Welcome to Radical Events Ottawa! Learn more about the list here. See the full calendar here.
Please Note: Events listed on this calendar are not organized by the Punch Up Collective unless otherwise noted in the event details.
Explore the transformative potential of media art in addressing the urgent issue of climate change. Discover how media artists utilise visual expression, sound, immersive experiences, and storytelling to raise awareness, evoke emotions, and provoke critical thinking. We’ll delve into the role of media art in fostering a connection with nature, advocating for change, and galvanising […]
The Ottawa Abortion Doula Collective (OADC) is hosting a celebration at Art House Café (Somerset St W) on Saturday, July 8th from 1-5pm – and we’d love for you to join us! We’re celebrating because it has been FOUR years that we’ve been supporting people in Ottawa through their abortions, with non-judgmental, compassionate and free […]
Prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar boldly reforges contemporary Saharan music and “rock music“ by melding Eddie Van Halen pyrotechnics, full-blast noise and guitar shredding, field recordings, drums rhythms, poetic meditations on love, religion, women’s rights, inequality and Western Africa’s exploitation at the hands of colonial powers to rip a new hole in the […]
Join the Beehive Collective on July 15th at 3pm for an afternoon of storytelling and arts-based cultural exchange! The workshop focuses on climate and environmental issues while emphasizing inspiring stories of community empowerment and solutions. This event is family friendly and will be lots of fun for both kids and adults! The event will be […]
The PSAC-NCR Pride Committee is hosting its first Pride Family Picnic. The event is open to everyone, not just PSAC members. This event is an opportunity for members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and allies to come together to celebrate our accomplishments, network and grow our movements. Light snacks will be provided.
The Atelier invites participants from the disability community who are 18+ to take part in a poetry writing workshop with facilitator Conyer Clayton. The workshop will be focused around the themes of disability justice and social justice poetry writing. Previous poetry experience is not required. The workshop will take place on July 20th from 6:30PM-8:30PM […]
The Atelier invites the public to come to our disability justice and social justice themed poetry night on July 27th from 6:30PM-8:30PM! Our line-up of writers will share their poems with family, friends, and audience members. You must register by July 24th to attend the poetry night. Please note that audience spaces are limited with […]
The second annual ‘Propagations for Abolition’ event will take place at Arlington Five cafe on Saturday July 29th from 10am to 4pm. We will be raising funds for CPEP and Prisoners’ Justice Day initiatives on August 10th. 🌿 This event will feature the sale of a variety of plant cuttings, CPEP merch and Journals of […]
Drop by McNabb park this Sunday, starting at noon. Come chat about the People's Assembly on Housing and have some food and drink with us. The People's Assembly is meant to serve as a forum for people living in downtown Ottawa to share experiences and plan actions aimed at resisting the commodification of housing and […]
To commemorate those killed by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan on August 6th & 9th, 1945 and to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons Wednesday, August 9th 2023 7pm - creating messages of peace to accompany lanterns 7:30pm - commemoration program, music ~8pm - lantern floating Join us on unceded […]
Let’s join together for Prisoners’ Justice Day 2023 As members of the community in and around Algonquin Territory/Ottawa, we are coming together in solidarity for a non-violent protest against state violence and a vigil to commemorate deaths behind bars in honour of Prisoners’ Justice Day (PJD). Our goal is to bring attention to: the harms […]
Despite the lack of science fiction in the Latin American film industry, there are some overlooked exceptions that silently appeared during the bloodiest years of censorship. This lecture will focus on Argentine science fiction from the 60s and the parallels between the use of science fiction motifs and Argentine history. Explore how this genre uses […]
