Friday

Public Lecture by Pauline Oliveros
“Deep Listening Institute: 1985 to the Present”
Friday March 18, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
303 Patterson Hall
Carleton University
Free! All are welcome.
On March 18, Pauline Oliveros will give a lecture titled “Deep Listening Institute: 1985 to the Present” in the Humanities Theatre, 303 Patterson Hall, at Carleton University. Her talk will present an overview of the Deep Listening Institute’s activities over the past quarter century, including the organization’s extraordinary “Adaptive Use Musical Instrument” project which is enabling individuals with severe physical and mental disabilities to make music. This will be an inspiring lecture by one of the most significant figures in the world of contemporary music.

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La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
ONE NIGHT STAND
SUSAN SHEPARD
FROM ILLUSIONS TO THE REALITY OF LOVE/ NEW PAINTINGS
Vernissage: Friday March 18, 2011 / 7-10pm
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM
From Illusions to the reality of loveIllusions are everything that is based in fear. We learn about love by learning what love is not. Fears cause actions that are not love. Love is. Fears in my paintings are represented by black and red and words. The road less travelled shows a bumpy road back and forth road to love. In half-dotted, dots of fear cross over into love. Each individual’s path sometimes goes from Spiritual Enlightenment to Spiritual Master to Ascension represented by a white star. Along the path you recognize who you really are - you are your core of love. Next you realize all you are is love. Then you recognize that the other person is you. Home base is love. This is shown in the painting: Bases of love. Tomorrow’s God by Neale Donald Walsh lists the ten illusions of humans: need exists, failure exists, disunity exists, insufficiency exists, requirement exists, judgement exists, condemnation exists, superiority exists, and ignorance exists. I have illustrated three of these illusions in my painting: disunity, insufficiency and superiority. – Susan Shepard
306 Cumberland

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March 18th – Music from the Big House -- AT THE BLACK SHEEP INN

(2010, dir Bruce McDonald, Canada)
From bad boy Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald comes this remarkable film of awardwinning recording artist Rita Chiarelli's pilgrimage to Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary – an institution iconic in the birth of the Blues. She never imagined that her love for her music would have her raising the roof in a prison, accompanied by lifers serving time for murder, rape and armed robbery. Music has given these men something to live for. One woman, four bands, and 90 minutes of blues.
Friday, March 18th screening/show at The Black Sheep Inn, 753 Riverside Dr., Wakefield. Finale: one screening at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $7.50 each ($20 for WIFF Finale), or Festival Pass for all 7 films (and Finale show) for $50. Single tickets for the Sunday shows may be purchased at the Theatre Wakefield website, or at the door the night of the show. Tickets for the finale are available at www.theblacksheepinn.com

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GuerillaEroticaLIVE
Friday, March 18
St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts
310 St. Patrick Street
7 p.m. to midnight
Launch of the GuerillaErotica print edition
Exhibition of erotic visual arts and photography
Performances by the new Ottawa Shakespeare Company
Erotic garment exhibition from Wicked Wanda's
Catering by Thyme&Again
Tunes by DJ Michael Caffrey
$10 door / cash bar
http://www.getguerilla.ca/blog
Guerilla magazine
102-145 Clarence Street

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OPEN FORMAT 03 -- a benefit for Just Food
Friday, March 18, 2011
Shanghai Restaurant (651 Somerset St. West), Ottawa
9:oo PM to 1:oo AM
Pay what you can (donation requested)
ALL AGES
::::::OPEN FORMAT::::::
is a monthly series presenting a changing roster of secret DJs mixing together
music they love, freely and regardless of genre.

Saturday
HERE FOR THERE II

ARTISTS FOR JAPAN
HERE FOR THERE II - Artists for Japan Fund Raising Event
100% of all art sales will go to earthquake & tsunami relief in Japan.
Saturday, March 19, 2011 / 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Donations of artwork are greatly appreciated, on the day of the event only please, from 11-5pm.
Please have art ready to sell, with full info and reasonable price.
CASH, cheques, and other forms of donations accepted.
All proceeds of sales 100% donated to WORLD VISION.
Direct link for donations to World Vision:
http://www.worldvision.ca/give-a-gift/Pages/Pacific-Tsunami.aspx
Statement by Paul Sharp:
"In Japan people welcomed me into their homes with no thought of reward past a few yarns about Canada. Without imploring them to share, my Japanese friends were too humble to think I would be interested in hearing their stories. Talk of beavers, hockey, maple syrup and other Canadiana were received as high culture yet when I asked about Japan nobody wanted to make a fuss. Japanese people, with their beautiful country and strong culture are always surprised that others might be interested in their stories. In fact, they are so humble that would probably never think to ask for help, even when faced with so much destruction.
I noticed Japanese culture before ever getting onto a plane; yen notes don’t feature prime ministers or emperors; authors adorned the bills. In Canada Japanese culture brightens our days. Japanese foods are ubiquitous; people everywhere enjoy their visual and traditional arts, others practice traditional Japanese hobbies or take pleasure in Japanese pop culture. Of course the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have impacted us emotionally but it’s our deep connection to the country through her cultural exports makes our desire to help so strong. These cultural links make the scenes of devastation and our feelings of helplessness hurt even more because we feel like we know these suffering neighbors so well. What better way to help raise money for affected people, whose cultural achievements have benefited us so much, than with our own cultural night in their honor". - Paul Sharp, 2011
Local artists have come together in order to raise money for emergency earthquake & tsunami relief in Japan.
More than 50 artists will donate work that is affordably priced and will be sold with 100% of sales going to help the tragic situation in Japan.
Please come out on March 19 at La Petite Mort Gallery to support the HERE FOR THERE II cause.

Help us raise money for the thousands of people affected by this devastating earthquake and who are desperate for provisions & supplies.
A minimum $5 donation fee will be asked for from all attending. Please join us and let’s make a difference for those who need help now!
Proudly sponsored by MERCURY & CKCU 93.1 FM
This is event is not disguised as a group show or self-promotion.
We need people to show up, and be generous. That's all.
Thank you very much.

Saturday & Sunday

GRAFFITI exhibition by Ottawa street artists
plus Sarah Anderson, Jean Halstead, Carl Stewart, Svetlana Swinimer, Joyce Westrop and Batya Cavens.
Enriched Bread Artists Gallery | 951 Gladstone
March 19-20, 10am-5pm

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Anytime

Sheltering
Deborah Arnold & Uta Riccius
March 15th – April 23, 2011
Exhibit opening Saturday March 19th from 2 pm to 4 pm
At the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum presents Sheltering by Deborah Arnold & Uta Riccius. Deborah is working with found recycled fabrics and other materials to present eggs and nests. Uta is weaving insulation foam to make nests that will be installed inside the museum and on Mill Street in Almonte.
Nests showcase a universal need to find  “home”. With today’s environmental impact of climate change and urban sprawl, animals, insects and birds have to find alternative methods of securing their homes. The collection of nests on display provides alternative ephemeral shelter situations. Traditional types of nesting materials such as leaves, twigs and grasses are replaced with artificial materials appropriated from not only our every day consumer society, but also from materials found in construction industry.
The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum is located at 3 Rosamond Street East, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0