A night of sexual satire, burlesque and spoken-word poetry is planned for March 12 at Centretown’s Dom Polski Hall to raise money for Planned Parenthood Ottawa.
‘Sexy’ event raises funds for Planned Parenthood
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Band of brothers turn home into Rock and Roll Mansion
In the Watters brothers’ old Centretown home, typical living room furniture is replaced with rock ’n’ roll posters, guitars, pianos, drums, and recording equipment. 
Gabriel DeSantis, Centretown NewsBrothers Muddy and Danny Watters of The Watters Brothers perform a song in the living room of their home, which was the inspiration for their latest album, Rock and Roll Mansion.
Literature lovers battle censorship
Aside from sharing the label “literary classics,” books such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Harry Potter series, and To Kill A Mockingbird have something else in common. They all have been targeted for censorship.
Julielee Stitt, Centretown NewsBob LeDrew is an organizer of "Censored Out Loud," a campaign that is part of Freedom to Read Week.
Festivals face funding cuts
The Canada Council for the Arts has angered festival organizers in Ottawa after informing them a popular grant program that has helped underwrite innovative musical projects has been put on hold for 2011.