Capital Pride 2025 August 23 - Streetmarket featuring local bookstores and authors from noon to 4pm in Ottawa's Village capitalpride.ca/2025-street-festival/ August 24 - Streetmarket featuring local bookstores and authors from noon to 4pm in Ottawa's Village capitalpride.ca/2025-street-festival/ Perfect Books Time and Place: 258A Elgin Web:perfectbooks.ca/ readings, signings; accessibility note: 1 stair up to store; Additional accessibility via walkway from Somerset Street June 25 - Living Beyond the Shadow Book Launch with Diane Sims 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM July 2 - Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM July 9 - Sanita Fejzić Joint Book Launch 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM July 26 - Book Signing with Sarah Selecky 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM July 27 - Book Signing with Jagjeet Sharma 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM August 5 - Christy Climenhage,, Caitlin Galway, Hollay Ghadery 7-8pm August 11 - Erin Brubacher and Jacob Wren Double Feature 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM August 18 - D.M. Bradford presents Ring of Dust 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Art House Cafe Open Mic Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. 555 Somerset W musicians, vocalists, poets, and comedians. sign up in advance on site. stairs leading up to cafe and down to open mic area. sign up opens at 6:30pm Namaashoum Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1 Web:cod.ckcufm.com/programs/53/info.html Promoting the Persian culture, especially its music and literature. Hosted by: Mehdi Fallahi