Sunday March 7, 2010 at 2:00 pm: “Artword Composers Soirée”, Hamilton, a new series of New Music workshops, curated and coordinated by composer/guitarist Wade Whittaker, hosted monthly at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton. Each Soirée features several composers with various styles and approaches. (The inaugural Soirée is rescheduled from Feb 7). To find out how it works, read more… Read more…
February 8th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music No comments
Friday Mar 5 at 8 pm, $10 cover: It’s the St. Catharines Invasion! Singer-songwriter Randy Shook on guitar and Kevin “Spiderfingers” Ducette on keyboards.
With special guest wandering minstrel and guitarist Jack Harlan.
“Neo- Traditional Folksinger-songwriter” Randy and “creative keyboardist” Kevin are enjoying their 21st year of musical collaboration and live performing. Their thought-provoking songs are woven together with stories and insights about the inspirations behind the music, with creative keyboard parts that add an emotional psychedelic element. Join us for the “celebration”… http://www.randyshook.com Read more…
February 8th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music No comments
Saturday February 27 at 8 pm. We’re working on something special for Black History Month. Details TBA.
February 8th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event No comments
Friday February 26 at 8 pm, $15. Caribbean Spoken Word for Black History Month, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton. Rhoma Spencer returns with a new “Frankly Speaking” evening of Caribbean Comedy and the Oral Traditions, with special guest Jamaican-Canadian comedian Blakka Ellis. Call 905-543-8512 to reserve. Read more…
February 5th, 2010 Artbar performance, Comedy, Event, Literary, Spoken Word No comments
Thursday Feb 25 at 9 pm, $5 / pwyc, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. The Ladiest of Ladies rule tonight, with four solo singer/songwriters to expand your mind.
** Willow Rutherford from toronto. “Willow plays accordion and writes beautiful sweet songs.” http://www.myspace.com/willowrutherford
** Annie Shaw, songs and piano http://www.myspace.com/secretannieshawsongs
** Sarah Good, songs and guitar http://www.myspace.com/sarahgoodmusic
** Jessica Carey, songs and guitar
February 2nd, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music No comments
Sunday February 21, Sunday March 21, and Sunday April 18, all at 2 pm. Classical Café, monthly classical chamber concerts in association with the Brott Music Festival, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton. Admission $10 entirely to the musicians. [Right: Our launch Jan 31 with Lorna Heidt cello and Katherine Mrmak violin playing some Handel. They were wonderful!] Come and enjoy some classical music in an intimate friendly cabaret setting over an espresso or a glass of wine. Read more…
February 1st, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music, News No comments
Matthieu Vermeulen, en concert à Artword Artbar, samedi, le 20 février, 2010, 20:00 heures, billets $15. … paroles, musiques, piano, voix… Reservations: 905-543-8512
In concert, French singer/pianist Matthieu Vermeulen, on tour in Canada. At Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St, Hamilton, on Saturday February 20, 2010, at 8:00 pm, tickets $15. http://www.vermeulen-site.com/ http://www.myspace.com/vermeulenmatthieu Read more…
January 31st, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music No comments
Third Saturday of the month – Artist’s Talks in Artword Gallery, Feb 20 and Mar 20 at 3 pm. Free. Join us for a coffee with the artist of the month. You’ll learn some amazing secrets about the art.
Feb 20: printmaker Kristian Nesbitt reveals the mysteries of his monoprints. How does he do it? Why is it that he doesn’t know what will happen? How can it be an “edition” when no print is the same as another?
Mar 20: Tadek Sobierajski answers the riddle “How is an artist like a marathon runner?” Tadek is currently training for the ‘Run Around the Bay’ on March 28. He’ll tell you how running changed how his understanding of his work as an artist. His new paintings and drawings are on exhibit through March at Artword Gallery.
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Friday February 19 at 8 pm: spoken word event “PoeMagic” has special evening for Black History Month, hosted by dub poet Klyde Broox. PWYC at the door. Features and guests TBA.
Next month ”PoeMagic” goes to a regular 4th Friday of the month: March 26, April 23…
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Sunday Feb 14, 2:00 pm: A dozen poets pay tribute to the joys of love and sex or even love & sex together. You never quite know what to expect when February 14th rolls around! At Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Hamilton. Poets include: James Deahl, Conrad Didiodato, George & Trudi Down, Dave Haskins, Ellen S. Jaffe, Eleanore Kosydar, Eileen Lampard, Jeff Seffinga, Wilma Seville, Jennifer Tan, Stan White…
[image is a vintage Valentine card from wikimedia]
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Saturday February 13 at 8 pm, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, the Hamilton launch of R. W. Megens recent collection of love poems “The Infinite Ache“, with readings by Megens. Guest appearances by poets Slim Volumes, Klyde Broox and Marilyn Gear Pilling, and sensual dancer Heidi Ann Crocini.
Ken Hood on The Infinite Ache: This collection of poetry by R.W. Megens is deceptively simple, bittersweet and vulnerable. It is – at times – serious, erotic, funny and gently insightful.
For more information, call Artword Artbar 905-543-8512.
Megens website: www.theinfiniteache.com/ Read more…
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The ever-wonderful street party on James North, second Friday of each month. Here’s the line-up for Friday February 12 at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street.
In Artword Gallery: 7 to 10 pm, Kristian Nesbitt, monoprints
In Artword Artbar:
7 to 9 pm: drummers James Downe and Kyle Lilley play freeflow percussion using impromptu unconventional techniques.
9:15 or so to 10:45 or so: singer/songwriter/guitarist Mark McNeil (right) plays a country/roots/folk acoustic set
11:00: a late-nite set by drummers James Downe and Kyle Lilley
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Saturday Feb 6 at 8 pm. $10 cover. Authentic swing jazz tunes from the 20s, 30s and 40s, performed by the Richard Chamberlain Trio — Richard “Montreal Jazz” Chamberlain on guitar, Eugene Ruzsa on violin, and a bass player, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Hamilton
January 10th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music Comments Off
Friday Feb 5, at 8:00 pm. $10 cover. A concert by singer-songwriter Jay Aymar, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St., Hamilton. Jay Aymar is a Canadian singer-songwriter who mixes elements of country and folk with introspective, humorous and straight-forward lyrics. Jay’s latest album ‘Halfway Home’ is his best work yet and features the standout track “My Cherry Coloured Rose” which has recently been covered by the legendary Ian Tyson. http://www.myspace.com/jayaymar Read more…
January 9th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music 1 comment
Sunday Jan 31 at 2 pm, the launch of the Classical Café, a series of monthly concerts in association with the Brott Music Festival, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton. Admission is $10 at the door, and all proceeds go to the musicians. Subsequent dates are Sunday February 21, Sunday March 21, and Sunday April 18, all at 2 pm Read more…
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On Saturday Jan 30 at 8 pm, the folks at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, are having an evening of remembering the late Kate McGarrigle, singer/songwriter extraordinaire. Kate and her sister Anna (also an extraordinary singer/songwriter) have made beautiful music for over 40 years. Bring your guitar, a song and maybe a memory. No cover. [photos: Kate in 1970 and 2009]
January 9th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event Comments Off
Concert by singer/songwriter Melissa Bel, with special guests Max Wray and Chris Assaad, Friday Jan 29 at 8 pm, $5 cover, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street. http://melissa-bel.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/maxwraymusic and
http://www.myspace.com/chris.assaad
from Hamilton Blues Lovers site: “Burlington’s Melissa Bel has just released her 10-song album, Brave on iTunes. Melissa’s incredible, smooth voice is used to great effect as she travels through blues, pop, soul, rock, and folk with ease. The disc is an expansion of her EP offered earlier this year. Many of the newer songs showcase a power in the young lady’s voice that was only hinted at in the previous release. “
January 9th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event Comments Off
“Behind the Kiln”, Thursday January 28 at 8 pm (PWYC), a prototype for an intermittently regular evening of dancer and musician improvised collaborations. The idea is to pair up at least one dancer with at least one musician, and see what happens. Performers confirmed so far include Tanis MacArthur and Anne Milne (dance) and Judith Sandiford (projections), musicians Annie Shaw and Sarah Good on vocals and feedback loops, Michael Morritti on stand-up bass, Jennifer Lockman on piano. Why does Tanis call it “Behind the Kiln”? — because if you leave wood to dry behind the kiln, it warps into all kinds of strange unpredictable shapes. Read more…
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Every Wednesday at 8:30 pm, Arts Hamilton’s Artshare, hosted by Dave Pomfret, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street. Wonderful evenings where musicians, poets, comedians, playwrights and artists of all disciplines get to share, perform, discuss, cross-pollinate their work, in a friendly listening environment. To participate, contact Dave Pomfret at salsadave@greatcanadiansalsa.ca.
Wed Jan 27, Wed Feb 3, 10, 17, 24…
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