Category: Entertainment & Events
Still time to register a float in the annual Parade of Lights
Yes, Santa Claus is definitely coming to town and the Stittsville Village Association (SVA) is hoping to make his welcome the biggest and best ever. Santa’s parade, in the evening…
This week at Gaia Java: Acacia Lyra plus the Dooley family & Otto Cepella
It often impresses me what you can do with music. You can relax people, get them excited, bring them together, or (in the case of shopping mall owners who play…
LETTER: Gaming marathon raises money for CHEO
Video games are a favourite and growing pastime for young and old alike. I’ve personally been a gamer for over 35 years now and I can’t imagine my free time…
VIDEO: Recap of the 3rd annual Pumpkin Parade
Videographer Hien Hoang put together this video recap of last night’s 3rd annual Pumpkin Parade. There were around 350 creative pumpkins on display and hundreds of families passed through Village…
West Ottawa Ladies Choir brings the past alive
(press release) The West Ottawa Ladies Choir (WOLC) will raise their voices in recognition of the armed forces that fought bravely to keep our country free. On November 11, WOLC…
Four things to do with your pumpkin, post-Halloween
1. Bring it to Stittsville’s 3rd annual Pumpkin Parade of course! Organizer Trevor Eggleton is expecting to have hundreds of creative jack-o-lanterns on display at Village Square Park from 6:00pm-7:30pm. Enter your…
Five awesome Halloween displays in Stittsville
(We take Halloween pretty seriously in Stittsville don’t we! If you have a suggestion for this list or a great Halloween photo to share, please send it along to feedback@stittsvillecentral.ca)…
Songwriter Sally Thompson at Gaia Java this Friday
When asked at what age Sally began talking, her mother would say, “She never talked, she sang.” This she apparently continued to do, upon request, from the age of 3,…
Annual Pumpkin Parade tradition continues on November 1
(Above: Stittsville Pumpkin Parade 2013. Photo by Trevor Eggleton.) On November 1, Village Square Park will be home to what is becoming a familiar Stittsville tradition. Now in its third year,…
Goulbourn Street haunts for CHEO again this year
Joe Chennette sent along a note today to let us know that his haunted backyard on Goulbourn Street is open again this year for brave trick-or-treaters.
Gracenote sings sing jazz and pop standards at Gaia Java this Friday
The talented ladies of Gracenote have graced us with their voices on several occasions and it is noteworthy to be having them back, with as always the steady and sympathetic…
Kanata Theatre gets six Capital Critics Circle nominations
(Press release from Kanata Theatre.) Shows from last year’s Kanata Theatre season have received important recognition by the Capital Critics Circle, a panel of Ottawa’s leading theatre reviewers. Productions by…
Third “All That Glam” jewelry sale raises money for Nunavut
As a student in grade 12, I began a charity event called ALL THAT GLAM, a sale of gently-used jewelry and handbags to raise money for school breakfast programs in…
CALL FOR PHOTOS: Stittsville’s best Halloween decor!
If your house is all spooked up for Halloween … or if you have a neighbour with a haunted grave yard that’s to die for … we want to hear about it.…
Amanda Bon and Danny Artuso at Gaia Java this Friday
CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS Amanda and I have been in touch by email for well over a year, and this summer we finally met, thanks to the hospitality of the…