HELLO OTTAWA | → Canada – Luxembourg relations should improve now that the Grand Duchy has appointed a resident ambassador | → Beetlejuice the musical tickets on sale Monday | → Remembering Barrymore’s punk promoter, Bob Jones | → ☀️ High -2° Low -8° and sunnys | – Martha and Darren | | STATISTICS OTTAWA | | 1,500 | The number of cars that have been stolen so far this year in Ottawa. All 24 wards have seen at a least one stolen car. | | | | Josh Pringle at CTV |
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| OTTAWAN OF THE DAY | Amie Wright | | | ❝ | | | Everything was up for ridicule but he wasn’t cruel. He had a big heart |
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| – Concert promoter and Zaphod Beeblebrox owner Eugene Haslam remembering musician Bob Jones, who died last week aged 65. Many remember him for his punk demeanour and his work as promotions manager for Barrymore’s during the 80s. Because of his late-in-life housing insecurity, Jones’ family is requesting donations to PAL Ottawa, which provides seniors worked in the arts sector with affordable housing and personal support. A celebration on life will be held at Atomic Rooster tomorrow 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. | | | | Lynn Saxberg in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| | WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL | No meetings Monday | Meetings and Agendas | | | WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT | 🚊 O Train | ▪️The Confederation Line will be closed all day tomorrow. The closure is to allow software testing for the Stage 2 extension. Replacement buses will run between the stations. | | | | CBC |
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| 🐴 Brockville | ▪️Eight people in Brockville were injured by an out-of-control horse-drawn carriage yesterday. During a ride on Front Street, the horses became ‘agitated’, tossing out passengers and hitting a car, before becoming entangled by trees in the woods. The humans had various levels of injury, non life-threatening. The horses are fine. | | | | Toula Mazloum at CTV |
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| 🇱🇺 Diplomatic News | ▪️Luxembourg is seeking a building for its first embassy office in Ottawa. The first resident ambassador to Canada, Jean Claude Kugener, presented his credentials to Governor General Mary Simon last week. Previously, all ambassadors from the Grand Duchy were double accredited with the United States and worked from Washington, DC. At the start of the Second World War, the Luxembourg royal family moved to Québec with the government-in-exile’s Prime Minister and Justice minister. | | | | Luxembourg Times |
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| | THE ROLLING 3 DAY CALENDAR | Is there an event we should know about?
Please use our easy event submission form | TODAY | ▪️ Bear Grease the Musical continues at the National Arts Centre. ▪️ It’ll be a Friday the 13th to remember at the Brass Monkey, where Wrestlemaniaks - the wrestling tribute band - play for the first time in seven years. ▪️ Music and Beyond’s Ottawa Wine Auction fundraiser at the Fairmont Chateau Laurieris for everyone from complete beginners to connoisseurs. ▪️ Road Trip: Visit the town of Renfrew for an evening of shopping and dining ▪️ Dance away to a live band at Ottawa Swing Dance Society’s Friday Dance featuring the Capital City Stompers. No partner or experience needed. ▪️ Dress in something shiny and vibrant for the DIKANZA 1st anniversary event. There’s a workshop from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm and social dancing follows. ▪️ Overflow Brewing welcomes the Queers & Beers Festival Vibes Only edition. ▪️ Urban Legends Poetry Collective presents Broken Mic #2 featuring jaaword. Arts Court Atelier Studio from 7:00 pm. ▪️ Sink into post metal and industrial rock at Café Dekcuf, as ooluu and Projekt F play new music as well as bangers from the past. ▪️ Singer songwriters from Aylmer and Hull fill the Art House Café with intimate folk music and storytelling. ▪️ Rainbow Bistro hosts the 10th Annual Hip Hop Food Drive by BringYaEhGame. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The End, Queer, Drunken Cinema: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: All We Imagine As Light, Conclave, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Yes, both the ByTowne and the Mayfair are screening Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, which was, as West Coast boy Darren likes to remind us, filmed in Vancouver. Gigs ▪️ Spitfire91. Busters Bar & Grill ▪️ 80s Dance Party with DJ Remi Royale. House of TARG ▪️ Nick Admea Quintet ft. Maël Idris. 10,000 Hours Piano Rehearsal Studios ▪️ The Flatliners Holiday Melée celebrating Destroy To Create. Bronson Centre Music Theatre ▪️ The Fake McCoys. Royal Oak Pub 2067 Meadowbrook Road ▪️ Lowheaven. Dominion Tavern |
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| TOMORROW | ▪️ We took a sneak peek at the roster of more than 50 talented local vendors taking part in Square Lemon’s Ho Ho Holiday Craft Market today (Glebe Community Centre), and by our calculations they’ll easily help us cross the final items off our gift lists. ▪️ There’s a different line up of vintage vendors taking part each day at the Vpop613 Vintage Holiday Market (today and tomorrow) at Next Door. ▪️ Cirquonscient presents CrakdNutz: A Holiday Circus Dream, featuring aerial acts and high flying fun. ▪️ When Darren and Martha lived in Scotland we remember this sort of gathering being called “Bring a Party to a Party,” which we think that perfectly encapsulates the Sala San Marco Small Office Holiday Party. If you think your team is too small to organize a full sized Christmas ‘do, think again and book your table. You’ll have holiday fun and meet other small businesses. ▪️ Keep your brain flexible with an evening of trivia at the Royal Oak Beechwood. ▪️ If you need a break from holiday shopping this afternoon, listen as Ottawa Jazz Orchestra performs the big band sounds of Harry James. 4:00 pm. 🆓 Check out the locally produced works of art at the Ottawa Pottery Guild Holiday Sale. Until Sunday. ▪️ Ritchie Feed & Seed at 1390 Windmill Lane in Ottawa East is holding a Customer Appreciation event that will warm your cockles: Enjoy special discounts, be entertained with live music, and listen to local authors reading. ▪️ Ottawa’s coolest underground art party is back: Pique Winter Edition hits Arts Court with a full day’s worth of innovative visual and musical art, plus food and drink vendors and an art market. 🆓 If you’re not ready to purchase you can consider renting art from Art Lending Ottawa’s newest show, this Saturday at 1265 Walkley Road. ▪️ Cutest gift idea alert: Have your fur baby’s photo taken with Santa at the Robert Plante 2nd Annual Pet Day and Holiday Market. ▪️ The Haunted Walk visits the ByTowne Cinema for scary stories, short films, and - if you can snag one of the VIP tickets - a creepy tour. ByTowne Cinema: Free For Members: Gremlins, The End, Queer, An Evening of Haunted Holiday Stories Mayfair Theatre: All We Imagine As Light, Conclave, Gremlins, Saturday Night Sinema Gigs ▪️ Big Shiny Tunes Live with Jeff the Temp. House of TARG ▪️ Murder Me Louise. Art House Café ▪️ Lynn Miles. Irene’s Pub ▪️ The New Hires. Bronson Centre ▪️ BornBroken. Dominion Tavern ▪️ Christmas Sisters. Red Bird ▪️ Root Cause. Rainbow Bistro |
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| SUNDAY | ▪️ Merry Mingle Christmas Market by Doggo Cakes and Treats at Ray Friel Recreation Complex, 1570 Sunview Dr, Ottawa K1C 5A3 10:00 am to 3:00 pm 🆓 Bytown Railway Society presents Santa’s Holiday Train at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. ▪️ Celebrate “the reason for the season”: Christ Church Cathedral presents 9 Lessons and Carols. 4:00 pm at 414 Sparks St. ▪️ Get the in holiday spirit with Carolling in the Ottawa Christmas Market. The one hour singing session will be led by Canadian Showtime Chorus. ▪️ We watched the trailer for Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (playing at the Mayfair Theatre today and Monday, and saw a split-second shot of a young Gene Hackman as possibly the narrator of this goofy, unintentionally hilarious kids’ holiday classic from 1964. Strangely, the film does not appear on Hackman’s Wikipedia filmography. ▪️ If you’re searching for unique luxury gifts be sure to stop at Pai Jewellery (497 Sussex Drive) between 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm when you’ll be able to shop and meet the craftspeople in person. ▪️ Relax and clear your mind of all the seasonal distractions with the Full Moon Ceremony with Gen Munro at Pure Yoga Centretown (359 Bank St). ▪️ One for the Swifties: “Swiftmas X Strathmere” offers free and paid VIP tickets for a unique holiday shopping event. ▪️ Deacon Brodies’ final Whisky Tasting of 2024 takes you to “Islay Shore: A Journey Through Smoke and Peat.” ▪️ Tickets are going fast for the second show by the Christmas Sisters, tonight at Red Bird. ▪️ The Ottawa School of Ukrainian Dance Winter Celebration always draws a jolly crowd (2:30 pm in Ottawa City Hall). ▪️ Grab some of the remaining free Standing Room tickets to the Coro Vivo Christmas Choir show after you wander the festive greenery at Robert Plante. ▪️ You’ll find more than good food and drink at Finnigan’s Pub today. The Merry Makers Market rolls out at 1:00 pm for some relaxed Christmas shopping. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Golden Age: The Shop Around the Corner, The End, Restoration: Mommy, Queer ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Waiting For Love, Gremlins, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians Gigs ▪️ The Powergoats’ 11th Annual Snowsuit Fundraiser with Fabien. Rainbow Bistro ▪️ FemmeVox7. GCTC ▪️ Cuban Jazz Night with Miguel de Armas Quartet. 750 Gladstone Ave. ▪️ Graven + Miranda Journey. Meow! That’s Hot ▪️ River City Junction. Atomic Rooster ▪️ Elevator Season Reveal Party. LIVE on Elgin ▪️ Malcolm Wade Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge ▪️ Lynn Miles (matinée). Irene’s Pub ▪️ The Sunday Night Revue with Ryan McNally. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Scott Helman. Club SAW |
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| MONDAY | | JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING | | | DEALS OF THE DAY |  | Urban Botonist |
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| DIY Terrarium Kits are 50% off at The Urban Botonist today only, in the Freaky Friday Sale. |
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| | BUT, ONE MORE THING … | Dave Allston at the Kitchissippi Museum takes a look at the history of a single building: 1248-1252 Wellington Street West. Constructed in 1928, it was – amongst other things – a Dominion grocery store, the Corner Soda Bar, the Victoria Tea Room, the Aroma Restaurant, Earth and Sun health food, Hasley Millinery Shop, The Alex Barber Shop, Nostalgia Records, and Nectar Fine Teas. |
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