HOURS: ARTWORD ARTBAR: Tues-Sat 4 pm to midnight or so; Sunday afternoons for special events only -- check calendar. Closed Mondays.
ARTWORD GALLERY: open when bar is open.
Artword Artbar and Artword Gallery,
15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton
An arts hub and live music venue in the James North arts district. Our bar is licenced for 61, with table seating for about 40. We also serve espresso and light meals. The bar is bright and sunny with skylights, and art on the wall. Feels like a European sidewalk cafe. We have a baby grand piano, a sound system. On the lower level, Artword Gallery has monthly curated exhibitions. Your hosts: Ronald Weihs and Judith Sandiford
905-543-8512 or cell 905-912-9083 Email: artword@artword.net
Jazz Concert: Brian Browne Duo, Fri Oct 15
Friday October 15 at 8 pm, $10. Brian Browne Duo – An evening with jazz piano and upright bass. Please join us for a rare Hamilton appearance by Canadian jazz pianist extraordinaire, Brian Browne, accompanied by son Sean Browne on upright bass. With a musical career that spans 
over thirty years, Brian Browne has gained a reputation as a true Canadian jazz legend.
Browne senior’s distinctive, bluesy piano style swings with traces of Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Errol Garner and Bill Evans, yet the sound is unmistakably his own. He is partnered with Sean’s soulful bass offerings, with a ferocious dexterity and complete musicality.
http://www.brianbrowne.com/ Read more…
August 12th, 2010 Event, Music-Jazz No comments
Concert: Hotcha! & Matthew de Zoete, Sat Oct 9
Saturday October 9 at 8 pm, $10. Hotcha! Beverly Kreller and Howard Druckman. Dust Bowl Roots: Songs for the New Depression. Beverly Kreller: vocals, bodhran, accordion, guitar, kazoo, mouth trumpet, spoons; Howard Druckman: vocals, guitar, slide, harmonica. “HOTCHA! does a really fine job of evoking the music of the Great Depression by combining period pieces like Louis Armstrong’s “Ol’ Man Mose” with very cool in-the-tradition originals like ‘Mines Went Down’.” “…genuine enthusiasm and infectious energy…” http://www.myspace.com/HOTCHA7
Also playing: Matthew De Zoete (guitar/vocals), a Hamilton-based singer-songwriter. ”Matthew De Zoete’s second album, “Bottom of the World”, not only speaks of fresh, conceptual pop-rock, but contains the talent of a singer-songwriter wise beyond his years. The melodies are absorbing, the instrumentation is fluid, and the lyrics are moving. De Zoete’s album is an expression of rare authenticity.” Soundproof Magazine. http://www.myspace.com/matthewdezoete
August 11th, 2010 Event, Music No comments
Art Crawl Fri Oct 8: music by Mark McNeil, Dan Medakovic
James North Art Crawl, Friday October 8, all evening
Gallery: paintings and drawings by Andrew Glinski.
Bar: music by Mark McNeil and Dan Medakovic, two sets mid-crawl & post-crawl from about 9:30
August 11th, 2010 Artword Gallery, Event, James North events, Music No comments
Concert: Marcelo Puente & Heather Chetwynd, Sat Oct 2
Saturday October 2 at 8 pm, $5 at Artword Artbar. A concert by Marcelo Puente and Heather Chetwynd, of acoustic Latin music– Latin folk, Cuban boleros and South American New Song (Nueva Canción) – with a few English tunes. Very listenable, moving and upbeat! 
Their recent CD — Vida/Life — includes a cross section of songs selected from their years of collaboration.
http://www.amazon.com/Vida-Life/dp/B000QZR1J2/ref=dm_ap_alb1
Heather Chetwynd and Marcelo Puente first performed together in the Chilean band, Grupo Lallantú. From 1977 to 1985, Marcelo and Heather performed both together and apart in a variety of musical configurations. A 2-year stint as a duo resulted in their double-cassette recording Así habremos de vivir. During this period, Heather participated as Canada’s representative in the international Chilean Festival of Viña Del Mar and Marcelo founded and directed the extremely successful Greek-Chilean group, Compañeros. Read more…
Gallery: Andrew Glinski, paintings Oct 2-31
Saturday October 2, exhibition opening from 4 to 7 pm, Andrew Glinski “Covered”, acrylic paintings and drawings (at Artword Gallery Oct 2-31). Andrew Glinski’s paintings and drawings explore the unsettling world of nature industrialized. Andrew uses 
the forlorn bagged and shrouded little tokens of landscaping around industrial “parks” as a contemplation on our world today. Andrew Glinski is a Toronto based artist. Although best known for his large colourful abstract paintings he has for the past several years been working with landscape themes. http://www.glinski.com/ Read more…
August 9th, 2010 Artword Gallery, Event No comments
Concert: Doc MacLean, Darker Ways – National Steel Tour, Thur Sep 30
Thursday September 30, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St., at 8 pm, $10. A special concert by acclaimed touring roots-Delta-bluesman Doc MacLean with his National Steel guitar. http://darkerwaysbluestour.blogspot.com/ http://www.docmaclean.com/
National Steel “Darker Ways” Blues Tour: 5th Annual Blues Event will be 100 Solo Shows. Darker Ways. Roads less travelled. Blue highways. Places found in the crease of the map. Encounters with strangers on strange days. A money candle in a broken window. It’s Doc MacLean, watching the tail light reflections tracking in the rear view mirror. Doc, drinking bourbon by the roadside. Doc with his battered 1929 National steel guitar. Read more…
Poetry: Sharon McCartney & Glen Sorestad, Sun Sep 26, 2 pm
Sunday September 26 at 2 pm. Literary afternoon hosted by poet James Deahl. Featured readers are two distinguished poets on tour to launch their new books: Sharon McCartney, from Fredericton, with her new collection For and Against, and Glen Sorestad, from Saskatoon, with his recent collection What We Miss. Also reading are four Sarnia poets: Norma West Linder, Peggy Fletcher, Lynn Tait and Adele Kearns Thomas. Plus a presentation by Debbie Okun Hill on the late poet Al Purdy and efforts to preserve his A-frame cabin at Ameliasberg.
– Sharon McCartney’s For and Against: “A vibrant and disturbing new collection of poems, For and Against is a sizzling set that interposes vivid recollections of past hurts and triumphs with surprising descriptions of daily life. As George Elliott Clarke has remarked about Sharon’s work; “You don’t read these poems, you feel them: hammer in the head, shod foot on the throat, stiletto in the heart.”
– Glen Sorestad’s What We Miss: “These narrative poems are coloured with both curiosity and nostalgia and framed in a personal montage. Sorestad’s free verse captures the flora and fauna, the natural rhythms and colour of Saskatchewan. Celebrating the ordinary and seeing the mystery in all moments of life remains part of his poetic priority.”
July 31st, 2010 Event, Literary, Spoken Word Comments Off
Concert: The Acoustics world/roots concert, Sep 25
Saturday, September 25, 8:00 pm at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Tickets $10. The Acoustics are back at Artword Artbar! A lively six-piece instrumental ensemble playing world/roots music with a Mediterranean and Latin sound. Alfonso Spoto accordion; Enzo Spoto, lead guitar; Sam Spoto rhythm guitar; Brian Ropcean, percussion; Bonnie Krenciglowa, violin; Andrew Eckart, double bass Read more…
Meet Your City, Dave Kuruc, Thur Sep 23
Thursday September 23 at 7 pm, at Artword Artbar, “Meet Your City” host Dave Kuruc (Mixed Media and H Magazine) is back with his monthly series of gatherings to find our more about your city and the people in it. Details TBA.
July 31st, 2010 Event, Special event Comments Off
Book launch: Trevor Cole “Practical Jean”, Tues Sept 21
Tuesday September 21 at 7 pm. Book launch for Trevor Cole’s new novel “Practical Jean”, hosted by Bryan Prince Bookseller.
“Practical Jean may be the blackest comedy ever written about the white middle class. Hilarious and heartbreaking, piquant and poignant…. Trevor Cole has deeded us an outstanding novel and done, memorably, what no one else has yet managed: taken the too-touted quality of practicality by the scruff and given it a killing shake.”
July 31st, 2010 Event, Literary, Spoken Word Comments Off
Classical Café, Sundays 2 pm, Sep 19, Oct 17, Nov 14, Dec 12
Sunday September 19 at 2 pm $10. Artword Artbar Classical Café is back! In association with the Brott Music Festival, we are delighted to bring you classical chamber music over a glass of wine on Sunday afternoons. Alumnae from the National Academy Orchestra playing in chamber groups on Sundays at 2 pm: September 19, October 17, November 21 and December 12.
Details of each concert to be announced.
July 31st, 2010 Event, Music-Classical Comments Off
Concert: Tribal Gallery presents Brenna MacCrimmon & Friends, Sat Sep 18
Saturday September 18 at 8 pm, $10. The Tribal Gallery presents an evening of Turkish and Balkan music with Brenna MacCrimmon, Jayne Brown, Sophia Grigoriadis and Louise Wrazen. Jayne Brown and Sophia Grigoriadis are members of Maza Meze, Toronto’s spirited world music ensemble. 
Louise Wrazen teaches ethnomusicology at York University and Brenna MacCrimmon is Turkey’s most famous non-Turkish folk singer. Ticket sales in advance at The Tribal Gallery, 174 James Street North (905) 385-1829.
http://www.myspace.com/brennamaccrimmon
http://http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/brennamaccrimmon
Concert: Trio Arjento, jazz, Fri Sep 17
Friday September 17 at 8 pm $5. A concert with Trio Arjento at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street. Marcy Hull vocals, Jennifer Lockman piano, Tom Shea guitar, playing their own songs plus some jazz and blues. One of our favourite groups. Read more…
Literary Artshare: Crime Night, Wed Sep 15
Wednesday September 15 at 7:30 pm - It’s Crime Night at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Hamilton. This month’s Arts Hamilton Literary Artshare features readings by Crime Writers of Canada authors in the Hamilton and Niagara area: Cathy Astolfo “Victim”, Jean Rae Baxter “A Twist of Malice”, Melodie Campbell “The Goddaughter”, Michael McPherson “Railroaded”, Lynda Simmons “Getting Rid of Rosy”, Alison Bruce “Carmedy and Garrett”. http://www.crimewriterscanada.com/ For bios of the authors, … Read more…
July 29th, 2010 Artshare Weds., Event, Literary, Spoken Word Comments Off
Concert: Yitka & The Elements, Sun Sep 12, 2 pm
Sunday September 12 at 2 pm. $5. Concert by Yitka and The Elements, with Yitka Karlik (vocals and guitar), Ramondo Ray Poirier (bass), Sandi Stirling (keyboards), playing original songs with a Mediterranean folk feel, and some covers. Sandi Stirling also plays her “songs without words” and some classical pieces on our piano. http://www.myspace.com/yitkakarlik
Concert: Jazz with Emily Kemp, Sat Sep 11
Saturday September 11 at 8 pm, $5. A jazz concert with vocalist Emily Kemp’s quintet “Em and Them”: Emily Kemp on vocals, Chris Bruder on piano/keys, Jordan Snider on drums, Tom Altobelli on upright bass and bass, and Scott McIntosh on guitar. Emily is a recent graduate from Mohawk College’s music program. She began working with Tom and Scott last year, and when she put together her graduation recital, added Chris and Jordan. “We play a variety of jazz standards along with a few motown tunes. We have a lot of passion in our playing and enjoy performing.”
This is Artword Artbar’s first jazz concert of this scale and we hope leads to a lot more.
July 27th, 2010 Event, Music-Jazz Comments Off
Art Crawl: Meiko Ando and Odradek improvising trio, Fri Sept 10
Friday Sep 10, 9:30 to10:30 during Art Crawl Odradek trio of improvising multi-instrumentalists.
Post-crawl performance, 11:00 pm: Meiko Ando and Odradek trio, in an improvised collaboration, celebrating the launch of the print set “Odradek” (on exhibit in the gallery) along with CD by the Odradek trio.
Meiko Ando is a printmaker and also an independent solo dancer in Butoh style based in Toronto (and a longtime collaborator with Artword Theatre).
Odradek is an improvising trio of multi-instrumentalists: James Bailey: (radios, theremin, amplified objects, turntable, magnetic tape, electronics); Michelangelo Iaffaldano: (clarinet, guitar, accordion, homemade instruments); Andy Yue: (analog synthesizer, piano, percussion, electronics, electro-acoustic keyboards) http://www.myspace.com/odradektoronto
Odradek cultivates collaborations with a variety of artists in different media and traditions, from noise to Georgian folk music, from Butoh dance to jazz. They like to combine traditional instruments, electronics, found objects and invented and homemade sound sources. Read more…
July 26th, 2010 Artword Gallery, Dance, Event, James North events, Music Comments Off
Art Crawl, Commedia dell’Arte puppets, Fri Sep 10
Friday September 10 (Art Crawl). Studio Babette presents Pulcinella, il Cameriere (Pulcinella, the Waiter), a fun-filled puppet play using hand puppets inspired by the Commedia dell’Arte.
Join Pulcinella as he attempts to impress Pantalone, in order to get closer to Pantalone’s flirtatious daughter Babette, while the Dog threatens to ruin everything. http://www.studiobabette.ca/
There are three showtimes (runs under 30 mins):
7:30 pm, 9:00 pm, 10:30 pm – “pass-the-hat”.
July 26th, 2010 Event, James North events, Theatre Comments Off
Arts Hamilton Artshare: Worldbeat open mic/jam, Wed Sep 8, Oct 13, Nov 10
NEW this fall! Worldbeat Music open mic /jam, Arts Hamilton Artshare 
second Wednesday of the month: Sep 8, Oct 13, Nov 10 at 8 pm, no cover.
Details coming. Call Judith at 905-543-8512 for more information.
July 25th, 2010 Artshare Weds., Event, Music Comments Off
Concert: Boudreau-Booth-Carter-Nolan, Sat Sep 4
Saturday September 4 at 8 pm $5. Four solo acoustic singer/songwriters together on stage: Joe Boudreau, Teal Booth, Adam Carter, and special guest Rachel Nolan (harpist), organized by Joe. “The plan would be for us all to perform acoustically, playing our very different styles of music, but because of the format, all of it fitting very nicely together.”
http://www.myspace.com/tealbooth
Concert: Peter Tigchelaar & band, Fri Sep 3
Friday September 3 at 8 pm, $9. A concert by Peter Tigchelaar, with a trio of friends including Brielle Goheen on violin and Andrew Tigchelaar on bass. Peter, on guitars, mandolin and uke, will be performing songs from his new album “Gracious Window ” along with some new material and favourite covers. Peter Tigchelaar is a local Hamilton/Dundas based singer-songwriter. He has recently released a CD “Gracious Window”, and did a CD launch in April at the Corktown. http://www.petertigchelaar.com
Music: Ken & Ron’s kitchen party country jam, Sept, 2, 9, 16, 23
Most Thursdays at Artword Artbar Ken & Ron’s kitchen party, from 7:30 pm to 11 or so. Pickin’ and singin’ with Ken Steffler, guitar and Ron Weihs, fiddle. Come on down and bring your ax. No cover.
Thur Sept 2, 9, 16 at 7:30
Thur Sept 23 at 9:30, following the “Meet Your City”event
Thur Sept 30 SPECIAL CONCERT at 8 pm — Doc MacLean’s National Steel Tour
OPEN MIC: Arts Hamilton Artshare, Wed Sep 1, Oct 6, Nov 3
NEW this fall! OPEN MIC on the first Wednesday of the month, hosted by Artword Artbar, as part of the ongoing Arts Hamilton Artshare Wednesdays. Fall dates are Sept. 1, Oct 6 and Nov 3, at 8 pm, no cover. Our first two in early August were so much fun, we are happy to do more. We welcome all genres of music (and poetry). It’s a great chance to get to know us, and vice versa, and try out new stuff, old stuff, different stuff. And our baby grand piano is always available!
July 21st, 2010 Artshare Weds., Event, Literary, Spoken Word, Music, Open Mic Comments Off
Concert: The Plain Steel, & friends, Sat Aug 28
Saturday August 28 at 8 pm, $5. The Plain Steel — rocker Ross Lizotte teams up with Caroline Olsen on viola and Shawn MacDonald on drums to create a new sound — folk music on overdrive. We’re delighted to have them back at Artword Artbar. Ross Lizotte - guitars, vocals; Caroline Olsen – viola, vocals; Shawn MacDonald – drums, percussion. It’s also a farewell party for cellist Geoff Ball, whose other band, Euphonic, will also be on the bill. Euphonic is fine instrumental acoustic combo (guitar/cello/drums). Opening feature is The Plain Steel’s friend Keith Monte warming up the night. http://www.myspace.com/theplainsteelband
