Weather

• ☁️  A few clouds. High of -9°, low of -21°.

Number 

• $204,200 to $240,200
• – The annual salary offered for the successful applicant for the new director and CEO of the National Gallery. The want ad has just been posted. The previous director, Sasha Suda, left to take charge of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Joanne Laucius at the Ottawa Citizen) (Job ad)

Ottawan of the Day

• Ballou Tabla
• The superstar forward for Atlético Ottawa is leaving for the Turkish second division side Manisa FK in what may be the highest-grossing transfers ever seen in the Canadian Premiere League’s venerable five year history.  (John Jaques in the Northern Tribune)

Quote 

• ‘Riding a bike on Sparks Street is forbidden and our city’s penchant for painted lines instead of proper infrastructure doesn’t help create safe places to get around.’ 
• – Toon Dreessen, president of Architects DCA, on leaving Wellington Street to the pedestrians and cyclists in the Ottawa Citizen. 
• ➕ Related Gatineau’s transit authority also wants Wellington Street to be closed to traffic

🚸 Elegy

• Landon Pearson has passed at age 92. Pearson founded the Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights, an influential institution for the development of children’s rights.   She also served as a senator from 1994 to 2005. She was predeceased by her husband Geoffrey Pearson, son of former Prime Minister Lester B Pearson. After Geoffrey served as Canada’s ambassador to the USSR, Pearson wrote Children of Glasnost: Growing Up in Soviet. (Carleton University)

🌻 Gardening Lectures

•  Registration for five virtual lectures by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton is now open. This year’s theme is ‘Creating your Garden with Nature’. $55 for the series or $12 each, or $45/$10 if you're a member. (Register Here)

🎙️ Junos

• Five artists and groups from Ottawa have made the Junos shortlist.  Angelique Francis for best blues album, Jon Dore for best comedy album, Jeremy Fisher for best children’s album, Tyler Shaw for the Tik Tok fan choice award as well as adult-contemporary album of the year, Esmerine for instrumental album, and the NAC Orchestra for best large-ensemble classical album. (Lynn Saxburg in the Ottawa Citizen) (The Complete List)

🛻 Convoy

• The Public Order Emergency Commission, which was due next week to issue its report on the Federal government’s use of the Emergency Act to roust the Convoy siege participants, has asked for extra time. The new date is expected to be February 20, which is within the act’s 360 day mandated timescale. (Canadian Press)

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Today

• Registration for March Break courses at the Ottawa School of Art is now open. The courses roll out March 13-17 at either the downtown or Orléans campus.
• Enjoy century-old silent films in the Nautical Night session at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in the Glebe. Buster Keaton classics The Boat (1921) and The Navigator (1924) will be screened. 130 Glebe Avenue near Bank.
   
• Head to Le Hibou in Wakefield for Folk Collusion, with hosts Kate Greenland and Robert Clarke. On the bill: folk, roots, country, and blues music. 757 Ch. Riverside, Unit 2, Wakefield, QC.

Tomorrow

• Applications for the National Capital Artisans shows open today. The first market is April 2 at Lester B. Pearson High School.
• Members of the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition will meet for a potluck meal and networking from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at Arts Court (Micaela Fitch Boardroom), 2 Daly Ave. Interested in membership?
   
• February is Heart Month. Enjoy free hot chocolate at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Wellington West’s Heart Month activities. Visit the temporary installation at 1140 Wellington St. W.
• TailGators is holding a Snow Angels for CHEO Fundraiser Trivia Night, and there are prizes to be won. Tickets are $20 per person, and you can take a team of up to six trivia experts.
   
• Chess masters, prodigies, and just plain players should check out the Chess Meet-Up Night at Wizard’s Tower. Bring your friends or make new ones. 5:00pm to 10:00pm. 1-80 Marketplace Ave.
   
• It’s the BBQ & Beer Pairing Party at Broadhead Brewery with Meatings. Four beers by Broadhead will be paired with food by Meatings Chef Matt. Wednesday FeBREWary 1, 6:30pm to 830pm. RSVPs required.

Thursday

• Annual General Meeting for Italian Week Ottawa, at the Villa Marconi Banquet Centre (1026 Baseline Road). The purposes of the meeting are to reflect on the 2022 Festival, review financials, elect new board members, and learn about the 2023 Festival.
• The Ottawa Public Library presents How Alternative Comics Help Shape Today’s American Comics Industry. 120 Metcalfe St. 6:0pm to 7:00pm.
   
• Enjoy five wines with some small bites at the Wine Discovery workshop at Maker Feed Co.