Events

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 (24)

May 18, 2010
April 17, 2010
Saturday

  • Canadian Tulip Festival, May 7-24, 2010

  • Apr 17, 2010 at 11:00am to May 31, 2010 at 12:00pm
  • Location: Ottawa, Canada
  • Description:

    The Canadian Tulip Festival Liberation The 2010 Special 65th anniversary Liberation edition of the Canadian Tulip Festival is a proud commemorative celebration of the role of Canadian troops in the liberation of the Netherlands. The Festival also celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy! Party in the street, at the Cabaret, or in the International Beer Garden It all begins May 7th with a re-creation of the street party that broke out spontaneously at the foot of Parliament Hill along Sparks Street that same day in 1945. Starting May 14, step back in time at Cabaret Libre in the exotic Euro Mirror Tent from Belgium featuring jazz and swing from the 1940s. Or catch contemporary live music most nights in the Beer Garden in the International Pavillion. Activities and attractions for all ages and interests Includes special programming at the Casino Lac Leamy and at Festival partner sites including the newly re-opened Museum of Nature and the Museums of Aviation, Agricultu
  • Created by: M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D.
April 30, 2010
Friday

  • Tree’s 2010 Origami Crane Open-Mic Poetry Competition!

  • Apr 30, 2010 at 11:00am to Aug 31, 2010 at 12:00pm
  • Location: Ottawa, Canada
  • Description:

    The second edition of the Tree Origami Crane Open-Mic Poetry Competition has been launched! So, there’ll be an unrestricted Open-Mic at every Tree session between now and the end of August. Come read to us! One prize for best poem. Another for best performance! Nobody loses. Two Prizes! Best Poem and Best Performance! You are a poet. You hate other peoples’ rules. So do we. However, these are ours and we gotta have ‘em.... RULES: 1. All entries must have been read at a Tree Open-Mic session between 27 April and 24 August 2010, inclusive, and must have been video recorded and posted to Tree’s YouTube account. 2. Printed entries can be no more than one page in length, at no less than 12-point type. An entry may cover, at peril of annoying whoever does the judgin’, both sides of an 8.5” X 11” sheet of paper. 3. Readers can submit multiple entries and must submit at least one self-photograph suitable for publication. (Photographs can be submitted electronically in any format.)
  • Created by: M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D.
May 15, 2010
Saturday

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  • May 15, 2010 at 11:00am to May 31, 2020 at 12:00pm
  • Location: 1480 Richmond Road, Ottawa, ON K2B 6S1, (613) 726-6330
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  • Created by: M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D.
May 18, 2010
Tuesday
Ottawa International Poets and Writers for human Rights (OIPWHR)