arts & entertainment

Easy Street Productions and The Ottawa Children’s Theatre are joining forces to present Up to Low , based on the book by celebrated Ottawa author Brian Doyle. Magnetic North Theatre Festival (MNTF) announced today that the play will be included as part of the Festival from June 4 to 6, 2015. ...

Are you ready to rock Ottawa? This city’s favourite FREE festival is back for another year, and we’re bringing it BACK TO THE STREET! We have had so much fun every year that we thought it was time to bring the Domicile Main Stage back to 418 Richmond Road. ...

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 Dave from Ottawa Outdoors magazine and the Ottawa Outdoor & Adventure show to talk about, you guessed it, all things outdoors in Ottawa. ...

Melting snow and milder temperatures are not the only signs that spring is on its way; there is a lot of activity in the arts and crafts world as well. The earliest of the spring shows have already come and gone and there are a lot more planned for the coming months, which means that event organizers are looking for artists, artisans and crafters to fill their venues. ...

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 14 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. ...

The Canadian Museum of History has acquired an extraordinary collection of Inuit drawings from the mid-1960s that uniquely documents an era of profound transition for the people of the Eastern Arctic.  The collection, comprising 1,842 drawings by 159 individuals living in communities in the North Baffin region , was acquired from Terrence Ryan, who worked for 30 years as the resident arts advisor in the famous Cape Dorset print studio. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . _ ** Thursday, Mar 12: redruM Comedy Night/ Avant Garde Bar’s comedy ** Open Mic Night featuring a variety of local comedians. ...

The sixth edition of Zones Théâtrales, the biennial showcase of professional theatre from Francophone communities across Canada and the Quebec Regions, will be held September 14 – 19, 2015 , at various venues in Ottawa-Gatineau.  Funding for the 2015, 2017 and 2019 editions of Zones Théâtrales is provided under a new Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the National Arts Centre, the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canada Council for the Arts. ...

[caption id=“attachment_11044” align=“aligncenter” width=“405”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“640”] [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/130133857@N05/15769929644) Parliament Hill on a chilly January morning by S Myers[/caption]  Just about every weekday at noon there’s a 15-minute concert played by the Peace Tower Carillon, the massive collection of bells that ring out from inside the tower on Parliament Hill. ...