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We’ve been announcing Record Store Day in the ottawan every year since we began, and this year seems to have the longest list of retailers that we’ve published. 

Legend Records
300 Eagleson Rd / 1292 Wellington St. W Unit 200

The Record Centre
1099 Wellington Street West K1Y 2Y4

The Odds & Sods Shoppe
1400 Clyde Avenue, Unit 8 K2G 3J2

Compact Music
785 1/2 Bank St K1S 3V5

Vertigo Records
1208 Bank St K1S 3Y1

Cédé Troque 
190 boulevard St-Joseph Gatineau

Backbeat Books and Music
6 Wilson Street Perth K7H 2M5

Grizzly's Records
5 Perth St Brockville K6V 5B9

Vinyl Destination
236 St Lawrence St Merrickville K0G 1N0

ID Shop
2145 Bd des Seigneurs Terrebonne, Québec J6X 4A7

Record Store Day proper is tomorrow, and there are some special releases available, but the real point is to show support to your local music provider. Use them or lose them.

– Martha and Darren

OTTAWA STATS

Ottawa Valleyans of the Day

• Somewhere Inn Calabogie, Pembroke Silver Stick Tournament, Anupaya Cabin Co., Ottawa Valley Farm to Fork, Ontario’s Highlands Tourism, and Ron Moss of Ottawa Valley Cycling
• – The five organizations and one human are the recipients of the 2024 Ottawa Valley Tourism Awards. (Toula Mazloum at CTV)

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• I’m sick and tired of losing. I don’t want to be going home in April anymore, it's frustrating.

• – Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk, as the Sens miss the playoffs for the seventh straight year. (Steve Warne in the Hockey News)

CITY HALL AGENDA

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🏗️ Housing

•  Landlord of inexpensive apartment building is evicting residents before redevelopment approval. The owner of the buildings on the east side of Bank Street between Nepean and Lisgar wants to redevelop the block with 263 apartments and ground floor retail and has offered tenants money worth 12 months of rent. Some of the apartments are currently renting for around $500. (Guy Quenneville at CBC)

📈 Ottawa City Hall

•  City manager Wendy Stephanson has restructured the staff chart with a new Strategic Initiatives department. The new department will oversee the existing Economic Development Services, Housing Solutions and Investment Services, and Climate Change and Resiliency Services department. Stephanson says no new positions will be created with the reshuffling. The aim seems to be having fewer managers overseeing more departments. (Blair Crawford in the Ottawa Citizen) 
  
  ➕ Related ‘This is the first time ever that the sitting prime minister of Canada has come to Ottawa City Hall for a meeting with the mayor’ said Mayor Mark Sutcliffe on receiving New Edinburgh resident Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss things like transit funding and the need for a refugee reception centre.
  
  We were going to make a crack about how previous prime ministers couldn’t bother to make the walk but it’s actually a 45 minute trek between 24 Sussex Drive and City Hall. 

⚕️Ottawa Public Health

•  Ottawa Public Health says monkeypox is on the rise. Newly renamed to mpox, Public Health notes that four of Ontarios 26 cases in 2024 were in Ottawa. Public Health recommends a two-step vaccination for a) men who have sex with two or more male partners, b) males and females involved in sex work, and c) those living in the households of a or b persons who are immunocompromised or pregnant. (Isabel Harder at CBC) (Ottawa Public Heath mpox page)

💥 Highway 417

•  A driver going the wrong way on Highway 417 was killed in a collision yesterday. The driver was heading eastbound in the westbound lane at around 3:30 am near Aviation Parkway. The two people in the second vehicle were taken to hospital with serious injuries. (Ottawa Citizen)

🐈🐕🐖🦎 Ottawa Humane Society

•  Today is the Ottawa Humane Society’s double Day of Giving. An anonymous donor has promised up to $120,000 in matching funds for donations received today. (Andrea Bennett at CityNews) (Donate)

🚲 Online Bike Route Map

•  Up in the Number section above, Neil Saravanamuttoo mentions an online bike route map that he had created. It's no-frills but it looks pretty comphrehensive and it works on mobile phones. (Ottawa Bike Map)

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EVENTS

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Today

•  SPAO Exhibition 19 showcases the work by College Diploma students, who have been taught digital, analogue and historic photographic techniques over the course of the two year program. Tonight through May 12.

•  New Opera Lyra Composer-in-Residence Andrew Ager’s new interpretation of The Great Gatsby premieres at Southminster United Church.

•  Internationally renowned Canadian comic Pete Johansson plays Yuk Yuk’s Ottawa West tonight and tomorrow night.

•  Frankly we’re amazed that there are any tickets remaining for Candlelight: A Tribute to Taylor Swift at Knox Presbyterian Church. They won’t last long.

•  There’s more Taylor Swift over at the Bronson Centre: TSwift Dance Party: The Tortured Poets Department is a Swiftie-run event with hits from all the icon’s eras.

•  Kai Thomas will be signing copies of his bestselling novel In the Upper Country at Octopus Books from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Tonight. 116 Third Ave.

•  Shop for Monther’s Day, for your home, or for yourself: the Manotick Art Associations’ Inspirations Show & Sale takes over Manotick Curling Club until Sunday. Free admission. 5519 South River Drive.

•  The Fify-Five Plus Lifestyle Show features exhibitors and experts to help visitors with home upkeep, health, funeral and memorial planning, and where to spend their leisure dollars. Free admission, no ticket required. EY Centre today and Saturday.

•  ByTowne Cinema: Problemista, Wicked Little Letters, Irena’s Vow, Drunken Cinema: Scooby-Doo

•  Mayfair Theatre: One Life, Remembering Gene Wilder, The Rocky Horror Picture Show

  Gigs

•  Pulse. Mavericks

•  Sing a Sea Shanty. Beyond the Pale Brewing Co

•  Electric Rage III. Rainbow Bistro

•  Chris Cresswell. Arts Court

•  Rick Rangno Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

•  Cloud of Rock. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Red Light Run, Jordy Jeppsen. Avant-Garde bar

•  Artillery, Vapor, Potential Threat, Infrared. Dominion Tavern

•  Carn Davidson 9. National Arts Centre

•  Shane Prendergast. Red Bird

•  Danilo Audi. Bar Robo

Tomorrow

•  If Ottawa Jazz Festival feels too far away, Bar Robo has the solution with the New Orleans sounds of James Andrews and the Crescent City All Stars.
   
•  Muslim Young Professionals Board Games Night 8:00 pm at 839 Somerset St W K1R 6R6.
   
•  The Inspirations Show and Sale continues in Manotick.
   
•  Ottawa Pops Orchestra’s final concert of the season will be a surprise. That’s right - we don’t know who’s performing what. Be at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre at 7:30 pm this Saturday (April 20) for the big reveal.
   
•  The Re4m Design and Fabrication Inc Eco Market is an Earth Day event designed to both entertain and keep items out of landfill. Wander the vendors to find upcycled items, vintage pieces, scrap lumber, locally handcrafted goods, and delicious food. Plus, there are two bike fixing workshops that will teach you how to change a flat tire (limited spaces, sign up here). Free to attend. 1360D Billings Ave.
   

•  Spring hours begin today at Ottawa Farm Fresh’s Farm Store. You can now shop for organic foods, gardening supplies, and seedlings Thursdays through Saturdays. You can also pick up your CSA shares at the Store. 2811 Ramsayville Road, Gloucester.

•  It’s Day 2 of the Fifty-Five Plus show at EY Centre.

•  If you love being outdoors in summer the Ottawa Outdoor + Adventure Travel Show will have everything you need for the most epic season yet. Free admission, free parking. Today and tomorrow at Nepean Sportsplex.

•  Visit Spring Markets in Stittsville, at Carlingwood Shopping Centre (for Ottawa Humane Society), at Churchill Seniors Centre (Vintage PopUp 613), and Merivale Mall (Nepean Day Market).

•  Ottawa Art Gallery’s Art School Confidential showcases 50 years of the Department of Visual Arts at University of Ottawa.

•  Ottawa Little Theatre’s production of Grand Horizons closes today.

•  You know that broken small appliance in your basement? Don’t throw it away – try to get it fixed at the Ottawa Tool Library’s Repair Café today at Ottawa City Hall.

•  Speaking of the Ottawa Tool Library, they’ll also have a booth at Ottawa Fastener Supply’s 40th anniversary “Tools Days” event. (3020 Hawthorne Road)

•  ByTowne Cinema: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (extended), Irena’s Vow, Wicked Little Letters, The Dark Side of Oz

•  Mayfair Theatre: One Life, Maniac

  Gigs

•  Shroud with Piss The Bed, The Band Whose Name is a Symbol. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Mia$$ Poetic Pleasure EP Release. Avant-Garde Bar

•  Out of Order, Vanier Shank, Uncle Depressant. Dominion Tavern

•  Emo Night Ottawa - 420 Edition. The 27 Club

•  TALK - Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees Tour. Bronson Centre Music Theatre

•  Capital Rap Battle. One Up Cocktail Pub

•  Vitality: Tribute to Pearl Jam. Overflow Brewing Co.

•  Ottawa Jazz Orchestra. National Arts Centre Fourth Stage

•  Disco Night. Rainbow Bistro

•  Table 9. Carleton Tavern

•  Bruce Springsteen Tribute: Last of the Duke Street Kings. LIVE on Elgin

•  Just for Laughs Road Show 2024. Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe

•  90s Dance Party with DJ Wes. Cold Bear Brewing Co (Arnprior ON)

•  New Wave Dance Party with The Underground. Busters Bar & Grill

Sunday

•  Don’t be sad because the weekend is ending, be excited about the Bingo at Beyond the Pale. It’s free to play, starts at 1:00 pm, and you can reserve your table here.

•  Not sure if tango is for you? Join other ‘tango-curious’ people this afternoon for a free beginner class. No partner or experience necessary. Class is from 1:00 to 2:30 PM at 61 Main Street, Ottawa. Embrace the unexpected!

•  Ash Posy will be popping up at All Eco Boutique from noon until 5:00 pm. It’s a great opportunity to try before you buy.

•  Work up a thirst with Union 108’s Pilates & Pints class at Cold Bear Brewery in Arnprior, ON. 10:00 am to 11:30 am. Once the workout is complete, enjoy a non-alcoholic drink or fine beer from Cold Bear (one beverage is included in the ticket). $40

•  The NAC Orchestra’s Amazing Planet Earth event is more than a family-friendly concert. For an hour before the music even starts, there will be activities in the Main Lobby for kids to burn off some creative energy. $15.

•  The event staff at the Barrhaven Boston Pizza have dreamed up another kid-friendly event: Royal Lunch with Aladdin & Jasmine.

•  Shop with more than 50 vendors at Square Lemon’s Spring in Bloom craft market. 10:30 am to 3:00 pm at Glebe Community Centre (175 Third Avenue).

•  ByTowne CInema: Wicked Little Letters, Irena’s Vow, Problemista

•  Mayfair Theatre: One Life, Sting

  Gigs

•  Crystalena & Emma Oh’s Spring Matinee Showcase. Rainbow Bistro

•  Sourpuss, Castle Black, Saturn Sunrise. LIVE on Elgin

•  The Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Acoustic Coffee House. Red Bird

Monday

•  Visit gorgeous Almonte for the Arbor Week Speaker Series featuring Ed Lawrence, who will hold a Tree and Garden Q&A. Other speakers include Will Affleck from Just Good Compost and Scott Horton. If that isn’t enough, there will also be a seedling giveaway. 7:00 pm at Almonte Old Town Hall.

•  Start the week off by flexing your creative muscles (and enjoying a fine beer). Beyond the Pale’s Painting Workshop will be led by an instructor who will guide participants of any level of experience through the exercise.

•  Sammy Obeid brings his politically charged humour to Bronson Centre for one night.

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  Tonight's screening of The Condor & The Eagle at the Mayfair is brought to you by Ecology Ottawa and admission is by donation. 

  ByTowne CInema: Irena’s Vow

  Mayfair Theatre: Remembering Gene Wilder, The Condor & The Eagle, Sting

  Gigs

•  Raven, Vicious Rumours, Lutharo, No Plans for Chaos. Rainbow Bistro

•  Bluegrass Mondays ft. The Dusty Drifters. Red Bird

•  Open Mic Night. Art House Café

•  2000s Music Trivia Night. Boston Pizza Barrhaven

•  Trivia night. Select Royal Oak pubs

Just Announced / Now Booking

• Live wrestling is back at Broadhead Brewing Co on Saturday May 4. Broadhead to the Bone will be an evening of fine beer and outstanding entertainment. Early Bird tickets $20.

• GCTC’s Summer Stage programme for kids is perfect for creative young people aged 7-15 who are looking for a summer camp experience made just for them.

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