|
June 14, 2013
Welcome to another edition of MyBindi's
Ottawa Highlights newsletter which now also serves the South Asian community in
Montreal!
If you are a business or an organization in Ottawa that would like to do outreach with the South Asian community in Ottawa or Montreal, please send me an email at syerah@mybindi.com.
Regards, Syerah Editor-in-Chief & CEO MyBindi.com  and  to never miss out on breaking news, offers and free giveaways from MyBindi!
|
2013 South Asian Comedy Showcase
| 
Two years in Toronto and two sold out shows! Now in its 3rd year, The South Asian Comedy Showcase is making its way to the nations capital! North America's HOTTEST
South Asian stand up comedians will take the stage in Ottawa in the ELECTRIC Byward Market area!
Paul Varghese (NBC's Last Comic Standing, Just For Laughs, and Showtime's Russell Peters' Presents) is your headliner!
Your host and MC is Ali Hassan, (2013 Nominee for Breakout Artist of the Year by The Canadian Comedy Awards! And seen on CBC's "George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight", "Breakaway", "French Immersion", and "Goon").
Ben Mathai (Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and The St. John Comedy Festival) and Suneet Luthra (one of Canada's fastest rising South Asian comedians) will also be performing in this one night only event!
When: Saturday, June 22, 2013 Where: Ottawa Little Theatre - Downtown Ottawa Time: 8pm to 10pm Tickets: $25 per person OR 4 tickets for $80
Click HERE to get your tickets TODAY! This show WILL SELL OUT!
|
| Anikai Dance presents the Canadian premiere of The Knocking Within | 
ANIKAI Dance Company comes to Montréal for the first time to present The Knocking Within. Just coming off a tour in India, where the show played to standing-room only audiences and received rave reviews, The Knocking Within will be at the MAI, as part of the Montreal Fringe Festival. The Knocking Within is created by performers Wendy Jehlen and Pradhuman Nayak. Inspired by research into the neuroscience of sleep and the anthropology of dreams, The Knocking Within weaves a portrait of two lovers and the nightmares that plague them, unveiling the violence that lies just beneath the surface.
The Knocking Within draws on texts from Shakespeare's tragedies and sonnets performed in English, Hindi and American Sign Language. When: June 15 - 23, 2013
Where: MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), 3680 rue Jeanne-Mance, Montreal
Running Time: 1 hour
Tickets: $8.00 Adults/Students | $5.00 seniors (+ $2 service charge)
Click HERE to purchase tickets or for more information. This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.
|
| The TD Ottawa Jazz Festival | 
THE TD OTTAWA JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENTS: ARETHA FRANKLIN, WILLIE NELSON, DR. JOHN, AND MORE!
The TD Ottawa Jazz Festival reaffirms its place as the event for discerning music fans in the Capital for another year following the announcement of headliners Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Dr. John, David Byrne and St. Vincent, and Macy Gray and David Murray Big Band, as well as jazz heavyweights Chucho Valdés, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Wayne Shorter Quartet and many more.
Ottawa When: June 20 - July 1 Where: Confederation Park Time: 4:00 pm - Midnight (time varies each day) Tickets: Bronze Pass $185 / Youth $85 / Gold Pass $299 Click HERE for more information. This event is proudly supported by MyBindi.com. 
|
| ICOBC Golf at The Canadian Golf and Country Club | 
Where: Canadian Golf and Country Club - Ashton, ON
When: Wednesday June 26, 2013
Registration Opens: 10:30 am
Event time: 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Tickets: Individual $169.50 / Foursome $565
The day includes:
- 18 Holes Green Fee with power cart
- Gift bag with goodies
- Samosa pit stop and a delicious boxed lunch
- Open evening bar with exotic Indian appetizers
- Sumptuous Indian dinner with wine
- Entertainment and attractive prizes
Click HERE for more information.
This event is proudly supported by MyBindi.com.
|
| Celebrate Canada Day on Parliament Hill - July 1 | 
Ottawa, Canada's Capital, is the place to be July 1 for the country's biggest annual birthday celebration. It's a giant patriotic party on the lawns of Parliament Hill, Major's Hill Park, Jacques Cartier Park and on the closed streets of downtown Ottawa.
The crowds start to gather on Parliament Hill early, for a 9 a.m. carillon concert featuring the Peace Tower bells, followed by the official flag raising and the Changing the Guard ceremony.
The evening show on Parliament Hill this year features a stellar lineup of Canadian performers, including Simple Plan, Feist, Roch Voisine, Jully Black, Marie Mai, Misstress Barbara and more.
When: Monday July 1, 2013
Time: 9:00 am - Midnight
Where: Parliament Hill
Tickets: This is a free event
Click HERE for more information.
This event is proudly supported by MyBindi.com
|
| Kandahar :: The Fighting Season | 
From 2005 to 2011, Canadian soldiers were deployed to Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. There they engaged in heavy combat with insurgents as part of an international effort to support the government of Afghanistan.
Award-winning Canadian photographer Louie Palu accompanied soldiers in the most dangerous districts of Kandahar. He captured their world of firefights and exhausting patrols in an unforgiving landscape.
When: On now until September 22, 2013
Time: Mon-Wed 9am - 5pm | Thurs 9am - 8pm | Fri 9am - 5pm | Sat and Sun 9:30am - 5pm
Where: 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa
Click HERE for tickets and more information.
This event is proudly supported by MyBindi.com.
|
|
|
|
|
| Our Sponsors |
|
|
What's New on BindiBlogs
| |
Honeymoon in Thailand: Two Week Itinerary
Looking for a new destination with a mix of adventure, culture and sandy beaches for your honeymoon? Thailand is an amazing choice for an exciting, romantic get-away. Leave your go-to tropical destination in the South and head East to Thailand for an unforgettable time.
Click HERE to read more.
Motherhood full of contradiction: Nandita Das
Terming motherhood as a "contradiction" of life, actor-director Nandita Das said the happy stereotypical perception about motherhood is very different in reality. Das was speaking at a book launch of an anthology "Of Mother and Other" at the Indian International Centre here.
Click HERE to read more.
Hello healthy readers! I wanted to provide you some info regarding safer, non-toxic nail polish now that summer is here and that means showing off our beach-ready mani/pedi's!
As you may know, nail polish is VERY toxic - with a list of cancer-causing and other detrimental chemicals as common ingredients.
Click HERE to read more.
Did you get angry today?
Come on be honest.
Did you swear under your breath when someone cut you off in traffic?
Did you grimace after talking a phone call from your mother, your mother in law, your partner?
Did you get pissed after stubbing your toe?
Click HERE to read more.
 The soundtrack of director Rohan Sippy's forthcoming romantic-comedy"Nautanki Saala" has a long list of songs and composers have managed to blend elements ofromance and comedy very well in the songs.
We all know water is vital to living a healthy lifestyle, but how important is it really? How does it compare to coke?
Water
1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger
3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 30%
|
|
|
