Category: Entertainment & Events
Four things to do with your pumpkin, post-Halloween
1. Bring it to Stittsville’s 3rd annual Pumpkin Parade of course! Organizer Trevor Eggleton is expecting to have hundreds of creative jack-o-lanterns on display at Village Square Park from 6:00pm-7:30pm. Enter your…
Five awesome Halloween displays in Stittsville
(We take Halloween pretty seriously in Stittsville don’t we! If you have a suggestion for this list or a great Halloween photo to share, please send it along to feedback@stittsvillecentral.ca)…
Songwriter Sally Thompson at Gaia Java this Friday
When asked at what age Sally began talking, her mother would say, “She never talked, she sang.” This she apparently continued to do, upon request, from the age of 3,…
Annual Pumpkin Parade tradition continues on November 1
(Above: Stittsville Pumpkin Parade 2013. Photo by Trevor Eggleton.) On November 1, Village Square Park will be home to what is becoming a familiar Stittsville tradition. Now in its third year,…
Goulbourn Street haunts for CHEO again this year
Joe Chennette sent along a note today to let us know that his haunted backyard on Goulbourn Street is open again this year for brave trick-or-treaters.
Gracenote sings sing jazz and pop standards at Gaia Java this Friday
The talented ladies of Gracenote have graced us with their voices on several occasions and it is noteworthy to be having them back, with as always the steady and sympathetic…
Kanata Theatre gets six Capital Critics Circle nominations
(Press release from Kanata Theatre.) Shows from last year’s Kanata Theatre season have received important recognition by the Capital Critics Circle, a panel of Ottawa’s leading theatre reviewers. Productions by…
Third “All That Glam” jewelry sale raises money for Nunavut
As a student in grade 12, I began a charity event called ALL THAT GLAM, a sale of gently-used jewelry and handbags to raise money for school breakfast programs in…
CALL FOR PHOTOS: Stittsville’s best Halloween decor!
If your house is all spooked up for Halloween … or if you have a neighbour with a haunted grave yard that’s to die for … we want to hear about it.…
Amanda Bon and Danny Artuso at Gaia Java this Friday
CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS Amanda and I have been in touch by email for well over a year, and this summer we finally met, thanks to the hospitality of the…
VIDEO: Saunders Farm welcomes 1,000,000th visitor
Last weekend, Saunders Farm welcomed their 1,000,000th visitor and awarded the Latour and Bimm Families passes for life to the attraction. For a bit more about the history of Saunders…
Volunteers needed for annual Parade of Lights on November 28
(Photo courtesy of Danielle Barabé-Bussières.) The Stittsville Village Association has announced details about the annual Parade of Lights, the community Christmas parade to be held this year on November 28. From…
Guitar-vocal jazz duo at Gaia Java this Friday
It is great to have Betty Ann Bryanton coming in to sing again, and this time she returns in collaboration with jazz guitar stalwart Pierre Monfils who has played Gaia…
Stittsville performers sweep Carleton Place singing contest
(Photo: All 8 semi-finalists from U-Rock Music School, along with their vocal coach, Cathy Hallessey (center). Left to right: Andrew Waines, Sarah Culbert, Abigail Moffitt, Briana Kelford, Avery Stone, Karolina Moo,…
PHOTO: Young Artist of the Month winner picks up prize
Ten-year-old Brianna Richard, the winner of our very first Young Artist of the Month contest on StittsvilleCentral.ca, picked up her framed artwork from Walkerworks Picture Framing last week. Pictured above are…