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Accessing information about Ottawa’s history just got easier with the launch of the Ottawa Museums and Archives virtual Collections Catalogue.  Deputy Mayor Mark Taylor, Councillor Diane Deans, Chair of the Community and Protective Services Committee and Kathryn Jamieson, Chair of the Board, Ottawa Museum Network, today unveiled the Collections Catalogue at the City’s James K. ...

[caption id=“attachment_12219” align=“aligncenter” width=“405”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]

If you’d like to read at Blog Out Loud 2015, now is the time to submit. Have a look at your blog posts from the past year and pick out your favourite (going back as far as January 2014). You can submit up to two posts for consideration. ...

The Lunch Out Loud podcast looks to promote the amazing talent, food, events and music Ottawa has to offer. Every week we will introduce you to new things about Ottawa you never knew existed. ** This week: ** We meet up with Michael Maidment, executive Director of the Ottawa Food Bank, to find out how he got involved with the organization, new changes, who can use the food bank, events that raise funds for them, and much, much more! ...

The Ottawa Lapsmith Club was founded as a small interest group in 1966. The club incorporated in 1997 and amalgamated with the Ottawa Valley Mineral Association to form the Ottawa Lapsmith & Mineral Club (OLMC), thus expanding its field of interest to mineralogy as well as to the many facets of lapidary work. ...

City Hall will resonate with the sounds of chamber music as the City partners to host a series of free noon-hour spring concerts presented by Chamberfest. Concerts by talented local performers will take place from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays from April 1 to May 6 as a prelude to the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival. ...

The City of Ottawa is seeking local, national and international companies as sponsoring partners for the 150 th anniversary celebrations of Canada’s Confederation in 2017.  The City’s Ottawa 2017 Bureau has posted a notice on MERX, the government procurement system, to ensure fairness and transparency for the sponsorship process. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . _ ** Tuesday-Monday, March 24-30: VERSeFest, Ottawa’s annual poetry festival ** At Knox Presbyterian Church. ...

For immediate release: ** What ** : RBC Bluesfest Line-up Confirmation ** Where ** : www.ottawabluesfest.ca ** When ** : Monday, March 23 ** How ** : Pre-sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 26: http://2015rbcbluesfest.frontgatetickets.com/ NEWS RELEASE RBC Bluesfest announces 2015 line-up ...

[caption id=“attachment_11738” align=“aligncenter” width=“405”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]