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Amuse Bouche Variety performer lineup

Amuse Bouche Variety Performer Lineup. Join us Friday, January 24, to cheer on your favorite comedians in a comedy show where the audience decides who gets more stage time.

Amuse Bouche Variety premieres Friday January 24, 2025

Amuse Bouche Variety — A comedy show where the audience decides who gets more stage time — Premieres Friday January 24, 2025 (Ottawa)

Article: Ottawa artists offer ways to practice disrupting racism through improv

Velvet Wells smiles and stands outside the Arts Court on Oct. 23, 2024. They conducted the “Practicing Disrupting Racism” workshop at the Grove on Oct. 19 and Nov. 9 which uses improv to disrupt racism in people's day-to-day lives. [Photo by Ana Maria Cadena/ The Charlatan]

[Velvet] Wells said the improv workshop offers something that others don’t — a chance to practice what they teach.
“We’re trying to get people to practice what it feels like to disrupt racism,” said Leung, co-owner of The Grove, an arts space for queer and BIPOC artists and allies.