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| May 2026 Events | |
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| An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm |
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Readings, Signings and Book Club Meetings at Evermore Books Dark Romance Book Club Meeting 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM: May is Lights Out by Navessa Allen Words and Culture 10:00am Ottawa Independent Writers Meetings 7:00pm Alice Goldbloom Everything You Wanted to Know About Substack Book Launch | Temporary Palaces by Jeff Miller 7:30pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Media Club of Ottawa Meetings 5:00pm The magic lantern show by Professor Lindsay Lambert will combine his skill as a performer and his love of history and expertise in vintage light and photography. The comment of one of his friends sums it up best: You take things that are old and dead and make them live again in new and interesting ways. The room at the back of Perkins restaurant, 1130 St. Laurent Blvd., adjacent to St. Laurent shopping centre TIME: the room has been reserved for us from 4:30p.m.-8p.m. So there will be time to eat and network until our speaker begins to talk at 7p.m. Asian Sounds 6:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Friday Special Blend 7:00am House of Anansi Poetry Bash with Brandi Bird, A.F. Moritz and Graeme Bezanson 7:00pm |
Perfect Books Readings and Signings Murray Mollard Book Signing 1:00 PM 3:00 PM |
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| Perfect Books Readings and Signings Book Signing with Peggy Kleinplatz 1:00 PM 3:00 PM An Indian Morning 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm (un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm |
Ottawa Urbanism Book Club 6:15pm Human Transit (Revised Edition): How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives by Jarrett Walker Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm Namaashoum 7:00pm |
Words and Culture 10:00am VERSeOttawa AGM 6:30pm Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm |
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am Asian Sounds 6:00pm Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm |
Third World Players Present 6:00pm Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm |
Readings, Signings and Book Club Meetings at Evermore Books Anuja Varghese Book Launch: A Kiss of Crimson Ash 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Friday Special Blend 7:00am |
Readings, Signings and Book Club Meetings at Evermore Books Erin Lisbeth Book Signing 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Friends of the Farm Used Book and Donation Sale 10:00am Adult Book Fair 12:00pm Dominion City Brewing Co., 15-5510 Canotek Rd 12 to 5pm |
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| Octopus Books Readings and Signings Signing | Jagjeet Sharma presents Silent Ripples 1-3pm The Spaniel's Tale Readings and Signings Unrivaled Midnight Release Party 9:30 PM - 12:00 AM An Indian Morning 10:00am Friends of the Farm Used Book and Donation Sale 10:00am Culture géniale 1:00pm An Evening with Eckhart Tolle 7:00pm Ottawa Independent Writers Meetings 7:00pm Mike Keenan on writing humour |