show tonight at The 27 Club, which now features not two, but three solid up-and-coming artists!

One Direction songs echoed through the air at Major’s Hill Park on Nov. 3, as fans gathered to mourn the loss of former boy band member Liam Payne.

Last weekend may have brought us an extra hour of sleep, but we are now playing in dark mode for the foreseeable future, so don’t squander away those precious daytime hours and enjoy yourself this weekend. If you’re worried that you won’t be able to make the most of what little daytime we have this time of year, don’t worry; there is also plenty to do after darkness falls.