Arts & Culture
Events
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Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey
380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4 Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaThis exhibition traces Impressionist painter Helen McNicoll's career through more than 80 paintings, sketches and works on paper. It also features work by her close painting companion Dorothea Sharp and other contemporaries from the Montreal art scene. The show is on view at the National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive near the ByWard Market. […]
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Wild Colour
Step into a vibrant, photo-worthy world of science at the Canadian Museum of Nature - Wild Colour is Ottawa's most colourful museum experience of 2026. Created by the Field Museum […]
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Frame of Mind: 10 Years of Creative Space
Frame of Mind is the 9th exhibition in the Creative Space program, a partnership between the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre and the Ottawa Art Gallery celebrating its 10th year […]
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Intertwined – A concurrent exhibition
Intertwined is a concurrent exhibition at the Ottawa Art Gallery running through August 2, 2026, bringing together artists to explore humanity's increasingly complex relationship to the natural world through their […]
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Te Tangi a Te Tūī | Maori cirque theatre work
Azrieli Studio, NAC 1 Elgin St, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaA stunning Maori cirque theatre work performed in Te Reo Maori, telling the allegorical story of Aotahi and her son Piri as they navigate powerful supernatural beings representing the colonial […]
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Macbeth (Robert Lepage)
Babs Asper Theatre, National Arts Centre 1 Elgin St, Centretown, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaRobert Lepage reimagines Shakespeare's Macbeth by transplanting the medieval Scottish tragedy into the world of 1990s Quebec biker gangs, with Cawdor Castle becoming a rural motel and Birnam Wood a […]
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Doors Open: University of Ottawa Heart Institute
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute opens its doors to the public as part of Doors Open Ottawa 2026, celebrating the institution's 50th anniversary. Visitors can learn about heart health, […]
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Doors Open Ottawa 2026
Doors Open Ottawa returns for its 24th anniversary with the theme Doors to the Past: Bytown's Bicentennial Journey, giving free access to 90-plus historic and modern Ottawa buildings that are […]
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Doors Open Ottawa – Birkett Castle Tour
Step inside the 1896 Gothic Revival mansion known as Birkett's Castle, now the Residence of the Hungarian Ambassador and open to the public on Sunday only. Built by architect Thomas […]
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Expo Mexico Mujer 2026
Expo Mexico Mujer returns to Lansdowne Park for a full day of programming celebrating Mexican culture, cuisine, fashion design, and women's entrepreneurship in Ottawa. The event is listed on the […]
