Daisy delights at the GCTC
Arts & Events December 06, 2021
ABOVE: Marion Day, Andrew Moodie, Geoff McBride, Eric Coates star in Daisy by Ottawa playwright Sean Devine. (Photo: Andrew Alexander) While it is wonderful to be back for socially distanced, in-person live performances, it is even more phenomenal to have the chance to see our hometown theatre/cinema [...]
Read full storyZip Zip Hooray
Arts & Events October 29, 2021
Photos: Courtesy InterZip Rogers Imagine looking around the glorious scenery of our region, 120 feet above the Ottawa River, then jumping off a platform and flying and screaming with delight across the River from one province to another. This weekend is the last time for the season to experience the [...]
Read full storyTake a ride on the Underground Railroad
Arts & Events September 25, 2020
Above: Maryland State House. (RIGHT) Artist Michael Rosato's giant mural of Harriet Tubman on the side of the Tubman Museum and Educational Center, in Cambridge MD. Credit Maryland Office of Tourism With the new school year being a bit (well, a lot) different, maybe you are still wondering what [...]
Read full storyWith school going back mid-September, there's still time for a getaway
Arts & Events August 28, 2020
I was shocked to read that flying, as it turns out, is not a huge transmitter of COVID. Is it risk free? No but with all the precautions that airlines (Air Canada in particular) are taking to ensure optimum safety, it is not as bad as you might have thought and by giving airlines the summer to get their [...]
Read full storyThe Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight and the weather looks good
Arts & Events August 12, 2020
Tonight is the night, the show of the summer sky so gather up the kids and head outside somewhere dark where you can see the stars to witness the Perseid meteor shower. It peaks tonight and the weather forecast looks good. The Perseids, named after the Perseus constellation, are bits of the comet Swift-Tuttle [...]
Read full storyVirtual summer theatre programming for kids
Arts & Events July 17, 2020
Unfortunately, all theatres are closed for the time being and I can only imagine what that is doing to their revenue. While stages are quiet and seats empty, the show must go on. Some organizations have created online programming that is phenomenal. Some have a cost, others are free but in all cases, [...]
Read full storyFun summer history activities for kids
Arts & Events July 09, 2020
Installment number two of MOM I’M BORED is all about history. We are so lucky to live in Ottawa and have access to some of the best museums, such as the Canadian War Museum and the Canadian Museum of History. But there is also the Bytown Museum that offers fantastic insight into the history [...]
Read full storyFun summer science activities from Quirk's host Bob McDonald
Arts & Events June 30, 2020
Summer is here, online schooling is over and you're probably asking yourself what to do with the kids that doesn't involve plunking them down in front of a screen with a video game (as tempting as that is). Save yourself a brain drain trying to come up with creative ideas that don't involve [...]
Read full storyLondon Calling
Travel March 10, 2020
ABOVE: Image of the Tower Bridge courtesy London and Partners British 18th Century poet Samuel Johnson once wrote: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” He was absolutely right — and the city has only gotten better [...]
Read full storyBrilliant Brault on Breau in 5 O'Clock Bells
Reviews February 12, 2020
If there is anyone who can pull off a one-man show playing seven (kind of eight – it is complicated) different characters, it is definitely Ottawa acting superstar Pierre Brault. Not only is he an amazing actor, he is a fantastic playwright who lyrically tackles subject matter that is always fascinating [...]
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