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THURSDAY DINING AND DRINKING UPDATE

• 🎸 🆓 Enjoy dreamy alt-rock at event number 3 of the Bistrofest series featuring Four Eyed Muscle Man, Juventud, and Knock on Wood at The Hog’s Back Grill & Bistro.

• 🍷 Smiths Falls has no appetite for allowing people to bring their own alcohol to events after a council vote. The province now allows community events to apply for 'bring your own booze' permits but requires municipalities to create a bylaw first. 

• 🇬🇷 In The Mainstreeter Quinn Abugov says ‘Opa!’ to Greek Souvlaki Shack in Centretown.‘ We finished with the baklava,’ he says ‘which may have been the best either of us have tried this side of Athens’.

• 🍔 In the Ottawa Citizen, Peter Hum has gone on a smash burger binge. He liked them all but only one can be the ‘most extreme’. The runners-up: No Forks Given, Sear and Fry, Skinny George’s Smash Burgers, Smash N Wrap, and Smash N Dash Smashburgers Almonte. The most extreme: Oklahoma smash burger at Heron Smash Burgers

• Also in the Citizen Lynn Saxberg asks the question, ‘What are the best Ottawa patios for beer lovers?’. She suggests Dominion City, Manor Park Brewing, Lowertown Brewery, Beyond the Pale Brewing Company, Flora Hall Brewing, Spark Beer and Pizza, Mill Street Brew Pub, and Ashton Brewing Company.

• The article includes a beer map, which reminds us to remind you of THE OTTAWAN’s Craft Beer Map, the original and still the best.

• 🥤 Gather Berry is a soft drink partnership between Dominion City’s sparkling water division, City Seltzer, the City of Ottawa, and Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg-based food organization The Birch Bite. 

• The limited time flavour combo of strawberry and cedar will be available at select locations all summer or at the CitySeltzer website.

• 🍸 Evan Childerhose in Faces magazine has his list of ‘5 Must Visit Ottawa cocktail spots’. Must visits are The Moonroom, The Rabbit Hole, The Hyde, Bar Ocelli, and Copper Spirits and Sights.

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• The maximum amount that the City is offering to local non-profit organizations to prepare for weather events. The money is intended for ‘on the ground’ solutions like ‘community emergency plans, training volunteers, and improving coordination and public awareness’. 

• – City of Ottawa

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• Rebecca Leslie

• The Charge forward was honoured with the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s ‘Hockey for All’ award.

• The ‘Hockey for All’ provides a $10,000 donation to the charity of choice of the player who made the greatest impact in their community.

– Justin Ball at CBC

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– Bruyère Health's Centretown campus patient Hollis Peirce, who received a tattoo covering an ancient scar from a visiting artist.

 The artist, Glen Paradis, has been part of a unofficial, completely unrecognized, programme at the hospital for the past three years tattooing patients and staff upon request.

– Bruce Deachman in the Ottawa Citizen

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• Where will you be watching Canada v Qatar tomorrow?

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▪️ “Unfortunately stuck at home with a sick toddler and a sick spouse, so no crowds for me. Home will have to do..”

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THURSDAY

• Road Trip: Sugar Bones Farm (5962 Fourth Line Road, North Gower) presents the second in its Witches series, Litha Witches Bells. Create your own festive Witches bells to ring in the Summer Solstice. 

• Wyclef Jean, Blakdenim, 646yf4t, and TOBi launch the 46th Ottawa Jazz Festival in Confederation Park (Downtown).    

• 🆓 Summer-only spaces are opening up all over town. Tonight Metcalfe Plaza kicks off an extended season of parties, community programming, and other urban happenings all the way into September. (Downtown) 

• Ottawa Fringe Festival gets underway with cavalcade of shows from near and far. The former is well represented tonight by Wayward Improvised Theatre, who premiere - at half price, no less - a new murder mystery entitled All Fall Down! at 11:00 pm. (Downtown) 

• Dads are at the centre of the universe at Hintonburg Night (Father's Day) Market this week. 

• Take an evening stroll through Stittsville for the Front Porch Concerts. 

• Create a one of a kind painting of your beloved pet with It’s An Art Thing, in support of Freedom Dog Rescue. Pre-registration required. (Centrepointe) 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche (The Stranger of the Great Arch), Grave of the Fireflies, Another World  

• Mayfair Theatre: Calorie, The Art of Adventure  

Gigs

• Moontricks. Overflow Brewing

• The Headaches. Dominion Tavern

• Pyramid Theorem, Finely Tuned Elephant, Raphael Weinroth-Browne. House of TARG

• Sarah Segal-Lazar. Motel Chelsea

FRIDAY

• Witness the heroic efforts of competitive teams in the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival today through Sunday at Mooney's Bay Park.(Mooney’s Bay) 

• Friday’s programming at Ottawa Jazz Festival begins with free shows by Finely Tuned Elephant, Capital City Stompers, and Deniz Lim-Sersanat. Ticketed programming includes GeminiCrab, Ottawa's own Angelique Francis Band, Becka Stevens Trio, Big Smoke Brass, Toronto ensemble BadBadNotGood, Takuya Kuroda, Larnell Lewis Band ft. Joy Lapps, and late night music from John Geggie, Roddy Ellias & Nick Fraser. 

• Road Trip: Visit one of the cutest intersections in the region at the Burnstown Farmers Market Opening Day. 

• Amashowza Fridays at Metcalfe Plaza will happen rain or shine, so come ready to dance no matter what the weather. (Centretown) 

• It’s West Coast Swing and Lindy Hop Crossover Night at Ottawa Swing Dance Society's regular social. (Sandy Hill) 

• Pick up some new fits for your wardrobe at the June supportHER sale by Dress for Success Ottawa, Today’s event from noon to 7:00 pm is ticketed ($40), tomorrow's is free. (Tunney's Pasture) 

• Queers and Beers is raising money for Bruce House, the local charity that provides housing and support to people living with HIV in Ottawa. Queen St Fare hosts the tonight’s event, which will feature delicious local beer, and reps from National Capital Pride Run will be available to help you register for this year's run on August 29. 

• The Gloucester Night Market is like a block party with local artisans and vendors. (Gloucester)

• Paper Moon Theatre’s run of Rock of Ages continues at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa (Gloucester) 

• The Ottawa Ukulele Social at Wise Town Café is a beginner-friendly, intimidation-free session to learn a couple of chords and chill with good vibes. (Downtown) 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema; Le Chant des forêts (Whispers in the Woods), The Sheep Detectives, La Femme la plus riche du monde (The Richest Woman in the World), Limited Edition: Tank Girl  

• Mayfair Theatre: Tuner, A Private Life, The Room 

Gigs

• Night of Alleged Noise Crimes. Avant-Garde Bar

• The Disconnect. Dominion Tavern

• Faux Confessions. The Carleton TavernCloud City. Stray Dog Brewing Co

SATURDAY

• 🆓 Ottawa Jazz Festival begins with free shows today. First,  catch the Youth Series of student and community ensembles at 10:00 am. Then, at 2:00 pm and 3:10 pm Woods & Gummeson Quartet reimagines the music of Nat King Cole in front of the Dining Hall at CF Rideau Centre. At 4:30 pm jazz pianist Nic Code plays the Fairmont Château Laurier. (Downtown)

• 🆓 Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival offers the chance to experience Indigenous culture and traditions up close. The Celebration Stage will run more than 12 hours of programming while the competitive Pow Wow will include dance and drumming sessions, which will have competitors taking home $100,000 in prizes. Elsewhere, meet members of Madahòkì Farm’s rare and endangered herd of Ojibwe Spirit Horses. Culinary experiences and a drone show round out the programming. Continues tomorrow at Wesley Clover Parks. 

• Road Trip: Plane spotters and everyone else are welcome at the Arnprior Annual Fly-In Breakfast at the Arnprior Airport. Fly, drive, or walk and spend a mere $10 on breakfast ($5 for kids under 10). Cash only. (Arnprior) 

• 🆓 Teams will compete in five ‘dry’ and five ‘wet’ rounds at the 114th Annual Eastern Ontario Firefighter Games in Pakenham.  

• Pollinator Appreciation Day at Fletcher Wildlife Garden is only four hours but the list of experts, vendors, events, and crafts on offer, all promoting the love of Pollinator plants, is impressive. (Prince of Wales Drive near Arboretum) 

• 🆓 The Our Third Place Ottawa Community will meet in Strathcona Park to Paint Rocks & Make Friends. (Sandy Hill)  

• Road Trip: Rideau Paddlefest celebrates the Rideau river with Voyageur Canoe races and activities for the family. (Smiths Falls)  

• Shop the Ottawa Mystic Market Summer Solstice edition at Next Door (Little Italy)  

• Stop at the interactive stations during Ottawa Italian Week Grand Finale Weekend. (Little Italy)  

• Paid programming at Ottawa Jazz Festival begins with the Peter Hum Sextet, followed by Joe Farnsworth's Big Room Quartet, Jermaine Holmes, Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, The Soul Rebels, and Late Night Jamming with John Gregg, Roddy Ellis, and Nick Fraser. (Downtown) 

• Witness the heroic efforts of competitive teams in the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival today through Sunday at Mooney's Bay Park.(Mooney's Bay) 

• It’s curation-free and 100% of the ticket sales go back to the artists: Welcome to the Ottawa Fringe Festival, which fills all of Arts Court's theatre spaces, nooks, and crannies June 18 - 28. 

• Paper Moon Theatre's run of Rock of Ages continues at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa (Gloucester)

• The businesses participating in the Wellington St. West Vintage Crawl will have special deals, services, and activities as well as their collections of preloved clothing and housewares.(Wellington Village) 

• Anyone can fish in Ontario’s waters without a licence this weekend.

🥕 Farmer’s Markets

•  Alta Vista 

• Kanata 

• Main Street 

• Westboro 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Le Chant des forêts (Whispers in the Woods), The Sheep Detectives, Summer Solstice: Midsommar Director's Cut 

• Mayfair Theatre: A Private Life, Raging Bull 

Gigs

• Paul Weber Band. Rainbow Bistro

• Stephen Hamm Theremin Man., The Flaps, Wax Mannequin, Paraphonique. House of TARG

• Katie and Konah. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa

• Wintersleep. Bronson Centre

• Les Ismore, Fantomfez, Chaös, Afraid of Grace. Avant-Garde Bar

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• Road Trip: Equator Coffee Roasters’ first Made with Love Market of the summer hits Almonte on Saturday June 27. Sign up for a tour, a tasting, or a bedazzling workshop. (Almonte)  

• The Lumière Gala in support of the Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation returns to the Brookstreet Hotel on Thursday September 10. Dresscode: dazzling gold. (Kanata)   

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At CTV, Austin Lee has a quite detailed piece on ‘Ottawa’s unique position in the development of quantum computing’. 

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