arts & entertainment

Fall and winter are typically the busiest seasons for art and craft shows and this year we’re kicking off early! Here are 5 great events - which all take place this weekend - that you can’t afford to miss! ** Harvest Food and Drink Show ** – Sept. ...

The annual Clayton Jazz Festival: Jazz on the River is back for its second year and has named the AAA Four Diamond 1000 Islands Harbor Hotel as its official hotel sponsor. From Friday, Sept. 25 through Sunday, Sept. 27, visitors from far and wide will head to the Thousand Islands to groove to the beats of acclaimed jazz acts including Fritzel’s New Orleans Jazz Band and Watertown-based group The Arrhythmias . ...

Figureworks is calling artists in all media to participate in our sixth annual juried award show from November 23rd until December 6th, 2015 at Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts. Submission deadline is October 5th. Figureworks.org is a not-for-profit organization promoting art of the human form. ...

[caption id=“attachment_17193” align=“aligncenter” width=“580”] Colin Wylie[/caption] Built in 1892, the 123-year-old former Methodist Church is home to the Valley’s latest music recording studio appropriately named ** _ Old Church Recording _ ** . It’s located in the beautiful Whitewater region of the Ottawa Valley on the Barr Line between Cobden and Douglas, ON. ...

Ottawa’s free summer activities at Ottawa City Hall are drawing to a close.  Over the summer, close to 9,500 visitors to City Hall and Marion Dewar Plaza were treated to a wide array of free activities including noon-hour yoga, tai chi, volleyball, walking events, and the popular new Salsa Babies ...

An AC/DC concert taking place this evening at Lansdowne will result in large crowds. Concert goers are encouraged to cycle, walk, take public transit or use the shuttle bus service as an alternative to driving. On-site parking will not be available for purchase at the gate on concert night. ...

** Bruce Bickford, Michèle Cournoyer to present retrospective works at this year’s Ottawa International Animation Festival, Sept. 16-20 ** To complement its official competition and showcase screenings, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s leading animation film festival, is presenting a series of specially curated retrospectives and screenings at this year’s festival, ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . _ ** Related: ** Open & Closed on Labour Day in Ottawa ** Until September 7: Alex Colville. ...

From September 16-20, Ottawa audiences can enjoy some of the most cutting-edge, thoughtful, and outrageous animation from around the world as the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s leading animation event, comes to town. Now in its 39th year, the annual celebration of all that is animated promises something for everyone, including nearly 150 animated works, as well as opportunities to meet and mingle with animation’s most celebrated stars, studios and characters. ...

Founded in 2006 to celebrate, encourage and promote French and English locally produced professional theatre work and its artists, the Prix Rideau Awards is proud to announce the nominees for the period of January 1st 2014 to June 30, 2015. ...