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Win tickets to the Ottawa Home & Remodelling Show

Winter is here and it’s sometimes nice at this time of year to burrow under a warm throw and plan for spring renos.

The Ottawa Home & Remodelling Show is a great place to start your planning, with renovation experts on site to guide you.

We’re giving away three pairs of tickets to the show, which runs January 18-21.

For your chance to win one of the three pairs, send us an email to ohrstix@theottawan.com and the correct answer to this question: Where is the Ottawa Home & Remodelling Show January 18-21 happening?

Martha’s Mom will draw the winners’ names from her choosin’ hat on Monday and we’ll announce them in Tuesday’s newsletter.

– Martha and Darren

TODAY’S LINE UP

•  Ottawa Stats
•  City Hall Agenda
•  What Ottawa is Talking About
•  Events
•  Deals of the Day

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• 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 3 – Buffalo Sabres 5 last night

CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall
 

No meetings until January 16.

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🏅 Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame

•  The Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame requires a new home. The City of Ottawa Archives has decided to use its space in City Hall for other displays and removed all previous sports plaques without making any decisions on where they could go. There had been 273 awardees since 2013. (Koyuki Hayashi in the Ottawa Citizen)

🗳️ Casselman

•  Casselman council has been slapped for having secret meetings. The town, 60 km southeast of Ottawa, had a virtual meeting open to the public, then ended it wishing everyone good night. Once the public was gone, the council continued meeting for another 45 minutes. (Trevor Pritchard at CBC)

🌽 Donovan Burey’s Weekly Grocery Store Review 

•  Every week Donovan Burey goes through all the grocery flyers and posts the deals on Ottawa Reddit. Mortadella for $1.49/100g and pork loin at $1.77/lb are standouts. (/Ottawa)

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EVENTS

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Today

•  Take your burning questions to a psychic, medium, numerologist, or palm reader at the Ottawa West Psychic & Crystal Fair. Friday through Sunday at the Best Western, Bells Corners.

•  It’s the first Art Battle of 2024 (that we’ve heard about, at least). Head to Overflow Brewing to watch as 12 artists run 3 rounds of creative fury. There can only be one winner. $23. 73 per person.

•  Flamingo Boutique has been acquired by the owner of Motif! and will reopen today as one new business.
  
  Gigs

•  Latin Fiesta. Mavericks

•  Barrow Gang. Atomic Rooster

•  Redfox. Stray Dog Brewing Co

•  Amer Rez. YukYuk’s

•  Solstice with Cloverdale and Old West. City at Night

•  Rolo Duo. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

•  James Ehnes plays Bach. National Arts Centre

•  Jeff Meleras and the Bokonons. Red Bird

•  Distortion Dance Party. LIVE on Elgin

•  Eric Joseph. Royal Oak 188 Bank St.

•  Leeny Jones & the Boys EP release party with Pretty Good, Valley Girls. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Blingo Night. Pour Boy

•  The Empties and Out by Lucy. Rainbow Bistro
   

Tomorrow

•  A massive 10 stars will be performing in Winter is a DRAG, North Grenville’s largest drag show.

•  The Canadian Museum of History reopens tomorrow after maintenance break.

•  Visit the Hobbies and Miniatures Festival at Galeries Aylmer today and Sunday, where you’ll find tiny replicas and collections of all sorts.

•  Get outside: the skating rink at Rideau Hall is open until March 3.

•  Become an expert in animal tracks with a two-hour guided snowshoe hike in Gatineau Park.

•  According to Camp Fortune, 12 runs and 7 lifts will be open this weekend.

•  The clock is winding down on 83 ’Til Infinity: 40 Years of Hip-Hop in the Ottawa-Gatineau Region at Ottawa Art Gallery. Immerse yourself in the history and celebration of hip-hop in our city until February 18.
  
  
  Gigs

•  The Woodshed Quintet. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

•  Ball and Chain and the Wreckers. Atomic Rooster

•  The C.A. and Sonny Show (afternoon). Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  The Electric Company. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Teenage Fiction, Desert Island Big Band, Just Fine. LIVE on Elgin

•  Bollywood Bhangra. Mavericks

•  Any Good Reason. Bar Robo
   

Sunday

•  Artawa’s monthly meet-up in the Ottawa Art Gallery Studio is an opportunity to socialise and work on your current project in the company of fellow artists.

•  Pure Kitchen’s Drag Brunch promises gorgeous food and fabulous performers.
  
  
  Gigs

•   Acoustic Coffee House (afternoon). Red Bird

•  Siaka Diabaté with Raphael Weinroth-Browne, Mars Aspen. Club SAW

•  Broadway Unplugged (A fundraiser for Carleton Musical Theatre Society). LIVE on Elgin

•  George Sneddon and the Heaters. Atomic Rooster

•  The Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub Restaurant
   

(Blue) Monday

•  Pull on your bobby socks and get ready to sing-a-long to Grease at the ByTowne Cinema. 7:00 pm

•  The John Cassettes festival continues at the Mayfair Theatre with The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.
  
  Gigs

•  Karaoke. Heart & Crown Barrhaven (3161 Stranderd)

   

   

Just Announced

• Almanac’s first workshop of the season, Heritage Flour Pasta Workshop from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm next Tuesday January 16, is nearly sold out. You’ll learn about heritage grains, stone milling, and techniques for noodle making. You’ll also be treated to a glass of wine and take home your own wooden pasta board and noodles. $120 per person.

• Author Shelley Thompson will appear at Octopus Books for the launch of her debut novel, ROAR. February 6 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

• Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and if you’re the sort that likes to give your person something locally made with love, make a plan to attend Square Lemon’s Be My Valentine Craft Market on February 10. The 40 vendors in attendance will likely be able to help.

DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

Gabrielle Drolet in Maisonneuve has a long essay on how badly Via Rail is failing on the Québec – Ottawa – Windsor corridor. She’s also inteviewed on CityNews’ Big Story podcast, ‘Why are Canada’s passenger trains so slow?’

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