arts & entertainment

Stittsville-based singer Kathleen Edwards is back with her priceless 1957 Les Paul Junior guitar, almost a year after it was taken from her home last August. https://twitter.com/kittythefool/status/747820784635174914 Edwards posted a photo of the recovered guitar, missing its strings, to Instagram. She has not yet gone into details of how it got back into her possession. ...

_ (press release) _ ** June 27, 2016 – OTTAWA (Canada) – ** Activities at the National Arts Centre will slow down significantly between July 1 and October 3 as major renovations ramp up for the summer break. Although the parking garage will remain open 24/7, most of the NAC foyer will not be accessible and _ le café _ restaurant will be closed until ...

_ (press release) _ _ Ottawa, Ontario, June 27, 2016 _ — The Canadian War Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Peter MacLeod as Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum. Dr. MacLeod is currently the Museum’s Pre-Confederation Historian. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/7482194032) _ Photo by Zhu, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ This page has info about the big events downtown, plus celebrations all around Ottawa in Stittsville, Kanata, Barrhaven, Orleans, etc. The Nation’s Capital is the headquarters for Canada’s birthday celebration on July 1, 2016. ...

_ (press release) _ On ** June 23 rd ** , opening day at the ** TD Ottawa Jazz Festival ** ’s Main Stage goes blue, featuring Blues Hall of Famers ** Elvin Bishop ** ** & Charlie Musselwhite ** performing together, along with master country blues guitarist and roots rocker ** Alvin “Youngblood” Hart’s Muscle Theory ** , plus New Orleans-style brass sextet ** The Boxcar Boys ** and Zappa-esque jazz big band ** The Flat Earth Society ** . ...

_ All photos by Peter J. Tremblay. _ Glowfair is one of Ottawa’s festival success stories and is about celebrating music, light, art and diversity in our community. The festival presents urban street activities which, this year, ran from 6pm to 11:30pm on Friday, June 17 and from 10am to 11:30pm on Saturday, June 18th from Slater to James Street. ...

_ (press release via NAC) _ The NAC Presents all-Canadian music series, in partnership with BMO Financial Group, is pleased to announce the return of the successful ** CROSSROADS Jazz Series ** curated by NAC Presents producer ** Simone Deneau ** and directed by Ottawa Jazz Festival programming manager ** Petr Cancura ** . ...

** Ottawa Garden Days ** , held annually on Father’s Day weekend, is Ottawa’s tribute to National Garden Days, a coast to coast to coast celebration of the role of gardens in our communities and in our lives. Over 200 gardening activities, events and destinations will be taking place across the city providing great opportunities for gardening enthusiasts, families, schools and tourists to spend time in their own garden, visit or take part in a favourite garden experience, get inspired at their local garden centre or travel to a nearby gardening destination. ...

https://twitter.com/twitandrewking/status/743063046587846656 ** Andrew King’s ** new sinkhole -inspired painting titled _ “Ottawa Tourist Trap” _ will be on sale at this weekend’s Art in the Alley event, June 17-19 at 1395B Wellington Street West. “Experience a new collection of artwork by local artists Alison Fowler, Ross Rheaume, Andrew King and photographer Jason Fournier as they showcase their work outdoors in the alleyway of 1395 Wellington St W. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) invites kids to participate in the TD Summer Reading Club (TDSRC). Last year, more than 19,300 children registered for the TD Summer Reading Club at the OPL and read more than 194,700 books. ...