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January 16, 2025
Silent Book Club - Hintonburg
Time and Place: 2:00 pm. Absinthe Cafe 1208 Wellington St. W.
Web: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/silent-book-club-ottawa/silent-book-club-ottawa-chapter-hintonburg-meetup
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Third World Players
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 6:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: www.ckcufm.com/
readings from Third World literature
Sad Girl Cafe
Time and Place: 7:00 pm. GigSpace, 953 Gladstone Ave
Web: www.gigspaceottawa.com
music, poetry spoken word open mic for women of all ages on the 3rd Thursday of each. Capacity: 35
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 8:00 pm. 601 Cumberland
all genres welcome. sign ups: 8pm
January 2025 Events
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      Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		    
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Culture géniale 1:00pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
For Our Kids Ottawa-Gatineau: Climate Action Book Club: Hot Mess 8:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		    
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Culture géniale 1:00pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm		 The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Asian Sounds 6:00pm
All the Happy Endings: a reading and a reunion of sorts 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Get tickets on site: www.gigspaceottawa.com/events/sad-girl-cafe-2025-01-16-19-00
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 Creative Cafe 5:00pm The Book Purge Takes over Studio Staja 1:30pm
Lana Crossman, Laurie Koensgen & Pearl Pirie 2:00pm
For Our Kids online watch party and meet and greet 3:00pm
Mothering Through a Climate Emergency: A Conversation with Author Sarah Marie Wiebe 4:00pm
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Culture géniale 1:00pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Book Launch: Reading the Room 6:30pm
Book Launch: Reading the Room with Natalie Kouri-Towe 6:30pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Book Launch: Burnt by Democracy by Jacqueline Kennelly 7:00pm
Croisée des mots : une causerie littéraire : Denise Desautels et François Baril Pelletier 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Zine Club with Possible Worlds 6:00pm
Art from the Archives : create a collage 6:30pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 Art des archives : créer un collage 6:30pm
Let the Heart Speak Poetry Night at Rumi Cup Commune-A-Tea Arthouse 6:30pm		  
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Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm		 Blue Monday 6:30pm
The Whimsical Whiteout. Dress up in your best whites and sparkles and show up early if you want UESA to treat you to a FREE drink Sign up for performers: tinyurl.com/bluemonday250127
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Pen and Paper Writer's Group 5:55pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm