Remembering a PAL Ottawa Friend:

Fondly Remembered:

Barbara McInnes

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Announcing a Mixed Income Creative Live-Work Community for Ottawa’s Senior Arts Workers

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PAL Board members and partners at the site of the future PAL Place
Whenever PAL Ottawa members get together, it's a colourful and creative experience.
"PAL will provide a place built with a spirit of generosity, caring and respect for the arts community at its most vulnerable.” – Julie Nesrallah, Mezzo-soprano, National Host of Tempo, CBC Radio 2
PAL Ottawa members gather in support of the City of Ottawa's Homelessness Emergency Declaration in February 2020.
Doug Hempstead, Jacqui Du Toit and Eric Coates were our entertaining judges at our sold-out "Don't Quit Your Day Job!" cabaret benefit.
Among the monthly PAL Ottawa Supporting Cast socials was a tour of the Ottawa Art Gallery.
“To live and work in a place surrounded by art and music and those that create it all is possible, and with a little help from our friends, we can make this happen!” – Peter Hodgson, aka Sneezy Waters
Musician Michael Namer, visual artist Jerry Grey, community leader Catherine Lindquist, theatre artist David Whiteley (Photo: Andrew Alexander)
Providing Seniors in the Capital Region who work(ed) in the Arts Sector with Affordable Housing and Personal Support in a Creative, Caring Community

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He was, by several metrics, the biggest English Canadian playwright from about 1989, when “Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love” was premiering in various forms across the country, to about 1998. www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2021/05/15/talking-about-a-decade-of-kudos-and-aids-and-laugh... ... See MoreSee Less

Talking about a decade of kudos and AIDS and laughter and plays, celebrated Toronto playwright Brad Fraser rages against the dying of the bright lights

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In his new memoir “All The Rage,” Brad Fraser also mentions Keanu Reeves and the Ice Capades, but “it’s the death that stays with you”

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The response in Ottawa “shows people crave experiencing visual arts in person”, director Sasha Suda says www.theartnewspaper.com/news/rembrandt-blockbuster-draws-75-000-visitors-to-national-gallery-of-c... ... See MoreSee Less

Rembrandt blockbuster draws 42,000 visitors to National Gallery of Canada

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The response in Ottawa “shows people crave experiencing visual arts in person”, director Sasha Suda says

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About PAL Ottawa

We reward the artists who delight us with our applause, and often assume that success in the arts brings financial security. But very few members of the arts community arrive at the end of their career with an adequate pension and other resources. That’s why we created PAL Ottawa: to provide affordable housing and a support system to arts workers in need. Learn more…

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Join PAL Ottawa! For a modest annual membership fee, you and/or your organization can support PAL Ottawa’s efforts to improve the lives of senior arts workers in the Capital, while enjoying numerous membership benefits.

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Help provide the seed money needed to achieve our goals. Add PAL Ottawa to your list of Charitable Donations and receive a Charitable Tax Deduction. You could also consider PAL Ottawa as a legacy donation. Donate today.

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