Hop to it! Egg hunt, romance in store this Easter weekend
Bytown Museum hides history lessons alongside sweet treats
A romantic musical journey, an egg hunt packed with history and some award-winning art top this weekend's list.
Toujours l'amour
Prévert said he discovered many of the pieces in his piano repertoire were really about love, some written while their composers were going through tumultuous relationships.
"I'm making a point that these big guys, these legendary classical composers, we often don't think about them as human beings, although they loved and experienced love like all of us," he said.
Prévert, Piano & Poetry has toured throughout Europe, including a stop at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Next week the show will visit intimate concert spaces in Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa.
When: Saturday at 7 p.m.
Where: Steinway Piano Gallery, 1481 Innes Rd.
Cost: Free
Fill your basket
The folks at Ottawa's Bytown Museum have cleverly concealed a history lesson within an Easter egg hunt. Staff at the museum have been busily stashing eggs containing clues and historical facts among its curios and artifacts, ensuring children will explore every nook and cranny of the creaky-floored building.
Where: Bytown Museum, 1 Canal Lane (beside the Rideau Canal Locks at the Ottawa River)
When: Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 11 a.m to 4 p.m. (The museum is closed on Good Friday.)
Cost: $2 on Saturday and Monday. Sunday is free.
Award-winning art
The entrance to the temporary gallery is guarded by a huge life-size bison from an installation by visual and performance artist Adrian Stimson of the Siksika Nation in Alberta. Stimson says his art is inspired by "the history of colonialism and how it affected my people."
Where: National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Dr.
When: The gallery open Saturday, Sunday and Monday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost: Adults $15, seniors $13, students $7. Children under 11 are free.