Category: Entertainment & Events
Monsters coming to the National Art Gallery
(The Ottawa Baroque Consort on stage. Photos: Ottawa Baroque Consort) “You better watch out” says Lisa Wall, Executive Director of the Ottawa Baroque Consort, when you visit the National Gallery of…
Bell Warriors celebrating 65 years of community football in 2020 with banquets and silent auction
(The 2018 Mosquito Warriors team at their Awards Banquet. Photo: Bell Warriors) 2020 will be an exciting year for the Bell Warriors Football Club (BWFC). The Club is celebrating 65…
Get in some last minute shopping and local happenings
(Photo: Barry Gray) Christmas is around the corner and Santa will soon be visiting all the kids and filling their wish lists so why not check out Stittsville’s local businesses…
All That Glam raises thousands for DueNORTH breakfast programs
(Just a sample of the hundreds of donated necklaces for the All That Glam fundraiser held on November 30, 2019. Photos: Stittsville Central) The annual All That Glam (ATG) fundraising event…
West Ottawa Ladies Chorus celebrate the true spirit of Christmas
(Vivian McLean playing the hand drum and Peter Brown on piano accompany the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus at Wintertime Cheer. All photos – Thomas Chmara) Known for their impromptu performances,…
Stittsville’s Covered Bridge Brewing Company celebrating six years
(The Covered Bridge Brewing team – holding their 6th Anniversary brew ‘6’ and re-released brews from year 5 and 4 – at their 6th Anniversary Holiday Market held on December…
Make weekend plans for Wintertime Cheer, sip & shop, crafts, live music and Christmas markets
With Christmas only three weeks away, there is still time to squeeze in a few events and shopping opportunities to our hectic schedules. Friday, December 6th From 1:00 – 4:00…
Awesome authors contest is back – grab your pens!
Sponsored by the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association (FOPLA), Awesome Authors is one of the Ottawa Public Library’s longest-running and popular programs. The youth writing contest encourages young…
PHOTOS – Parade of Lights brings warmth and joy to Stittsville
Grand Marshall Barry Gray, Senior Citizen of the Year, led the Parade of Lights as it made its way down Stittsville Main Street to Village Square Park. Hundreds of kids,…
Parade of Lights and Lighting up the Park have finally arrived – plus more Stittsville events
(Santa with children in Village Square Park at 2018’s Lighting up the Park. Photo: Barry Gray) We have all been waiting for this amazing Stittsville event happening this weekend –…
End of year wrap-up for Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society at AGM
(The 2020 Board of the Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society. From left back row: Nancy Lowden, Darlene Palsson, Mary Lou O’Rourke, Brenda Raid, Vivian McLean, Margret Farr; and, from left front row: Penny Horeczy,…
Around town this weekend
(Poole’s Creek. Photo: Barry Gray) Friday, November 22nd Drop your child off Upstairs @ Brown’s – they will enjoy making Grinch pancakes & Grinch Kabobs, then will eat their culinary…
Many to thank for lighting up Stittsville Village Square Park
Over 20 volunteers came out to help install the lights at Village Square Park on Saturday, November 16th. The Stittsville Business Association organized the volunteers in collaboration with the Stittsville Lions Club. The two groups have been…
Almost the last concert!
(Conductor, Robert Dueck leading the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus at the Christmas 2018 concert. Photo: Tom Chmara) Conductor Robert Dueck is planning to hand out a basket of Wintertime Cheer…
West Ottawa Ladies Chorus serenade shoppers
(The West Ottawa Ladies Chorus perform at Brown’s YIG on Sunday, November 17, 2019. Photo: John Bottriell) As you passed through the entrance, you could hear their voices cascading down…