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_ (This article originally appeared on our sister site, StittsvilleCentral.ca ) _ Time to raise a glass to ** John ** and ** Kathy vanDyk ** from ** Covered Bridge Brewing ** for their gold medal win at the ** Canadian Brewing Awards ** on the weekend. ...

As the OVCC is assisting Creative Creations Events with the [ HOMEmade Sizzle ](http://ovccshow.com/) – Ottawa’s hottest summer crafter event! – which is coming to the former Target location at the Hazeldean Mall this weekend (July 25-26), these last few weeks have been busy for all parties involved. ...

Here’s a selection of upcoming art and craft events for the month of June: Saturday 6 June from 9 am to 2 pm: “Sandy Hill Spring Fair”, an outdoor community art and crafts fair with live music, BBQ and kids’ activities. ...

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 Kat and Jay from Hidden Harvest to talk about all things collecting fruit on city property that might go bad, what the city can do better, where you can find products produced from what they saved, what to do if you have a fruit tree on your property that you can’t pick anymore and so 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. ...

March 14 was a big day for Craft Ontario, as it marked the official launch of the non-for-profit’s “Citizens of Craft” movement which is aimed at reclaiming the word “Craft”. The push for the movement came after Craft Ontario, in partnership with Canadian Crafts Federation and all provincial and territorial craft councils in Canada, started to become concerned that the ‘craft’ designation was becoming synonymous with large corporations pushing the idea of handmade. ...

Melting snow and milder temperatures are not the only signs that spring is on its way; there is a lot of activity in the arts and crafts world as well. The earliest of the spring shows have already come and gone and there are a lot more planned for the coming months, which means that event organizers are looking for artists, artisans and crafters to fill their venues. ...

It has been well over a month since the final Christmas craft show of the season closed its doors and – if you’re like me – you have started to display symptoms of a condition known as “craft show withdrawal”. Fret not, the 2015 spring event season is upon us so synchronize your calendars with the (preliminary) list below and dust off your shopping bags! ...

Chrysanthe Michaelis, owner-chef at _ Chrysanthe/Mom’s Culinary Creations _ , has loved cooking for as long as she can remember: “Most of my earliest memories involve food in some shape or form. When I was a teenager, my younger brother and I would often be the only two home until dinner time so I would usually make dinner for the family. ...

** Japanese master potter comes to Gloucester: ** Japanese master potter Takeshi Shimizu will present a complimentary demonstration at the Gloucester Pottery School on Tuesday 17 February. Mr. Shimizu is visiting from the region of Tanba, Japan, an area with an 800-year pottery history. ...