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UPCOMING EVENTS

Art sale: The Findlay Creek Art Collection “Art at Home” initiative opens to the public on Thursday and runs until Nov. 27 with works hung in three of the Tartan Homes models on Helen Rapp Way. They’re open Monday through Thursday from 1-8 p.m., as well as Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. In addition to creating exposure for local artists, the home art galleries will allow the public to purchase art directly from the artists.

Homes for the Holidays: Eight exquisite homes in Rockcliffe Park, Dow’s Lake and Manotick will be decorated for the holiday season and put on display Nov. 18-20 for a fundraising tour in support of Hospice Care Ottawa. Tickets are $50 each. For more information visit hospicecareottawa.ca.

House tour: The fifth-annual “Christmas in Carleton Place House Tour,” benefiting the Carleton Place Hospital Foundation, happens Dec. 3 and 4. Tickets cost just $25 each and go on sale Nov. 1 at various west-end locations, including Carleton Place Nursery, The Beckwith Kitchen, The Hospital Gift Shoppe, Yarn Forward in Kanata, and Pretty Pots Flower Shop in Stittsville.