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TULIPS
The annual Canadian Tulip Competition opens with a bang, courtesy of the Canadian Navy’s official gun salute as a part of the opening ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, Might 13 at Dow’s Lake. After all, the main focus of the pageant is the tulip gardens — commemorating the Royal reward of tulips from the Dutch to Canadians after the Second World Battle — however there are additionally loads of actions to get pleasure from, together with free film screenings at Commissioners Park, a nightly sound and lights present on Dow’s Lake commemorating the Battle of the Atlantic (warning: chances are you’ll get moist!), an exhibit on Dutch battle brides and a WRENS boat-deck expertise that provides a way of what it was prefer to be a part of the Girls’s Royal Canadian Naval Service division. The pageant runs till Might 22 on the important web site at Commissioners Park, open every day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. For schedule data, go to tulipfestival.ca.
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BLUES
The Ottawa band MonkeyJunk started when Steve Marriner rounded up his buddies, guitarist Tony Diteodoro and drummer Matt Sobb, to play a weekly present within the nook of Irene’s Pub. After 1000’s of gigs around the globe, 5 albums and a truckload of awards, the band members are on tour to mark their fifteenth anniversary. The hometown bash, their solely Ottawa date on the schedule thus far this yr, takes place on the Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Ave., on Saturday, with a gap set by the reunited Brothers Chaffey. It’s a licensed present that’s open to all-ages of followers, too. Tickets are $30, out there at bronsonmusictheatre.com. Doorways open at 7 p.m.
FAMILY
Puppets, acrobats, musicians and actors are all a part of the enjoyable on the Ottawa Kids’s Competition, which runs Might 11-14 at LeBreton Flats Park on the grounds of the Canadian Battle Museum. Among the many highlights of this celebration of screen-free leisure for younger audiences are performances by Sengalese-Canadian singer Élage Diouf, percussionist Kattam, who performs along with his monkey, Takoum, and an award-winning present referred to as A Easy Area by Gravity & Different Myths, a circus firm from Australia. For tickets and schedule data, go to ottawachildrensfestival.com.
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THEATRE
An unique musical about Tom Thomson arrives within the metropolis on Saturday, Might 13 for 2 performances on the Ukrainian Banquet and Conference Corridor, 1000 Byron Ave., that may increase cash for the Kids’s Hospital of Japanese Ontario. Entitled Tom Thomson and The Colors of Canada: Love, Gossip and Homicide in Algonquin Park, the present was created by Ish Theilheimer with pianist Peter Brown, and directed by Chantal Elie. Largely primarily based on the writings of Roy MacGregor, it chronicles the life and demise of the well-known Canadian artist, with a soundtrack primarily based on ragtime music, the model that was fashionable on the time of Thomson’s demise in 1917. It’s a manufacturing of Stone Fence Theatre, the non-profit Ottawa Valley firm primarily based close to Renfrew. Go to stonefence.ca for extra data and to purchase tickets.
