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May 30, 2025
Is a River Alive? with Robert Macfarlane
Time and Place: May 30 at 7:00 pm. Southminster United Church • 15 Aylmer Ave.
Web: writersfestival.org/events/spring-20251/is-a-river-alive
$25 in person; $20 on line
PS Guelph presents: Aedan Corey (KINAUVUNGA?), Emily Henderson (Hold Steady My Vision) & Janice Grey (Cautionary Tales).
Time and Place: May 30 at 7:00 pm. Beandigen Café, 106-900 Exhibition Way (Lansdowne)
free event.
May 2025 Events
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        Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		    
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Culture géniale 1:00pm
Poets’ Pathway: City Archives Plaque for William Pittman Lett 2:00pm		 Sunnyside Writers' Group with Michael F. Stewart 6:00pm
You Talk. We Taco 6:30pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - Constance Bay 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		    
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Culture géniale 1:00pm Collage Club 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Ottawa Centre 7:00pm		 The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Silent Book Club - Bells Corners 6:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Silent Book Club - Hintonburg 2:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		    
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Culture géniale 1:00pm Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Silent Book Club Ottawa - Kanata 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Jordana Globerman, Soul Machine book launch 6:00pm
Ottawa Public Library Storytelling Open Mic for Teens 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm		 Third World Players 6:00pm
Jamie Liew, Monia Mazigh, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Narratives of Belonging: Stories of Identity, Community and Kinship 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		   Capital Comic Book Convention 11:00pm
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Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told 2025 - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Open Mic Poetry Night 7:00pm		 Collage Club 6:00pm
Monday Director Spotlight - Lee Chang-dong - Poetry 6:00pm
Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Books on Beechwood Book Club 1:30pm
The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle 3:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Silent Book Club - East End 7:00pm		 Made in Alta Vista Market 4:00pm
Third World Players 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub & Beer Garden Open Mic 8:00pm		 Is a River Alive? with Robert Macfarlane 7:00pm
PS Guelph presents: Aedan Corey (KINAUVUNGA?), Emily Henderson (Hold Steady My Vision) & Janice Grey (Cautionary Tales). 7:00pm		 Uzma Jalaluddin Book Reading Event - Détective Aunty 2:00pm
Erin Forget 3:00pm
Manahil Banduwala, Natalie Lim, Ellen Chang-Richardson 3:00pm
Thugs Need Love Too " Community Art Showcase 5:00pm