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STATISTICS OTTAWA

NUMBER

• 25

• The number of years that the City-owned Peter D Clark Long-Term Care Home has been providing residential eldercare. 

• – City of Ottawa

OTTAWAN OF THE DAY

• Kevin Bosch  

• The lobbyist has found a second career making dioramas of Canadian political moments using Lego figurines.

• You can see his 800 works on his Instagram, Polilego.

• – Nickie Shobeiry at CBC

QUOTE

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• I am going to give them a sprinkle of Brazilian flair

–  New Atlético Ottawa a head coach Gustavo Leal on his plans for his players next season. 

– Théo Lemarchandel in Capital Current

SPORTS

Yesterday

⚽ CPL Atlético Ottawa 3 vs Pacific FC 2

🏀 CEBL Ottawa BlackJacks 102 at Niagara River Lions 106

⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 10 at Trois-Rivières Aigles 5

Last Saturday

⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 4 at Trois-Rivières Aigles 6

Last Friday

🏀 CEBL Ottawa BlackJacks 85 at Montréal Alliance 96

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

THE DAILY POLL

How often do you visit a local bookstore?

🔘 Often

🔘 Monthly

🔘 Yearly

🔘 Almost never

🔘 Only to check out a book before buying it online

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  Previously in OTTAWAN polls:

• Which is the best museum to visit?

  • 12% Bytown Museum

  • 35% Canadian Museum of History

  • 2% The Diefenbunker

  • 24% Canadian War Museum

  • 27% Other

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    Commentary

▪️ “The answers to this poll make me feel like you’re trolling us, leaving out the big three; National Galley of Canada, Museum of Nature, and the Museum of Science and Technology.”

▪️ “Aviation Museum is our favourite.”

▪️ “💯 the Museum of Nature!”

▪️ “The Ottawa Art Gallery is the best one to visit because it is free all day, everyday!”

▪️ “Canadian Musuem of Nature, because that is where we had our wedding reception, with a giant papier mache spider over the central stairs:)”

▪️ “Don’t forget the Museum of Nature and the Mint. This City has a lot of fantastic museums to visit and not contained to your list.”

▪️ “Science and Tech museum and Museum of Nature.”

▪️ “One of the coolest museums in Canada and the library has ‘cards’ you can borrow to get in free ... there is a waiting list.”

▪️ “Canadian Museum of Nature was a life-line for our family when our kids were little, and they still love it as teenagers.”

▪️ “Nature or Aviation and Space”

▪️ “National Gallery”

▪️ “Billings Estate Museum”

▪️ “a) Mississippi Valley Textile Museum! b) Middleville and District Museum - now featuring the Lanark Highlands Basketry Museum Collection! c) The Lost Villages Museum!”

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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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MONDAY

• Visit Green Corners Farm and create a spectacular bouquet from sunflowers, zinnias, and other seasonal flowers that you've picked yourself. 

• Watch Joan Crawford in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (also featuring an OTT performance by Bette Davis) and Trog in a brilliant double feature at the Mayfair. (Old Ottawa South) 

• A Company of Fools brings A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Strathcona Park. It's free but donations are gratefully accepted. 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: No screenings today

• Mayfair Theatre: Le Rêve Américain (The American Dream), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Trog 

Gigs

• Johanna Rose & The Dreamboats! With Josh & The Dirty Rags. Rainbow Bistro

• Boyhood with Eliza Nimi. Irene’s Pub

• Karaoke Mondays. Atomic Rooster

TUESDAY

• Start the day with the 10:00 am Chamberfest Masterclass: Isaac Chalk (viola) at 10,000 Hours Piano Rehearsal Studios (Vanier). This year’s uOttawa Nichole Senécal Prize Winner Nathaniel Mears (percussionist) gives his Chamberfest debut concert at the NAC at noon (Downtown). Experience music for two violists as Isaac Chalk and David Marks perform in the NAC’s Rossy Pavilion this afternoon at 4:00 pm. Get behind the scenes insight from composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist Bariel Kahane and violinist Pekka Kuusisto in the Chamber Chat at 5:30 pm, then at 7:00pm, experience their concert (Centretown).

• The Open Stage at Red Bird costs just $5 to get in, offers each performer two songs or a maximum of 10 minutes, has a dedicated sound tech, and the house will record your set (you can buy a recording for $15).(Old Ottawa South)  

• The School of Never-Ending Learning presents another Forest Teachings Workshop with Algonquin Elder Albert Dumont. (Sandy Hill)  

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Peter Asher: Everywhere Man, Restoration: Roshomon, Summer of Schoebrun: We’re All Going To The World’s Fair.

• Mayfair Theatre: Couture, La Rêve Américain (The American Dream), Backrooms 

Gigs

• Gros Enfant More, Apple of Basilisk, Malinovka. House of TARG

• Trivia Night. Moose McGuire’s Hunt Club

• 🆓 Sechile Ssedare — Wood Terrace Series. National Arts Centre

WEDNESDAY

• Chamberfest begin’s the day’s programming at noon with a two-part tribute to Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra’s former leader and violinist Jeanne Lamon, by Yolanda Bruno (violin), Pasale Giguère (violin), and Christina Mahler (cello). The program of Baroque trios will feature pieces by Jean-Marie Leclair, Antonion Vivali, and Lamon’s arrangement of Bach’s Chaconne. After an intermission, there will be a screening of The Immortal Serafin, about Lamon’s violin. Next, snag what is likely your first opportunity to hear Poiesis Quartet in action. The young string quartet has already been winning accolades and prizes for their work. (Downtown)

• 🆓 Make the transition from workday to evening even sweeter with the happy hour Spanish Guitar show with Raymundo Pizana, live at the Robo Lounge (the Glebe) 

• The moon is in that state again so it’s time for Full Moon Yoga at Lansdowne (The Glebe) 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Peter Asher: Everywhere Man, Spectacle: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, Summer of Schoenbrun: I Saw The TV Glow 

• Mayfair Theatre: La Rêve Américain (The American Dream), One Hundred and One Dalmations, Trog 

Gigs

• Lucas Haneman. Corner Sessions at Wellington and Hinton

• Awesome 360 with Hopefilly and It Shines. Rainbow Bistro

• Taproom Trivia. Stray Dog Brewing
   

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

• If you’re looking for a solid physical challenge the Ottawa Rucking Club has just the event. Operation: Long Watch is 12 hours of endurance and teamwork utilizing problem solving challenges, performed overnight from August 7 to August 8. The event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Legion. (Rucking is the practice of walking with a weighted ruck sack (or backpack). 

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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

• For 40 years, John Felice Ceprano, the now 79 year-old former nurse has been building his rock sculptures at Remic Rapids.

• In 1989, he got a Canada Council grant for his art. In 2000, the National Capital Commission put its imprimatur on it by providing a shed, installing signs, and ensuring staff allow Ceprano to work unhindered.

• – Zenith Wolfe in the Globe and Mail with some beautiful photos by Jess Deeks

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