February’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Alea de Castro to support a creative project for kids who are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Christmas COVID lockdown sounded like a great opportunity to Josh. Up ‘til now, there had always been an excuse to continue the drinking. Maybe multiple excuses. Yet for most of the last year he’d thought about just stopping altogether.
I decide not to let another Spring day come and go as I watch—through my bedroom window—the sun set itself on fire and gently put itself out. The city begins to stir as the cold lets go of its hold on us. We emerge enlivened under clear blue skies while the river thaws and floods in again.
“I’ve wanted to have him on since the inception of this show, but he can be a bit tricky to get a hold of.”
Michael Bercier, Taylor Howarth and Morgan Waters were voted in as the newest volunteer members of Apt613’s Board of Directors.
Ottawa poet Samukele Ncube is taking over the @apt613 IG Story this weekend.
This month’s Creative Sunday will be February 21. We’re looking for several pieces of short fiction or creative non-fiction around the theme “21.”
Apartment613 has won a Canadian Online Publishing Award!
Since October, journalist Cullen Bird has been volunteering with the Ottawa Street Medics, a grassroots-led group of volunteers who provide basic first aid and de-escalation at rallies and demonstrations. The Medics also provide support and supply drops for homeless and vulnerable people in downtown Ottawa. This is what he’s learned after three months of volunteering with them.
Anti-Heroine Media is a new Ottawa-based digital production company and communications firm that’s working hard to make the world a better place. Grounded in intersectional feminist values, this patriarchy-smashing enterprise is committed to empowering organizations that seek to spark social change through an array of digital media platforms.
EcoEquitable has released a three layer tube mask that was designed for Ottawa winters. Called the SafeTube, the mask is the perfect combination of face mask and neck warmer.
There’s no such thing as oversharing… Take Apt613’s Big O-Town Sex Survey.
Every first Monday of the month, Apartment613 publishes the coolest #ottarts #ottjobs we hear about.
The National Capital Commission’s ice team has done their part so that a 2.4 kilometre section of the Rideau Canal Skateway will open today.
January’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Christine Malec and J.J. Hunt to support Talk Description to Me, a podcast in which the visuals of current events and the world around us are discussed in description-rich conversations.
