Cirquonscient kicked off its 2025 free fairie picnic series on a beautiful almost-summer Tuesday evening in Strathcona Park. This one hour family-friendly, outdoor circus performance presented by the Ottawa-based group was filled with ooohs and awwws from the audience as aerial performances took centre stage and whimsical characters, including graceful fairies who entertained and interacted with the crowd.
Get ready for the annual Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) from Sept. 25–29. This year’s festival takes place across various different venues in downtown Ottawa and will provide workshops, screenings and entertainment highlighting some of the world’s best in animation. Artistic Director of the festival, Chris Robinson, says that the OIAF showcases a different world of animation than what audiences usually expect.
Odyssey Theatre is bringing a brand new creative arts fair to Ottawa at Strathcona Park from Aug. 16–18. Titled Myth, Lore, and Stories of Wonder, Odyssey Theatre is exploring a variety of performances with over 40 different artists. Arts Program Director, Julia Rocchi, says that these performances will include dance groups, individual and group storytelling and some hands-on visual arts making.
On the tail end of this year’s first week-long heat wave, and kicking off on the solstice, this weekend is the first official summer weekend! Celebrate the arrival of this stellar season with some great goings on around town.
This week marks the return of one of my favourite summer events: the Grands Feux du Casino Lac-Leamy. And while this means we’re heading towards the end of summer, there’s still plenty to see and do!
Odyssey Theatre have returned to Strathcona Park for their production of Molière’s The Miser. Bruce Burwell calls it a “sort of 17th-century Succession” with strong performances and bright masks and costumes.
Hopefully, you’ll have some time off work to enjoy a long weekend. Plenty is happening indoors and out, so check that forecast (and air quality index?!) and hit up some incredible events across our great city. This weekend is another great opportunity to reflect and learn about the land upon which our city is built—the unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territory. You can learn more at Native Land.
Rebecca Gibbons explores the importance of Strathcona Park in this audio documentary, talking to five parkgoers about what makes Strathcona important to them.
After only a couple of short days since the last long weekend of the summer, we’ve arrived at yet another weekend – the second last before the official arrival of fall!
Welcome to another beautiful summer weekend in the city.
Lysistrata and The Temple of Gaia is playing at Strathcona Park until August 26, 2018.
The best thing about summer weekends in this city? There is so much happening, that there is always something to do! The weather is hot, it’s a perfect time to get outside, and this weekend is burgeoning at the seams with all kinds of great goings on. Take a look for yourselves. All Weekend The […]
Odyssey Theatre returns to Strathcona Park for another season of theatre under the stars.
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There were a lot of laughs in Strathcona Park on the opening night of Odyssey Theatre’s fantastically funny The Servant of Two Masters.
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