House of Targ

Hopefully a lot of you have a long weekend to enjoy, whether you’re celebrating anything or not! There are plenty of great local events for you to enjoy, and some of them involve finding chocolate eggs.

The story of Pinball & Pierogies is roused follows Ottawa’s beloved live music venue, House of TARG, through the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a well-directed short feature by Sammy J. Lewis, and the attention to detail and compelling narrative make it a great watch.

Ran out of movies on Netflix? Don’t worry, the Ottawa Canadian Film Festival has you covered. The festival features local films and can be streamed for a small fee. Here, Catherine Horsley highlights her top local picks.

This week in the Future of Ottawa series, we are looking at music infrastructure. Read on for a guest post from Paul ‘Yogi’ Granger on the future of venues.

There are obvious gaps in this list, so please help us by adding suggestions to the comments section.

Music from Ottawa; and happening in Ottawa. Updated weekly by apt613.ca music writers.

There’s a lot of good food in Ottawa.

These were the best new restaurants, cafés and bars of a decade: 2009–2019.

See the shows Apt613 contributors look forward to most in Ottawa-Gatineau!

New this year is a pre-festival bash at Queen St. Fare featuring Bangers & Mash alumni the Mackenzie Rhythm Section and Slack Bridges on Saturday, February 29.

See the shows Apt613 contributors look forward to most in Ottawa-Gatineau!

Whether you are settling back into routine, or fulfilling your resolution to have more fun this year, the city has a variety of cool things to get into this weekend.

Welcome to a new decade Ottawa!