Canadian Tulip Festival (2011 dates TBA)
| May 6, 2011 | to | May 22, 2011 |
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Over three million tulips bloom in May in the National Capital Region, creating a spectacular mosaic of colours along the Tulip Route that winds its way from Major’s Hill Park in downtown Ottawa, along the celebrated Rideau Canal, to Commissioner’s Park at Dow’s Lake. The stunning beauty of spring is truly at its best in Ottawa during the Tulip Festival.
The Canadian Tulip Festival, the largest in the world, will celebrate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Holland and the Canadian Naval Centennial Anniversary from May 7 to 24, 2010. As part of the celebrations, on May 7th, the Canadian Tulip Festival kicks off with a Liberation “Street Party” on historic Sparks Street.
Commissioner’s Park will be open from May 7 to May 24th. 300,000 tulips shape and illuminate Commissioner’s Park, one of the National Capital’s most prestigious parks. Throughout the 18 days performers will grace the park’s grounds, providing a musical and entertaining ambiance while you shop at the Tulip Boutique and stroll amongst the tulips.
Major’s Hill Park will again be the home of local embassies and local community groups showcasing their culture from May 14 – 24. Experience it all at the International Bazaar and Food Emporium! Don’t miss the featured Liberation Beer Garden, an exclusive venue new for 2010. Sit down and enjoy beers from around the world while taking in performances on the International Friendship Stage.
Nestled in the enchanting Magic Mirror Tent, Celebridée will again make its home in Major’s Hill Park for the 58th edition of the Festival. Stay tuned for must-see Celebridée events!
Event Highlights:
May 7: The 2010 WATERCAN BALL – The Canadian Tulip Festival is proud to support the annual Embassy Dinner on Friday, May 7 to raise funds destined for clean water projects in Africa. Help support a great cause! Liberation Street Party – The 65th Anniversary of the spontaneous street party just as it happened on May 7th 1945 on Sparks Street Mall. Listen to bands on different stages from 4:30 – 10pm. Free entertainment from Elgin Street to Bank Street!
May 8: VETERANS CEREMONY – The Canadian Tulip Festival and Veterans Affairs will be honouring our Veterans during an Official Ceremony at the National War Museum at Confederation Square at 11h00 am.
May 14-24: MAJOR’S HILL PARK – An International Bazaar and Food Emporium, including a Beer Garden, will be housed under a huge tent that will dominate the Park.
The iconic Cabaret Libre (Mirror Tent) will host Celebridée and special Cabaret shows reminiscent of the 1940s.
Please continue to check www.tulipfestival.ca for updates!
Festival Information:
General information: 613.567.5757
Tulip Hotline: 1.800.66TULIP
General information email: info@tulipfestival.ca
Location: Major’s Hill Park
Commissioners Park at Dow’s Lake [Preston St. & Queen Elizabeth Drive], Ottawa
On the Web:
Website: Canadian Tulip Festival
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1209015588&ref=ts
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/canadiantulipfestival
Le Festival canadien des tulipes
Du 7 au 24 mai 2010, le Festival canadien des tulipes, le plus grand au monde, célébrera le 65e anniversaire de la libération de la Hollande et le centenaire de la Marine canadienne. La célébration commence avec une fête spontanée le 7 mai, telle qu’elle a eu lieu sur l’historique rue Sparks le 7 mai 1945!
Le Parc des commissaires sera ouvert du 7 au 24 mai. 300 000 tulipes dessinent et illuminent le Parc des commissaires, l’un des parcs les plus prestigieux de la Capitale nationale. Tout au long des 18 jours, des artistes s’y produiront pour créer une ambiance de musique et de divertissement pendant que vous magasinez à la Boutique des tulipes et que vous vous promenez parmi les tulipes.
Du 14 au 24 mai, le Parc Major’s Hill accueillera de nouveau les ambassades et les groupes communautaires venus mettre en vedette leur culture. Venez vivre cette expérience à la foire internationale et à l’emporium alimentaire! Ne manquez pas la brasserie Libération en plein air, un nouveau lieu privilégié en 2010. Venez savourer des bières du monde entier tout en regardant les spectacles sur la Scène de l’amitié international.
Détendez-vous dans le magnifique Chapiteau miroir où, pour la 58e édition du Festival, Celebridée sera à nouveau installé au Parc Major’s Hill. Restez à l’écoute pour les événements de Celebridée à ne pas manquer!
7 mai : LE BAL « EAU VIVE » 2010
Le festival canadien des tulipes est fier d’appuyer le Souper annuel des ambassades le vendredi 7 mai. Les fonds prélevés lors de la soirée appuieront des projets d’eau potable en Afrique. Venez célébrer le 65ème anniversaire de la Fête spontanée telle qu’elle a eu lieu sur la promenade de la rue Sparks le 7 mai 1945! Écoutez la musique présentée sur trois scènes. À compter de 16h30 jusqu’à 22h00. Entrée libre sur la promenade Sparks entre les rues Elgin et Bank.
8 mai : CÉRÉMONIE EN L’HONNEUR DE VÉTÉRANS
Le festival canadien des tulipes et les Anciens Combattants vous invitent à rendre hommage aux anciens combattants au monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada à la Place de la Confédération (en face de l’hôtel Château Laurier) à 11h00.
Du 14 au 24 mai : PARC MAJOR’S HILL
Le bazar international et foire alimentaire, et une brasserie en plein air.
Cabaret Libre , le Chapiteau miroir emblématique, accueillera les invités de Celebridée et des spectacles cabarets rappelant les années 1940. Entrée libre!
Ottawa International Writers Festival, Spring Edition (2011 dates TBA)
| April 21, 2011 | to | April 25, 2011 |
Canada’s festival of ideas since 1997. The Writers Festival celebrates the world’s best writing from home and abroad with a diverse program that presents interactions with leaders in the worlds of science, history, poetry, politics, spoken word, economics, drama, fiction, biography, music and more. Since 2004 the Festival has consisted of two annual Editions: Spring and Fall.
As reported in the Ottawa Xpress, “Basically, if you’ve thought about it, The Writers Festival has invited someone to discuss it.”
Festival Information:
General information: 613.562.1243
General information email: leslie@writersfestival.org
Location: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities,
314 St. Patrick Street (at Cumberland), Ottawa
Tickets: http://writersfestival.org.tickets.html
On the Web:
Website: http://writersfestival.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ottawa.writersfest
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ottawawritersfestival
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/oiwf/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWritersFestival
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Writersfest
Discussion Forum: http://oiwf.squarespace.com
Map:
3i Summit: Imagine – Interact – Inspire
| November 26, 2010 | to | November 27, 2010 |
The 3i Summit 2010 draws on the life work, dreams and inspiration of dozens of Ottawa’s most dynamic innovators. Just like we did in the inaugural 3i Summit 2009, we will bring together a unique blend of world renowned architects, artists, Olympic athletes, poets, award winning professors, musical prodigies, homeless people, writers, youth activists. Each of them will be sharing, in 15 minute presentations, their passions, struggles and dreams for Ottawa in 2049 and one concrete action that can be taken to achieve that dream.
Festival Information:
General information: 613.601.6997
Contact information email: info@leadershipottawa.org
Location: Great Canadian Theatre Company
1233 Wellington St. W. (at Holland)
On the Web:
Website: 3isummit.ca
Facebook: www.facebook.com/#/3iSummit?ref=ts
Map:
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Ottawa International Writers Festival, Fall Edition
| October 21, 2010 | to | October 26, 2010 |
Canada’s Festival of Ideas since 1997. The Writers Festival celebrates the world’s best writing from home and abroad with a diverse program that presents interactions with leaders in the worlds of science, history, poetry, politics, spoken word, economics, drama, fiction, biography, music and more. Since 2004 the Festival has consisted of two annual Editions: Spring and Fall.
As reported in the Ottawa Xpress, “Basically, if you’ve thought about it, The Writers Festival has invited someone to discuss it.”
Festival Information:
General information: 613.562.1243
General information email: leslie@writersfestival.org
Location: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities,
314 St. Patrick Street (at Cumberland), Ottawa
Tickets: http://writersfestival.org/tickets.html
On the Web:
Website: http://writersfestival.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ottawa.writersfest
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ottawawritersfestival
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/oiwf
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWritersFestival
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Writersfest
Discussion Forum: http://oiwf.squarespace.com
Map:
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One World Film Festival
| July 31, 2010 |
One World Film Festival is an annual event showcasing outstanding and inspirational films and videos about our world. The festival is a platform for filmmakers and the public to exchange ideas and information about issues of social justice, human rights and the environment.
This years festival will be running October 15, 23, 29 and 30th.
Festival Information:
General information: 613.238.4659
General information email: wiam@wiam.ca
On the Web:
Website: www.wiam.ca
Writers Festival: October Events
Here is a reminder about five more great preview events leading up to the Fall Edition of the Ottawa International Writers Festival taking place October 21 to 27, 2009.
Tickets for the October 14 events (as well as Festival Passes and Tickets) are available by phone at 613.562.1243, on the Ottawa International Writers Festival’s website (www.writersfestival.org) or in person from Nicholas Hoare, Collected Works and Octopus Books.
1. Saturday, October 3 @ 6:00 PM
A Life A Legend A Filmmaker
A free event at Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street.
The late Ottawa filmmaker Frank Cole is the only human being to cross the Sahara Desert alone. On another crossing he was mysteriously murdered. But he left us his extraordinary films about life and death.
Come celebrate the book launch of Life Without Death: The Cinema of Frank Cole. An evening of words, images, music and surfboards. The event will be hosted by Tom McSorley and Rick Taylor. Also the Canadian Film Institute will screen the Ottawa premiere of Korbett Matthew’s documentary on Frank Cole The Man Who Crossed The Sahara, with Matthews in attendance.
2. Wednesday, October 14 @ 6:30 PM
THE CASE FOR GOD with KAREN ARMSTRONG
Hosted by Jim Creskey
Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities, 314 Saint Patrick Street
From the bestselling author of A History of God and The Great Transformation comes a balanced, nuanced understanding of the role religion plays in human life and the trajectory of faith in modern times.
3. Wednesday, October 14 @ 8:30 PM
NOW OR NEVER with TIM FLANNERY
Hosted by Jay Ingram
Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities, 314 Saint Patrick Street
“What is our purpose as a species? How does the Earth work?”
Tim Flannery is one of Australia’s leading thinkers and writers. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, Tim’s books include the definitive ecological histories of Australia (The Future Eaters) and North America (The Eternal Frontier). He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers. As a field zoologist he has discovered and named more than thirty new species of mammals (including two tree-kangaroos) and at 34 he was awarded the Edgeworth David Medal for Outstanding Research. His pioneering work in New Guinea prompted Sir David Attenborough to put him in the league of the world’s great explorers and the writer Redmond O’Hanlon to remark, “He’s discovered more new species than Charles Darwin.”
4. Tuesday, October 20 @ 8:00 PM
AWARD PRESENTATIONS:
OTTAWA BOOK AWARDS AND LAMPMAN-SCOTT PRIZE FOR POETRY
A free event at Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St.
The City of Ottawa and ARC Poetry Society are pleased to invite you to attend a celebration of Ottawa’s vibrant literary scene, in conjunction with the Ottawa Writers Festival Fall Edition. Award presentations will be made to the winners of the Ottawa Book Awards and the Lampman-Scott Prize for best book of poetry, with short readings by the winning authors. Join us for a reception following the award presentations and meet the outstanding authors who have been nominated for these prestigious prizes. RSVP: infoculture@ottawa.ca
And last but not least, on Thursday, October 15 at 6:30 PM, Writers Festival’s friends at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are presenting The Occupied Garden with Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski at the Canadian War Museum. For free tickets please call Rosemieke van de Meerendonk at 613.237.5031 x225.
