Category: Entertainment & Events
Karters’ Korner to host inaugural go-kart grand prix in July
(Press release from the Capital Karting Grand Prix organizers.) Stittsville’s Karters’ Korner will host the inaugural Capital Karting Grand Prix (CKGP) on July 25-26, 2015. Go-kart racers from Ontario, Québec…
Songwriter Howie Hooper at Gaia Java on May 8
Howie has walked his own path to being recognized as a crafter of song. Starting as a performing musician (bassist) in local bands in Ottawa at 13 years of age,…
Westwind students paint the town red, blue, yellow, green, pink and more
Pablo Picasso is famous for saying that it took him a lifetime to learn to paint like a four year old. If only he could have seen the works of…
Terry McLeish brings folk, rock and blues to Gaia Java this Friday
I really enjoyed listening to the songs Terry sent me when we started discussing if he would come and play in the shop. Wrapped in a very professional delivery he…
Cabotto’s hosts Opera Night on April 30
(Above: Vince Pucci and his son Perry outside of Cabotto’s on Hazeldean Road.) Cabotto’s restaurant is hosting their first “Night at the Opera” on Thursday, April 30 featuring Ottawa tenor Alain Paquette. “We’ve…
Carol Tieu with Stéphane Klander play Gaia Java on April 24
A love of music has recently brought Carol Tieu, once a blues singer, and Stéphane Klander, a jazz guitarist, back together again after a few years hiatus. Still in the…
The West Ottawa Ladies Chorus: Together they make music
(Press release from the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus) What happens when women from all walks of life get together? They sing. Nurses, teachers, sales personnel, lay ministers and others blend…
100th Regiment marches in Pipefest
The 100th Regiment marched downtown in Ottawa’s Pipefest 2015 on Sunday. The event featured several pipe bands and many people in kilts. “We were three officially from the 100th with one…
Stittsville’s Crushers cheer on the Sens with O-Town Funk
Cathy Hallessey sent along this video of the U-Rock Music School’s tween/teen rock band performing O-Town Funk at practice last night.
Stittsville’s One Eight Bakery gets called for icing
We saw these treats posted on Twitter earlier this week and had to find out more. They were made by Caitlin McMahon at One Eight Bakery, a new venture based in…
Mary Frances sings showtunes at Gaia Java on Friday
Have you ever realized how many well-known tunes originated in Shows and Musicals? Even many of the current standards played by jazz groups found their first lease of life in…
U-Rock Music gives back with new MUSIC ROX fund
(via U Rock Music School) Looking for young rock stars in our community! Our music school is offering free lessons this summer to two deserving children aged 7-18 years who…
West Ottawa Ladies Chorus gives back to the community
(Press release from the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus.) An important philosophy of the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus (WOLC) is to bring joy to community members that might not be…
Jumpin’ Jimmy Leroux at Gaia Java on April 10
Jimmy is back! This guy came in last fall and proved himself to be an experienced and capable guitarist/singer who covers a broad range of familiar and some less familiar…
Stittsville vocal producer holds auditions for Tulip Festival
Stittsville-based vocal producer Shann Bailey (Sound of the Muse Records) is hosting auditions for young emerging vocalists, for a chance to perform at an open stage/showcase at the Canadian Tulip…