arts & entertainment

Free swag bag for the first 100 visitors each day! The season starts once again with East Ottawa’s biggest and most anticipated craft show featuring over 75 of the area’s best artisans offering unique and beautiful hand-made items. Don’t settle for cookie-cutter gifts again this Holiday season, and avoid the press of the shopping malls. ...

_ (press release) _ ** November 2, 2016 – OTTAWA (Canada) – ** The National Arts Centre (NAC) mourns the loss of Dave Broadfoot, one of the best loved comedians Canada has ever known. The internationally renowned humourist, writer, performer, producer, director and actor died on November 1, 2016. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa – ** The 2017 JUNO Awards Host Committee and the Ottawa 2017 Bureau are pleased to announce an investment of $30,000 in a new one-time funding program that will enable the capital’s musicians, promoters and other music entrepreneurs to develop and present unique musical experiences throughout the city in early 2017. ...

_ (press release) _ OTTAWA, Nov. 1, 2016 /CNW/ - Nobody But Michael ! CTV and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) confirmed today that multi-Grammy and JUNO Award-winner Michael Bublé is set to take the reins as host of CTV’s broadcast of ** THE 2017 JUNO AWARDS ** , returning to the Nation’s Capital during the year-long celebrations marking the 150 ...

** Tour & Explore: ** oil + acrylic painting, watercolours, pottery, life drawing, coloured pencils, mixed media, encaustic and everything under the sun for adults + kids. Take in a pottery demo with potter Doug Moir, a mixed media demo with artist Suzanne Warren-Powell, or a painting demo with artist Kerry Stothers. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week! _ _ You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . Check back here, as the list is updated throughout the week. _ Top events ...

** UPDATE: ** We have a winner!! Congratulations to Veronique, you’ve won two General Admission passes for Friday Nov. 4th! I will let them know, so you can simply pick the tickets up at Will Call at the event on Friday. ...

Radio host Katfish Morgan is being remembered as an extremely talented professional and a great friend, days after he died following a six-month long battle with cancer. The Live 88.5 deejay, whose real name is Andrè Maisonneuve, had left the air in April with no reason given. ...

Congratulations to CBC Ottawa traffic reporter and collision connoisseur Doug Hempstead, who released his new album “area resident” on Friday. https://twitter.com/DougHempstead/status/789384810028421120 https://twitter.com/JimWatsonOttawa/status/789495296447447042 Area Resident by Area Resident

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week! _ _ You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . Check back here, as the list is updated throughout the week. _ ** Also check out our big list of Halloween events! ...