‘Hollywood North…east’? Ottawa vies to be a moviemaking capital Feb22

‘Hollywood North…east’? Ottawa vies to be a moviemaking capital...

Move over, Vancouver.  The fastest-growing Canadian destination for ‘runaway’ U.S. movies is now Ottawa—yes, Ottawa—which saw $50 million in foreign film production in late 2010 alone.  Here a glimpse at the capital’s surprising new supporting role.

Barrymore’s: dead and walking? Feb22

Barrymore’s: dead and walking?...

Once celebrated as ‘Ottawa’s Studio 54’, Barrymore’s Music Hall today relies on ’80s nostalgia to draw just modest crowds. How the lightning got out of the bottle.

The rebirth of Nature Feb22

The rebirth of Nature...

After a six-year-long overhaul for its hundredth anniversary, Ottawa’s Museum of Nature is the new kid on the block again.

Change a-brewing: craft beer discovers Ottawa Feb22

Change a-brewing: craft beer discovers Ottawa...

Goodbye, Bud and Blue?  As more and more consumers today turn to beers of local microbreweries, we take a glimpse at the craft-beer upsurge in Ottawa.

Ottawa poets hit a grand ‘slam’ Mar15

Ottawa poets hit a grand ‘slam’...

Slam poetry is one part great poetry, one part performance, and one part competition: verse against verse. It’s gripping, it’s fresh, and it’s taking Ottawa by storm.