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Awesome Ottawa: The Prime Minister hangs out with Katy Perry and a purple cat at Scotiabank Place

I cannot think of any other word than " awesome " to describe this photo. UPDATE: The previously unidentified purple cat has been identified by several of our readers as “Kitty Purry”. [ ![](/legacy/00848.png) ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/harper-perry.png) From left to right, an unidentified purple cat, Rachel Harper, Katy Perry and Stephen Harper. ...

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Here's the 2011 Ottawa Folk Festival line-up

The Ottawa Folk Festival line-up is out! Here’s who’s performing so far: 1. [ Anaïs Mitchell ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=49) 2. [ Anders Drerup & Kelly Prescott ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=47) 3. [ Basia Bulat ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=27) 4. [ Bright Eyes ](http://ottawafolk.com/?page_id=847&show_id=21) 5. [ Bruce Hornsby & The Noise Makers ](http://ottawafolk. ...

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Complete list of performers (so far) at the 2011 Ottawa International Jazz Festival

The Ottawa International Jazz Festival announced the 2011 line-up today. Here’s a list of confirmed performers so far: * Ana Moura * Angele Desbois Jazz Ensemble * APEX: Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green * Apex Jazz Band * Atomic * Béla Fleck & The Flecktones the original line-up * Brian Browne Trio * Caridad Cruz * Chet Doxas Quartet * Christian McBride and Inside Straight * Christine Fagan’s “Songs from Once” * Coeur de Pirate * Come Sing Jazz Standards with Elise Letourneau & Capital Vox Jazz Choir * Craig Pedersen Quartet * Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub * Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society * Django Libre * DRUMHAND * Eivind Aarset “Sonic Codex 4tet” * Elio Villafranca * Elliott BROOD * Elvis Costello & the Imposters * Erik Truffaz 4tet * Francois Bourassa Quartet * Gord Grdina Trio plus Mats Gustafsson * Ilan Bar-Lavi * J. ...