THE WEEK AHEAD
SUNDAY August 18
The Rideau Ferry
Regatta features a vintage boat race, politicians racing in cardboard boats, a canoe-building competition, a race and toy-boat building for the children, and more, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Rideau Ferry Yacht Club. $5, free for children under 12. rideauferryregatta.ca Get a touch of vintage entertainment at the St. Albert Curd Festival as Les Chiclettes, a trio of female vocalists, perform songs from the ’20s and ’30s, 1:30 p.m., 150 St-Paul St., St-Albert. $7. In French. festivaldelacurd.ca
MONDAY
August 19
Artist Colin Muir
Dorward will be at the opening night of an exhibit of new works, Some Paintings Enjoying Fresh Air, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., Carleton University Art Gallery, with guest speaker artist Jennifer Lefort. Free, $4 parking passes available. Show on until Sept. 1. cuag. carleton.ca Learn the lost art of seed-saving and preserve your favourite plant from this year’s garden for future generations at a workshop hosted by Just Food, 6 to 8 p.m., Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre, 2 MacNeil Crt. $5 or pay-what you-can. Visit justfood.ca for other dates and locations. There are pride celebrations of all sorts on all week, including the workshop Sex
Toys for Queers, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Venus Envy, 320 Lisgar St. Visit capitalpride.ca/events for more information.
TUESDAY August 20
Get and your cotton ferris candy wheel fix at
Ottawa Midway Magic, until Aug. 25 at Rideau Carleton Raceway, from 2 p.m. to midnight during the week, 11 a.m. to midnight on weekends. Admission is free, rideall-day bracelets are $36. www.midwaymagic.ca Head to the National Gallery of Canada to enjoy Le Pont de bois, an important early painting
by Impressionist painter Claude Monet, which was just given to the gallery on a long-term loan. The Gallery now has six Monets, making it the largest public collection of the artist’s works in Canada. gallery.ca The Canadian Museum of Nature is showing two 3D movies about dinosaurs every day until Sept. 2, Dinosaur Passage to Pangaea (suitable for all) and Flying Monsters (suitable for those over 3 years). $4 plus admission, but new members get free tickets to the day’s show until Sept. 2 nature.ca
WEDNESDAY
August 21
British comedian and actor Russell Brand brings his (sure to be at least slightly controversial) show to the NAC tonight as part of a cross-Canada tour, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $56. nac-cna.ca
Greystone Locavore
Summer Fête, 6 p.m., 179 Constance Bay Rd., Woodlawn. Appetizers, dinner and wine $30; appetizers and dinner $20; children 5 to 10 years $10; under 5 free. locavore.eventbrite.ca
Jasper Sloan Yip and his experimental folk-rock sextet perform with Andre Bluteau, Claude Munson and The Storm, 8 p.m., Zaphod Beeblebrox. $8. zaphods.ca
THURSDAY
August 22
The Wakefest Arts Festival opens tonight, featuring film, theatre, visual arts, literature, workshops and music, around the banks of the Gatineau River. Events begin with a portrait gallery launch and performance by Dynamite Hotel, fashion show and party, starting at 7 p.m., Cafe Radisson, 721 Riverside Dr., Wakefield. Until Aug. 25. wakefest.org
FRIDAY
August 23
The latest edition of the Museum of Civilization Uncorked! wine
tasting — this time featuring those from the Old Continent — is not until Sept. 20, but get your tickets now as the events tend to sell out. $55. civilization.ca Local writers Monty Reid, Gary Barwin, Marthe Reed, Wanda O’Connor and Marcus McCann will be reading and launching new chapbooks at the 20th anniversary of above/ground press, 7 p.m., Mercury Lounge, $8, includes the new issue of The Peter F. Yacht Club.
SATURDAY
August 24
A Company of Fools is holding a sneak peek, listening party and chat with cast and director as fundraiser for their production Hal &
Falstaff, an adaptation of four of Shakespeare’s plays into one, 7:30 p.m.., N.E.C.T.A.R., 255 Mackay St. $20, includes refreshments. fools.ca Sparks Street Mall will be divided into fun zones geared toward those aged 4 to 14 years for
Kidsfest, featuring creative exercises and games, displays an demonstrations, including information about local athletics, arts and more programs, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., all weekend. kidsfest.ca Celebrate the Scottish culture and heritage of the Ottawa Valley at the North Lanark Highland
Games, featuring 20 pipe bands, 100 dancers, and champion heavyweight athletes — and mini-games for kids, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., NLAS Fairgrounds, Almonte. $17, $6 for children. almontehighlandgames. com