THE WEEK AHEAD
SUNDAY
The RedBlacks are holding the final auditions for their cheer and dance teams in public, noon to 5 p.m., Nordstrom Court, Rideau Centre. www.ottawaredblacks.com Mole, Toad and Badger come alive in the Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre’s Wind in the Willows, 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., Shenkman Arts Centre. Runs 45 mins. Suitable for ages 4 to 11 years. Tickets: $10, 4 for $32. ragandbone.ca
MONDAY
Everyone can try seal pie, bison sliders, Arctic berries and bannock at the Arctic Food Fair this March Break, watch a movie about the animals of the Arctic park Tuktut Nogait and try Inuit games, Canadian Museum of Nature. nature.ca If Minecraft is your thing, there are three-hour space mining workshops daily, organized by age group, at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, until March 22. Cost: $25/session. cstmuseum. techno-science.ca
TUESDAY
Luck of the Irish to you on St. Patrick’s Day. The Archbishop will be conducting a mass at St. Patrick’s Basilica at noon; Later, there are 15 participating pubs and bars celebrating in the ByWard Market.
The ubiquitous modern
selfie, and other forms of self-portraiture, are explored by artists at a new show opening at the Karsh-Masson Gallery. Vernissage on March 19. ottawa.ca/arts
WEDNESDAY The Epic Indoor Bike Park has special hours for March Break, with all ages welcome, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 110 Bentley Ave. Cost: $29.99/ adults, $27.99/children. www. epicbikepark.com
See a free animated family movie at the Japanese embassy, My Neighbors, the Yamadas, about the life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan, 2:30 p.m., 155 Sussex Dr. Learn the story of ambition and loss behind the Beechwood Cemetery Mausoleum in a free Heritage Ottawa lecture, 7 p.m., Main Branch, Ottawa Public Library. www.heritageottawa.org
THURSDAY The “comedian’s comedian” Gilbert Gottfried is at Yuk Yuk’s, 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $45.20. yukyuks.com
TIFF and the National Gallery start their film, tapas and lecture series with a screening of Art and Craft, a documentary about the most prolific art forger, followed by a lecture by fraud expert 6:30 p.m., 380 Sussex Dr. Cost: $12 to $32. www.gallery.ca