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Around Town: Thyme & Again does it again, with 25 years in business bash
Award-winning businesswoman Sheila Whyte would have made a great publicist, given her skill at promoting others while staying behind the scenes running Thyme & Again Creative Catering and Take Home...
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Around Town: Woman credits Jeanne Fuller Red Dress golf tourney for saving...
Do you know what got Anna Kiefl so interested in being part of the Jeanne Fuller Red Dress Charity Golf Classic in support of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute? Great prizes and auction items,...
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Around Town: Queensway Carleton Hospital heads to the farm to celebrate 40 years
It’s hard to believe that only 40 years ago the Queensway Carleton Hospital sprang from a field much like the family owned Saunders Farm, where the hospital held its big anniversary party Friday night....
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Around Town: Carleton U celebrates great grads doing good work
Carleton University wrapped up its homecoming celebrations by hosting a Great Grads, Good Deeds reception Saturday for a handpicked group of graduates who’ve made a difference, whether locally,...
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Around Town: Embassy of France opens its doors to mental health community
“Welcome to my humble abode,” joked French Ambassador Nicolas Chapuis. Anybody who’s ever been to or caught a glimpse of the Embassy of France on Sussex Drive knows that this striking Art Deco...
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Around Town: Kiwanis Club presents Glitz and Glam charity fashion show
It was all style and sparkle at the Canadian Museum of Nature on Tuesday night as the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa hosted a fashion show event there to raise funds in support of at-risk children and youth....
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Around Town: Cancer survivors 'Stuntman' Stu, singer Anne Lewis part of...
While going up the escalator at Brookstreet Hotel, a velvety voice could be heard floating down from the second-floor ballroom. It belonged to Ottawa’s Anne Lewis, who was crooning the opening line...
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Around Town: NAC heralds $5-million gift by Winnipeg's Gail Asper, in style
The National Arts Centre wasn’t at a loss for finding a compelling and charismatic way to express its sincere gratitude to Gail Asper for her record-breaking $5-million donation to the national...
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Around Town: Cube Gallery hosts soirée to support aging and ailing artists
It was curtains up Thursday on PAL Ottawa as its grassroots effort to create affordable housing for the arts community drew supporters to a soirée benefit at Cube Gallery in Wellington West. Surrounded...
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Around Town: Star-studded night at inaugural Nature Canada Ball
It was a night to just sit back and soak it all in, from award-winning singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk‘s phenomenal performance, to Sophie Grégoire Trudeau lifting the spirits of an entire room...
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Around Town: Life is a highway at Road Trip USA July 4th bash
The U.S. Embassy’s annual 4th of July bash started this summer off with a bang, fireworks not required. Ambassador Bruce Heyman and his wife, Vicki, hosted well in excess of 4,000 people Monday at...
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Around Town: NAC Orchestra, opera singers go 'al fresco' for Italian garden...
Classical music and opera lovers were swept away, like a pair of romantics on a gondola ride down a moonlit canal, at this year’s Venetian-themed Italian garden party for Friends of the National Arts...
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Around Town: Redblacks co-owner throws charity party at home opener
One of the best plays at Friday night’s football game occurred off the field, when 10-year-old Angus Albinati tackled the hushed issue of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The adorable crowd charmer,...
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Around Town: Something to cheer about as Redblacks cheerleaders release...
Give me a C! Give me an A! Give me a L! Give me an E-N-D-A-R (sorry, I’m growing impatient). What does that spell? Calendar, as in the Ottawa Redblacks Cheerleading and Dance Team’s 2017 swimsuit...
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Around Town: Players saddle up for charity polo match at Wesley Clover Parks
You, too, could have rolled like royalty by grabbing your fanciest hat for the second annual Polo in the Park Ottawa fundraiser, held Saturday on the grounds of Wesley Clover Parks. The...
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Around Town: 'On top of the world' at opening of new ByWard Market hotel
The grand opening bash for a new luxury boutique hotel in the ByWard Market pretty well blew the roof off the joint, and if you don’t believe me then go check out Andaz Ottawa’s top-floor. It’s an...
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Around Town: Benefit dinner keeps the Fire Fighters Memorial lookin' good
Local firefighters and the broader community bonded by breaking bread together at an annual dinner held at the Sala San Marco banquet hall on Thursday in aid of the Ottawa Fire Fighters Memorial. The...
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Around Town: Heart Institute's Oktoberfest returns to O-Töwn
The Bier Markt transformed itself into a boisterous Bavarian beer hall, with authentic German food and drink and live music, as it played host Wednesday to the second annual Capital Oktoberfest benefit...
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Around Town: Billionaire businessman Ronald Lauder in town for Jewish...
Koyman Galleries was a picture-perfect venue for the Jewish Federation of Ottawa to host its top donor reception, featuring Ronald Lauder, an international philanthropist and president of the World...
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Around Town: Upstream's Youth Matters Gala inspires hope
Not only did philanthropist and mental health advocate Barbara Crook deliver the keynote address at Thursday’s Upstream Ottawa gala but she also brought along an influential group of friends, all of...
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