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• Neighbourhood Arts Ottawa is looking for professional artists for residence – in City government.
• The term is 18 months and it's a paid gig – $40,000. (Although, at 18 months, that works out to $26,000 per year)
• The idea was inspired by the New York Sanitation department, which created the first – if unofficial – artist-in-residence.
• Learn more here.

– Martha & Darren

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Sports

• 🏈 CFL Ottawa RedBlacks 20 – Edmonton Elks 30 last night
• ⚽ CPL Atlético Ottawa 0 – Hamilton Forge 0 last Saturday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 6 – Empire State Greys 14 last night
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 4 – Empire State Greys 2 last Saturday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 7 – Empire State Greys 5 last Friday

🎭 What a Joke

•  Le Troquet comedy club in Gatineau has been booking comedian Sonia Bélanger since June – but she doesn’t exist. Bélanger’s absence is announced at the beginning of every show and is considered a running joke by the owner. Montreal comedians Emna Achour and Coralie LaPerrière say the fake billing is a response to their campaign over the lack of female comedians in Québec clubs. The picture used is generated by artificial intelligence. (Sabrina Jonas and Kwabena Oduro at CBC) 

🚨 Ottawa Police Service

•  The Ottawa Police Service is proposing to create a new fourth district. The new district would be dedicated to the south part of the City and would allow police in each quadrant to be responsive to issues in its jurisdiction. (Ottawa Citizen)
  
  ➕ Related The Ottawa Police Service would like to hire 145 new police officers over the next three years at a cost of $17.8 million.

🚜  Ottawa Carleton Plowmen’s Association annual plowing match

•  Here are some pictures of local politicos driving a tractor and ploughing a field in the 40th anniversary match. Pictured are: Carleton Member of Provincial Parliament Goldie Ghamari, Osgoode ward councillor George Darouze, Rideau-Jock ward councillor David Brown, and Mayor Mark Sutcliffe. Ghamari was declared the winner. The plowing match rotates to different parts of rural Ottawa each yearm (Guy Quenneville at CBC)

🏒  Michael Andlauer to buy Ottawa Senators

•  Sure, we knew that Michael Andlauer was buying the Sens but now a National Hockey League committee has approved it.  The paperwork is still being done but once that is finished, the League must officially approve the purchase, which has not happened yet. So yes, Andlauer has purchased the team, but it ain't done yet. 
  
  Another tidbit: we knew that sellers Anna and Olivia Melnyk, Eugene Melnyk’s daughters, would retain a 10 per cent share, but other partners are local businessman Jeff York who owns a piece of Farm Boy; the Malhotra family, who own Claridge Homes; Oshawa Generals owner Rocco Tullio; and Paul and Michael Paletta of Burlington-based Alinea Group holdings.
  
  (Bruce Garrioch in the Ottawa Sun)
  
  ➕ Related The closest anyone in Ottawa may ever get to see the Stanley Cup is at Frank Ryan Park on Alpine Avenue today from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm where Las Vegas Golden Knights athletic trainer Mike Muir will take pictures with it for a cash donation to Ottawa West Little League. Muir played baseball in the Frank Ryan Little League.

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Today 

•  The pizza promotion with Spark beer has been moved to next week. Get ready to grab a chance at the pizza of your dreams on Tuesday September 5.
• Attention speed daters: the Glebe Central Pub’s event tonight is for those in the 40-55 age bracket.
• Also in the Glebe, Irene’s welcomes The Telegrams onto the stage from 8:00 pm.

Tomorrow

•  If your brain needs exercising hit one of the Trivia Nights happening around town.

  
  - Broadhead Brewery 1680 Vimont Court, Unit 106

  - Irene’s Pub

  - The Royal Oak at Beechwood (1 Beechwood Ave)
  - also the Royal Oak CentrePointe (117 CentrePointe Dr., Unit 105) and
  -the Royal Oak Hunt Club (800 Hunt Club Road)

Wednesday

•  As of noon today (Wednesday August 30) Roam Flora’s Tulip and Narcissus Bulb Sale is Go! Get ready for spring 2024. Choose from 18 varieties of tulips and seven of Narcissus, or Mix Packs if you can’t make up your mind.
•  Raphaël Peruvian Cuisine welcomes Latin Flow Music to set the scene for diners on Wednesday night only (August 30). The cover charge is $15 per person, and you need to reserve in advance. 200 Elgin St.

Just Announced / Now Booking

•  If you’re a professional, emerging, or mid-career artist you’ll know how crucial budgeting is to your process. Ottawa Arts Network and Multicultural Artists’ Coalition present a free workshop to help you with all the basics of budgeting. Thursday September 7 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at The Origin Arts & Community Centre, 57 Lyndale Ave.
•  Here’s one for the seamsters: On September 9 the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum and the Embassy of Mexico present a Live Exhibit of Traditional Mexican Textiles, featuring a catwalk where you can view all the fabrics included in a silent auction. Funds raised will benefit the museum. If you can’t attend the fundraiser on the evening of September 9, you can still view the fabrics as part of your admission to the 28th annual Fibrefest earlier that day.

The Mainstreeter newspaper has printed a do-it-yourself Walking Tour of Old Ottawa East. Laura McLeod and Julie Harris of Heritage Ottawa created the walk originally and conducted them in 2020. You can now do it yourself, in real life. 

We will see you tomorrow  – Martha and Darren
 

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