WEEK AHEAD
SUNDAY
The family can get hands-on at two art galleries, starting at the National Gallery with Art Moves Me, an all-ages dance and puppet-making event, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., included with admission, gallery.ca; the Ottawa Gallery has their free, drop-in Creative Sundays art and craft creation event, 1 to 3 p.m. www.ottawaartgallery.ca. Due to demand, another beginner ukulele workshop is on at the Alcorn Music studio today, promising to teach even the least-musically inclined strumming three full songs, 1 to 3 p.m., 953 Gladstone Ave. Cost: $25, and there are ukuleles to borrow.
Pay tribute to artist David Bowie in an intimate, karaoke-style event with party leader Remi Royale, 11 p.m., The Manx. There will be costumes and likely tears. manxpub.com.
MONDAY It’s Mac’N’Cheese week at Flapjack’s, with extended hours (8 a.m. to 8 p.m. until Jan. 24), offering such permutations as the Canadian Shawarma, poutine and sausage and “relatively healthy” vegetable and pesto Mac’N’Cheese. (Their full menu will still be available.) www.flapjacks. ca.
If you’re in search of a cocktail, the bartenders at LIVE on Elgin are put through their paces at a training event. (creations are $4 each), 9:30 p.m., 220 Elgin St. www.liveonelgin. com.
TUESDAY Tonight, the Cracking up the
Capital comedy festival is giving a second chance to 10 local comedians who are very funny, but somehow did not win in the semifinal rounds, 7 p.m., Lone Star, 1211 Lemieux Dr. Those successful will join in the finals on Feb. 3, where the winner gets cash and performs on stage with such luminaries as Mary Walsh during the festival. Dr. Tickets: $10. www. crackup.ca.
The live Art Battle competition is back, with artists creating original pieces in 20-minute rounds and will be voted on by the audience, 7 p.m., Arts Court. The finished pieces are then available by silent auction and the winner gets to eventually faceoff in regional, then national rounds. artbattle.ca.
Master gardener Judith Cox gives tips on vegetables for those ready to start planning their garden, at a Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society event, 7:30 p.m., Pretty Street Community Centre, 2 Pretty St., Stittsville. All welcome; $4 for non-members. SGHorticultural@ gmail.com.
WEDNESDAY Calgary’s Old Trout Puppet
Workshop has had its hands on the NAC’s actors and are offering a few surprises in Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s arguably-best comedy, with cross-dressing, bizarre love twists and ribald wit — opening tonight in previews, 7:30 p.m., on until Feb. 6. Tickets: $32-$89. nac-cna.ca.
THURSDAY
It’s a week for artists, with two interesting events tonight, beginning with a curator-led tour of the provocative exhibition of pieces created from human remains by Nichola Feldman-Kiss (5:30 p.m., ottawartgallery.ca); then Claude Monet’s Camille on her Deathbed is examined in a lecture, alongside an exhibit of his works, arguing it is not an anomaly in the artist’s oeuvre (6 p.m., gallery. ca). Both events are free. Swollen Members’ Madchild brings his hip-hop styles from the west coast to Babylon, 9 p.m., 317 Bank St. Tickets: $25, $40/VIP. www. ticketscene.ca.
FRIDAY
The topic will be all baseball, all the time at Zaphod Beeblebrox with some experts, including Tao of Stieb and Mike Wilner of Sportsnet, The Toronto Star’s Brendan Kennedy and Rich Griffin, TSN’s Scott MacArthur and Ottawa’s own outfielder Sebastien Boucher, 8 p.m. Tickets: $25. pitchtalksbaseball.com.
For music: Irene’s Pub’s 28th annual two-day R’n’B Fest starts with Zydeco Loco, The Drew Nelson Band and Jed Rached and the Fat City 8, 9:30 p.m., 885 Bank St. Tickets: $10. irenespub.ca.
The Eric St. Laurent Trio offers experimental jazz for the uninitiated, but open-minded, using Afro-Cuban beats to create eclectic and catchy — albeit definitely-not-mainstream — pieces, 7:30 p.m., GigSpace. Tickets: $20. www.gigspace.ca.