Odyssey Theatre has created a podcast series of dramas called The Other Path: a set of five unrelated stories in which old fairy tales have been reimagined in a modern setting.

Is Ottawa Canada’s capital of Middle Eastern food? I’m not 100% sure, but I can’t think of another city in the country that is so well-supplied with such a variety and a sheer number of Middle Eastern restaurants.

Ottawology is the interdisciplinary study of all things Ottawa. It involves the sociology, history and urban geography of the National Capital Region.

If you’re looking for a new location for your walks, you can add Mud Lake to your list!

Sometimes a business picks a new location, and sometimes a location picks a new business. And in the case of the businesses at the corner of Howe and Britannia, it seems like the location has been doing all the picking.

Bruce Burwell: “Ted Hall was definitely a pleasure to keep up with. Jem told us this little-known spy story of the war and asked the biggest possible question there is: What is right and what is wrong?”

Bruce Burwell: “The thing that keeps us engaged throughout is John Michael’s sincerity. You don’t run around a stage in your underwear holding a picture of your dead mother unless you really miss her. So we do believe that he needs her back.”

Bruce Burwell: “Candice Fiorentino is outstanding as Anatolia. She projects honesty and vulnerability in a totally believable way … When she took questions from the other ESL students, I found myself turning my head to look in their direction—even though I knew they weren’t there.”

Bruce Burwell: “During his chemo treatment, he decided that a major shakeup was required in his life. He’d been collecting banjos and now had over 50 of them in his closet, but he couldn’t actually play any of them properly. So he learned to pick. During the show he demonstrated his skills on three different instruments.”