Mac My Cheese Fest, Sept 30-Oct 2
Get ready for winter by eating ALL THE CARBS! 15 Foodie Vendors, Live Entertainment, Best in Mac and Cheese Competition (VOTE for your favourite), Eating Contests, Mac and Cheese Diving (Scuba …
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Video: NITW Golden Eye Challenge!
On September 26, Caffeine 1UP held their Grand Opening and we were lucky enough to take part in it! The Nerd is the Word held it’s first event – The …
Ottawa International Writers Festival, Fall Edition
The imagination is our most valuable renewable resource. Twice a year the Ottawa International Writers Festival comes back to recharge our imaginations. From politics to poetry, science to music, history …
Caffeine 1UP: Ottawa’s very own Videogame Café
“I Open at the Close” Earlier this week, we heard that a local nerdy business, Monopolatte, a boardgame hangout, would be shutting down. Don’t worry; this isn’t a sign; the …
Pumpkininferno!
It’s that time of season again… the pumpkins have emerged from their deep sleep and have started to invade our lives once again. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin seeds, jack-o’-lantern’s and especially …
Monopolatte Closing it’s Doors :(
One of Ottawa’s nerdy hang out locations will soon be closing it’s doors. Just scrolling through my Facebook, I scrolled to a post by Monopolatte… It was announced 6 hours …
Ottawa Region LARPers
Some of you may be thinking, what exactly is LARP? To give you a basic idea, lets check out our trusty friend Wikipedia! A live action role-playing game (LARP) is …
Monsters are Upon Us!
She was just on a walk, after dark, along the Rideau Canal near the University of Ottawa. It’s a well lit area, ironically quiet for it’s proximity to the flashy …
CAN CON: Ottawa’s Yearly Hub for Speculative Arts and Literature
CAN CON: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature draws to a close, after another year of bringing to light the incredibly world of Canadian imagination. Somewhat …
Caffeine 1UP: Videogame Café Beta Opens Today!
We at The Nerd is the Word are happy to announce that our partner – Caffeine 1UP has opened their doors for their Beta testing! We look forward to working with …