Arts Headlines / March 17, 2006

Poets ‘slam’ Capital in year’s final event   Ottawa’s Capital Slam is gearing up for its final show of the season to be held at The Gap of Dunloe pub on Bank Street April 7.   Local soprano hits all the right notes   Kimberley Bentham is a 29-year-old soprano known to the local artistic community for her musical passion, talent and courage. Bentham, a Centretown resident, was born and raised in Ottawa and has been working very hard to gain attention in the local musical community.   Portrait gallery on target for 2007 opening   The Portrait Gallery of Canada, located in the quaint three-storey building across from Parliament Hill on Wellington Street, is on time and on budget for the gallery’s December 2007 completion date.   Arts Beat: Will Ottawa youth miss out on this year’s Folk Festival?   It may seem early to start thinking about summer, but the days are growing longer and organizers of the CKCU Ottawa Folk Festival are already enthusiastically making plans for this year’s event in August.