The National Arts Centre, in partnership with Broadway Across Canada, are bringing four shows to the stage to Ottawa in 2022. Hamilton comes to the capital from January 4-23, 2022. Tickets are available now here. Future shows to look forward to are: Anastasia – April 26-May 1st, 2022 Dear Evan Hansen, – August 9-14, 2022 Mean […]
Do you know an Indigenous youth aged 13-25 with an interest in making music? Ila Barker launches season three of AIRSessions this month, which invite youth to Indigenous-led music workshops throughout 2021. AIRSessions is hosted in part by the National Arts Centre, sākihiwē festival, Indigenous Family Centre, Indigenous Music and Music for Life. To kick off […]
Update: This show has been postponed with the Stay-at-Home Order in effect. More details to come. Noisemaker has partnered with the National Arts Centre for the virtual Raise Your Voice Concert Series! Raise Your Voice brings an online streamed concert every Thursday night straight to the comfort of your home. Check out the stylings of Indigenous and […]
Are you hoping to read more this year? The National Arts Centre’s Indigenous Theatre and the Ottawa Public Library have partnered up to bring you Our Stories: Indigenous Book Club. Each month from January until June, a book by an Indigenous author will be featured. Readers are invited to join a Facebook event page where discussion questions about […]
Adàwàning: Indigenous Women’s Winter Market is back, but with a twist: it’s going virtual! In partnership with the National Arts Centre’s Indigenous Theatre, this is the market’s third year. It’s a great opportunity to find some handmade holiday presents and support Métis, Inuit and First Nations artists. From beadwork to sculptures and mittens to coffee, there […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Six more people in Ottawa have died from COVID-19. Ottawa Public Health says 356 people in our city have now died after contracting the virus. 41 new cases are being reported Friday, sending the Capital’s total up to 7,766, with 6,917 resolved, and 493 active. Meanwhile, Downtown Ottawa is getting two new COVID-19 testing […]
How are you doing? It has been a tough week in our city. COVID-19 cases are spiking and we’ve been asked to reduce our social interactions to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors. The province has announced more COVID-19 testing sites will open across the city to help alleviate longer waiting times but with that […]
If you’ve been looking for some more live music to check out, a live (but safe) virtual performance is happening this weekend! You can tune in to a virtual dance party with Juno award-winning pow–wow–step artists, A Tribe Called Red, and Juno nominated Inuit throat-singing electronic dance trio, Silla + Rise on Saturday! Get ready to […]
Just when you thought there was no festival season in the capital… a group of festival planners have come through to make those summer concerts a possibility! RBC Bluesfest and the National Arts Centre’s #CanadaPerforms initiative collaborated to create a socially distant music festival fit for 2020: RBC Bluesfest Drive-In. The festival will take place […]
Coming off of two Juno nominations this week, Iskwē returns to Ottawa with a spectacular triad of singing, dancing and visual arts this Saturday, February 1st at the National Arts Centre. The show aims to bring the individuals attending into a collective as it goes on, and while it unpacks some harder subject matter, it is […]