Dreamscapes Travel & Lifestyle

DREAMSCAPES WINTER 2017/2018 54 will also see notebooks kept by Arctic explorers, video interviews with Arctic resi- dents, a sealskin kayak, and wildlife specimens ranging from small birds to a polar bear, among many other items. The gallery was created in close cooperation with Indigenous peoples and features a striking mural by Inuk artist Nancy Saunders. The Arctic is also the focus of two tempo- rary exhibitions at the Canadian Museum of History: Picturing Arctic Modernity: North Baffin Drawings from 1964, a collection of 50 artworks by Inuit artists from Nunavut (February 16 to September 3); and The Franklin Exhibition, focusing on the famously doomed search for the Northwest Passage (March 2 to September 30). On November 17, the all-new Canada Science and Technology Museum opened its doors with dazzling, interactive exhibits and some long-time favourites, including the Crazy Kitchen and giant steam locomotives. When the mercury drops, Ottawa's per- forming arts scene kicks into high gear. This winter at the National Arts Centre (NAC), highlights include 887, Robert Lepage's play about growing up in Québec in the 1960s ( January 10–27), as well as concerts by Randy Bachman (March 3) and Branford Marsalis with the NAC Orchestra (March 1 and 2). Music fans can also head to the Shenkman Arts Centre for shows by the Cowboy Junkies (February 3) and the Arro- gant Worms (February 17). Productions at the Great Canadian The- atre Company include What a Young Wife Ought to Know, Hannah Moscovitch's Ottawa-set play about the limitations on women's freedom in the 1920s (January 16 to February 4). On a lighter note, Centre- pointe Theatre will be hosting the CBC comedy program The Debaters (February 6 and 7) and presenting Little Women: The Musical (February 1–11). After all that exercise and culture, you'll probably be hungry. The ByWard Market, Cen- tretown, Westboro, Wellington West, Little Italy and the Glebe are among the neigh- bourhoods where you'll find innovative restaurants. If unique culinary experiences are your thing, try the 12-course molecular gas- tronomy tasting menu at Atelier, which regularly makes the lists of Canada's top restau- rants. Or you could just go back to the canal for another BeaverTail. You've earned it. DS TRAVEL PLANNER Plan your Ottawa trip with a visit to ottawatourism.ca. ABOVE: Cross-country skiing in the Ottawa area. BELOW: Enjoying BeaverTails on the Rideau Canal. Ottawa Tourism

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