arts & entertainment

If you have been diagnosed with celiac disease or are suffering from non-celiac gluten sensitivities, Gluten Free Utopia, which will be held this weekend this Sunday at the Ukrainian Banquet Hall on Byron, is THE event to visit. GFU is the brainchild of Ottawa native Samantha Maloney, owner/baker at BEZ Gluten Free, a bakery created on the belief that everyone’s body should be able to have and eat the food it loves. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . _ ** Friday, May 29: Ottawa Fury FC VS Edmonton FC ** It’s the last home game of the Ottawa Fury until after the Women’s World Cup break - and the first evening game of the season! ...

[caption id=“attachment_14591” align=“aligncenter” width=“580”] Experience the inspiration of The Global Savages. Photo credit: Peter van Beek[/caption] Canada’s ** Magnetic North Theatre Festival ** features 10 days of thought-provoking theatre and fun audience encounters from June 4-13 in Ottawa. One of the highlights of the festival is a pay-what-you-can outdoor performance of _ ** The Global Savages ** _ at the Rideau Canal Locks (below the Bytown Museum near the Ottawa River). ...

Celebrate ** National Aboriginal Day ** with 3 days of FREE family fun in Ottawa’s Vincent Massey Park at the ** Summer Solstice Aboriginal Festival & Competition Pow Wow , June 19-21. ** With a great lineup of entertainment throughout the weekend, guests will experience and celebrate the diverse Aboriginal cultures of the National Capital Region. ...

Ken Vincent is an established artist living in the beautiful Val-des-Monts Quebec, just 40km north of Ottawa. The beautiful country drive makes a great day trip from Ottawa. With many of his breath-taking landscape paintings on display in galleries, Ken is also pleased to be able to offer tours of the studio/gallery attached to his home. ...

CANTON, NY–The early bird deadline for the first annual St. Lawrence International Film Festival (October 22-25, 2015) which will take place on both sides of the US/Canada border is closing soon. Filmmakers can still submit their films in the categories of Feature, Short, and Digital projects at the early-bird rate by June 1st. ...

[caption id=“attachment_14274” align=“alignnone” width=“400”] [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/mr-loaf-077.png) Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]

Thanks to photographer Barry Gray for sharing these photos of the Odawa Native Friendship Centre’s Pow Wow at Wesley Clover Parks this weekend. The event featured two days of competition Pow Wow dancing and singing, along with a craft market and Aboriginal cuisine. ...

The Lunch Out Loud podcast looks to promote the amazing talent, food, events and music Ottawa has to offer. Every week we will introduce you to new things about Ottawa you never knew existed. ** This week: ** We meet up with the president of Ottawa’s new professional baseball team, the Ottawa Champions, David Gourlay to talk all things baseball. ...

The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) presents its summer exhibitions. At the forefront is an exhibition of works by renowned photographer Lynne Cohen; an artist formerly of Ottawa who achieved international acclaim, and who sadly passed away in 2014. Also on view is an interactive installation Terrors of the Breakfast Table by emerging artist Tyler Tekatch, as well as the historical exhibition Female Self–Representation and the Public Trust: Mary Wrinch and the AGW Collection, which continues OAG’s exploration of mid-century female artists whose significant art practice deserves critical attention. ...