arts & entertainment

[caption id=“attachment_6476” align=“alignnone” width=“414”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_6360” align=“alignnone” width=“700”] Abstract Peace Flag by Ryan O’Neill Studios[/caption] Starting today, I will be updating you regularly on OttawaStart.com on what’s going on in the local art and craft scene. Why? Because the sheer number and variety of events our city and region offer clearly indicates that we are all appreciative and aware of the importance of supporting our thriving art and craft community! ...

This 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 creative Shawn MacDonell who organizes all kinds of cool community events to put a little joy into people’s lives. ...

The Auto-Sky Drive-In was located at the corner of Baseline and Fisher. Image: geoOttawa (1958) Aerial. Although they have come to occupy a somewhat legendary position in North American popular culture, the glory days of the drive-in theatre were actually somewhat short-lived, being largely confined to the 1950s. ...

_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. _ ** Friday, November 7: Tanya Tagaq at the NAC ** The winner of this year’s Polaris Music Prize will be rolling into the NAC on Friday night. If you haven’t seen her performance at the Polaris gala, you NEED to set aside 10 minutes to watch it here . ...

Organizers of the Ottawa 10K, one of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend’s signature events, today announced they have been awarded the prestigious International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) Gold label standard for the race. The Ottawa 10K is the first road race in Canada, and the fourth 10K in the world, to receive the Gold label. ...

His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, is issuing a challenge to all Canadians: dare someone to give with you! ** Dare2Give ** , the latest in the ** My Giving Moment campaign ** , is an opportunity for Canadians to dare their friends, family and colleagues to donate or volunteer with them. ...

The Canadian War Museum invites all Canadians from across the country and around the world to participate in one of the most moving Remembrance Day ceremonies in Canada. On November 11 at exactly 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, sunlight shines through a single window in the War Museum’s Memorial Hall to illuminate the headstone of Canada’s Unknown Soldier. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/8373334576) _ Scrubbing The Clock by David Johnson, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ 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. ...

[caption id=“attachment_6064” align=“alignnone” width=“400”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]