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Every first Monday of the month, Apartment613 publishes the coolest #ottarts #ottjobs we hear about. All the best arts and culture gigs in our local network.

“If we all work together,” Amber Bramer, Resource Development Manager at Cornerstone Housing for Women (CHFW) says, “we can provide women with safe, supportive housing and end chronic homelessness in Ottawa.” On Feb. 26, 2022, CHFW is holding their third annual Coldest Night of the Year event in Westboro and they’re asking for your help.

We surprised an unsuspecting attendee at Black History Ottawa’s launch event for Black History Month—meet Jean-Marie Guerrier, our latest Community Builder Award recipient.

Local Franco-Ontarian author Stéfanie Clermont’s novel The Music Game (Le jeu de la musique) has been translated into English. It enumerates all the ways we love and destroy one another through five parts and about 30 short stories.

The Road Runner sits outside at 30 Rosemount Avenue inside a custom box built by Habitat for Humanity. Donated by the Hintonburg Community Association, it’s the first outdoor community fridge in Ottawa, thanks to the caring team of radical thinkers at the Parkdale Food Centre and its incredible local partners. And it’s just one of the innovative programs put into place by the Centre since the start of the pandemic.

The award recipient will earn a cash prize of $3,000 and other benefits.

In association with GCTC, the Theatre Artists’ Co-operative: the Independent Collective Series (TACTICS) present two performances for an optimistic start to this new year in their 2022 Mainstage Series: Blissful State of Surrender and Heartlines.

Every first Monday of the month, Apartment613 publishes the coolest #ottarts #ottjobs we hear about. All the best arts and culture gigs in our local network.

United Way East Ontario kicked off 2022 by recognizing eight more incredible community builders who have worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, healthier, and more resilient. All this week on Apt613, you can read about these eight amazing individuals and organizations. Today: Dominion City Brewing Company and loveOttawa.

United Way East Ontario kicked off 2022 by recognizing eight more incredible community builders who have worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, healthier, and more resilient. All this week on Apt613, you can read about these eight amazing individuals and organizations. Today: Dr. Mohd Jamal Alsharif and Top Shelf Distillers.

United Way East Ontario kicked off 2022 by recognizing eight more incredible community builders who have worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, healthier, and more resilient. These people are community leaders and fearless advocates who have stepped up and demonstrated a local love that has not gone unnoticed. All this week on Apt613, you can read about these eight amazing individuals and organizations. Today: Thirteen: A Social Enterprise and David Chun Yu Lao.

With the interruption of many art events, Apt613 thought it could be a good moment to reflect on our local cultural scene from a francophone point of view.

United Way East Ontario kicked off 2022 by recognizing eight more incredible community builders who have worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, healthier, and more resilient. All this week on Apt613, you can read about these eight amazing individuals and organizations. Today: Dr. Warren Clarke and Daljit Nirman.

Imagine you could do anything with Colonel By Drive and Queen Elizabeth Driveway. Would you leave these parkways as they are, primarily as space for cars? Or do you see the potential for what is arguably the most valuable urban waterfront property in Ottawa to be transformed into something game-changing for our city and community?