Earth To AndreJun 19, 20193 min readSummer Solstice Indigenous Festival & Competition Pow Wow Begins TomorrowThis year the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP)* assumes the host duties for the 2019th edition of the Summer Solstice Indigenous...
Earth To AndreMay 13, 20192 min readOttawa Comiccon’s 8th Edition Was a Triumph for FantasyAliens, toons, villains, heroes and, yes, even Thanos made up the 40,000 fans of all ages that streamed into the EY Centre for another...
Earth To AndreMay 11, 20192 min readLevel Up Your Ottawa Comiccon CosplayI know what you’re thinking: I don’t care what anybody thinks, pancakes with Dr. Brite Berrylicious Toothpaste is damn good eatin’! I...
Earth To AndreMay 4, 20192 min readOttawa Comiccon and Clocktower Brew Pub Create the Ultimate Beer Lovers Team-up! For fans of epic superhero awesome sauce, when it comes to the big screen, Endgame is a new beginning of possibilities. There's a lot of...
Earth To AndreApr 30, 20193 min readA New Home For SloanFriends, Matty McKechnie (AKA: Graven) is one of the biggest supporters of local music here in O-town and, well, an all around awesome...
Earth To AndreMar 17, 20194 min readCoffee Fest Ready to Pour A Fresh Cup of Java Jubilation I didn’t quite liken myself to poet T.S. Eliot until just now. Upon reflection, I gotta say, since that first splash of hot, brown liquid...
Earth To AndreFeb 8, 20192 min readCanadian Tire Centre set to host free Family Skate ahead of Family Day on Sunday, Feb. 17In an effort to provide local residents with an opportunity to spend time with family in celebration of Ontario’s Family Day holiday on...
Earth To AndreJan 12, 20194 min readSub ZerO-town LowdownHow cold is it in the often named Coldest Capital City on Earth? Judging from the trio of polar bears building a bonfire in my backyard,...
Earth To AndreJan 10, 20191 min readFrom Africa to New Orleans to the True North Strong and FreeOttawa based Odyssey Showcase presents “The Gift of Jazz”, a tribute to Black History Month showcasing music from Africa to New Orleans...
Earth To AndreDec 18, 20182 min readStill Time to Stuff Your Stocking With RBC BluesfestFirst RBC Bluesfest dropped possibly their earliest concert announcement yet. Oh yeah, time to jump into the Wayback Machine with a...
Earth To AndreDec 11, 20184 min readMealshare Continues to Grow in Ottawaallsaints Event Space is the newest morsel on the plate of Mealshare, a rapidly expanding charity helping feed youth in need. The...
Earth To AndreDec 4, 20182 min readPure Kitchen Embraces Pronoun Buttons!This morning, Pure Kitchen just announced that they are taking the next step towards trans inclusion and gender diversity in the...
Earth To AndreOct 24, 20187 min read13 Ways to Make Your Ottawa Halloween Spooktacular Halloween is my favourite time of year. Yeah, I know, I can’t be going door to door dressed as Cookie Monster or a Jawa these days asking...
Earth To AndreAug 31, 20184 min readI’d Buy That For A Dollar!When Bixby Snyder uttered his now immortal catchphrase “I’d buy that for a dollar” in the classic sci-fi film Robocop he probably wasn’t...
Earth To AndreAug 27, 20183 min readBug Off at Ottawa's Newest AttractionEarlier this month it was reported that the northern black widow spider is now taking up residence in Quebec. For many, that’s the kind...
Earth To AndreJul 25, 20183 min readAnnual Summer Comedy Competition Renamed In Honour of Beloved Ottawa ComedianIt’s the late 19070s and Howard Wagman is running a comedy club in Toronto. Comedians come and comedians go but one in particular caught...
Earth To AndreJul 13, 20184 min readBusking 4 DaveChristina Leigh only got her busking permit last week. Talk about good timing! As she opened her guitar case Wednesday morning for what...
Earth To AndreJun 9, 20184 min readOttawa Singer-Songwriters Want You to Camp Out with MusicConductor Leopold Stokowski once said that “a painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” Along a...
Earth To AndreJun 7, 20187 min readTara Shannon Aligns with LymeHope to Raise Awareness on Lyme Disease4 million, that’s the number of Canadians that say they or someone they know has been afflicted with Lyme Disease. A few months ago...
Earth To AndreJun 7, 20184 min readIan Campeau’s Higher CallingA year ago Ian Campeau was on a high. A Tribe Called Red, the group he co-founded, was attracting more mainstream attention than ever for...