11:30 a.m. Registration; 12:00 p.m. Program begins- hosted by members of United Way Ottawa's Volunteer Recognition Team; 12:30 p.m. Light lunch reception
Ottawa City Hall, Jean Pigott Place
Celebrate the 2015 Community Builder Award recipients as we unveil their newly added names to the Wall of Inspiration at City Hall. Meet the people and organizations that have contributed to making Ottawa a better place! Admission is free, but please register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wall-of-inspiration-ceremony-registration-20001589292?utm_campaign=new_event_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb_email&utm_term=viewmyevent_button
Friday, March 4, 2016
6:30 pm
ByTowne Cinema, 325 Rideau St., ottawa.
DiverCiné 2016 Film Festival: L'Oeil du cyclone (Eye of the Storm) Sékou Traoré • Burkina Faso, France, Cameroon • 2015 • 95 min. French, with English sub-titles. Lead actress Maïmouna N'Diaye will be present for a post-film discussion. ADMISSION: General $12/film, ByTowne, Canadian Film Institute, or National Gallery Members $8; 6-film pass: $40 (general), $30 ByTowne, Canadian Film Institute, or National Gallery Members. Full festival schedule at: http://www.cfi-icf.ca/index.php?option=com_cfi&task=showevent&id=155&Itemid=1540
Friday, March 4, 2016
7pm-11pm
Georgetown Pub
Friday Jazz Jam. The host band plays from 7-8 and then open to musicians and vocalist ( jazz/ blues) bring a tune and be backed up or play with some amazing musicians. Host band The RMQ members are: Louis Allard, Guitar; Dave Finlayson, Drums; David Fraser, Saxophhone; Alrick Huebener, Bass; Derek Smith, Trumpet.
Friday, March 4-Saturday, March 5, 2016
Carleton University
Conference: Human Rights and the Public Sphere in Africa, presented by Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies.
Friday, March 4:
Welcome and Keynote Lecture, Venue: River Building Room 2220
5:30pm – 7:00pm – “Ethnicity, Multiculturalism, and Human Rights in Africa” by Ato Quayson, Professor of English & Director, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto. Respondent: Kamari Clarke Associate Professor of International and Global Studies, Carleton University
Free admision, but please RSVP: www.IASconference2016.eventbrite.ca
Saturday, March 5th, 8:45am - 5:30pm:
Exhibit: “Children’s Rights in Africa” curated by Professor Monica Patterson in collaboration with students from her Advanced Topics seminar, “History of the African Child.”
9:00 – 10:15am: Panel 1: Human Rights in Africa and African Human Rights: Retrospective and Perspective
10:45-12:00pm – Panel 2: Development and Human Rights in Africa
1:30-2:15pm – Panel 3: Alternative Approaches to Human Rights and Criminal Law in Africa
2:15-3:30pm – Panel 4: Human Rights and African Regional Integration Projects
4:00-5:15pm – Panel 5: Health & Human Rights in Africa
Details at http://carleton.ca/africanstudies/conferences/human-rights-and-the-public-sphere-in-africa-march-4th/march-5/
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Marconi Centre, 1026 Baseline Road, Ottawa, ON K2C 0A6
Reception & Dinner 6pm / Dance from 9:30pm
Gala celebrating St. Lucia’s 37th Independence anniversary. Presented by the Saint Lucia Ottawa Association under the patronage of Consul General Michael Willius. Theme: Saint Lucia-Sé Sannou. Music by DJs Hypnotix & Silver Mic. Admission: $65 -reception & dinner; $20-dance only. Locations to get tickets: Orleans: 613-325-1636; Central Ottawa: 613-729-9076; Bells Corners:613-800-2384
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
9:00 pm
ByTowne Cinema, 325 Rideau St., ottawa
DiverCiné 2016 Film Festival: Hope, Boris Lojkine • France • 2014 • 92 min. French and English, with English sub-titles. ADMISSION: General $12/film, ByTowne, Canadian Film Institute, or National Gallery Members $8; 6-film pass: $40 (general), $30 ByTowne, Canadian Film Institute, or National Gallery Members. Full festival schedule at: http://www.cfi-icf.ca/index.php?option=com_cfi&task=showevent&id=155&Itemid=1540
March 8-12, 2016
7:30pm
Origin Studio, 57 Lyndale (near Tunney's Pasture transit station)
PLAY: The Hottentot Venus [Untold]. Written, directed and performed by Jacqui Du Toit, The Hottentot Venus - Untold explores the story of Sarah Baartman (Saartjie) who was taken as a slave in 1810 and exhibited as a 'freak' because of her large posterior. Jacqui Du Toit, takes the audiences on a journey that describes her experience of being a woman of colour and being in similar circumstances. Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door. Purchase online at thehottentotvenusuntold.eventbrite.ca
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
7pm
Pressed, 750 Gladstone, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6X5
AWA - Ask Women Anything: Sabine Daniel. Entrepreneur, TV Host, entertainment reporter and also TV researcher, Sabine worked on several Quebec television series and Franco-Ontarian documentaries and reality shows including Oui, je le veux, Mosaique and Parcours réussi. Nowadays, you can catch her self-produced talk-show titled TV show "Suivez-moi" on Bell Media Fibe TV1 and "Métissage" on UNIQUE FM 95.4 in Ottawa. Come out to this great event for an evening of honesty, Q&A, laughs and great food from Pressed Café!
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Marconi Centre, 1026 Baseline Road, Ottawa, ON K2C 0A6
Ghana’s 59th Independence anniversary celebration. A night of Singing, Poetry, Ghanaian dances & food and good music. Admission: Adults: $40; Students & Children(7-17yrs): $20; Children below 7yrs: Free. Anyone who has paid the 2016 membership dues should reserve their tickets from the President at a discount of $35. Locations to get tickets: M&J Tropical Foods, African Queen, Nana's, Afrodiva, Ghana House Cuisine and Golden Hair Beauty Supplies Contacts: Bismark Otoo 613.447.1446, Dinah Boadi 613.218.6575, Michael Sakyi 613.265.7735, Samuel Laryea 613.612.1961, Prince Afram 613.884.0417
Saturday, March 12, 2016
9pm until...
Masonic Center, 2140 Walkley Rd., Ottawa
Jamiacan Ottawa Community Association Oldies But Goodies Spring Dance. Music by Mike Miller. Refreshments on sale. Admission: $20. For tickets & Info: 613-523-9085/613-807-2866/613-302-5673. L&F Montego (2211 St. Joseph Blvd.) and Savannah (1838 Bank St.)
Sunday, March 13, 2016
2:00pm
St. Alban's, 454 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa
17th Annual Reconciliation Day in Ottawa. A Black History Month offering byJ'Nikira Dinqinesh Education Centre, Every Child is Sacred, in collaboration with St. Alban's Social Action Team (SASAT). Theme: We desire a better county Focus: The Call to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Featuring Cindy Blackstock (Gitxsan activist for child welfare and Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada), speaking on Shannen's Dream, and Ed Bianchi (Kairos). Also speaking: Rev. Mark Whittall, St. Alban's Anglican Church, Rev. Dr. Anthony Bailey, Parkdale United Church; Imam Zijad Delic, South Nepean Muslim Community; Rubin Friedman, Canadian Race Relations Foundation and Waubgershig Rice. For more info: [email protected]
Monday, March 14, 2016
Doors at 7:30, show at 8:00pm
Cafe Nostalgica, 601 rue Cumberland St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5
SPOKENWORD SHOW: Long-time veteran of the Ottawa arts community Brandon Wint will be the featured poet, while Quebec's own multi-lingual songstress and poet Kyra Shaughnessy will enchant the audience, as she is known across Canada for doing. Join these two respected, beloved artists as they take you on a journey of sincere intellect, warmth and creativity. Cover: $10 (or PWYC)
Sunday, March 20, 2016
6:30-8:30pm
Pour Boy Pub, (2nd), 495 Somerset St W, Ottawa, ON K1R 5J7
FREE Book Reading Event featuring author H. Nigel Thomas, a native of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Novel: No Safeguards, which is set in St
Vincent (near Chateaubelair, in Georgetown, in Kingstown) and Montreal, has
received excellent reviews and was a finalist for Quebec Writers’ Federation
Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction.
Saturday, March 26, 2016
11am - 8pm
32 Colonnade Rd., CUPE hall
FUNDRAISER: We would like to help the already established initiative to get 15 hospital beds from Ottawa to Jamaica. There will be food and soft drinks on sale, activities for children, ie face painting , storytelling, Dominoes, live music. Dj's in the house include: Sunshine int'l , David SuperSound, Cruss, Miller, Sweet Chunes. You are welcome to BYOB and visit with your community. Admission: $10.
Saturday, March 26, 2016
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Or.i.gin Studio, 57 Lyndale Ave., Ottawa, Ontario
1NIGHT: With MALIK AL NASIR. From Liverpool, UK, the master storyteller and dub poet Malik Al Nasir (bio coming soon) returns to Ottawa this time for a full evening of interviews, book signing, live band performance and documentary screening. This night is going to be packed with entertainment and growth. Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 at the door.; $30 for VIP. Get your early bird tickets until March 13 and pay only $15.
Sunday, March 27
10 PM - 2:30 AM
EVE - 110 York Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5T5
REWIND ALL STAR party! Music by MACE . KAM . KANE
Playing the very best in Old School, Throwbacks, Club Anthems, '90s R&B, '90s Hip Hop, Classic Hip Hop, Motown, Funk, Retro 80's, 2000's, Booty, Slow Jams, Strictly The Best Reggae, Soca Gold + all the FEEL GOOD MUSIC you love! Located on Second Floor, next to The Whiskey Bar. Admission $10.00 before Midnight.