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Stepping Into Medieval Times
It’s only 30 minutes from downtown–but the Osgoode Medieval Festival makes you feel as though you are far from home. Inside the Kingdom of Osgoode, there are sword fights, knights clad in shining...
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Ottawa Lebanese Festival–A Scene of Cuisine
The grounds of St. Elias Cathedral are busy this time of year—full of Lebanese festivalgoers eager to eat, enjoy music and have fun celebrating Middle Eastern culture. I went to the festival on an...
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Making the Most of Fall and Winter: 2014/15 Ottawa Event Guide
“I’m bored! What should we do?” This familiar question far too often doesn’t have an answer. Stop right there! Look no further! OLM’s Fall and Winter Event Guide is here to relieve your boredom. With...
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Folk in the City: Celebrating Canadian Talent
Sounds of CityFolk are echoing throughout Ottawa, with the much anticipated music festival kicking off next week. This year’s line-up the most brag-worthy to date, and OLM has put together a quick list...
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Folk in the City: The Big Bands
Walk off the Earth plays CityFolk’s Telus Stage tonight. On Tuesday OLM looked at some of the amazing Canadian bands playing the CityFolk stages this week. Now we’re turning our attention to the big...
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Bringing the Inside Out
All photos by Skylan Hill Since 2007, The Ottawa LGBT Film Festival has been the talk of the town. Now in its eighth year in Ottawa, the festival is among the top five LGBT film fests in Canada. Its...
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Old Favourites and New Horrors at Saunders Farm
Photo courtesy of saundersfarm.com. That chill in the air is a spine-tingling reminder that Halloween is approaching, and the place to be during the ghoulish season is Saunders Farm. It’s a little...
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Introducing the African Film Festival of Ottawa
All photos courtesy of Aboubakar Sanogo The African Film Festival of Ottawa (AFFO) is the first of its kind to hit the city. Held over two weeks, from October 16 to 18, and October 23 to 25 2015,...
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Experience Trinidad and Tobago at the OWFF
All photos courtesy of Allison Ferguson The Ottawa Wine and Food Festival is here! This year, The Tourism Development Company Limited of Trinidad and Tobago is teaming up with The High Commission for...
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A Great Time To Be Alive with Megaphono Round Two
All photos by Andre Gagne. “What a great time to be alive,” says Amanda Lowe as she strums a few notes on her guitar. If you are a music fan in Ottawa this week, those words couldn’t be more true....
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Jazz at the Crossroads
All photos courtesy of Andre Gagne “Here we are at the Crossroads,” begins Petr Cancura, glancing back at the band. His hand is raised, poised and ready. The band awaits the first sign post on this...
View ArticleA Reason to Go Outside: The Baltic-Nordic Film Festival
A record-setting snowfall just hit Ottawa. Many of us scrambled to unearth our streets and sidewalks in vain, digging our cars out from under massive layers of cold powder, staring numbly at the flakes...
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Twelve Bluesfest Picks to Get You Stage Hopping
Photo of Wild Child. RBC Bluesfest has been about diversity in programming since the day “The Big Man” Clarence Clemons raised lips to sax in Major’s Hill Park back in ’94. “One thing you absolutely...
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TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Announces Diverse 2016 Line-Up
Kamasi Washington. All photos courtesy of the Ottawa Jazz Festival. Announced on CBC’s All In A Day, the line-up for the 36th annual TD Ottawa Jazz Festival includes a few Rock and Roll Hall of...
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The Ottawa Improv Festival: Making It up as They Go Along
Quest of the Dragon King. All photos courtesy of the Ottawa Improv Festival. Before we had the movies, Broadway, opera, Shakespeare and even the ability to write scripts, our early ancestors were...
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Bringing the Inside Out
All photos by Skylan Hill Since 2007, The Ottawa LGBT Film Festival has been the talk of the town. Now in its eighth year in Ottawa, the festival is among the top five LGBT film fests in Canada. Its...
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Old Favourites and New Horrors at Saunders Farm
Photo courtesy of saundersfarm.com. That chill in the air is a spine-tingling reminder that Halloween is approaching, and the place to be during the ghoulish season is Saunders Farm. It’s a little...
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Introducing the African Film Festival of Ottawa
All photos courtesy of Aboubakar Sanogo The African Film Festival of Ottawa (AFFO) is the first of its kind to hit the city. Held over two weeks, from October 16 to 18, and October 23 to 25 2015,...
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Experience Trinidad and Tobago at the OWFF
All photos courtesy of Allison Ferguson The Ottawa Wine and Food Festival is here! This year, The Tourism Development Company Limited of Trinidad and Tobago is teaming up with The High Commission for...
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A Great Time To Be Alive with Megaphono Round Two
All photos by Andre Gagne. “What a great time to be alive,” says Amanda Lowe as she strums a few notes on her guitar. If you are a music fan in Ottawa this week, those words couldn’t be more true....
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