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▪️2-4-6-8 this one we appreciate! How we missed the ICU Pan American Cheerleading Championships and COPA America Cheerleading Championships we’ll never know, but they’re running today through Sunday at Shaw Centre. To be honest, we don’t know if the competition is open to the public. If not, you can catch the excitement in the live stream on Olympics.com. 

▪️If you are an Indigenous artist, there are a few days left in which to submit art to the peer juried Indigenous art acquisition program at The indigenous Art Collection in Gatineau. Artists of any stage in their careers may apply by Tuesday October 1. 

▪️Author Andrew Knapp will be talking about his new book Let’s Find Yaya and Boo at Home! at Octopus Books on Saturday. 

▪️Road Trip This year’s Pumpkinferno at Upper Canada Village promises the usual ambitious number of intricately carved squashes and sculptures, photo ops and interactive displays that make this outing so memorable. Today through October 31 in Morrisburg, ON. Adult tickets $22. 

🆓 Vancouver Film School’s 15 minute Creative Portfolio Review with a faculty member will help you to define education and career paths that are right for you and help you discover if you’re ready to apply to VFS’s School of Animation (3D Animation & Visual Effects, Classical Animation, and Animation Concept Art) or Digital Design programs. It’s free to attend but you must register in advance. 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Metcalfe Hotel, 123 Metcalfe St. K1P 5L9.  

🆓 The Fifty-Five Plus Lifestyle Show offers entertainment, samples, prizes, and lifestyle ideas. EY Centre, 4899 Uplands Drive. 

▪️The Urban Botonist’s Emma Terrell will be live on stage at the Ottawa Home Show from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. 

▪️Road Trip: Make it a quiet night out* with friends at the Equator Coffee Board Game Night in Almonte (*unless you play the bloodthirsty competitive Scrabble favoured by Martha’s family, wherein play is frequently stopped for loud arguments about the validity of words like “botoxing”.) 

🆓 Bring your own blanket to the Capital Pop-Up Cinema screening of The Goonies on Sparks Street tonight.  

▪️Ottawa International Animation Festival Day 3:  Passholders will make connections, carve a pumpkin, and have a jolly good time at the Animator’s Picnic in Strathcona Park. Continue the party back at Arts Court, either on Club SAW’s dance floor or upstairs at the Studio. All of the above is of course after you spend a blissful day watching the screenings at Ottawa Art Gallery, ByTowne Cinema, and Arts Court. 

▪️Carp Fair’s first full day is going to be busy. Start with the horse shows from 9:00 am, the 4-H Achievement programs starting at 10:00 am, the Antique Tractor Parade at 11:00 am, then shows featuring dairy heifers, goats, and live human entertainment. 

▪️Beau’s brings the Oktoberfest party to Manor Lounge, with live music, German food, games and activities, an fine beer. $7 admission, or free if you book a Manor Lounge paid experience. 100 Thornwood Road, K1K 4Y1 

▪️The Korean Cultural Centre Canada presents a multidisciplinary exhibition by the Montreal-based Korean-Canadian duo group THERE (T)HERE at the KCC Gallery from September 27 to November 1. Presented as part of the Year of Korea-Canada Cultural Exchanges celebration programs, the exhibition is an artistic exploration of “migration” as seen through the eyes of Korean-Canadian artist duo THEIR (T)HERE. There will be a vernissage and artist talk this evening at the KCC Gallery,  101-150 Elgin St

▪️It’s Drag On Tap night at Kichesippi Beer Co with performers Saltina Shaker, Sunshine Glitterchild, Portia Züm Züm and Xtra. 

▪️Stittsville has more than its fair share of ghost stories. If you think you have the nerve, listen to them as you take the Stittsville Haunted Heritage Tour 2024. $22.59 per person. 

▪️Rock the Block in Manor Park will keep you fed and entertained all evening. Check out the Beer Garden, games for the kids, the pie contest, music, and the outdoor movie screen at 7:30 pm. 

▪️ByTowne Cinema: The Ottawa International Animation Festival  

▪️Mayfair Theatre: Will & Harper, The Critic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show 

Gigs

▪️Knotz & Christine Elise, Noah Derksen. Cinq à Sept at ByWard Market Square

▪️Reynaldo & The Dalliances Album Release party with the Retrospects and Jerry Leger. Irene’s Pub

▪️BirdDog. Avant-Garde Bar

▪️Dance Mix 2000’s - Dance Party 2009 Edition. House of TARG

▪️Strange Advance, The Box, Images in Vogue, Andres from Eight Seconds.  

▪️Fernie. National Arts Centre

▪️The RockPhiles. Conspiracy Theory Brewing Co.

▪️Wild One Dance Party. Berlin

▪️Friday Night Open Mic. Grumpy’s Pub & Eatery

▪️Brass Camel, Noise Hotel, Petty Cache. The Rainbow Bistro

▪️Rhythm Method. Carlton Tavern

▪️Fever Pitch Hot Jazz. Art House Café

▪️Virginia To Vegas. The 27 Club

▪️Dave Solazzo. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

▪️Curbside Decisions. Broadhead Brewery

▪️Trevor Alguire. Red Bird