Leah Geller
Music WriterLeah loves to dance and to listen to jazz music, often at the same time. Her day job is as a writer and editor, which comes in handy for crafting previews and reviews of dance and music events around town.
Leah loves to dance and to listen to jazz music, often at the same time. Her day job is as a writer and editor, which comes in handy for crafting previews and reviews of dance and music events around town.
Renowned photographer Jodi Cobb, known for lifting the curtain on hidden societies, comes to the National Arts Centre on Tuesday March 3 in the first of its new National Geographic Live Speaker Series.
This Saturday, Kellylee Evans will be serenading her devoted Ottawa fans with a combination of Christmas classics, new holiday standards and a couple of her own creations.
Welcoming Ottawa Week continues until June 30, 2019.
With concerts scattered over ten days across the Marion Dewar Plaza (TD Main Stage), Confederation Park (OLG Stage), and the National Arts Centre (NAC), sorting out which artists you want to see may be challenging. We’ve compiled concerts highlighting the must-see acts of this year’s festival.
Adding to the fun of early summer in the city is Welcoming Ottawa Week, a series of free events highlighting Ottawa as a welcoming city to newcomers.
La danse d’une heure a été créée par Sylvie Desrosiers, chorégraphe primée de Gatineau.
The one-hour dance piece was created by Sylvie Desrosiers, an award-winning choreographer based in Gatineau.
The 2019 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards takes place Saturday, April 27 at the National Arts Centre.
Stars will be performing at the NAC with a 90-piece orchestra, a first for the band.
The 2018 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival opens June 21, 2018. Apt613 contributor Leah Geller shares her picks for the festival.
Shay Kuebler/Radical System Art performs Telemetry, a one-hour marvel that combines the fast footwork and partnering of forms like swing, with the full-body movements of b-boy and contemporary dance, at the National Arts Centre from April 26 – 28.
American contemporary dance company MOMIX is performing Opus Cactus at the National Arts Centre from March 12–13.
An American in Paris is one of Hollywood’s most spectacular musicals ever produced. The legendary movie will be screened in the National Arts Centre’s Southam Hall, accompanied live by the NAC Orchestra, November 16-18.
While outdoor summer jazz concerts are just wistful memories now, there is a lot of great music for jazz fans to look forward to.
The 37th annual TD Ottawa Jazz Festival runs from June 22 to July 2 at Confederation Park and several nearby venues.