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complete with Vegas “celebrities” and
gorgeous showgirls. Call 613 755-1111
or visit www.nac-cna.ca for details.
Tone Cluster presents their concert,
Miami and Other Vices, on June 21 at
Glebe St. James United Church. Visit
www.gaycanada.com/tonecluster for
details.
Museums
and Galleries
Two exhibitions continue at the
Canadian Museum of Nature: F.H.
Varley: Portraits into the Light gathers
over 90 portraits by the Group of
Seven painter while Ice Age Mammals
gives you an opportunity to find out all
about the last ice age — which mammals
survived and which didn’t. Call 613
566-4700 for more information.
Continuing throughout the summer at
the Ottawa Art Gallery, Mary Anne
Barkhouse’s Night Beaver series. Call
613 233-8699 ext. 225 or visit
www.ottawaartgallery.ca
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The major exhibition at the Museum of
Civilization this summer is The Greeks,
featuring a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
to view art and artifacts from the
world-famous Benaki Collection, with
items dating from as far back at 6000 BC
up to the 1820s. Call 819 776-7000 or
visit www.civilization for details.
Beginning June 6, the National Gallery
presents The 1930s: The Making of
“The New Man.” The exhibition
explores the seminal link between art
and biology and includes 200 works by
such renowned artists as Salvador Dali,
Pablo Picasso, Vassily Kandinsky, Max
Ernst, August Sander, Jackson Pollock,
Grant Wood, Walker Evans and Alex
Colville. Call 613 990-1985 or visit
www.gallery.ca for more information.
Beginning June 13 at the Canadian War
Museum, Deadly Medicine: Creating
the Master Race, explores Nazi eugenics
and the tragic path that utopian ideas
about perfecting the human genetic
makeup took under Hitler’s dictatorship.
Call 819 776-8600 or visit
www.warmuseum.ca for details.
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Beginning June 20 at the Museum of
Civilization, Heart and Soul: Quebec’s
Folk Art features 400 carvings, paintings
and other creative pieces covering
400 years of folk art in Quebec. Call 819
776-7000 or visit www.civilization for
details.
Special Events
and Festivals
Don’t miss the Canada Dance Festival,
June 7 to 14, at the NAC and other venues.
The festival is a showcase of new
Canadian choreographic work and performers
will include BJM Danse and
Compagnie Marie Chouinard, among
many others. Call 613 947-7000 or visit
www.canadadance.ca for the details.
Take the grandkids to Monster
Spectacular monster truck show at
Scotiabank Place June 14 and 15. Call
613 599-3267 or visit www.scotiabankplace.com
for more information.
Over the Hedge Country Gardens
Tour will be held on June 14 and 15.
Take part in a tour of 10 exquisite
country gardens in the Manotick,
Kemptville and Merrickville area.This a
fundraiser for the Ottawa Botanical
Garden Society (OBGS) to help make a
national botanical garden in Ottawa a
reality.The ticket price for OBGS members
is $25, with a fee of $30 for OBGS
group members and $35 for the general
public. For more information, e-mail
overthehedge08@yahoo.com or visit
www.ottawagarden.ca to download a
registration form.
The Ottawa Fringe Festival showcases
new and innovative theatre June 19 to 29
at several venues downtown. Call 613
232-6162 or visit www.ottawafringe.com
for details.
Head to Mooney’s Bay for the Nortel
Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival
from June 20 to 22. This annual event
attracts more than 4,500 paddlers and
over 60,000 spectators.Visit www.dragonboat.net
for the details.
The TD Canada Trust Ottawa
International Jazz Festival is set to go
June 20 to July 1 at Confederation Park
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