22 October 2015 / #weekly OttawaStart's Weekly Event Round-Up: October 22-28_ Our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. You can find even more events on our Ottawa Event Calendar . _** See also: ** Ottawa Halloween Event List** Thursday-Wednesday, October 22-28: Ottawa International Writers Festival ** This week the Writers Festival brings memoir, poetry, humour, history and a whole lot more. Too much to recommend, but do consider First Peoples, First Stories with Lee Maracle, Bev Sellars and Joseph Boyden on Thursday, and Oil, Gas and Water with Marq de Villiers, Louis Helbig and Andrew Nikiforuk on Saturday. _ – Denise Deby , Green Living Ottawa _ ** Thursday, October 22: Hintonburg Happening Silent Auction & Live Music Fundraiser ** At the Carleton Tavern. Help Hintonburg Happening raise the funds needed for next years festival - Join for the Hintonburg Happening Silent Auction Fundraiser & live music fundraiser at the Carleton Tavern. Stop by and stock up on holiday gifts! _ – Laura Gauthier _ ** Friday, October 23: CKCU Funding Drive Kick Off ** CKCU FM’s annual funding drive is starting this Friday, October 23 and this year it runs until November 8 with a total objective of $135,000. To launch the fundraising campaign, there’s going to be a kick off party happening at Zaphods over two nights. Friday night will feature live sets by The Mere Humans, The Banditas and Thunder Uncle and Saturday night will include performances by Slo' Tom and the Handsome Devils, Jonathan Becker and the North Fields and the Whiskey Fields. Help keep community radio alive! _ – Eliane Laberge, Eventful Capital _ ** Friday-Saturday, October 23-24 (and Thursday, October 29): Very Scary Stories Tour ** Indigenous Walks offers scary stories,ancient and present -day, in these special, seasonal walks through downtown Ottawa. _ – Denise Deby , Green Living Ottawa _ ** Friday-Sunday, October 23-25: African Film Festival of Ottawa ** The inaugural African Film Festival of Ottawa brings some impressive contemporary films from the continent. Established and emerging filmmakers tell engaging, complex stories—like Friday’s Africa Paradise (Benin), Sylvestre Amoussou’s satire in which Europeans try to immigrate to a thriving West Africa. _ – Denise Deby , Green Living Ottawa _ ** Saturday, October 24-Saturday, October 31: [ Wickedly Westboro ](http://Wickedly Westboro) ** Join the Westboro Business Association for wickedly wonderful Hallowe’en treats and pumpkins that will tickle your funny bone and make your spine tingle! On Saturday, October 24th from 10:00am-4:00pm be a part of the Wickedly Westboro Scavenger Hunt. From October 24th to October 31st take a stroll up and down Richmond Road between Island Park Drive and Golden Avenue to be delighted by all of the ghoulish and just plain silly carved pumpkins in merchants’ windows and/or their entry ways. _ (Sponsored) _ ** Saturday-Sunday, October 24-25: Ottawa Parent and Child Expo ** A fun and informative weekend for the whole family. Whether you’re a parent or child there’s something for everyone. Join our local exhibitors and parenting experts for a weekend of learning, play and discovery. Meet Dora the Explorer & Diego in person. _ (Sponsored) _ ** Saturday, October 24: Babes4Breasts 2015 Concert ** This Saturday, Oh Susanna, Amanda Rheaume, Jeremy Fisher, and Sarah MacDougall are uniting to help fight breast cancer at the annual Babes 4 Breasts benefit concert. With four solid Canadian bands and musicians, this is bound to be a great show of live music for an even greater cause. https://www.facebook.com/events/188695594794815/ _ – Eliane Laberge, Eventful Capital _ ** Saturday, October 24: Babes4Breasts 2015 Concert ** Babes4Breasts 9thAnnual Benefit Concert Features Juno Award & CFMA Nominated Amanda Rheaume, Jeremy Fisher, Sarah MacDougall, Ana Miura, and Breast Cancer Survivor Oh Susanna. Presented in a songwriter circle, this year’s performance features an incredible roster of musicians on Saturday, October 24that St. Alban’s church, doors open at 7:30 pm doors; 8:00 pm start. Tickets are $25 in advance, or $30 at the door. This will be a spectacular, authentic and intimate evening of music for all to enjoy. Tickets are available online and through select local stores. _ (Sponsored) _ ** Monday, October 26: The Bywords 2015 John Newlove Poetry Award Reading and Ceremony ** At the Ottawa International Writers Festival, Maxwell’s, 340 Elgin Street. Free! Join us for the launch of Heel by Matthew Walsh, the Bywords 2014 John Newlove Award Recipient. Featuring readings by this year’s honourable mentions and award recipient (to be announced at the reading), plus music by Marie-Josée Houle. This is a night to celebrate the fine poetry of John Newlove, a poet who lived in Ottawa for the last twenty years of his life. We are also celebrating Bywords.ca, which is in its 12th year, all the volunteers, contributors, readers, event organizers and others who ensure that the site provides poetry and information to help residents of Ottawa and environs to be part of our city’s rich literary culture. _ – Amanda Earl , Bywords _ ** More suggestions: ** * [ Pumpkin Inferno at Upper Canada Village ](http://ottawastart.com/events/pumpkin-inferno-at-upper-canada-village/) - Thursday, October 1 - Sunday, November 1 - 12:00 am * [ Haunted Historic Village ](http://ottawastart.com/events/haunted-historic-village/) - Friday, October 9 - Friday, October 30 - 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm * [ Backyard Axe Throwing League (BATL) Free Open Houses ](http://ottawastart.com/events/backyard-axe-throwing-league-batl-free-open-houses/) - Sunday, October 18 - Wednesday, November 11 - 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm * [ Pressed Zine Rack Turns 3! ](http://ottawastart.com/events/pressed-zine-rack-turns-3/) - Tuesday, October 20 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm * [ MALAK: A Photographic Love Story ](http://ottawastart.com/events/malak-a-photographic-love-story/) - Thursday, October 22 - Sunday, January 17 - 12:00 am * [ The New Ottawa Doll Show and Sale ](http://ottawastart.com/events/the-new-ottawa-doll-show-and-sale/) - Saturday, October 24 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm * [ Ottawa Porchfest - Hintonburg ](http://ottawastart.com/events/ottawa-porchfest-hintonburg/) - Saturday, October 24 - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm * [ Heritage Ottawa Walking Tour - Carleton University Campus ](http://ottawastart.com/events/heritage-ottawa-walking-tour-carleton-university-campus/) - Sunday, October 25 - 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm * [ The Beechwood Cemetery Stroll ](http://ottawastart.com/events/the-beechwood-cemetery-stroll-2015-10-25/) - Sunday, October 25 - 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm * [ Ottawa Geek Art Show ](http://ottawastart.com/events/ottawa-geek-art-show/) - Sunday, October 25 - 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm * ** See also: ** [ Ottawa Halloween Event List ](http://ottawastart.com/events/categories/holidays-2/halloween-2/) _ ** Upcoming… ** _ ** Friday, October 30: Music on a Mission - Family Services Ottawa’s Music Trivia Fundraiser ** _ Music on a Mission _ – Family Services Ottawa’s Music Trivia Fundraiser, formerly known as Juke Box Mania, is taking place on Friday, October 30, 2015, at St. Anthony’s Soccer Club, from 6:00 – 11:00 PM. This spectacular game night is also a part of Family Services Ottawa’s milestone 100th Anniversary celebrations. Visit the event website at www.musiconamission.ca . _ (Sponsored) _ ** Friday, October 30: ** United Way Schmoozefest 2015 Schmoozefest is Ottawa’s exclusive networking event for the city’s next generation of philanthropists, passionate networkers and everyday heroes hosted by United Way Ottawa’s GenNEXT Cabinet. _ (Sponsored) _ ** Thursday, November 19: ** TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Auction featuring Basia Bulat The TD Ottawa Jazz Festival’s popular annual benefit concert returns for an 18thyear to Library and Archives Canada November 19 for an evening of music and fun, highlighted by the rousing, emotional music of Toronto singer-songwriter Basia Bulat. _ (Sponsored) _ ** Thursday, December 3: ** A Charlie Brown Christmas with The Jerry Granelli Trio His tunes have been a part of Christmas tradition for North American families for the past 45 years, close as an old friend, comfortable as an old blanket. As one third of the legendary San Francisco-based Vince Guaraldi Trio, Jerry Granelli recorded what is arguably the greatest Christmas album of all time in 1965 – the soundtrack to the animated classic A Charlie Brown Christmas. _ (Sponsored) _ _ ** Continuing… ** _ ** Until December 31: Mary Pratt: This Little Painting ** What’s the story behind Red Currant Jelly (1972), which the artist Mary Pratt affectionately calls “this little painting”? See how Pratt developed her technique, which today stands as a defining example of painterly realism in Canada, a style strongly associated with the country’s Atlantic provinces. _ (Sponsored) _ _ For more events, check out ottawastart.com/events/ … or add your event via ottawastart.com/start/ _