Live Stream: Encore Ottawa Watch Party—Feb. 26 at 8pm
Tune into the live concert series premiere via YouTube.
Shenkman Arts Centre
Weekend Roundup: Quoi faire?
This weekend marks the end of the year’s shortest month, which has managed to feel like the longest. We’ve almost come full circle, as we approach a full year in this weird pandemic world. With restrictions eased, there are in person events on the docket this weekend, complemented by a variety of online events if you aren’t yet ready to get back out there. Without further ado, here’s the lowdown on what’s up this weekend in Ottawa.
Secret concerts fill Shenkman Hall with #ottmusic again—virtual series launches Feb. 26
Tune into the live series premiere via YouTube on Friday, February 26 at 8pm.
Video of the Week: Kathryn Patricia’s “Sound in Living Colour”
Kathryn Patricia is a violist known for creating immersive soundscapes through the texture-building layers that her instrument and loop pedal produces.
Video of the Week: Ready, Set, Groove
Anyone can jump right into this 30-minute dance lesson “without stressing over fancy footwork.”
Weekend Roundup: Quoi faire ?
We’ve found ourselves at the end of another rollercoaster week, and nothing warms the spirits (or your hands) like a jam packed weekend of events, shows, and laid back hangs with your nearest and dearest.
Call for submissions: ARTicipate Grant Program—deadline 05.31.19
Local artists and arts organizations of all disciplines are eligible.
Gig Pick: Lawrence Gowan at Shenkman Arts Centre—02.20.19
Gowan will be ending the 21-year dry spell and making a return to an Ottawa stage on Wednesday, February 20 at the Shenkman Arts Centre (245 Centrum Blvd.) for a sold out performance.
Contact Ontarois: The province’s biggest showcase of francophone music is in Ottawa this week—until 01.18.19
Concert showcases are taking place at Shenkman Arts Centre.
Podcast: Interview with comic Nour Hadidi
Nour Hadidi performs at the 8th Annual New Year’s Eve Comedy Night at the Shenkman Arts Centre on December 31.
Exhibition: Duplexity at AOE Gallery—until 06.12.18
“Duplexity” is an unusual word. It means to be doubled, to convey the same message on two channels, but it also calls to mind stacks of residential buildings. That’s exactly what Brenda Dunn and A. M. Benz are evoking with their dense, square compositions in this two-artist show at the AOE Gallery—the layered, condensed, chaotic spill of inhabitation over the landscape.
Comedian Jessica Holmes returns to Ottawa for NYE at Shenkman
Jessica Holmes is an Ottawa native, comic, and actress. She garnered nationwide fame through her work with the Royal Canadian Air Farce.
Steve Patterson’s comedy is still peaking two decades in
Patterson’s aptly-titled “the 20th anniversorry tour” arrives in Ottawa this week.
Exhibition: My City, My View at Shenkman Arts Centre
Today’s Mexico may surprise you. Take a break from those neurotic newsfeeds and come see an expression of contemporary Mexico. Dulce Tapp has packed a lot of meaning into her 20-piece exhibit at the Shenkman Arts Centre, on until September 24.
Exhibition: Starry Nights at Shenkman Arts Centre
Starry Night, on display in the Lalonde + Doyle Exhibition Space of the Shenkman Arts Centre, displays 24 works by local and national artists celebrating the night sky.
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