Events in Ottawa: January 20 – 22, 2017

1. Dovercourt Winter Carnival

Annual winter carnival, featuring sleigh rides, face painting, skating, hockey, a bonfire, sliding games, ice bowling, ‘dovertails’ from the Cafe and more. Warm up inside at our Float in Movie, “Finding Dory”, at 6:30pm. Bring your own floatie and enjoy the movie as well as colouring, photo booth, snacks and other water fun. Details

2. Countries Shaped Like Stars

The story of Gwendolyn Magnificent and Bartholomew Spectacular starts with demanding dragon fruits and ends with heartache whispered into the ears of birds and constellations. With spoons, water glasses, whirly-winds and a mandolin, the performers create the sounds and images of a landscape forever altered by regret. Part storytelling, part concert, this is a tale of love heard best through a tin-can telephone. Details

3. Kanata Nordic Snow Day

Kanata Nordic is hosting the ultimate Snow Day for all to enjoy. Embrace winter with a variety of outdoor activities all at no charge. See skiers and dogs fly by in a ski-joring demo and enjoy live musical entertainment. Kids get your ‘Passport to Winter Fun’ stamped at a few stations and collect a prize. Details

1. Terra Lightfoot

Whether you’re talking about her as a songwriter, guitarist or vocalist, one thing is indisputable: Hamilton’s Terra Lightfoot is a ferocious talent. Her songs tap into the raw emotion of hearts supercharged by love, lust, loneli- ness and temptation. Her playing melds expert finger-picking and distorted, hook-heavy melodies. And her elemental voice commands attention and awe, whether on slow-burning soul ballads or hard-charging rock numbers. Details

2. Lee Harvey Osmond

Beautiful Scars is the 3rd solo album from the Hamilton songwriter– the progenitor of “Acid Folk,”– whose previous two albums, “A Quiet Evil” and “The Folk Sinner” were previously long-listed for the Polaris Prize and nominated for a Juno. It’s a dynamic footprint on Canada’s songscape, a deeply personal, but universally affecting, journey across the jagged line of scars and smoothness of skin that surrounds them. Details

3. The Abrams

It’s hard for John and James Abrams to recall a time in their young lives where they weren’t creating and playing music together. As fourth-generation musicians, The Abrams have taken the “family business” to a whole new level with their recent signing to Warner Music Canada and major label self-titled debut EP. Details

4. Song Circle

Rick Fines and Lynn Miles, two of Canada’s most accomplished singersongwriters, will team up with outstanding Ottawa talents Megan Jerome and Tom Lips. Folk, blues, roots and jazz sounds will be on the menu as the four artists share the stage to trade songs in song-circle format.. Details

1. The National Ballet of Canada – Onegin

Set to music by Tchaikovsky, Onegin tells the story of the bored Russian aristocrat Eugene Onegin, who meets, seduces and then casually abandons the trusting and innocent Tatiana. Years later, Onegin encounters a much changed, more worldly and selfpossessed Tatiana and, finding himself genuinely in love with her, is himself rejected. With beautifully modulated character development, exquisite choreography and glorious sets and costumes by Santo Loquasto, Onegin is classic balletic storytelling par excellence. Details

2. The Ghomeshi Effect

The Ghomeshi Effect is a verbatim dance-theatre piece that tackles sexual violence in Canada, particularly how it is handled in the justice system, through an edited series of documented interviews, and uses dance to inform and interrogate the language used in the discussion of sexual violence. Details

3. Other Desert Cities

The play’s events occur around the Christmas 2004 holiday, when the family of Polly and Lyman Wyeth gather in Palm Springs, California, including their easy-going son and Polly’s sister Silda straight out of rehab. Polly and Lyman (a Reagan-like former movie star) are Republicans, while Silda (who with Polly co-wrote a series of MGM comedies in the 60s) is a liberal.

4. Trudeau Stories

Charming, poignant and very funny, Trudeau Stories takes us back to 1985 to learn about an unlikely friendship that developed between a young Canadian theatre student and the most powerful man in the country.

1. National Skating Championships

Athletes will vie for spots on the Skate Canada National Team and the Canadian teams that will compete at the 2017 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, 2017 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and 2017 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Details

2. Ottawa Senators

1. Ottawa Home & Remodelling Show

Find fresh inspiration, helpful tips, innovative products and fantastic deals in remodeling, home improvement, decor and outdoor spaces with hundreds of experts all under one roof. Details

2. Taste in the Glebe

Taste in the Glebe is a highlight on the local food and drink circuit, recognized throughout Ottawa as one of the year’s best cocktail parties. Details

3. Winter Night Market 2017

Expect incredible Asian inspired dishes that you can only get at OAF events, from chefs ALL ACROSS ONTARIO! From our usual favourites, like Chatime Bubble Tea, BBQ Squid on a Stick, Hong Kong Bubble Waffles, to new dishes never seen before in Ottawa! As always OAF will be importing some great traditional and pop Asian performers to keep you entertained throughout the day. Come and experience live demonstrations, musical artists, fashion shows and of course the traditional Lion Dance! There’s something for the whole family! Details

4. Robbie Burns Dinner for “Out of the Cold”

Robbie Burns Returns: Invite your friends for a fun evening of Traditional Scottish Food, Toasts, Sing a- long-Songs, Ballads, Dancing and, of course, a Piper. All in support of Knox’s Out of the Cold. Wine by the glass. Details

4. Contact Ontarois 2017

Réseau Ontario invites the public to come meet Francophone artists from across the country. Several Franco-Ontarian artists will appear on stage, such as Jean-Guy Chuck Labelle, Billy Love Band, Mélissa Ouimet, Moonfruits, FLO, Stephan McNicoll, Théâtre de Dehors, Louis-Philippe Robillard, Amélie et les Singes Bleus, Stef Paquette, JOLY et Gabrielle Goulet. From the Maritimes, we will welcome Christian Kit Goguen and Joey Robin Haché. From the Prairies, Ponteix and the duo of Roger Dallaire and Daniel Gervais will perform a portion of their show. Artists from Quebec include Bon Débarras, Saratoga, Émile Gruff, Francis Faubert, Bleu Jeans Bleu, Joanie, La Bronze, Alexe Gaudreault, Simon Boudreau, Les chiens de ruelle and Chloé Sainte-Marie. Details

5. Ottawa Chinese New Year Variety Show

This great art show is organized by Federation of Ottawa Chinese Canadian Community Organizations (FOCCO), to celebrate Chinese New Year. You shall be thrilled by all performers, for their passion, professional performance, beautiful dance, charming song and lovely music. Details