{"id":526,"date":"2017-05-16T11:19:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centretownunited.org\/new\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:13:25","slug":"past-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/centretownunited.org\/index.php\/past-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Musica Viva Spring Concert Riversong<\/a><\/h3>

Musica Viva Singers is proud to present our spring concert - Riversong! From the energy of rushing waters to the gentle beat of waves on the shore, join us on a winding journey of sound through the many moods of a river. Dive into Canadian classics like The Log Driver's Waltz. And hear how rivers have inspired beloved artists like Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel, Coco Love Alcorn, and Michel Rivard. Roll with us through various musical genres: folk, rock, gospel, and more!\n

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\nTickets: $25 General Admission, $15 Limited-Income\/Students, $70 Family Pass (one or more adults with\nchildren).

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May 4th, 2026 at 7:30pm at Centretown United Church. \n<\/p>

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Christmas Hamper Project 2025<\/a><\/h3>

The community of Centretown Ottawa is experiencing unprecedented levels of homelessness, families who are unable to put a basic meal on the table, and most disturbing, an erosion of hope. We, as a community can make a difference. By coming together we can deliver smiles, joy and show people they are loved.

\n\nPlease consider giving in any way you are able, every gift matters and all contributions are channeled directly to those in need.\n\nYour contribution, at this time of year, can literally make a world of difference. Year after year, we hear incredible stories of generosity and gratitude. We hope we can count on you to help those in need this Christmas.\n

\nThe success of this project depends on many volunteers to adopt, pack, and deliver these hampers. Equally necessary are the financial donations which allow us to purchase gift cards. If you would like to help out, visit www.centretownunited.org\/index.php\/xmashamperproject<\/b><\/a> for more detials. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Vocestra - Candlelight Christmas<\/a><\/h3>

Candlelight Christmas with Vocestra,\nMonday, December 6th, 2025 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 p.m.

\n\nCentretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, Ottawa\n<\/p><\/b>

<\/b>\n\nExperience the warmth and wonder of the season at Candlelight Christmas, an intimate a cappella evening presented by VOCESTRA.\n\n

\n\nLet our voices transport you through beloved holiday classics and contemporary favorites in the beautiful setting of Centretown United Church.\n

\nSaturday, December 6, 2025

\n\nTwo Performances:

\n\nAfternoon Performance \u2013 2:00 PM

\n\nEvening Performance \u2013 7:30 PM

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Musica Viva Christmas Concert<\/a><\/h3>

Winter's Tales,\nMonday, December 15th, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

\n\nCentretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, Ottawa\n<\/p><\/b>

<\/b>\n\nMusica Viva Singers is going back to the Bard! Join us December 15 at 7:30 at Centretown United Church (507 Bank Street) for Winter's Tales: Shakespeare for the Season. <\/p>

\n\n\n\nHear songs from the plays in settings by composers from across five centuries, from Robert Johnson to John Rutter. The program includes wintry words from Twelfth Night, The Winter's Tale, As You Like It, and Love's Labours Lost. Plus what would such a concert be without something from those seasonal classics... Richard III... and Hamlet? \n<\/p>

\n\n\nAnd we make a voyage through all four seasons via the timeless poetry of the sonnets. Musica Viva is proud to feature Shakespeare settings by contemporary Canadian women composers Laura Hawley, Christine Donkin, and Elise Letourneau. And to bring the poetry and drama vividly to life, we will be joined by actor Robin Guy of Three Sisters Theatre Company. \n<\/p>

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Tone Cluster - Season of Light Concert<\/a><\/h3>

Season of Light,\nMonday, December 22nd, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

\n\nCentretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, Ottawa\n<\/p><\/b>

<\/b>\n\nJoin us at the Season of Light concert to celebrate the turning of the year!

\n\nTo welcome back the light, Tone Cluster and Queer Cadence choirs present music of Solstice and Yule. Harmony and hope intertwine as we honour this moment of stillness with songs of reflection, renewal, and joy.

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Vocestra Concert - Christmas - Together Once More<\/a><\/h3>

Sat, 17 Dec 2022, 7:30 PM EST

\n\nCentretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, Ottawa\n

\n\nVocestra is a diverse a capella choir from the National Capital Region.

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Atlantic Voices - Weathering the Storm<\/a><\/h3>

The program features moving selections by East\nCoast composers and arrangers, with a special emphasis on our Scottish heritage. A highlight of\nthe program will be two brand-new arrangements of songs by the late Nova Scotia songwriter\nRobbie Smith. The Fumblin Fingers band will perform at 2 pm to get you warmed up for the\nmain concert.\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ottawa Independent Writers Book Fair<\/a><\/h3>

Book lovers! Here\u2019s your chance to stock up on books and support local!\n\nOttawa Independent Writers (OIW), Ottawa\u2019s largest writing community, is proud to host the biggest Book Fair in Ottawa, and the first in over two years, featuring over +30 of Ottawa and area\u2019s best award-winning authors. Our writers cover all genres: fiction, memoir, young adult, fantasy, children\u2019s, science fiction and much more\u2026\n\nThe authors will be there in person to talk about and sign their books. Come out for this unique opportunity to support the incredible literary arts in the National Capital Region!\n\nWhen: Saturday, June 4th\n\nTime: 12:00 to 4:00pm\n\nWhere: Centertown United Church at 507 Bank St, The Glebe<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tone Cluster - Live Concert - June 5, 2022 at 3 pm<\/a><\/h3>

Tickets are now available for Many Voices, One Song, Tone Cluster\u2019s first live concert in over 2 years, and the first under the leadership of new artistic director, Deirdre Kellerman. Featuring music by Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Laura Hawley, Ysaye Barnwell, Jason Robert Brown, and many more, including the world premiere of Face the World, written for Tone Cluster by Shane Raman. \n

\nIt\u2019s easy to focus on our differences, but what unifies us? This concert will reflect on the human experience and what it is that connects us to each other. \n\nSunday, June 5th at 3:00 pm \n\nCentretown United Church\n507 Bank St, Ottawa <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Christmas Hamper Project 2021 Successfully Completed!<\/a><\/h3>

This year we gave out 178 hampers, which represented over 500 individuals. Each recipient was referred to us through a Drop In or Emergency Food Centre. Each hamper contains gift cards that should provide groceries for a week, a warm greeting card, and personalized gift. The success of this project depends on many volunteers to adopt, pack, and deliver these hampers. Equally necessary are the financial donations which allow us to purchase gift cards. To undertake a project of this size we depend on people to organize the volunteers. A huge thank you to the organizing team. Thank you to all those who partnered in the Christmas Hamper Project. Your participation made someone's Christmas a little brighter.<\/b>\n

\nA donation to the Christmas Hamper fund can still be made at: www.centretownunited.org\/xmashamperproject<\/b><\/a> . \nIf donations are so generous that we receive additional funds, they will be shared with the Centretown Emergency Food Centre and Centre 507 to assist recipients, who struggle to make ends meet throughout the entire year.

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Christmas Hamper Project 2020 Successfully Completed!<\/a><\/h3>

This year we gave out 180 hampers, which represented over 506 individuals. Each recipient was referred to us through a Drop In or Emergency Food Centre. Each hamper contains gift cards taht should provide groceries for a week, a warm greeting card, and a gift. The success of this project depends on many volunteers to adopt, pack, and deliver these hampers. Equally necessary are the financial donations which allow us to purchase gift cards. To undertake a project of this size we depend on people to organize the volunteers. A huge thank you to the organizing team. Thank you to all those who partnered in the Christmas Hamper Project. Your participation made someone's Christmas a little brighter.<\/b>\n

\nA donation to the Christmas Hamper fund can still be made at: www.centretownunited.org\/xmashamperproject<\/b><\/a> . \nIf donations are so generous that we receive additional funds, they will be shared with the Centretown Emergency Food Centre and Centre 507 to assist recipients, who struggle to make ends meet throughout the entire year.

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Christmas Hamper Project 2019 Successfully Completed!<\/a><\/h3>

This year we gave out 182 hampers, which represented 557 individuals. Each recipient was referred to us through a Drop In or Emergency Food Centre. Each hamper included a Christmas dinner, food for a week, toiletries, cleaning supplies and a gift from Santa. The success of this project depends on many volunteers to adopt, pack, and deliver these hampers. Equally necessary are the financial donations which allow us to purchase turkeys and other perishables. To undertake a project of this size we depend on people to organize the volunteers. A huge thank you to the organizing team. Thank you to all those who partnered in the Christmas Hamper Project. Your participation made someone's Christmas a little brighter.<\/b>\n

\nA donation to the Christmas Hamper fund can still be made at: www.centretownunited.org\/xmashamperproject<\/b><\/a> . \nIf donations are so generous that we receive additional funds, they will be shared with the Centretown Emergency Food Centre and Centre 507 to assist recipients, who struggle to make ends meet throughout the entire year.

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Centennial Choir Presents \"Brass Christmas\" - Tuesday, December 10th at 7:30 pm<\/a><\/h3>

Lively music for the Chrismas season, including John Rutter's uplifting Gloria and popular audience sing-along carols. The choir will be accompanied by 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, a tuba, timpani and all manner of other percussion instruments. This will surely be a holiday blast! \n\nTuesday, December 10th, 2019 at 7:30 pm,\nCentretown United Church\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Musica Viva presents The Twelve Days of Christmas on Monday, December 9th at 7:30 pm<\/a><\/h3>

Join Musica Viva Singers under the direction of Scott Richardson for an evening of seasonal music in a concert with selections as varied as \u201cYorkshire Wassail\u201d, \u201cHanukah Prayer for Peace\u201d and \u201cA Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas\u201d.\n\nMonday, December 9, 2019 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm)\nCentretown United Church\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Vocestra Chorus presents \"A Not So Silent Night\" - Saturday Dec 14th at 7:30 pm<\/a><\/h3>

Vocestra Chorus is an acapella choir. \n\nSaturday, December 14th, 2019 at 7:30 pm.\nCentretown United Church.\nTickets are $20. 12 and under free. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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An Evening of Art and Music, Saturday Nov 23rd at 7:30 pm Featuring Studio 507 Artists and Tone Cluster Choir<\/a><\/h3>

STUDIO 507 AND TONE CLUSTER CHOIR PARTNER FOR AN EVENING OF ART AND MUSIC\n\nby Linda Pollock\n

\nIt\u2019s a Wednesday afternoon and Joseph is at his easel in Studio 507 adding splashes of colour to his whimsical painting of skaters dancing across the Rideau canal on a wintry afternoon. \n

\nJoseph is one of about a dozen community artists who regularly paint at Studio 507. Some of his paintings have been exhibited in local galleries. The Studio welcomes community artists who want to connect with the artistic community. It provides the materials: canvasses, paint, brushes and easels. Most importantly it provides encouragement and guidance from professional Ottawa artists who volunteer as mentors. Participants find a friendly space to be themselves and to strive for artistic excellence. The Studio is a joint program of Centretown United church and Centre 507, a community drop-in located on the 2nd floor of the church at Bank St. and Argyle. The Studio operates every second Wednesday of the month and periodically offers workshops on various painting and mixed media topics.\n

\nTone Cluster choir is a 35 person auditioned choir offering a queer-positive environment where singers can be themselves while striving for choral excellence. Tone Cluster and Studio 507 are partnering to present an evening of art and music in Centretown. The choir is performing \u201cQuiet No More: A Choral Celebration of Stonewall\u201d which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in NewYork.

Following the concert, at approximately 9 p.m., the audience is invited to a reception and art exhibit featuring the works of Studio 507 artists. Audience members can enjoy snacks and mingle with the singers and artists. Paintings and art cards will be available for sale.

It all takes place on Nov. 23rd, at Centretown United church, 507 Bank St. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert begins at 7:30. Concert tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door and can be bought online at www.tonecluster.org\/upcoming-concert-quiet-no-more\/<\/u><\/b><\/a> . For more information on Studio 507 please visit: www.centretownunited.org<\/u><\/b> <\/a>.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Soar, Adam, Soar by Rick Prashaw - June 2, 2019<\/a><\/h3>

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Atlantic Voices - May 26, 2019<\/a><\/h3>

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Musica Viva Singers Present \"Mass in Blue\"<\/a><\/h3>

Monday May 6th, 2019 at 7:30 pm. <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\nJoin Musica Viva Singers under the direction of Scott Richardson for a vibrant performance of Will Todd\u2019s Mass in Blue. \nPremiered in 2003 as Jazz Mass, it is a dynamic, uplifting, and popular jazz setting of the Latin mass. The work features driving grooves and blues harmonies, short piano solos with Tom Sear on Keyboard and dynamic musical interplay between soprano soloist, Maghan McPhee, and the choir ensemble. Rounding out the evening is a selection of gospel\/blues favourites including Stand by Me and Heaven Somewhere.\nMonday, May 6, 2019 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm)\nCentretown United Church, 507 Bank Street.

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The Atlantic Voices choir: \"Music from the Big Land - Songs of Labrador\"<\/a><\/h3>

Sunday January 27th at 3:00 pm. <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\n

The Atlantic Voices choir present \"Music from the Big Land - Songs of Labrador\" Sunday January 27th 3 pm here\nat Centretown. Doors open at 2:10 pm for the 'Fumblin\nFingers' pre-show.

Refreshments and Silent auction following the show.

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Christmas Hamper Project 2018 Successfully Completed!<\/a><\/h3>

For Christmas this year our organization, with the help of people like you, provided 176 hampers for families and individuals in the Centretown area of Ottawa.\n

\nA donation to the Christmas Hamper fund can still be made at: www.centretownunited.org\/xmashamperproject<\/b><\/a> . \nIf donations are so generous that we receive additional funds, they will be shared with the Centretown Emergency Food Centre and Centre 507 to assist recipients, who struggle to make ends meet throughout the entire year.

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The Canadian Centennial Choir presents \"Carols and Lullabies\"<\/h3>

Tuesday December 11th, 2018 at 7:30 pm. <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\n

The choir will perform their Christmas concert with a Latin Flavour. Carols and Lullabies<\/i> will feature Conrad Susa's \"Christmas in the Southwest\" for chorus, harp, guitar and marimba, as well as other works with\npercussion accompaniment, and some Christmas carols and songs with a Latin beat. Tickets are $20 available at the door.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Musica Viva Singers present \"Winter Heartbreak\"<\/h3>

Sunday December 2nd at 2:30 pm. <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\n

This concert will include percussive selections including James Rolfe's \"Lullaby\", Chilcott's \"Where Riches Is Everlasting\", \"Three Venezuelan Carols\", and \"White Winter Hymnal\". Tickets are $20 available at the door.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tone Cluster and Studio 507 Art and Music<\/h3>

Saturday Nov 24th at 6 pm <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\n

For the second consecutive year Tone Cluster Choir has invited Studio 507 to partner with it to present an evening of art and music at Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St.

On Nov. 24th at 6 p.m. the Exhibit of paintings and note cards by Studio 507 artists opens in the \"gallery\" (downstairs Dining Hall).

At 7:30 p.m. the choir concert, ALL . THAT. JAZZ. begins in the sanctuary.<\/b>

The choir will be accompanied by the Rakestar Arkestra Jazz Band. Following the concert everyone is invited to a reception, exhibit and art sale in the gallery. There is no charge for the exhibit. Tickets for the concert are available, $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $10 for students at: www.tonecluster.ca<\/b><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"Songs & Sweets\"<\/h3>

Saturday Nov 10th at 7 pm <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\n

Our choir and bell choir will be offering a night of music and sweets. Come to be entertained while enjoying delectable desserts. Tickets are $10, available from any choir member or through the church office. Proceeds towards the Congregational Challenge.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Writers Festival - One on One with Charles Frazier - Hosted by CBC\u2019s Adrian Harewood<\/h3>

Friday Nov 9th at 7 pm <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\n

The Ottawa International Writers\nFestival with support from the US Embassy & Consulates in Canada will host this event. In his powerful new novel, Varina<\/b>, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold\nMountain<\/b>, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War.\nBooks are available for purchase at the event: Proceeds support the free children's literacy programs. For more information, including tickets, go to www.writersfestival.org<\/b><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Acorn Canada movie \"The Organizer\"<\/h3>

Friday June 22nd, 2018 at 7 pm<\/b> at Centretown United Church.

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Atlantic Voices Choir presents \"Goin' Down The Road\"<\/h3>

Sunday May 27th at 3pm<\/b> at Centretown United Church.

\nThe Atlantic Voices perform a concert \"Goin' Down the Road\". Prior to the concert the Fumblin' Fingers band will be performing.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mother's Day Tea with a Cookie Twist<\/h3>

Saturday May 12th from 2-4 pm. <\/b> at Centretown United Church.

\nIt is hoped that you will attend and bring a friend to celebrate Mothers Day. Tickets for the tea are $10. In conjunction with the tea, the ladies are challenging the men to take part in a MENS ONLY cooking-baking contest. There will be three categories: Best Tasting, Best Decorated, and Largest. Our guest judges will be Mayor Jim Watson and Chef Bruce Wood<\/b>, the chef who works in our church kitchen with the FoodWorks programs, through Operation Come Home. All proceeds from the tea and from the cookie sale will go toward the Congregational Challenge.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The International Writers Festival presents: \"The Boy on the Beach\" written by Tima Kurdi <\/a><\/h3>

Thursday April 19th at 7:00 pm. <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\nHosted by CBC's Judy Trinh.

Join us for an intimate and poignant conversation about the family of Alan Kurdi\u2014the young Syrian boy who became the global emblem for the desperate plight of millions of Syrian refugees\u2014and of the many extraordinary journeys the Kurdis have taken spanning countries and continents. Tima Kurdi first saw the shocking photo of her nephew in her home in Vancouver, Canada. But Tima did not need a photo to understand the truth\u2014she and her family had already been living it.

For more information go to: www.writersfestival.org<\/b><\/a> <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tone Cluster presents \"Radio Cluster\" Concert<\/a><\/h3>

Saturday March 24th at 7:30 pm. <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\n\u201cRadio Cluster\u201d \u2013 tune into Tone Cluster\u2019s radio channel for a selection of pop and eclectic pieces, also showcased at the quadrennial Canadian LGBTQ Choral Festival Unison in Calgary over the Victoria Day weekend 2018.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Octopus Books presents: As We Have Always Done - author Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in Conversation with Tracey Lindberg.<\/a><\/h3>

Tuesday March 13th at 7:00 pm. <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\nAcross North America, Indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the removal of federal protections for forests and waterways in Indigenous lands, halted the expansion of tar sands extraction and the pipeline construction at Standing Rock, and demanded justice for murdered and missing Indigenous women. In As We Have Always Done, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson locates Indigenous political resurgence as a practice rooted in uniquely Indigenous theorizing, writing, organizing, and thinking.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Pancake Supper!<\/h3>

Tuesday February 13th at 5:30 pm. <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\nPancakes, sausage, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, syrup and whipped cream. You won't want to miss this! Tickets are $10 and you can buy them through the church office (613-232-9854).<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Come in from the Cold - Homelessness can be history<\/a><\/h3>

Sunday February 4th at 2:30 pm. <\/b> at Centretown United Church.\nEvery year, 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness. Last year in Toronto alone, 70 people died because they did not have a place to call home.

Be a part of the converstation on how we can end and prevent homelessness.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Atlantic Voices Choir present \"Age of Sail\" Concert<\/a><\/h3>

Sunday January 28th at 3 pm. \"Age of Sail\"<\/b> at Centretown United Church.\nDoors open at 2 pm with a pre-show concert by the \"Fumblin Fingers Band\". Silent auction and refreshments following the show. Tickets are $25 at the door, $20 in advance through Jan 26.\nFor more information go to www.atlanticvoices.ca<\/b><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Christmas Hamper Project 2017 Successfully Completed!<\/a><\/h3>

For Christmas this year our organization, with the help of people like you, provided 141 hampers for families and individuals in the Centretown area of Ottawa.\n

\nA donation to the Christmas Hamper fund can still be made at: www.centretownunited.org\/xmashamperproject<\/b><\/a> . \nIf donations are so generous that we receive additional funds, they will be shared with the Centretown Emergency Food Centre and Centre 507 to assist recipients, who struggle to make ends meet throughout the entire year.

\nThank you for your interest and support of the Christmas Hamper Project!!\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Centennial Choir Concert - Let There Be LIght<\/a><\/h3>

Tuesday December 12th, 7:30 pm \"Let There Be Light\"<\/b> at Centretown United Church.\nCentennial Choir's 50th season opens with a holiday concert of inspiring compositions on the theme of light. They\ninclude Morten Lauridsen\u2019s sacred motet O Nata Lux; several works by Norwegian-born American composer Ola\nGjeilo; excerpts from J. S. Bach\u2019s Cantata 140 and B Minor Mass; Laura Hawley\u2019s Alhamdoulillah (Live, Love,\nShare), sung in French and Arabic; Charles Baker\u2019s Three Hanukkah Songs; and a choral banquet of traditional and\ncontemporary seasonal works. To celebrate their five decades of musical performance, CCC alumni will add their\nvoices to several pieces. Advance tickets are $22, $18 for senior\/student. $25 at the door,\n$22 senior\/student. Reception to follow, celebrating the choir's 50th Anniversary.\nFor more information go to www.ccc-ccc.ca<\/b><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Musica VIva Concert - A Celtic Seasonal Celebration<\/a><\/h3>

Monday December 4th at 7:30 pm (Doors open at 7pm) Music from the broad Celtic tradition, with a mix of gentle and rousing numbers. The choir will be accompanied by piano, harp, and flute, and Atlantic Voices members will join the choir for a few selections. Tickets are $20, $15 for students.\nFor more information go to www.musicavivaottawa.ca\/winter-concert\/<\/b><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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STUDIO 507 ART EXHIBIT & CONCERT

by Tone Cluster\u2014quite a queer choir<\/a><\/h3>

Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, Centretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, Ottawa

(free parking at Glashan school, 28 Arlington Ave., just west of Bank St)<\/b>\n

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