Belmont Ave. Street Sale. Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (unless it all gets sold by noon) Rain date Sunday. Along Belmont Avenue from Bank Street to the river at Windsor Park. Our 20th year.
Spring Fling II auction to raise funds to renovate the Firehall. Don't forget to get your tickets to attend Spring Fling II, a charitable auction to raise funds to renovate the Firehall. Great array of goods and services to be offered during the live and silent auction. Something for everyone! For listings, go to www.oldottawasouth.ca. Auction takes place on May 23 at the Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club, 176 Cameron Ave., beginning at 6:30 a.m. Tickets are $10, which includes snacks. Cash bar. Call John Graham at 730-0069, Jane Alain at 730-0165 or Peggi McNeil at 730-2866 for tickets.
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) will be holding Nature Day Camps at the Bill Mason Outdoor Education Centre and MacSkimming Outdoor Education Centre this summer. For ages 6-12. July 7-11, July 14-18, July 21-25 (both centres); and July 28-Aug. 1, Aug. 5-8 (MacSkimming only). Follow the links from www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca. For information call 832-0126 (Bill Mason Centre) or 833-2080 (MacSkimming).
The Ottawa Folklore Centre, at 1111 Bank Street, presents a "Fiddling from Canada and Beyond" workshop with April Verch on Saturday, May 10, from noon to 2 p.m. Suitable for fiddle players of all levels of experience. All ages welcome. For details, call 730-2887.
The Ottawa Puppetry Club presents its annual "Puppet Variety Show," at the St. Laurent Complex, 525 Cote, on May 25 at 2 p.m.. Tickets $5 at the door, admission free to children ages two and under. For more information, call 728-7043 or 692-5083 or visit www.magma.ca/~opcpupts.
Bytown Voices, a choir with many ties to Old Ottawa South, will perform with the visiting National Chorale of Jamaica, on June 7 at 8 p.m. at Trinity United Church, 1099 Maitland Ave. The Chorale have won several Jamaica Music Industry Awards. They will perform along on June 8 at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, on Bank Street in the Glebe. Tickets are $10 and $5 and are available at the door or by calling 521-4997, or 563-7044.
Musica Viva Singers' spring concert on May 4, from 7:30 p.m at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, 130 Glebe Avenue. Admission is $12 for adults and $10 for students. Musica Viva is a community choir of about 60 members.
Celebrate National Fair Trade Week, from May 11 - 17. Fair trade workshop on May 4, premiere of a new documentary on coffee producers ASOBAGRI on May 5, meet coffee and cocoa producers from Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, fair trade kiosks in the Byward Market, on May 10 - 11, and May 17 - 18. Check for events on www.transfair.ca or call TransFair Canada at 563-3351.
The Ottawa Festival of the Arts for Young Audiences is looking for volunteers. Its festival runs June 4 - 8. It productions are aimed at fostering and complementing the school curriculum in arts, literature, language, social issues, science and physical education. Presently recruiting dynamic volunteers for: box office and information agents; set up and tear down crew; greeters, site hosts, safety & security; site maintenance, house manager, stage coordinator and arts tents assistants. For further information, call Amie at 241-0999.
Visit the Rare and Unusual Plant Sale, presented by Friends of the Experimental Farm and specialty growers and nurseries. A perfect Mother's Day outing! May 11, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Neatby Building, Carling and Maple Drive, Central Experimental Farm. Admission is a donation to the Food Bank. For more information, call 230-3276.
Fusion, the Ontario Clay and Glass Association, is holding its annual conference at Carleton University May 23-24. There will be weekend presentations by American potters Jim Connell and Geoffrey Wheeler, and area clay and glass workers, a studio tour, special exhibits in local galleries, and the opening of the Fusion travelling exhibition. In conjunction with this conference, the Ottawa Guild of Potters has organized a "Clay and Glass Walk." Many merchants on Bank Street in the Glebe and Old Ottawa South have agreed to showcase glass. Watch for the special displays!