9+ ideas for fun in and around Ottawa this week: Culinary festival, puppets, music and pierogi
Bruno Mars
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From a common rock live performance in Brockville and people tunes in Shawville to puppets in Almonte and a new wine and meals exhibit in Ottawa, there is a lot to see and do in the area this week. If you can, swing out to Orleans to get some pierogi to guidance Ukraine, also.
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Capture a live performance in Ottawa, Almonte, Shawville, Brockville or Pembroke
The Almonte in Concert sequence is presenting its closing clearly show of the period, a exhibit by Canada’s Ladom Ensemble, on Saturday, April 2. The quartet, showcasing Pouya Hamidi (piano), Michael Bridge (accordion), Beth Silver (cello) and Adam Campbell (percussion), performs classical items, its personal compositions and adaptations of audio from nations around the world as varied as Iran and Argentina. You can see the present in person or by using livestream.
The Stampeders will be singing their vintage hits, such as “Sweet City Lady,” when they hit the phase of the Brockville Arts Centre on Thursday, March 31, as aspect of their Celebrating 50 Many years tour.
The Pembroke Festival Hall is presenting 1 Superior Motive, a musical general performance by Good Big Sea founder Séan McCann and his spouse Andrea Aragon, on Friday, April 1. It’s a musical memoir about McCann’s strictly religious childhood in Newfoundland, the accomplishment of Fantastic Huge Sea and the fight with alcoholism that nearly price the few every little thing.
The Minimal Red Wagon Winery in Shawville is hosting a people concert by Marc Audet on Saturday, April 2. Alongside with addresses of hits by the likes of John Prine and Bob Dylan, Audet will be singing his have music about the record of the Ottawa Valley. If you want evening meal with your tunes, you need to sign up in advance working with the website link higher than.
You get 3 for the value of a person at a concert at TD Place in Ottawa on Monday, April 4. Nobro is the opening act for a put together demonstrate by Canadian rockers Billy Expertise and Increase Versus.
Find out about the Red Baron’s foe in Carleton Put
The Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum is launching a new exhibition, Roy Brown and His Amazing Flying Equipment, on Saturday, April 2, from 1pm to 4pm. The star of the show is a new 50 percent-scale design of a Sopwith Camel biplane, the aircraft that hometown hero Roy Brown was flying throughout the downing of the Pink Baron in 1918. The present also includes other artifacts from the collections of the museum and the Roy Brown Modern society, and it operates until finally April 29.
See a children’s puppet demonstrate in Almonte
As I described in previous week’s e-newsletter, the PuppetsUp! competition is coming back again to Almonte this summer season. But even in advance of that, the festival is staging a collection of 3 kids’ puppet demonstrates at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in April. The first of them, Pirate Treasure, is happening on Saturday, April 2.
Take in, consume and be merry in Ottawa
The Crave Food items and Wine Pageant (April 1 to 3) is a new culinary event at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, showcasing three days of masterclasses and other exciting for foods enthusiasts.
Buy pierogi for Ukraine
The Knights of Columbus and Soul Stone Sushi Bar & Grill in Orleans are marketing takeout pierogi on Monday, April 4, to elevate recognition and funds for the persons of Ukraine. Income raised goes to the Pink Cross.
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