arts & entertainment

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** April 2 Art Place Showcase, presented by AOE Arts Council ** ** Ottawa (Ontario) ** – On Saturday April 2, 2016, from 2 to 4:30 p.m., AOE Arts Council will host a Showcase event at Ottawa’s Gallery 101 to celebrate the series of 2015-16 ** Art Place ** projects. ...

This Thursday , eight new speakers will share their unique ‘idea’s worth spreading’ at TEDxKanata’s 2016 edition, taking place at the Brookstreet Hotel.  Following a successful and motivational inaugural event, the second annual series of talks promises industry trailblazers who have overcome obstacles and continually challenge the status quo. ...

_ (press release) _ The Ottawa 2017 Bureau and Mayor Jim Watson, in collaboration with lead partner CIBC, announced today a world first: an impressive underground multimedia production in the city’s highly anticipated light rail train system. The Confederation Line of Ottawa’s new Light Rail Transit (LRT) service is scheduled to launch in May 2018. ...

_ (press release) _ The winners of this year’s Ottawa Public Library (OPL) Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest were announced yesterday, Tuesday, March 29, at Centrepointe Theatre. Prizes were handed out to honour Ottawa-area youth between the ages of 9 and 17 who submitted poems and/or short stories in French and/or English, between December 2015 and February 2016. ...

_ (press release) _ Construction is about to rise above ground at the site for the Ottawa Art Gallery Expansion and Arts Court Redevelopment project. With the structure of the underground parking garage now complete and the structure of the concourse level set for completion in mid-April, Mayor Jim Watson joined the Honourable Madeleine Meilleur, MPP for Ottawa-Vanier and Rideau-Vanier Ward Councillor Mathieu Fleury today to celebrate the start of the next stage of construction. ...

_ (Ottawa Public Library) _ The Ottawa Public Library will be taking part in the Big Library Read program, which will be taking place until March 31, on a device near you.  Library card holders will be able to borrow and read American Sniper, the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U. ...

_ (MASC) _ 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) _ Music Director Alexander Shelley and the National Arts Centre Orchestra announced the 2016-17 Season today at the National Arts Centre, heralding remarkable guest artists including ** Joshua Bell, Angela Hewitt, Rick Mercer, Jan Lisiecki, Pinchas Zukerman, ** and ** Canadian Brass, ** amongst the dozens of talented performers who will grace the stage of the NAC. ...

_ (press release) _ The City of Ottawa is advising motorists to expect delays due to road closures to accommodate the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday, March 19 starting at 11 a.m. and lasting until about 1 p.m.  The parking entrance to Ottawa City Hall on Elgin Street will be open as usual; however, the Laurier Avenue entrance will be closed between 7:30 a. ...