Culture
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EVENT: yowLAB Film Festival in partnership with Ottawa Architecture Week
WHAT: yowLAB fall Film Festival launch, in partnership with Bytowne Cinema and Ottawa Architecture Week (Sep 28 – Oct 5) FILM: Last Call at the Gladstone...
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EVENT: Play – A special edition OTTAWA (DE)TOUR in collaboration with Spacing Ottawa
What: Special Edition of Ottawa (de)tours PLAY walking tour, in collaboration with Spacing Ottawa When: Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 2pm (the walk is 1.5...
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EVENT: Carleton’s Architecture Forum Lecture Series
WHAT: Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism Forum Lecture Series WHEN: First Lecture Monday, September 29th, 2014...
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EVENT: Ottawa Architecture Week 2014
WHAT: Ottawa Architecture Week 2014 WHEN: September 29 – October 5, 2014 WHERE: Various locations across Ottawa COST: Most events are free, unless...
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The urban park at Lansdowne Park: An interview with the project’s design leads
In the moments leading up to the official opening of the new urban park at Lansdowne Park, on the afternoon of August 15, 2014, Spacing Ottawa editor...
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De-constructing the walking tour: OTTAWA (DE)TOURS
Think about everything you think you know about walking tours. Now erase all that. That is the aim of OTTAWA (DE)TOURS, a local initiative which is...
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Playful urbanism: Ottawa ‘sets the stage’
For the past couple of years Sarah Gelbard and Kent Aitken have been on separate missions to get the people of Ottawa to pause and play. Gelbard is a...
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As the city, and the City, held its breath: Opening night at Lansdowne Park
As opening night kick off approached at 7pm this past Friday night, you could feel the collective buzz in the air as the golden hour approached. With...
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Image of the Moment: Canada Day in the Capital – Music in the park
Image: Laila Biali preforming at the Ottawa Jazz Festival Canada Day concert Location: Confederation Park, Ottawa, Canada Date: July 1, 2014 (Canada Day...
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Festival City: Ottawa’s urban festivals
Named “Best Festival City“, Ottawa is a city which uses its various urban spaces each year to host an array of concerts, culinary events, and...
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Ottawa Underpass Streetscape Initiative
By the end of this summer, two of Ottawa’s underpasses will be that much more welcoming thanks to a city-led initiative aimed at brightening these...
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Street art with heart: The Artists of the Glebe vs. Minto
With the much ‘discussed’ construction of the Lansdowne Park Redevelopment project creeping closer to its slated date of completion, I feel it...
By Kristen Gagnon