Spanning three weekends in September, the Chef’s Table series will showcase the work of well-versed Canadian culinary and musical creators. It takes place at the National Arts Centre’s 1 Elgin Restaurant terrace, overlooking the Rideau Canal.
This weekend, you can eat, drink and enjoy the sights and sounds of Ottawa.
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Welcome to your second weekend this week!
Heather Gibson, Executive Producer of Popular Music and Variety at the NAC, tells us about the music she’s listening to and how she and her team addressed the sudden COVID-19 shutdown.
Here are some highlights from the last week on the blog and some things to look forward to this weekend.
Well-known playwright and comedian Pierre Brault is live streaming his solo show on Friday, April 17th at 8pm.
Were it any other time but now, we’d all be rejoicing about the arrival of the Easter long weekend and an extra couple of days off of work but, for a lot of us, this past month has been the longest weekend ever.
Consider this part three in our new series of “how to spend your time when the days of the week all feel the same”.
It’s like when you take a plant from a small pot and put it into a bigger one, and it spreads its leaves and it blossoms and it’s just so beautiful. I feel like this is exactly what’s happening with the NAC and with the orchestra as well.
Jazzfest returns to Confederation Park this year.
If you are already a fan of the music (ie. have listened to the cast recording on repeat) and have never seen Cats on stage, you couldn’t ask for a better production value to bring something you already love to life. However, for the rest of us, Cats leaves a lot to be desired.
The company was created 60 years ago and attracts some of the most technically brilliant and versatile dancers in the world. You could probably ask them to dance the Macarena and it would still be glorious and mesmerizing.
There’s definitely a theme to events this weekend: from breweries to public marches and everything in between, Ottawa is celebrating International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
Madeline Paiva: I was particularly struck by Christopher Deacon’s announcement that “we want to make real advancements in becoming barrier-free.” The NAC directs much of their efforts to addressing barriers to the performing arts, and I think they have been immensely successful.
