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We asked, ‘This Independent Book Store Day, what is your relationship to books?’

• 29% Hard copy with a cup of tea

• 18% Kindle under the covers

• 19% Audiobook while going for a walk

• 19% Doomscrolling on my phone for hours and hours is a kind of reading

• 15% They put the TV at the perfect height for me to watch Netflix

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▪️ “I try to buy Canadian authors as much as possible. I watch the Giller Awards every year and then choose 1-2 books from the short list ... sometimes I choose more as I am an avid reader!”

▪️ “No tea needed. I enjoy reading a hard or soft cover book at bedtime.”

▪️ “I am a dedicated fan of the Ottawa Public Library’s ebook collection.”

▪️ “Love my local ... Perfect Books. Name says it all.”

▪️ “…. with a good cup of home brewed coffee. The best.”

▪️ “With a good coffee!”

▪️ “Love the feeling of a good, thick hardcover book.”

▪️ “Although I have two Kobos, I prefer hard copy books. Settling down on a cold winter afternoon beside the fireplace with a good book is my idea of heaven.”

▪️ “Why Kindle, when we have the better Canadian alternative: Kobo? Public library support, Amazon-free!”

▪️ “I apologize to all the bookstore owners today. I love my Kindle! I have over one hundred books in my small, hand-held Kindle. One hundred books would never fit in my small apartment.”

▪️ “I usually have both a hard copy and digital library book going at the same time!”

▪️ “Independent bookstore day is one of my favourites of the year!! Any excuse to go support local booksellers is more than welcome :)”

▪️ “Library book on iPad or audio book on phone.”

▪️ “Actually: hard copy with a glass of (non-US) wine!”

▪️ “I love my Kobo eReader. It's easy to carry around and have lots of books handy to read at any moment.”

▪️ “With a two-month old, it’s less novels and more board books. Where can I find more waterproof baby books?”

▪️ “Maybe a nice single malt instead of tea, but a hard copy for sure. And as a member of the Dominion City Brewery’s Book Club, I find half my books come to me as a welcome surprise.”

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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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✳️ Means change from previous edition

MONDAY

• ✳️ There’s a seedling sale at allsaints during the hour before the Action Sandy Hill Annual General Meeting.  

• Turn that business idea into a plan with Invest Ottawa’s Starting a Business in Ottawa: Rules, Resources, and Roadmaps (Virtual) . 

• Start the week with the Spring Watercolour Workshop at Wallack’s Art Supplies & Framing. In tonight's session you'll paint a ladybug. (The Glebe)  

• Beyond the Pale varies the price of beer according to demand at Insider Trading Happy Hour Stock Market. (Centretown West) 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: The Christophers, Folichonneries (Follies) 

• Mayfair Theatre: The Blue Trail, Modern Whore, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, The Big Red One 

Gigs

• Karaoke Mondays. Atomic Rooster

• Advance Base & Nicholas Krgovich. Rainbow Bistro

• Jasmine Trails. Fono Hifi Lounge

TUESDAY

• Go Sketch and Sip at the Carleton Tavern before they (probably) tear it down.  

• Jade Circle opens at GCTC . "Using Mandarin and English, Jade Circle follows Jasmine, a second-generation Canadian who has lost her mother tongue. Through intimate interviews with her mother and using music, movement, and storytelling, Jasmine finds her place within the legacy of her matriarchs."

• Director – and Ottawan – Mohamed Ahmed will be in attendance for a Q&A following the screening of A Tribe Called Love tonight at the ByTowne Cinema.  

• Café Amore has been open for three years, and they're ready to celebrate. Come see them today, Tuesday April 28, for food specials and $3.00 12 oz coffees. (Orléans) 

• Local artists have submitted work for the Eat, Drink, and Be Merry Art show at Atomic Rooster. Come and see the work at tonight’s Vernissage.  

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Folichonneries (Follies), The Christophers, A Tribe Called Love 

• Mayfair Theatre: Modern Whore, The Blue Trail, The Big Red One  

Gigs

• Kira ‘That Guy’. Night Oat

• Carl Mayotte. National Arts Centre

• Paradise Sprites, It Shines. Avant-Garde Bar

WEDNESDAY

• Carleton University instructors (also known as all-stars) bring their expertise to the stage at the Robo Lounge for a night of jazz improvisation.

• Juno-award winning trumpeter and bandleader Ed Lister leads a five piece jazz ensemble in today's Doors Open for Music at Southminster noon concert. (Ottawa South) 

• Tonight’s NAC Orchestra program begins with the introspective Les Nuits d'été by Hector Berlioz, then builds the drama with Mel Bonis' Ophélie, and reaches its peak with Symphony No. 9 by Franz Schubert. (Downtown)  

• A couple of years ago, Edmonton’s Catalyst Theatre debuted The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare, an ‘unlikely’ musical about seven female operatives of the real-life Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare during WWII. The ‘genre-busting, multilingual, thrilling film-noir’ lands at the National Arts Centre’s Babs Asper Theatre tonight through May 9 (downtown) 

• Jade Circle continues at GCTC 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: The Christophers, Staff Picks: Speed Racer  

• Mayfair Theatre: The Blue Trail, Modern Whore, Nirvanna the Band, the Show, the Movie  

Gigs

• Madeline Goldstein, Frissons, Dark Discothèque DJs. House of TARG

• Peniel Yares Debut EP release party. Avant-Garde Bar

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Described as ‘not just one of Canada’s greatest violinists but one of the greatest violinists, period’ (TSO concertmaster Jonathan Crow), Ottawa’s Kerson Leong will perform in the Music and Beyond 50th anniversary season presentation Vivaldi Meets Piazzolla. Wednesday May 13 (Centretown)

• Get organized for summer. Hintonburg Pottery has camps and courses for kids, teens, and adults. 

• Comedian and actor Chris Tucker will be performing at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on May 24. Tickets are now on sale. 

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BUT, ONE MORE THING …

It’s a bad time to be a tree  in Ottawa.

First, hundreds of elms were cut down in Byron Linear Park for the O Train extension construction. But don’t worry, City Council passed a motion to dub a 133-ring section of one tree as the ‘Mother Elm’ and will allow a resident to make a coffee table out of it for ‘shared community use’.

City Council had also authorized 4,800 trees to be planted across Ottawa to celebrate the bicentennial – 200 in each of the 24 wards.

But City staff are now recommending against it, citing costs and the work involved.

The new plan, if City Council approves, is to plant 24 trees for Ottawa’s 200th instead.

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