arts & entertainment

The O ** ** ttawa Palestinian Festival is a cultural summer celebration in the heart of the Ottawa community, attended by over 9000 visitors in its first year, 2014. The theme for this year’s festival is “Explore Palestine in Ottawa”. ...

The Ottawa Craft Beer Festival is back! The festival showcases exceptionally crafted craft beers, local eateries and is designed to promote the appreciation of Craft Brewed Beer. Come on out and taste these exceptionally crafted craft beers from our local breweries, like Beau’s Brewery and Ashton Brew Company and many more. ...

This summer, the City of Ottawa is hosting free programs and special events at City Hall for every taste and interest. ** Here are the events scheduled for the upcoming week: ** ** Tuesday, August 25 ** ** Salsa Babies ** ...

** World’s second-oldest film institute still young at heart ** The Canadian Film Institute (CFI), Canada’s oldest film institute and the second-oldest in the world, is turning eighty years old. To celebrate, the CFI is hosting a free public celebration at Jean Pigott Place, Ottawa City Hall, on Thursday, August 27th from 5:30 p. ...

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), running September 16-20 , is inviting local kids to enter its annual Kids Jury contest. Ten junior animation buffs, ranging from the ages of 8 to 12 years old, will be selected to judge this year’s competition of short films or TV series made for kids. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . _ ** Wednesday-Sunday, August 19-23: Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival ** See what Indigenous and non-Indigenous filmmakers and media artists from around the world have to say about language, culture, issues and life. ...

** Each year, _ Arc Poetry Magazine _ honours Ottawa poets. _ Arc _ is proud to present the three finalists for the $1500 2014 _ Archibald Lampman Award _ for an outstanding book of poetry by a National Capital author. ...

** _ Today’s Flag Raising Tour _ ** The Fierté dans la Capital(e) Pride festival officially kicked-off this morning with its annual Flag Raising Tour through Ottawa. Starting at this year’s Ottawa Police Pancake Breakfast, Capital Pride toured the city in their eight Capital Pride Fiats and made stops at Bylaw and Regulatory Services, Fire Services, OC Transpo, Ottawa Public Health, and Paramedic Services. ...

[caption id=“attachment_16623” align=“aligncenter” width=“400”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]

The City of Ottawa will celebrate the 30 th anniversary of Pride with a rainbow flag raising at various city locations on Monday, August 17.  This week-long event includes flag raisings with Ottawa Police Service, By-law and Regulatory Services, OC Transpo, Ottawa Fire Services, Ottawa Paramedic Service and Ottawa Public Health. ...