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April 01, 2011
Get a little expert advice on your upcoming home improvement projects and help grant some wishes at the same time Saturday at Custom Home Interiors (2202 Thurston Dr.).
March 31, 2011
Ottawa gets a dose of urban soul and R&B music as Tower of Power plays Centrepointe Theatre tonight at 8. Formed in Oakland, Calif., in 1968, the group continues to play 200 shows a year all over the world.
March 30, 2011
See Indian myth and legend unfold before your eyes tonight as gods, goddesses, warriors, saints and demons take the stage at the Canadian Museum of Civilization Theatre.
March 28, 2011
Catch veteran entertainer Randy Newman at Centrepointe Theatre tonight.
Metro Minute with Soup-Splash
March 23, 2011
Spoon up some excitement tonight as the Vanier Museopark presents the fifth annual Soup-Splash at the Richelieu Vanier Community Centre (33 des Peres Blancs Ave.).
Metro Minute with World Water Day
March 22, 2011
Raise a glass of your beverage of choice for World Water Day tonight at the Royal Oak Downtown (118 Bank St. at Gloucester).
Metro Minute at Maple Sugar Fest
March 21, 2011
The melting snow, longer days and scent of spring in the air can only mean one thing — the sap is running in the maple trees and it’s time to visit the Cabane à sucre.
Metro Minute with Irish storyteller
March 17, 2011
Have a mythic St. Patrick’s Day at the National Arts Centre as the Ottawa Storytellers present On The Heels Of The Hound on the centre’s Fourth Stage.
Metro Minute at improv festival
March 16, 2011
Witness fearless feats of comedy without a net at the second annual Ottawa Improv Festival today through Sunday at Arts Court Studio and Club SAW (2 Daly Ave.).
Metro Minute at farm show
March 15, 2011
The farm comes to the city this week for the Ottawa Valley Farm Show, which runs today through Thursday at Lansdowne Park.
Metro Minute at The Canadian War Museum
March 14, 2011
Try out card and board games from the First World War as well as some modern favourites at the Canadian War Museum today.
Metro Minute with Amber Mac's acts of kindness
March 09, 2011
If you see a lovely blonde with an impressive cache of techno-savvy running around with stores of cash and spreading random acts of kindness, we’re sorry to disappoint you, but you’re not on the set of The Matrix 4.
Metro Minute with cab history
March 04, 2011
Think of all the times you’ve hailed a cab. The ticker tape running through your mind probably consisted of two things: Getting to your destination on time, and seriously, how could they let that creepy Bachelor Brad back for another season?
Metro Minute with Classic Albums Live
March 04, 2011
Metro Minute at Kailash Mital theatre
March 03, 2011
Give your ears a taste of India at Carleton University, which today hosts a lecture and demonstration of the sarod, an Indian stringed instrument, by Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan.
Metro Minute with The Dreadnoughts
March 02, 2011
See how much damage can be done with a fiddle, an accordion and a tin whistle as The Dreadnoughts bring their chaotic blend of punk, Celtic and folk music to Mavericks.
Metro Minute with LEGO My Airplane!
February 28, 2011
Kids and aviation click this week at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum’s LEGO My Airplane! day camp.
Metro Minute on the Mill Creek Adventure Walk
February 25, 2011
As part of the Winter Light Festival, the Mill Creek Adventure Walk will take participants on a magical adventure.
Metro Minute with Celebration Square
February 25, 2011
The curtain is set to close on Celebration Square, but not before two more big names take the stage.
Metro Minute with Oscar party at The Drake
February 25, 2011
It happens every year. We sit around the week before the Academy Awards, squeezing our eyes shut in meditative silence as we ponder the same existential questions. “How,” we ask ourselves. “How will they ever outdo last year’s show? Can we ever top 2007’s Taco Night Oscars party?”
Metro Minute at Once Upon A Slam
February 25, 2011
Hear a story or spin one of your own Friday night as the Ottawa Storytellers present Once Upon A Slam at the Mercury Lounge Underground (a.k.a. Bar 56).
Metro Minute at sportsmen’s show
February 24, 2011
Reclaim your inner outdoorsperson at the 2011 Ottawa Boat & Sportsmen’s Show at Lansdowne Park.
Metro Minute at Zaphod Beeblebrox
February 23, 2011
Take in live music at Zaphod’s. Seattle’s The Head And The Heart plays Zaphod Beeblebrox tonight (27 York St. in the Market).
Metro Minute with Janina Fialkowska
February 22, 2011
Pianist Janina Fialkowska joins the Chamber Players of Ottawa tonight at 8 for the first of two concerts celebrating the music of Mozart at Dominion-Chalmers United Church.
Metro Minute with NAC Family Day
February 21, 2011
The National Arts Centre English Theatre invites you to celebrate Family Day and explore the idea of family with a wide range of activities for children five and older.
Metro Minute with Blake McGrath
February 18, 2011
Reality TV meets reality Saturday night as Blake McGrath, judge and choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance Canada, brings his Stage Fright Tour to Gatineau’s Pure Lounge (426 Boul. St-Joseph).
Metro Minute at Stage Fright Tour
February 17, 2011
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