After expenses, the St. Joe’s Supper Table soup kitchen and food bank raised $8,670 at its main fundraiser of the year, the Harvest Dinner on October 26th. More than 150 people attended the event, filling the St. Joseph’s Parish Hall with lots of laughter, fellowship and a real sense of community. Organizers were especially pleased… Read more »
Bytown Catering has been a supporter of the St. Joe’s Supper Table community meal programme and food bank for nearly two decades and on Sunday, September 24, 2024 it once again hosted its annual golf tournament and banquet to raise funds for this local poverty relief initiative. Among the over 120 guests at the banquet… Read more »
How many does it take to saw through a log? I took these photos on September 8th — a cold, autumn Sunday morning at the Glengarry Harvest Fall Festival in the village of Dunvegan, about an hour east of Ottawa. This little excursion was a reminder of how a small corner of eastern Ontario retains… Read more »
On October 21st, 2023, the St. Joe’s Supper Table, a community meal programme and food bank in Sandy Hill, held its fall harvest-themed fundraising dinner at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall. After expenses, the Supper Table raised $7,000 for the meal service and food bank. Over 150 people were in attendance, including a representative of the… Read more »
In this interview with Benjamin Books owner Mordecai Bubis, produced by Barbara Cuerden for IMAGE Sandy Hill’s print edition, we learn how this small, local bookshop survived all these years, thanks in large measure to its connection to university students. The future for this local Ottawa institution, however, is uncertain. A bookstore that sells books… Read more »
Ross Dumoulin, a local Ottawa author, has recently published his new book, Bubblegum, Bad Food, Bad Doctors. It’s a collection of 14 almost completely true short stories spanning six decades. Humour is the main ingredient, spiced up with a spirit of adventure, action and high-risk behaviour often bordering on disaster. The subtitle reads in part:… Read more »
As part of the Beechwood Cemetery’s 150th anniversary programming, Beechwood welcomed, on September 1st, 2023, the Deputy Mayor Clarke Kelly, who shared Mayor Sutcliffe’s proclamation stating that September 2023 was Beechwood Cemetery Month. MPP Lucille Collard also spoke during the ceremony. The proclamation was read during the burial of the Beechwood Cemetery 150th Time Capsule.… Read more »
A Company of Fools is tackling Shakespeare’s most iconic play! Opening this July, a Company of Fools is presenting Hamlet on an eight-week tour of over forty parks across Ottawa and beyond. Their fast-paced 90-minute rendition of the Bard’s greatest tragedy will feature disemboweled puppets, a sword fight to the death, live underscoring, and 5… Read more »
Last night I celebrated Epiphany at my place in Ottawa’s east-end with two friends. They brought a Rosca de Reyes — a Ring of (Three) Kings, a traditional sweet bread in Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese culture, which contains hidden inside a small figurine of the baby Jesus. The person who gets the figurine is… Read more »
Among the good things about living in eastern Ontario are the country fairs this time of year. I usually visit at least one each year; I’ve been to Russell, Renfrew and this year I’m in Spencerville. As I roamed the vast fair grounds, I snapped a few photos of this spirited country event.