Known as a superb original songwriter and novelist, Morrissey is also a stage performer with a razor-sharp wit and a poignant storytelling style. He returns to Ottawa after captivating audiences at the 1999 Folk Festival. Opening the evening is Ottawa performer Kathryn Briggs. Becky shares her passion for canoeing, and images that show the beauty of some of her favourite Canadian parks. Discover how the splendour of wilderness nourishes and inspires the creative soul.
Admission is free, and all are welcome.
The Embassy of Uruguay is pleased to present a piano concert by Sergio Caram. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, the artist has won prizes at the Hilton Head Island International Piano Competition in South Carolina, the Utah Mozart Festival, and the Carnegie Mellon University Concerto Competition in Pittsburgh. Caram has given numerous recitals in Uruguay, the United States and Argentina. Fire holds the power to destroy, annihilate, cause suffering and terrifying death, and, for a long time, it terrorized the citizens of Hull. Raymond Ouimet, author of Une ville en flammes and the comic book Le Grand Feu , will not only tell the story of those great Hull fires, but he will also describe what caused them and what repercussions they had on the Hull population, dedicating a portion of his narration to the population s suffering.