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September 5, 2026
Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a 7 Week Reading Group
Time and Place: Every Saturday at 3:00 pm. Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset W.
Web: tinyurl.com/orlandoaugust2026
Over seven weeks, starting August first, we will be running an Orlando reading group each Saturday at 3:00. If you are interested in participating please click on the sign-up link.
Poetry Night at the Ottawa Trans Library
Time and Place: 5:00 pm. 1104 Somerset W.
Web: ottawatranslibrary.ca/
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 5pm
September 2026 Events
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    Words and Culture 10:00am
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic Online 7:30pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Events by the Ottawa Poets Laureates
6-8 pm. Where: Ottawa Riverkeeper Boathouse (501 Promenade Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier, Ottawa, ON) Tickets: $20 All proceeds to the Ottawa Riverkeeper Jean Marc Dalpé, David Galvaude, Harold Hoefle, Christine McNair, Sarah Migneron, stephanie roberts, Alexis Rodrigue-Lafleur, and Mahaila Smith. www.eventbrite.ca/e/current-conversations-conversations-au-courant-tickets-1990173089284?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a 7 Week Reading Group 3:00pm
Poetry Night at the Ottawa Trans Library 5:00pm
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
Ottawa StoryTellers: Story Cafe 7:00pm
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Capital Crime Writers 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Ottawa ComicCon 2026
Friday Special Blend 7:00am		 Kate Heartfield: Mercutio
Indigo Innes, 2025 Mer - Bleue Road 12-3 pm.
Ottawa ComicCon 2026
Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a 7 Week Reading Group 3:00pm
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Ottawa ComicCon 2026
An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 Jamaal Amir Akbari events
8:30 p.m. Ottawa Hip Hop Jam Red Bird Live, Ottawa Join JustJamaal ThePoet as the featured artist performing with the Capital Syndicate Session Band. ADULT EVENT. More information: redbirdlive.ca
The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm
Ottawa Storytellers Open Mic In Person 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Sad Girl Cafe 7:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm
Naked Boys Reading 8:00pm
Alien Mating Rituals		 Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Night Oat Open Stage 7:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm		 Third World Players Present 6:00pm
Nostalgica Pub Open Mic 8:00pm		 Friday Special Blend 7:00am  
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An Indian Morning 10:00am
Culture géniale 1:00pm
(un)told - Ottawa StoryTellers 7:00pm
Art-N-Tell 7:00pm		 Art House Cafe Open Mic 7:00pm
Namaashoum 7:00pm		 Words and Culture 10:00am
Live on Elgin Open Mic 8:00pm		 The Lit Room with Susan Johnston 9:30am
Asian Sounds 6:00pm
Ottawa Scrabble Club 7:00pm