The rich history and traditions of Korea are on full display at the Korean Cultural Centre’s new exhibition, highlighting the country’s past and present. It’s much more than just K-pop and Squid Games.
Ottawa newsie Paul J. Barber (1893–1958) was everybody’s favourite kind of person—a character.
Canada.gov.ca, the Instagram account (“not the government”), makes its Ottawa debut at a sold-out show this Friday night at Brigid’s Well Pub, located in the historic St. Brigid’s Church in Lowertown.
As debate rages on the future of an Ottawa Senators downtown arena, Ashley Newall looks back upon the decades-long history of the Senators playing in Centretown.
Scottish-born George Stirling (1819–1880) owned Ottawa’s (first) Dominion Brewery and was a pillar of local society. And that’s just about all I know about the man–very few personal details could be found. Regarding his brewery, it had three major things going for it: location, location, location!
Ottawa folk singer, musician, and actor Peter B. Hodgson has written Sneezy Waters: A Very Fine Biography. Yes, that’s what it’s called, and the book lives up to its name. The title references his popular act Sneezy Waters and His Very Fine Band, not to be confused with another of his performance vehicles: The Great Sneezy Waters and His Excellent Band.
The latest season of the podcast To Be Continued: Troubling the Archive launches today for any ears willing to listen. From protest action to generating creative community spaces to celebrating queer and trans Black communities, these discussions are about Ottawa-based Black, Indigenous, people of colour, diasporic and queer archives of longing, memory and inheritance in arts-based practices.
A new exhibition called Unexpected! Surprising Treasures From Library and Archives Canada is out of all to see from December 9, 2022, to November 26, 2023. This partnership agreement between the Canadian Museum of History and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) provides Museum visitors with unprecedented access to some of Canada’s founding documents while also fulfilling their mandates as national memory institutions.
November’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Will Webb, Jeff Bardell, and Eric Isa—also known as The Digging Dudes—to support their efforts to bring the past back to the future, one treasure at a time.
This 1937-39 photo series featuring Ottawa intersections was shot by the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau (CGMPB) on behalf of the Department of Public Works, which was assembling the compilation for Jacques Gréber, author of the infamous Gréber Plan that reshaped Ottawa.
The Canadiana documentary web series takes an entertaining look at some of Canada’s lesser-known historical episodes. It’s now into its third season and recently released some major Ottawa content. “How the Cold War was started… in Ottawa” is the story of the defection of cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, an employee of the Soviet embassy in Ottawa during World War II. He defected just a couple of days after the war ended… and arguably started the Cold War.
October’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Ashley Newall to support his sharing of colourized historical photos of Ottawa.
Ashley Newall makes a case for a new marina on the Ottawa River—just like back in the late 1800s.
In part two of this series, Eric Haar offers a tour of his personal choices for Ottawa-Gatineau’s most exceptional modern architectural landmarks.
In part one of this two-part series, architect Eric Haar highlights some of Ottawa’s most stunning architecture from before 1950.
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