Saturday, Sept. 12
Today is busy in Ottawa.
Chef Lynn Crawford is Baconpalooza — as if bacon were not enough of a draw.
First, we have Baconpalooza, a full-day event dedicated to deliciousness, starting with Bacon Bites Breakfast, food trucks and more featuring things like bacon-caramel popcorn, bacon ice cream, bacon on more bacon, demos from chefs Michael Blackie, Lynn Crawford and more, with evening music by Drew Nelson and MonkeyJunk, Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets: $20/day, $25/evening, $40/all day. baconpalooza.ca
The Spencerville Fair is celebrating its 160th birthday with a parade at 10:30 a.m., performances by The Bowes Brothers, Easton Corbin and Blackwell (under a big tent they say will keep any rain off) and light and heavy horse show, sheep shearing other agricultural fair events and midway rides, 22 Ryan St., Spencerville. Saturday, enjoy a parade at 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $10, weekend passes: $28. Fair on to Sept. 13. spencervillefair.ca
Join thousands in the Parkinson SuperWalk across Canada to raise awareness and funds in support of those living with Parkinson’s, with the Ottawa edition beginning at 9 a.m. at the Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre, 102 Greenview Ave. at Britannia Beach. parkinsonsuperwalk.ca
The House of PainT urban hip hop festival is a free, family-friendly affair today with youth programming, Canada-wide Bboy and popping dance competitions, live graffiti painting and music, including Kalmunity Collective, Blakdenim, Socalled & Narcy and more, from 11:30 a.m., under the Dunbar Bridge at Brewer Park(follow the graffiti and beats). www.houseofpaint.ca
The Harvest Food & Drink Show features local bakers, brewmasters, coffee roasters, and other culinary artists from 1 to 5 p.m., Almonte Agricultural Hall, 195 Water St. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25. at the door. Must be 19 year of age or older.
Everyone can try their hand at the Ontario Tree Climbing competition — just not that high.
All-ages can swing from the branches alongside the 27th annual Ontario Tree Climbing Championship, where 35 men and women arborists test their strength, speed and agility in five contests at the Arboretum for the chance to represent the province at the North American championships, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. www.isaontario.com
In Hintonburg Park, enjoy local craft beer, Sunnydays BBQ and Moo Shu ice cream at the Ottawa Brewery Market event, noon to 8 p.m. Admission: free and proceeds support the Ottawa Riverkeeper. www.brewerymarket.com
Yum, macaroni and cheese — three ways (and more to be had). Sadly, the Mac Battle has been cancelled.
We received sad news Saturday morning: the macaroni and cheese Mac Battle scheduled for today has been cancelled, after several of the food truck partners experienced “personal and professional emergencies.” We are told the event will be rescheduled at another time (and we will let you know all about it). accoravillage.com/mac-battle-contest
The inaugural 613flea sale is at Aberdeen Square this weekend.
Ottawa seems to be embarking on a fall cleanout day — good for students needing new items. We have had confirmation the Ottawa South Porch Sale is continuing despite the rain. For the others, we assume they are on, until told otherwise.
The new 613flea brings local artisans, antique dealers, collectors, makers and more to Aberdeen Square for an inaugural sale, this time outdoor though future ones will be inside, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. www.613flea.ca
Everyone from Wellington Street to the Rideau Canal is invited to set up a table and make some cash at the 3rd Annual Super Centretown Community Garage Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sellers are asked to donate 10 per cent of proceeds to the Centretown Community Health Centre. (Please share photos of your submissions for the Weirdest Thing I Bought at The Sale contest.) www.supercentretown.com
In Vanier, Ottawa’s 7th Really Really Free Market is just as it sounds — no money exchanges hands and “buyers” can simply take what they need (sure we’ve read an Enid Blyton story like that), 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, 206 Montreal Rd. Drop-offs of reusable items are also welcome, from clothing to the proverbial kitchen sink; “buyers” do not need to share to take. Partage Vanier will also be on site and accepting donations of non-perishable items, toiletries and plastic bags/containers.
Meanwhile, Old Ottawa South is having a Porch Sale, on their ubiquitous stoops, all day (this area is very close to Carleton University. (www.oldottawasouth.ca)
Art by Anna Jane McIntyre on exhibit at Art Image until October 18.
Get anti-establishment gear at PunkOttawa.com Flea Market’s latest edition, featuring lots of vinyl, handmade items, art, toys, games and more, proceeds to benefit local animal welfare charities, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mac Hall, Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Ave. (Students: this is easily accessible to both uOttawa and Carleton U.)
Explore the meditative, multimedia art installation La forêt noire by artist Anna Jane McIntyre, a story blending British, Trinidadian and Canadian cultures, and opening with a special Caribbean dancehall performance, 2 to 4 p.m., Art-Image, 855 boul. de la Gappe, Gatineau. maisondelaculture.ca
For some art you can touch, visit the 20th FibreFest at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, housed in a historic mill in Almonte, with events to please even the most easily distracted, including sheep shearing at 11 a.m., (there’s even a lamb race on Sunday at 4 p.m.), demonstrations of weaving, spinning, rug hoooking and more, 3 Rosamund St. E., Almonte. www.mvtm.ca
Be very scared at the Ottawa Spookshow and Fantastic Film Festival, with an all-day lineup of (at last count, 26 different) horror, sci-fi, fantasy and bizarre movies from Canada and beyond, from noon to the after-party featuring Alice Cooper tribute band Generation Landslide and REO Shitwagon, LIVE on Elgin, 220 Elgin St. Tickets: $20 at the door, +$10 for after party
The Ottawa Art Gallery pays homage artist Lynne Cohen with a free symposium on the Governor General’s Visual Arts Award winner’s work, in conjunction with uOttawa where she was a lecturer, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Room 4007, 120 University Pte.
Creative sorts, notably artists and artisans, are invited to hang out, exchange ideas, seek inspiration and networking opportunities at A Creative Weekend, 10 a.m to 4 p.m., all weekend at La Charrette, 460 West Hunt Club Rd. Art can happen outside of the downtown core. creativeottawa.com
The Festival Outaouais Émergent continues tonight with performances by many local bands, including Aylmer group Chérie — don’t kick yourself for missing their happy, mellow songs, and Trois-Rivières multi-instrumentalists Bears of Legend, who give traditional songs a modern twist. Details at festfoe.ca.
Introverted extroverts In-Flight Safety play melodic indie rock at Zaphod Beeblebrox, 8 p.m. Tickets: $10. spectrasonic.com
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What to do this weekend and beyond, Sept. 12 to 19, 2015.
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The Tomato Festival celebrates the deliciousness of hundreds of varieties of the sun-ripened red (and yellow, black, green) fruit at the Ottawa Farmer’s Market all day, with chefs leading tomato tasting, making creations and votes needed for the salsa competition, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lansdowne Park. Admission: Free, excepting any stuff you buy. (Not abad time to preserve some for the long winter ahead.) ottawafarmersmarket.ca/events
Harvest Fall Festival is on Sept. 13 at the Glengarry Pioneer Museum.
It’s Harvest Festival time, pioneer style at the Glengarry Pioneer Festival, with heritage artisan demonstrations, rooster crowing contest (in the afternoon, which seems odd) demonstration, petting zoo, heritage livestock show, pipe band at 1 p.m., carriage parades and so much more, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., County Rd 24, Dunvegan. Children 12 and under are invited to submit scarecrows to a contest. Admission: $10, free for children 12 and under, $25/family. glengarrypioneermuseum.ca
Meanwhile, the Lanark County Harvest Festival has local growers selling wares, cooking demonstrations, talks on mushrooms, maple syrup and local plants and live music, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Beckwith Park, 1319 9th Rd. Carleton Place, culminating in a Harvest Church Supper at the Recreation Complex Site, 4:30 p.m. ($12). Admission: Free. www.harvestfestival.ca
For their National Pet Adoption weekend, PetSmart will have different local animal-welfare organizations at each store to help you take home a new cat or dog, 10 am. to 6 p.m., at eight locations in all sectors of the city. Visit stores.petsmart.com for one closest to you.
All are welcome to join the Ovarian Cancer Walk of Hope and Fun Run, starting at 8:30 p.m., walk begins at 10 a.m., in the dog-friendly Andrew Haydon Park, 3169 Carling Ave. The routes are stroller and wheelchair friendly and kids activities are planned. No minimum fundraising amount is required. ovariancancerwalkofhope.ca
Enjoy the changing colours on guided nature walks along the Canadian Shield, with activities for the family, art show and sale and more on a private 50-acre property in the Carp Hills, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 150 Donald B. Munro Dr. Admission: Donations of $5/$10 suggested. huntleyhighlands.com
Kate Forman and Kelsey Munro were among the dozens of people who came together for the Ottawa Slutwalk on Sept. 14, 2014.
SlutWalk Ottawa 2015 March invites all to join in standing up to rape culture in all its forms, starting with speeches at 2 p.m. at the Human Rights Memorial on Elgin Street, then heading down Elgin to Wellington, to Bank Street then down Somerset bakc to the Monument. www.slutwalkottawa.tumblr.com
Take a different kind of walk through the history of Old Ottawa South, with Heritage Ottawa, 2 p.m. starting at Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave. Cost: $5. www.heritageottawa.org
Bread By Us is hosting a pop-up fundraiser for No One Is Illegal, advocates for Ottawa immigrants, featuring complimentary food and music by Rita Carter, Denis Kashi and Lucilla Al Mar, 5 p.m., 1065 Wellington St. W. Tickets: $5-$10. facebook.com
Monday, Sept. 14
Screengrab from Secret Ocean.
See the squid city, kelp forest avenue and octopus ride in the underwater worlds explored in Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean, son of the famed ocean explorer, on the dome of the Museum of History’s IMAX theatre, in French and English. Tickets:$11; $9 seniors/students; $7/ to 12 years old; $35/families. SChedule at historymuseum.ca/imax
100 Women Who Care Ottawa believes 100 women x $100 dollars x four times a year = changed lives in Ottawa, and are asking you to “vote” for a cause tonight with your $100 donation, after the groups’ presentations (tonight they are Great Canadian Theatre Company, L’Arche Ottawa and Ten Oaks Projects) and some socializing, from 5 p.m., Heart and Crown, 353 Preston St. All welcome. (A 100 Men Who Care event is being held next week.) 100WomenWhoCareOttawa.ca
Award-winning journalist and Ottawa fixture Ken Rockburn is launching his book about the fabled Café Le Hibou Coffee House, We Are As The Times Are, an important venue in the Ottawa music scene of the 60’s and 70’s, 6 to 8 p.m., in another stalwart music venue, Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank St.
Tuesday, Sept. 15
The Ottawa Little Theatre opens its season with Blithe Spirit, the Noel Coward farce about a first wife taking advantage of an inept séance to return from the grave in spirit form to reclaim her husband, much to the chagrin of the new wife. Tickets: $25, $22/seniors, $12/students. ottawalittletheatre.com
À propos in this time of election is Micheal Healey’s play Generous at the Great Canadian Theatre Company, a witty look at government scandal, corruption — and our unerring ability to ruin our love lives, 8 p.m. Contains Adult content. www.gctc.ca
Horse, from the Animals Inside Out exhibit
It’s the last week to see the Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out exhibit with specimens each showcasing an anatomical system of an animal at the Canadian Musem of Nature, ending Sept. 20. nature.ca
Wednesday, Sept. 16
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