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Concert series at Southminster

Sadly I won't be able to make the new Lenten series of concerts at Southminster United Church ... Roland Graham has programmed a variety of styles and instruments in a series of free Wednesday lunchtime concerts at Southminster United Church between 13th February and 27th March 2013. Admission is by donation.  

Swimming pool theatre and a party in a museum

Heading towards February and the variety of event choices has increased somewhat; M and I tried out the NAC English Theatre's production of Ovid's Metamorphoses and the inaugural Nature Nocturne at the Canadian Museum of Nature . I heard about Nature Nocturne via Apartment 613 and the concept immediately caught my eye. An adults-only cultural/nightlife event in an amazing building? Tickets bought. The attendees were a very diverse crowd, including a lot of smartly attired people giving the event something of a cocktail soirée vibe (perhaps this says something about the range of events, or lack of them, in Ottawa...). The refurbished tower held a very packed dancefloor and I especially recommend the current exhibition Fury: Portraits of turbulent skies by artist Stephen Hutching. We wandered around the Vale Earth Gallery having fun with the sedimentator, magmanator and metamorphicator machines (fantastic fun!) and trying out artist Greta Grip's kitted QR codes

Learn to Play Day

A bit of a seasonal and pre-house-moving lull in concerts, but today I came across a useful initiative for UK based people. Learn To Play Day is an annual taster day for those of any age who are thinking of learning a musical instrument, whereby free lessons are provided in participating music stores. I heard about the initiative through this article ; more information is on the Learn To Play Day website. Definitely worth checking it out on Saturday 16th March.