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COMMENT: Local shops are part of our small-town charm
(ABOVE: Renee Saunders, owner of the recently-opened Sweet Room Bakery Boutique on Stittsville Main Street. Photo by Barry Gray.) If Stittsville’s small-town feel is something that’s important to you, take…
GAIA JAVA: Return of the great Joe Brownrigg on Friday
It is now almost two years since Joe Brownrigg last came and performed at the shop, and that was a memorable evening. My 2014 introduction about his music is still…
Folk musician Jared Lewis at Gaia Java on Friday
Jared Lewis is a folk musician from New Brunswick. He has played many professional establishments, including most recently in Montreal L’Escogriffe, L’Escalier, and the Yellow Door (the oldest coffee house…
NOTEBOOK: Campeau Drive extension, Flewellyn-Jones House, coffee talk, more
CAMPEAU DRIVE: Kanata North Councillor Marianne Wilkinson says that the full Campeau extension from Terry Fox to Huntmar isn’t expected to open until 2018. That’s on schedule according to the…
THE BEAT GOES ON: Gaia Java hosts Gilles Babin on Friday
Thank you for your patience over the recent months – although we still have some things to confirm, it is looking quite likely that Gaia Java will continue to serve…
Robert Wannell (guitar) and Caelan Roberge-Toll (sax) at Gaia Java
(via Paul Jay / Gaia Java co-owner) As some of you know we are working hard to try and see if the shop can stay open next year – thanks…
Gaia Java welcomes singer/guitarist Michael Allen
A couple of years ago one of our music nights was in jeopardy when a group had to cancel, so at very short notice a young man came in and…
Gaia Java double double: Netherlands guitarist and a capella ensemble
OTTO CEPELLA: extraordinary acoustic guitarist from the Netherlands! Some of you may have heard Otto on the radio early Monday morning this week when he was guesting on CKCU-FM. Or you…
Ed Taylor at Gaia Java this Friday, proceeds to Stittsville Food Bank
This Friday we have a treat for you! Three talented musicians who have been in the shop many times before, sometimes as audience, other times as performers. Ed Taylor is…
Notebook: Gaia Java update, Stittsville BIA
A couple weeks ago at their weekly Friday night music event, Gaia Java co-owner Paul Jay announced that he and Paul Melsness will not be renewing the lease on their coffee shop…
Roland Doucet plays this Friday at Gaia Java
Hopefully you have managed to catch one of the previous Gaia Java performances by this musical gent who is understandably widely respected around the Ottawa musical scene. With a very…
This week at Gaia Java: The Crumble String Quartet
First of all you might be interested to learn that last Friday’s artists (Acacia Lyra and Friends) went on to do a refugee benefit concert the next day and raised…
This week at Gaia Java: Acacia Lyra plus the Dooley family & Otto Cepella
It often impresses me what you can do with music. You can relax people, get them excited, bring them together, or (in the case of shopping mall owners who play…
Songwriter Sally Thompson at Gaia Java this Friday
When asked at what age Sally began talking, her mother would say, “She never talked, she sang.” This she apparently continued to do, upon request, from the age of 3,…
Gracenote sings sing jazz and pop standards at Gaia Java this Friday
The talented ladies of Gracenote have graced us with their voices on several occasions and it is noteworthy to be having them back, with as always the steady and sympathetic…