Category: [lang_en]Events[lang_en][lang_fr]Events FR[lang_fr]

[lang_en]Funding Drive 2012 Special Events![/lang_en][lang_fr]Campagne de financement: Événements spéciaux![/lang_fr]

[lang_en] Saturday March 17th : The Visitors, Boyhood, Roberta Bondar and Fevers at Babylon (317 Bank Street) Doors 9:30 pm. Music 10:00 pm. $5 minimum donation. https://www.facebook.com/events/302847313098457/ Saturday March 17th: Soca meets reggae: Team Bojangles with Immortal Star & David Supersound VS. Team Massive Vibes with DJ Mace & Selektah Shellz. Early warm up by… Read more »

[lang_en]International Women’s Day[/lang_en][lang_fr]Journée internationale de la femme[/lang_fr]

[lang_en] We’re celebrating International Women’s Day with special programming between 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm! Listen here for a take of this “celebration” from one of our volunteers: [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/39112985″ iframe=”true” /] [/lang_en] [lang_fr] Nous célébrons la Journée internationale de la femme avec une programmation spéciale entre 13h et 16h! Écoutez ici pour un angle de cette “célébration” par un… Read more »

TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES IN 5 CITIES THIS SPRING!

TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES IN 5 CITIES THIS SPRING! Clothing swaps build community, save money and precious natural resources. MONTREAL, February 16, 2012 – The SWAP Team [http://theswapteam.org], a nonprofit social enterprise based in Montreal, Quebec, announced today its spring/summer clothing swap events “Take Off Your Clothes” starting April 21 to July, 2012. Five Canadian cities… Read more »

Mayfair Theatre hosts LIVE Oscars telecast Sunday, Feb 26 2012

Mayfair Theatre hosts Ottawa’s biggest, best and coolest Oscar Party Sunday, Feb 26! FREE FOR MAYFAIR MEMBERS Media are invited to join us for the evening, and meet Ottawa’s biggest film fans. This year, the biggest, best and coolest Oscar party in Ottawa takes place at the Mayfair Theatre! Walk the red carpet, enjoy fit-for-a-star… Read more »

03/31/2012 the Chorus Ecclesiae

On Saturday, March 31, the Chorus Ecclesiae, conducted by Lawrence Harris, will be making an all-day bus trip to the cloistered Benedictine communities at the Abbeys of Sainte-Marie des Deux Montagnes and Saint-Banoît-du-Lac in Québec. We will hear sung prayer services at the Abbeys, followed by a brief recital of Gregorian chant by the Chorus… Read more »

03/11/2012 The Chorus Ecclesiae

When: March 11 at 3:00pm and 8:00pm What: The Chorus Ecclesiae, directed by Lawrence Harris, will present a concert featuring Gregorian chant and choral music from the Liturgies of Holy Week. Where: The concert will be held in the cloister of the Dominican Convent at 96 Empress Avenue, off Somerset, two traffic lights west ofBronson…. Read more »

Black History Month events

The whole month of February is dedicated to the history of African Americans. In order to celebrate Black History month, here is a list of wonderful events you can attend! Edna Patterson-Petty?African-American Contemporary Quilts Where: Ottawa Art Gallery Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave, Contemporary galleries 1 & 3 When: December 2011 – 19 February 2012… Read more »

02/10-11/2012 Eat, Pray, Love in Ottawa with Luca Spaghetti

“Luca Spaghetti is not only one of my favorite people in the world, but also a natural-born storyteller.”- Elizabeth Gilbert, author Eat, Pray, Love. Ottawa – The Italy portion of Elizabeth Gilbert’s hugely successful international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, with its descriptions of delicious food, gorgeous scenery, passionate people, and wonderful hedonism was the crowd-pleaser… Read more »

02/06/2012 Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW)

Guest Speaker: Barbara McInnes, President and CEO, community Foundation of Ottawa Barbara has overseen the growth of the Foundation since its inception in 1987 to the eighth largest community foundation in Canada. Awarded the Order of Canada in 2008 for her contributions to the community foundation movement in Canada, she was a founding director on… Read more »