WEEK AHEAD
SUNDAY
There’s a free shuttle service to scenic lookouts in Gatineau Park, leaving from Camp Fortune every 10 minutes from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with three stops. (The Pontiac Country fair is also on at Luskville Falls.) nccccn.ca
Eat then tour the museum at the Thanksgiving Brunch at the Museum of Nature, featuring typical brunch items and turkey with all the fixings, with seatings at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Tickets: $6.50-$39.99. nature.ca
Hockey is back with the Ottawa Senators playing the Montreal Canadiens in their season home opener, 7 p.m., Canadian Tire Centre. Tickets: $31.61-$287.61. capitaltickets.ca
MONDAY
Painter Lisa Yachnin is having an opening event for her exhibit, Reflections, 1 to 4 p.m., Galerie Old Chelsea, Hwy. 105, Chelsea. www.galeriesoldchelsea.ca
For more art, take in three studio tours, including the Perth Autumn Studio Tour (www.perthstudiotour.com), Crown and Pumpkin Studio Tour in Mississippi Mills, Almonte and Clayton (www.crownandpumpkin.com) and Westport Area Fall Colours Studio Tour (westportstudiotour.com).
TUESDAY
Former YouTube pop singer-songwriter Tyler Ward is playing an (almost) all-ages show at 8 p.m., Ritual, with those aged 14- to 15-years-old welcome with a guardian. Tickets: $20. spectrasonic.com For something with a teensy bit more grit, see longtime musicians, but up-and-coming band Dirty Ghosts, play post-punk rock informed by The Police and The Stranglers, 9 p.m., Dominion Tavern. Tickets: $8.
WEDNESDAY
Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 silent movie City Lights is on the big screen tonight, with the NAC Orchestra performing the score to the romantic film still considered one of the greatest ever made, 8 p.m., NAC. Tickets: from $25. nac-cna.ca Holocaust researcher Florence
Luxenberg-Eisenberg and survivor Paul Hartal will speak on the suffering of the millions who perished and the current status of the Holocaust in people’s minds, 7 to 10:30 p.m., Canadian Museum of History, in aid of the documentary Charred Landscapes. Tickets: $62.15.
Music and politics will be diverse at Ballads for Ballots, a non-partisan event with live music, speakers and an Elections Canada information booth to encourage political engagement among youth, 8:30 p.m., Babylon. www.facebook.com
THURSDAY
The stunts will be insane at Nitro Circus Live with BMX, FMX, skate, outrageous new contraptions and 10 attempts to break world records with spectacular tricks, 7:30 p.m., Canadian Tire Centre. Tickets: $49-$99. canadiantirecentre.com For something completely different, seminal punk band The Misfits will play the entirety of its 1978 album Static Age and more hits at the Bronson Centre. 7 p.m. Tickets: $35. spectrasonic.com
FRIDAY
The fall edition of PoutineFest starts at 11 a.m., just in time for a lunch break, for three days of gravy, cheese curds and some outlandish toppings, Sparks Street Mall. www. sparkslive.com
Toronto’s Essential Opera brings two new operas by Canadian composers to the GCTC, including Etiquette by Monica Pearce and Regina by Elisha Denberg, 8 p.m. Tickets: $40. operalyra.ca Professional WWE wrestler and
comedian Mick Foley wrote a bestselling memoir and has performed at Just for Laughs and Edinburgh Fringe Festival — and now Yuk Yuk’s, at 7 and 9:30 p.m., and again tomorrow. Tickets: $30. yukyuks.com
SATURDAY
Ottawa Brewery Market’s last event for the season at Hintonburg Park, with new and stalwart brews to try, noon to 6 p.m. Admission: Free, proceeds to the Ottawa Riverkeeper. www.brewerymarket.com
The Fabric Flea Market is a treasure trove of inspiration and an annual fundraiser for the Cambridge Street Community Public School, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Glebe Community Centre. Admission: $2.
The Makers Pop-Up Bazaar is a curated event featuring emerging and established creators from Ottawa and beyond, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Makerspace North, 250 City Centre Ave., Bay 216.