One year already! On April 20, Ottawa’s Lowertown Canning Company celebrated its first year in business at Oz Kafe. More than 40 guests attended the event enjoying drinks, charcuterie and of course a wide variety of Lowertown Canning products. “The past year has blown by. It has been exhausting at times, but 100% worth it,” […]
This is part four in our week-long series The Future of Ottawa (arts and culture edition). In this guest column, James Baxter, the founding editor and publisher of iPolitics, provides a thought provoking analysis on how the traditional mainstream media is crumbling. Twitter users: use hashtag #futott if you want to discuss this series on Twitter. Evolve or die. That’s […]
This is part three in our week-long series The Future of Ottawa (arts and culture edition). In this guest column, Rosemary Thompson, the director of communications at the National Arts Centre, describes the planned renovations at the NAC. Twitter users: use hashtag #futott if you want to discuss this series on Twitter. (Note: For details on the redevelopment of Arts […]
Twitter users: use hashtag #futott if you want to discuss this series on Twitter. This past January we published the Future of Ottawa series that looked at some of the major urban development projects in our city. The original plan was to have a one-off group of posts, but after receiving a lot of positive feedback from […]
One of Ottawa’s newest galleries is asking for help with a new venture that will bring the work of local and Canadian artists and creators to a wider audience. PDA Press, which is part of PDA Projects, has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for the publication of their first three books, which feature […]
Jessica Green is a book addict and library card holder since the age of 3. She’s a librarian at the Ottawa Public Library and currently the Apartment613 Librarian-in-Residence, sharing a compendium of literary thoughts and tips. After the Imagine Campaign run by the Ottawa Public Library back in 2013, it was pretty obvious that many […]
When planning a revamp of some of Ottawa’s most iconic arts and culture venues — namely through the Arts Court Redevelopment — who better to turn to for help and creative input than a gallery that’s been around for 42 years? SAW Video has launched Cultural Engineering, a project that is being produced in partnership […]
Legendary soul singer James Brown knew how to put life in perspective. “The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing,” the father of funk once said. With this lovely thought in mind, let’s cue next week’s innovative fundraiser by the Ottawa Dance Directive that is scheduled for Saturday, February 21. Taking place between 11 […]
Over the last few years, the sleeping giant of the live music scene in Ottawa has been experiencing a slow re-awakening. The surge of new bands forming, as well as ones that have resurfaced after a long lapse, have sparked a fresh interest and a return of audiences to the live entertainment landscape once again. […]
Lawrence and Jon Evenchick, the father and son team behind the anticipated Live! on Elgin, invited media this Sunday to show what they have in store for their local arts venue set to open on May 1st. Surrounded by Confederation Park, Parliament, and the hub of shops and restaurants on Elgin St, the location is […]
Following the great reader feedback over the past several days, we have decided to run a follow-up group of articles for The Future of Ottawa series. If you have any suggestions for topics that we should cover, email us at apartment613@gmail.com, contact us on our Facebook page, write a suggestion in the comment box in […]
This is the final part in our week-long series The Future of Ottawa. In this post urban affairs analyst Kevin Bourne imagines what Ottawa will look like in the not so distant future. Twitter users: use hashtag #futott if you want to discuss this series on Twitter. Imagine a city where you hop on a train to meet […]
This is the fourth part in our week-long series The Future of Ottawa. In this guest column, journalism professor and Ottawa Citizen columnist Andrew Cohen argues that Ottawa is still making poor urban planning choices, notwithstanding a few notable exceptions. Twitter users: use hashtag #futott if you want to discuss this series on Twitter. Ottawa is full of […]
This is the third part in our week-long series The Future of Ottawa. In this post City Councillor Jeff Leiper tackles the issue of what roles the private and public sectors need to play in the future development of Ottawa. Twitter users: use hashtag #futott if you want to discuss this series on Twitter. During the recent municipal […]
This is the second guest post in our week-long series The Future of Ottawa. In this column Jonathan Westeinde of Ottawa-based Windmill Development Group discusses how developers can play a positive role in urban growth, as well as outlining his company’s potentially transformative plans for the Domtar site on the border of Ottawa-Gatineau. Twitter users: use […]
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