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May 31, 2025
Uzma Jalaluddin Book Reading Event - Détective Aunty
Time and Place: May 31 at 2:00 pm. Ben Frankliin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive
Web: lovelylabooks.com/blogs/llb-events/uzma-jalaluddin-book-reading-event-detective-aunty
Tickets starting at $15
Erin Forget
Time and Place: May 31 at 3:00 pm. Irene's Pub Restaurant, 885 Bank St
Web: erinforget.ca/
The Unsung Song of a Wren
Manahil Banduwala, Natalie Lim, Ellen Chang-Richardson
Time and Place: May 31 at 3:00 pm. Anina's Cafe, 280 Joffre-Bélanger Way
Elegy for Opportunity Book Launch
Thugs Need Love Too " Community Art Showcase
Time and Place: May 31 at 5:00 pm. Taggart Parkes Family Clubhouse - BGC Ottawa 1770 Heatherington Road
Web: tinyurl.com/tnl2may31
BIPOC poets, rappers, artists, DJs, local vendors. PWYC. 5-8PM
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