Don’t Miss Lost Baggage Musical Theatre’s latest Production at Arts Court

 Inspired by Damon Runyon’s short stories from the 1920s and 1930s, the musical Guys and Dolls features music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and is based on a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It garnered four Tony Awards in 1951, a fifth in 1991 and remains a beloved

10 things to do in Ottawa this weekend: March 18-20, 2022

 From comedy shows to horse-drawn wagon tours of the ByWard Market, check out our weekly roundup of things to do in Ottawa this weekend. We have a mix of fun activities, including a free options, all are guaranteed to help you get out and enjoy the weekend. International Film Festival of Ottawa

Pique spring edition is on this weekend featuring Sook-Yin Lee , Kiki Coe, KAR33M and more

 What: Pique Spring 2022 When: Saturday, March 19, 2022 Where: Arts Court (2 Daly Ave.) Tickets: Pay-What-You Can via Eventbrite For the second year in a row, Ottawa-based art and multimedia organization Debaser is excited to kick off another season of Pique! The seasonal music and arts fest showcases local

New Ottawa Art Gallery to spotlight 6,500 years of regional art

 “Finally we will have a home for the arts that is worthy of the artistic talent in the city,” beams Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) Director and CEO, Alexandra Badzak as brightly as the new John Ruddy Cube ready to light up the Ottawa skyline next week. With it, the Capital’s

A Mesmerizing Maze of Memory Awaits in ELLE-MOI. D’un bout du monde à l’autre

 Photos by Nicolas Ruel  SERIES DANCE 10 SEASON 2017-2018 Production KATIA GAGNÉ / Les Créations Ozar et Danse Cité February 22, 23 & 24 2018 / 7:30 pm ODD BOX Studio, Arts Court ___ As it is in the oasis of the mindscape where memories weave and intertwine around reality,

Life Animated! Top Picks for OIAF 2017

 Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and sounds of the festival season.  Your city! Your festivals! Like a good sunscreen, Ottawa Life

Emmy Alcorn Brings Black-Canadian Stories to the Forefront in The West Woods

 Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and sounds of the festival season.  Your city! Your festivals and events! Like a good sunscreen,

Fringe Review: Unbridled Futurism

 Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and sounds of the festival season.  Your city! Your festivals and events! Like a good sunscreen,

Fringe Review: Who, Me

 Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and sounds of the festival season.  Your city! Your festivals and events! Like a good sunscreen,

20 Years On and Still Living on the Fringe

 Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and sounds of the festival season.  Your city! Your festivals! Like a good sunscreen, Ottawa Life

OAG’s Sold Out Le pARTy Exceeds Fundraising Goal

 All photos by Simon Stiles.  Art lovers, artists and Ottawa’s creative authority flocked to the Ottawa Art Gallery for its 20th anniversary fundraising auction. Sold out in advance, Le pARTy was buzzing with close to 500 people eyeing up the bidding competition for the 65 original artworks from emerging and established

The Ottawa Improv Festival: Making It up as They Go Along

 Quest of the Dragon King. All photos courtesy of the Ottawa Improv Festival.  Before we had the movies, Broadway, opera, Shakespeare and even the ability to write scripts, our early ancestors were thespians of perhaps our oldest form of entertainment, improvisational theatre. It may surprise you that the first documented

The Undercurrents Festival Showcases Innovation in Contemporary Independent Theatre

 Sarah Waisvisz in Monstrous. Photo by Christopher Snow. The undercurrents theatre festival is well-known in Ottawa for bringing socially and politically relevant, contemporary independent plays to the stage.  The festival, which started at GCTC and moved to Arts Court in 2015, has cultivated a history of originality throughout its six

OAG on the Verge of Expansion

 The view of the future gallery's south side. Rendering by Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Architects / KPMB Architects. After spending a quarter century in the historic Arts Court on Daly Avenue, the Ottawa Art Gallery is set to expand into a brand new building with four times the gallery space

See Japan’s TOMOMI ADACHI in a rare Canadian concert!

 Tomomi Adachi is an internationally renowned composer, vocalist, sound poet, installation artist, new media musician and theatre director. He performs improvised music with voice, live electronics and invented instruments. Adachi is performing at Arts Court on the evening of October 1. Adachi will also give a talk on music, invention