🏒 The Ottawa Charge is apparently in talks with the Sens to work out a way to stay in the city. The Professional Women’s Hockey League team was given a blow by the City after council decided to cut back the number of seats at the new TD Place Arena.– John Wawrow in the Associated Press ·

🏎️ Leitrim Station users have been shown plans for a new multi-use pathway along Albion Road. Currently, there is no safe way to get to the station without walking or cycling beside traffic at 80 kilometers per hour. – Shaun Vardon at CTV

🦟 Dominion Dynamics is investing $50 million to build Canada’s first large combat drones. The Kanata company currently has 35 employees and expects to hire 100 more. – David Pugliese in the Ottawa Citizen  

 

🦟 Ottawa Tourism has announced the recipients of its Major Festivals Fund. Receiving slices of the $1 million fund are Capital Pride, CityFolk Festival, Escapade Music Festival,  Ottawa Bluesfest, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa Jazz Festival, Saunders Farm FrightFest, and Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. – Canadian Meetings + Events Expo  

THURSDAY

• ✳️ Multi-instrumentalist and powerhouse vocalist Angelique Francis brings her Quartet to Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe tomorrow afternoon. 

• ✳️ Erupcja (Poland/USA, 2025) and short film The Little Goodbyes screen at Ottawa Art Gallery, followed by Little Girl Troubles (Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, 2025) and the short film Boa (Canada (Quebec), France, 2025) as International Film Festival of Ottawa continues. 

• Diyet and the Love Soldiers bring their alternative country, folk, roots and traditional music to the Fourth Stage at National Arts Centre. (Downtown)  

• Reawaken your senses in Aquatopia’s greenhouse with Tai Chi & Tea. (Very West Ottawa near Carp) 

• 🆓 Parents and caregivers, join Brenda Frey, Early Learning Specialist and Certified Forest and Nature Practitioner in the virtual session The Importance of Risky Play - FREE Virtual Workshop tonight. Presented by Parent Resource Centre Ottawa. (Virtual)  

• Better Living Through Chemistry headlines at LIVE on Elgin, with support by Countdown 2 Earplugs and Red Light Run. (Downtown) 

• Blood Relations continues at the Gladstone Theatre (Little Italy) 

• Jesus Christ Superstar continues at Meridien Theatres @ Centrepointe (Nepean)  

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: The President’s Cake, Ciné-Club d'Ottawa: Le til Copy, Marty Supreme 

• Mayfair Theatre: Mavka.The True Myth, Pillion

Gigs

• Holy Void, The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol, Pallbearer Industry. House of TARG

• Shane Pendergast. Red Bird

• Quite Alright. Night Oat

FRIDAY

• Entry is by donation at the Pure Havana Dance Studio Dance for Cuba: Fundraising Social. 

• Teens aged 13-18 (Grades 8 through 12) are invited to hang at OPL Nepean Centrepointe branch for the Teen Takeover. 

• Day three of the International Film Festival of Ottawa is enhanced by the Film Club event at the Albion Rooms (33 Nicholas Street, 9:00 pm to 11:30pm). As for screenings, today’s program at Ottawa Art Gallery begins with I Lost Sight of the Landscape (Canada, 2025) with the short film Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts (Spain, Canada and Mexico 2025), followed by A Useful Ghost (Thailand, Germany, France, Singapore, 2025), and Mārama (New Zealand, 2025). Meanwhile, Jimpa (Australia, Netherlands, Finland 2025) plays at the ByTowne Cinema with the short film Same Time Next Year (Ontario, 2025). 

• Around the Clock Cover Band plays dance/pop/rock favourites from the 70s through today at the Carleton Tavern. (Parkdale) 

• Orléans Legion is launching Family Feud Night with teams pulled randomly from willing audience members. $2 entry fee. (Orléans)   

• All Elite Wrestling’s The Blade appears alongside other AEW stars and favourites at the Preston Event Centre (Little Italy) 

• Blood Relations continues at the Gladstone Theatre (Little Italy)  

• Jesus Christ Superstar continues at Meridien Theatres @ Centrepointe (Nepean)  

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Calle Málaga, Hamnet, International Film Festival of Ottawa: Jimpa, Drunken Cinema: Friday the 13th Part IV: Jason Lives 

• Mayfair Theatre: All That’s Left of You, Pillion, The Room  

Gigs

• Friday the 13th Horror Event at DOM! Dominion Tavern

• Birds of a Feather. Hard Rock Ottawa

• Justin Duhaime and Friends. Night Oat

• No More New. Avant-Garde Bar

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

• Families with kids aged four through 11 should check out the Goulbourn Museum’s Irish-themed activities next week (March 16 through 20). At just $5 per child per day it's a cost-effective way to inspire the littles during the week off. (Stittsville) 

• Studio Saja will host a beginner session of Dungeons and Dragons specifically designed for pre-teens on at 2:00 pm on Saturday March 21. They say: ‘You will be walked through an adventure by our resident Dungeon Master. No need to make a character as it will be provided; the only things to bring are yourselves and your enthusiasm!’ (Downtown)

• Canadian folk-rock-alt music powerhouses Shred Kelly are coming to Burnstown’s Neat Coffeehouse on July 2. Standing room only; they’re tossing aside the chairs for this one. It will sell out; most gigs at Neat inevitably do.