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• In today’s ottawan:

  → Harvest: A Feast of Fall is here

• → Thanksgiving (what to eat) and Oktoberfest (where to go)

• → Federal gov't frustrated with Wellington St delays

– Martha and Darren

WEDNESDAY DINING + DRINKING UPDATE

• Tonight: Harvest: A Feast of Fall is a multi-chef food and beverage experience that brings together the city's top award-winning chefs, artisanal beverage producers, and passionate foodies for a night of Farm to Table-inspired delights. All proceeds go to Youturn, the non-profit that helps the most at-risk youth, whose mission is to provide evidence-informed, individualized service to help develop the skills to become strong participating members of the community. Wednesday September 18 at Ottawa Art Galley, 10 Daly Ave.
• It will be a busy day at Aurelius Fine Olive Oils and Balsamic Vinegars today. Celebrate the shop’s anniversary with specials, tastings, and even a cupcake.
• 🆓 Seven Acres Family Farm is open 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Fridays through Sundays until Halloween for Pick Your Own Pumpkin visits. There’s no entrance fee; just pay for the pumpkin you pick to take home. 14747 Neville Road Ingleside, ON, K0C 1M0.
• The Pelican Seafood Market’s Shellfish Fest begins tomorrow (Thursday September 19) and offers special menus, Daily Oyster Specials, a Shellfish Happy Hour of Seafood Towers, and more, until October 20.
• Taste of Wellington returns this Saturday September 21 with offers and events from participating businesses. You’ll have to visit in person to experience the samples, events and sales.
• Gburger is popping up at Dominion City Brewing tomorrow (Thursday September 19) from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
• Sad news: Equator Coffee is closing its Stittsville location (the former Quitters Cafe); the final service is tomorrow (Thursday September 19).
• Peter Hum in the Ottawa Citizen is blown away by the smoked salmon onigiri croissant at Choux Atelier.
• Ameya Charnalia at Eat The Strip tries out a restaurant blessed by the Thai embassy: Thai Lanna. Charnalia agreed with the group of women who said, as they were leaving, ‘excellent’.
• Caméline in Gatineau is the only restaurant in the Capital to make it to En Route magazine’s longlist of best new restaurants in Canada. The Italian restaurant opened in May.
• Moo Shu Ice Cream is leaving Centretown for Hintonburg, taking over the old Stella Luna location.

Thanksgiving Meals update:

If you’re cooking your own turkey-centred feast, contact your favourite butcher now to order the bird:

• Ottawa Street Markets is supplied with grass fed birds by Merrifield Poultry Farm. Orders must be in by September 26, and will be ready for pick up October 9, 11, and 12.

• Wellington Butcher offers turkeys, ham, or prime rib roasts for Thanksgiving. A $10 deposit is required. Order three or more Turkey side dishes (gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, veggie sides, pumpkin pie) and receive 10% off. 

• The Piggy Market has birds from Scotch Line Turkey Farm, hams from Laverne in Navan, apple pies made from Northern Spy apples from Hall Orchards in Brockville, and lots of other goodies for your table. 

If you prefer to spend more time with your people than working away over a hot stove, order a heat-at-home meal with all the trimmings:

• Urban Element — the catering team at the Ingenium Museums — has a fully cooked and prepared meal ready for reheating at home. A vegetarian version is also available. 

• Meatings’ festive packages can feed up to 10 people and include smoked turkey and all the trimmings. https://meatings.ca/collections/events?mc_cid=f380f9667d

• Ditch the turkey altogether and serve a Thanksgiving Salmon & Sides feast for 6 from Pelican Seafood Market and Grill. 

A final piece of advice: Wear your comfort-band pants no matter what you're serving, because the Thanksgiving meal doesn't end until the dessert plates have been cleared away: 

• From the decorated cookies to the Apple Caramel Cakes and Pumpkin Pecan Streusel Cheesecake (and that’s not even the full lineup),  3 Tarts Bakery has you covered. 

• Or check out Strawberry Blonde Bakery’s seasonal treats, from cinnamon buns to Pumpkin Spice Cake Pops. 

• Over at Dessert First there's a classic line-up including Sticky Toffee Pudding, Turtle Pie (just like the candies but in pie form), Maple Pumpkin Pie, and White Chocolate and Cherry Sourdough Bread Pudding.  

• At Thyme And Again you’ll have to choose between your love of cheese (Apple Cheddar Galette), peanut butter (Peanut Butter Caramel Cheesecake, and truffles (the vegan Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Tart). 

Oktoberfest Plans Part II

• Dominion City Brewing’s Oktoberfest shindig this Saturday (September 21) promises traditional games, a bierhalle fit for your most stylish lederhosen, and German-style food provided by North and Navy and Almanac Grain. Add live music and 17 taps of fine beer and you’ve got a party. Tickets from $17.31.  On the same day, you can book one of two seatings at the sixth annual Orléans Brewing’s Oktoberfest event. Your ticket ($38.61) includes a free beer, a free t-shirt, prizes, games, and great music. Plus, there’s a cash bar food tent for when you get really hungry from dancing.  At Beyond the Pale, no mere single day party is adequate to contain the brewery's massive Oktoberfest event; instead it's nine days of seasonal specials, German food, live music, and even a new beer launch. It's all bookended by two weekend parties. September 28 - October 6. 

STATS

Number

• 50
• – The number of years that the Great Canadian Theatre Company has been creating theatre in Ottawa. Its first performance for the year will be The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine, opening September 24.  (Cristina Paolozzi at Apt 613)

Ottawan of the Day 

• Can Le
• – Le’s dream of opening the Vietnamese Boat People Museum may, after 15 years, finally be realized. Supporters of Le are finalizing a design plan and hope to open the museum in a few years at the corner of Preston and Somerset Streets.
• In 1980, former Mayor Marion Dewar pledged to welcome half of the 8,000 refugees from Vietnam that Canada had pledged to accept (Hannah Wanamaker in the Kitchissippi Times)

Quote 

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• These are folks that we maybe never have seen before. We’re seeing groups of five, six, seven, eight people sitting on the sidewalk injecting or smoking drugs publicly. There have been some fights

• – Somerset ward councillor Ariel Troster who believes that an increased police presence in ByWard Market has pushed public use of drugs into her ward. (Charlie Senack in the Kitchissippi Times)

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CITY HALL AGENDA

Special Joint Environment and Climate Change Committee and Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee
Thursday, September 19 at 10:00 am

• Idling Control By-law Review

📋 Agenda

Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee
Thursday, September 19 at 11:30 am
(or 15 minutes following the conclusion of the Joint Environment and Climate Change Committee and Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee meeting, whichever is later)

• Snow Plow Contractor Licensing Review
• Status Update – Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee Inquiries and Motions for the period ending 10 September 2024

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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🛻 Wellington Street

• The Federal government blames the City for breaking off talks to transfer it a section of Wellington Street. After the Convoy siege, the Federal government asked the City to engage in talks for it to take over the bit of Wellington Street in front of the Parliament buildings. The Federal government hopes to extend its security cordon but also to create a unified Parliamentary district. The City says that it has not yet received a formal offer, but some believe the heel dragging is a reluctance to impede auto traffic. ( Estelle Côté-Sroka and Arthur White-Crummey at CBC) 

🥅 Lacrosse

• Ottawa’s new professional lacrosse team, the Ottawa Black Bears, has announced its inaugural schedule. The first match will be November 29 against Toronto Rock at the Canadian Tire Centre. (Ted Raymond at CTV) 

🚧 Mining

• Québec is not willing to fund a proposed graphite mine near the town of Duhamel. The La Loutre mining project, an hour north of Ottawa, is the subject of controversy amongst rural residents who don’t want the area developed. Québec says that the project does not meet its requirement for local support. Graphite is used in electric car batteries and may have an important future use in computer chips. (CBC) 

🏫 Ottawa Carleton District School Board

• The new Maplewood Secondary School will stay closed for the foreseeable future. In an update yesterday, the Board told parents and students that there is now no timeline for when the school will open. It was supposed welcome its first students yesterday. The Board is blaming a contractor for the wait. (Dave Charbonneau at CTV)

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Today

• Harvest: A Feast of Fall is a multi-chef food and beverage experience that brings together the city's top award-winning chefs, artisanal beverage producers, and passionate foodies for a night of Farm to Table-inspired delights. All proceeds go to Youturn, the non-profit that helps the most at-risk youth, whose mission is to provide evidence-informed, individualized service to help develop the skills to become strong participating members of the community. Tonight at Ottawa Art Galley, 10 Daly Ave. 

• Practice your life drawing skills from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Sandy Hill Life Drawing costs just $10 per artist and features a live model. 250 Somerset St East. 

• Let your creativity flow free at the Journaling with Collage workshop at Marker House. $58.61 plus fees. 

• BytTowne Cinema: Temporarily closed for maintenance work 

• Mayfair Theatre: Sisi & I, His Three Daughters, 1984

  Gigs

• Trivia Night. Royal Oak Pub 318 Bank (at MacLaren)

• Trivia Night. Beyond the Pale Brewing

• Girls to the Front Songwriters Circle. Irene’s Pub

• Campfire Clowns. LIVE on Elgin

• Book Launch: David O’Meara’s “Chandelier”

• Goatwhore, Vitriol, Necrofier, Serene Dark, Aaveiv. The Brass Monkey

• Trivia Night. Brew Revolution

Tomorrow

• The opening of the 2024 Cranium Festival will feature Ottawa's Golden Era Hip-Hop Stars, DL Incognito, Eternia and DJ Ducats. Join us for a night of Dope Beats and Rhymes. Doors 7 PM, Showtime 8 PM. Berlin (56 Byward Market) 

• Music & Beyond partners with the Embassy of France for a concert featuring the early music ensemble LA Chapelle Harmonique. Following the In Vino Musica in concert there will be a special wine tasting and a chance to meet the musicians.

• 🆓 Today’s lunchtime musical interlude at The Shed comes care of singer songwriters Ella Lee and Abijah. 12;00 pm to 1:30 pm 

• 🆓 Every Thursday night you’ll find the free Cinq à sept music series at 55 ByWard Market Square. It's another of the great music programs by Ottawa Music Industry Coalition. 

• 🆓 Noah Lefevre of the hugely popular YouTube Polyphonic launches his new book Century of Song at the Spaniel’s Tale Bookstore. While there’s no charge to attend, RSVPs are appreciated.

• The Pelican Seafood Market’s Shellfish Fest starts today with special menus, Daily Oyster Specials, a Shellfish Happy Hour of Seafood Towers, and more. It’s all happening until October 20.

• ByTowne Cinema: Temporarily closed for maintenance work 

• Mayfair Theatre: Sisi & I, His Three Daughters, Breakin’
  
  Gigs

• Zeelle’s Birthday Bash Single Release Party with Abby M Boquet and Dom Doyon. Rainbow Bistro

• Everything Redfox. LIVE on Elgin

• Kameron Marlowe. Bronson Centre

• Irene’s Blues Sessions with guest host Gerri Trimble

• Selias, Chaos, Lilith, Insanity of Sorrow. The Brass Monkey

• CRAST with Gilgamesh. House of TARG

• Karaoke Thursday. Atomic Rooster

• Samantha Christ Francois, The Toasted Westerns. Red Bird

Friday

• 🆓 Take a meditative stroll through the Quilt Path, a magical display of 100 modern and traditional quilts, and emerge with an appreciation of what can be accomplished with small pieces of fabric. Today through Sunday (September 20-22). It’s free to attend but donations are welcomed for Quilts for Survivors, Quilts of Valour, and Victoria’s Quilts.

• Cranium Festival’s All Ages show starts with a pre-party from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the courtyard outside Club SAW (67 Nicholas St). 

• Take a beginner lesson and then dance the night away at the Friday Swing Dance Night. $12 cash or square. 

• ROAD TRIP: Pick your own pumpkin at Seven Acres Family Farm. 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. 14747 Neville Rd, South Stormont, ON K0C 1M0, Canada

• ROAD TRIP Slip into the Autumn Equinox Sound Bath for a calming seasonal experience brought to you by Mystical Elements and Happy Tree Yoga. Galilee Centre Beach, Arnprior. $70 

• Go techno at City at Night’s Factory Friday, with DJs from Ottawa and beyond. Ticket from $18.37 

• Art Haven’s Kids Night Out is all about the Ps: PJs, pizza, and pottery, with a movie thrown in. Tickets start at $45. Art Haven is located at 124 - 150 Katimavik Road in Kanata. 

• ByTowne Cinema: The Critic, 1995, The Substance 

• Mayfair Theatre: Coup!, Will & Harper, The Room 

  Gigs

• Blingo Night. Pour Boy

• Switchfoot. Bronson Centre

• Russell Howard Live. Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe

• 80s Dance Party with DJ Remi Royale and Party Seargeant. House of TARG

• Queers and Beers. Queen St. Fare

Long Runs

• Cirque du Soleil ECHO continues in Gatineau until September 22. 

• The University of Ottawa created the Department of Visual Arts 50 years ago. The Ottawa Art Gallery commemorates those five decades with the exhibition Art School Confidential, until September 22.

Just Announced / Now Booking

• Road Trip: It’s going to be standing room only at Neat Café in Burnstown next Monday and Tuesday, when Matthew Good and His Band takes to the intimate stage. 

• Overflow Brewing Co’s HOPE Rock Fest on Friday October 4 supports the charity Helping Other People Everywhere, with a line-up including Kasador, The Rambles, and Almyr Jules. 

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DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

The finalists for the Ottawa Book Awards have been released. 

English Fiction

• Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, The Girl Who Cried Diamonds & Other Stories(ECW Press)
• Sneha Madhavan-Reese, Elementary Particles (Brick Books)
• Wayne Ng, The Family Code (Guernica Editions Inc) 
• Scott Randall, An Unruly Little Animal (DC Books)
• Sandra Ridley, Vixen (Book*hug Press)

English Non-fiction

• Stephanie Chitpin, Keep My Memory Safe: Fook Soo Am, The Pagoda(Baraka Books)
• Natalie MacLean, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising From the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much (Dundurn Press)
• Huda Mukbil, Agent of Change: My Life Fighting Terrorists, Spies and Institutional Racism (McGill-Queens University Press)
• Brett Popplewell, Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
• Carolyn Whitzman, Clara at the Door with a Revolver (University of British Columbia Press)

French Fiction

• Pierre-Luc Bélanger, Prise Deux (Les Éditions David) 
• Sébastien Pierroz, Deux heures avant la fin de l’été (Les Éditions David) 
• Michèle Vinet, Jaz (Les Éditions L’Interligne) 

The organizers say there was an ‘insufficient number’ of entries for French non-fiction, so no finalists were announced.

The winners will be announced Wednesday, October 16, and each will receive $7,500. All other finalists will receive $1,000. All books are available at the Ottawa Public Library.

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