Poetry Night Time and Place: 5:30 pm. Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset W. Web:ottawatranslibrary.ca/event/poetry-night-2/2026-02-07/ An informal evening of poetry reading and discussion. No mic, no stage! Share poems you have discovered or ones you have written in a casual atmosphere of poetry appreciation. Meeting on the first Saturday of the month at 5:30. The Old Black Maple, NAC Hip Hop Theatre Festival Time and Place: February 3 at 7:00 pm. National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street Web:nac-cna.ca/en/event/35007 $25 Joshua "Scribe" Watkis, Rose-Ingrid Benjamin, Ikenna "Open Secret" Onyegbula, Maya "MayaSpoken" Basudde, Brandon Wint, Jadyn Hardie-Bardy 9:30pm - Black Out show for Black audiences and their guests