Arts Court

With the Ottawa Fringe Festival’s 25-year bash on June 25 (at Arts Court), local writer McNally takes a look back at his own involvement with Fringe over the years.

After three years of anticipation, Ottawa’s Digital Arts Resource Centre (DARC) is unveiling the DARC SOUNDSTAGE: Ottawa’s newest affordable professional recording studio!

While this weekend’s weather looks questionable, that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying one (or many!) of this weekend’s events.

May 3 marked the opening night of the 24th annual Youth Infringement Festival (YIF), presented at Arts Court Theatre. Run entirely by young people throughout its history, YIF has presented over 150 new plays by writers under 25 years old.

To celebrate Digital Arts Resource Centre’s (DARC) 40th anniversary, Director Annette Hegel wants to not just look back at the last four decades but to look forward to the future and the present; “to make sense of this mess.”

Hiwa K’s 17-minute film Pre-Image, Blind as the Mother Tongue retraces his journey from Iraqi Kurdistan to Europe, now being shown at DARC as part of the 40th anniversary exhibition “Tending Land.”

In this Cart Before the Horse Theatre production, musician Martin Dawagne (aka Yarns) and actor Magan Carty join forces to present a musical storytelling experience in this unique performance of YARNS.

The spring edition of Pique took over the Ottawa Art Gallery on Saturday, March 19th, and impressed guests with experimental art productions by Ottawa, Montreal, and Canadian artists, a film screening, and countless fun experiences.

Winter Jazz Fest will cover two weekends instead of one.

Ran out of movies on Netflix? Don’t worry, the Ottawa Canadian Film Festival has you covered. The festival features local films and can be streamed for a small fee. Here, Catherine Horsley highlights her top local picks.

DARC is seeking six artists to participate in its Knot AR project

Logan and Juliana are playing at Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Ave) from Oct. 14-16, 2021.