arts & entertainment

_ (press release) _ OTTAWA ( May 26, 2016 ) – The Ottawa International Animation Festival, in cooperation with the Community Foundation of Ottawa, and MASC (Multicultural Arts for Schools and Communities), is pleased to bring Animate Ottawa to a number of high schools across the city this spring. ...

_ (snippet from website) _ Science is part of our daily lives, and the Museum wants you to show off your science. What does science mean to you? How do you use science every day? The Museum challenges you to answer the question “How does science inspire you? ...

_ (press release) _ Ottawa, May 24, 2016 – This is to confirm the details of a new five-year contract between RBC Bluesfest and OC Transpo. This agreement will mean all festival ticket buyers will have public transit included with their purchase (includes OC Transpo buses, trains, and Para Transpo service). ...

The European Union Short Film Festival has grown quite a bit in only three years. After turning away audiences due to overwhelming popularity in 2015, the free three-day short film series and Tastes of Europe sampling nights returns with a third edition that gets underway on May 26 in Ottawa in a new, spacious venue: Arts Court Theatre and Studio. ...

** Kevin McDonald ** (Kids in the Hall) returns to Ottawa and Arts Court Theatre for one packed night of live comedy. This show will feature Kevin’s latest solo comedy act plus an improv set with Ottawa’s comedy sweethearts, Crush Improv. ...

_ (press release) _ The Toronto Raptors advancement to the NBA Eastern Conference Finals will require the Selena Gomez show originally slated for Sunday, May 22, at Air Canada Centre in Toronto to be rescheduled for Wednesday, May 25. ...

For this year’s lists, please see: https://ottawastart.com/whats-open-and-closed-in-ottawa-on-victoria-day-weekend-2018/

_ (press release) _ O n May 20, hundreds of students from 10 west end schools will have the opportunity to perform with Music Director Alexander Shelley and members of NAC Orchestra in a concert called _ Life Reflected in Ottawa’s West End _ at Woodroffe High school fro ...

_ (press release) _ The youth of Lowertown have created a song that features powerful lyrics such as, “I don’t want to be another dude on the news, not just another stereotype, not just another homicide”; “pow pow all we hear is the gun sounds, like man put the guns down, I’m so sick of my hood being on the news” and “The nights might be scary, but I‘m safe in the light”. ...

_ (press release) _ More than 10,000 of the country’s most outstanding young musicians from every corner of Canada are on their way to Ottawa for the 44th annual MusicFest Canada, North America’s largest festival dedicated to developing musical talent. ...