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Great Bowls of Fire 2012 Update
Great Bowls of Fire Benefit for the Ottawa Food Bank 2012
Date: Saturday, March 3
Time: Doors open at 5:00 pm. Bowl selection at 5:30pm. Event ends at 8:00 pm
Tickets: $35 from Il Primo Restaurant, 10 am to noon, as of Feb. 9. (see important details below)
Location: Glebe Community Centre, corner of Lyon St. and Third Ave.
Great Bowls of Fire begins with your selection of a handmade bowl offered by one of the Ottawa Guild's potters. It will be filled with your choice of a delicious soup by some of the best restaurants in town, accompanied by fresh breads offered by several excellent bakeries. With these in hand, socialize with friends and feast on the food and music. Your hosts for the evening are Derick Fage and Lois Lee who will also animate the auction sale of special ceramic pieces.
We know that we can count on your generosity to support the Ottawa Food Bank. We would like to thank all these exceptional suppliers who are offering their wares for the benefit of the Ottawa Food Bank.
The impressive line-up of restaurants ladling out their warming soups include Il Primo Ristorante, Restaurant E18teen, Absinthe Café, Allium, Canvas Restobar, Domus Café, Town Restaurant, The Wellington Gastropub, Thyme and Again, Fraser Café and Stone Soup Foodworks.
Bakeries comprise ACE Bakery, Rideau Bakery, Trillium Bakery, The Joy of Gluten Free, Farm Boy Kanata
Coffee supplied by Goodie's Fine Catering
Music by Some Ensemble Required led by Jim Mattson. Sound system from Wall of Sound. Stage support from the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group
Logistics support By Capital Pottery Supplies.
Printing supplied by Allegra Printing Carling Avenue
Great Bowls of Fire 2012 Tickets
The Guild of Potters' Great Bowls of Fire 2012 event will be on March 3rd, again at the Glebe Community Centre. Tickets are still $35 and all proceeds go to the Ottawa Food Bank. The potters who are preparing the soup bowls are concentrating on their craft. The restaurants and bakeries are honing their selected recipes. As in previous years, you will sample delicious soups and fresh breads, with music supplied by Some Ensemble Required. Derick Fage and Lois Lee will MC the event and auction again this year.
We know that many people are anxious to attend this very popular event and that tickets sell out quickly. Here is the scoop! Tickets for the public will be going on sale on February 9 at Il Primo, on 371 Preston St. Please be courteous to the people serving you, this is a charity event!
The restaurant will sell tickets between 10 am and noon. Be forewarned that sales are first come - first served, on a cash basis only. The restaurant will not hold tickets for anyone!
The Guild of Potters is happy to welcome you back for a fun time.
OGP Fall Sale 2011: Mark the Date!
Our Fall sale is approaching and promises to be another spectacular show at our new location - Centre des Arts Shenkman Arts Centre. Mark your calendars and come enjoy a vast variety of beautifully hand crafted works in clay. This is an opportunity to browse the creations of some fifty plus artisans and find unique pottery and sculpture to enhance your life and compliment your home . It is also a great time to shop for others and give the gift of art and function.
Community Partner
Kid's Pottery Camp - Photo Album
Kids got the opportunity to let their imagination run wild at the Pottery Camp which was conducted this summer by the Glebe Community Centre. Guild members, Bruce Jones and Carolynne Pynn-Trudeau, were instructors for the camp.
OGP Meeting: September 6, 2011
