Saturday Feb 26 at 8 pm $10. A concert with Trio Arjento at Artword Artbar.
Marcy Hull vocals, Jennifer Lockman piano, Tom Shea guitar, playing their own songs plus some jazz and blues. One of our favourite groups. “Their soulful, fragile, exploratory sound mixes jazz, blues, and singer-songwriter traditions to create musical tapestries where every note tells a story. Beautiful original songs nestle comfortably beside jazz and pop standards.” Read more…
Event, Music-Jazz
Friday February 25 at 10 pm (following Klyde Broox’s PoeMagic), live music by Doug Murphy and his band Coda.
Event, Music
Thursday Feb 24 at 8 pm, pwyc. An evening of alt music organized by Tom Dusome. Featuring (Red Creek Parallel) Steve Disher and Marina, The Human Race (Adam Carter & Rachel Nolan), Tom Dusome.
Thursday March 17 at 8 pm, pwyc. Featuring Tom Dusome, Marc Perri, and Wynter Balloon (Sarah Good and Annie Shaw).
Thursday April 21 at 8 pm, pwyc. Host Tom Dusome, with a “very very very exciting line up!”
Jessah Higgins
Tom Dusome www.myspace.com/tomdusomeband
and KWs own Tra La La’s http://www.myspace.com/thetralalasmusicusic
PWYC as always, support travelling bands. Support what you love and love what you support.
Event, Literary, Spoken Word, Music
Most Tuesdays at 8 pm, Artword Theatre hosts “Theatre Tuesdays”, with readings of new plays and/or works-in-progress, readings of favourite plays we like, short theatrical presentations, films about theatre, etc. To get involved, as a writer, reader, presenter, actor, listener… contact us: artword@artword.net
* Feb 22: “FUNdamentally DysFUNctionally Family”, a reading of a play-in-progress by Rozz Woodcock, three generations of a kinda weird family (subtitle “My Mother the Troll”)
* March 1: Artword Theatre presents a reading of Bertolt Brecht‘s Galileo, in the English version by Charles Laughton, with a star-studded cast, including Brian Morton, Ryan Sero, Valeri Kay, Peter Gruner, Jeff Seffinga, Klyde Broox, Tanis MacArthur, Patti Cannon, Gordon Odegaard, and more! This is one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, rarely performed.
* March 8: Artword Theatre presents a reading of two one-act plays by J.M. Barrie: The Twelve-Pound Look and Rosalind. Two extremely clever views of Edwardian women.
*NOTE: Tuesday March 15 at Artword Artbar is gritLIT Festival launch and fundraiser
Event, Storytelling, Theatre
Saturday February 19 at 8 pm, $10 advance, $15 door. The Tribal Gallery presents a special concert of East Indian music, with Neeraj Prem on sitar and vocals, and a tabla player. Musically the evening will be mystical and supernatural through the sounds of Indian Sitar, mostly Indian classical music with the elements of folk and gazhals. Tickets in advance at The Tribal Gallery, 174 James Street North, 905-385-1829.
Event, Music
Friday Feb 18 at 8 pm $10. The Dharlings from Port Dover (Duane Rutter, Cindy Dell, Amy Wark and LeeAnne Wesseling). A dynamite line-up of multi-instrumentalists (guitar, bass, piano, percussion, fiddle) playing originals, select folky covers and lots of harmonies. Brennaugh Burns will open the evening and also perform with them. http://www.myspace.com/thedharlings
Event, Music
Thursday February 17 ay 8 pm, $5. Jazz trio “Beg To Differ” playing blues / jazz / funk. Featuring Tim Ninehouse on piano, keyboards, vocals; Doug Sikma – guitar; Steve Foster – drums. “Beg To Differ” performs unique renditions of blues, jazz and funk songs, drawing from a large musical repertoire from early blues roots to jazzified contemporary songs.
Event, Music-Jazz
OPEN MIC and music jams every Wednesday, 8 pm, no cover. We welcome all genres of music (and poetry). 
It’s a great chance to meet other musicians and performers, and get to know us, and vice versa. You can try out new stuff, old stuff, different stuff. And our baby grand piano is always available! Hosted by Ron the Fiddler and sometimes special hosts.
Second Wednesday of each month is World-Beat Jam Session hosted by Emma Rush.
For more info, call 905-543-8512 or email artword@artword.net
Event, Literary, Spoken Word, Music, Open Mic and Jam
Saturday February 12, 2011, at 8 pm, $10 advance, $15 at door. The Tribal Gallery presents an evening of Turkish and Balkan music with Brenna MacCrimmon, Jayne Brown, Sophia Grigoriadis and Louise Wrazen. Back again after their thrilling concert in September.
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. Advance tickets at The Tribal Gallery, 174 James Street North (905) 385-1829. http://www.myspace.com/brennamaccrimmon
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/brennamaccrimmon Read more…
Event, Music, Tribal Gallery presents
Friday February 11 from 7 pm to midnight, James North Art Crawl at Artword Artbar. 
Gallery: Andrea Liss *The Art of the Dress* is a vintage clothing installation of Canadian, American and European fashions, on exhibit (and for sale) at Artword Gallery, in February. Curated by vintage clothing collector Andrea Liss, the installation is inspired by the smoky romance of the femme fatale. Both high fashion and department store party dresses from the 1950s to 1980s will be styled exclusively to give you inspiration for Valentine’s Day. Hours with curator present: Fri Feb 11 (James North Art Crawl) from 7 to 10 pm, Sat Feb 12 from 2 to 6 pm.
Mark Korczysnki creates everyday objects and ornamental items out of forged metal. He is an artist blacksmith trained in the traditional method working out of his Sherman Street North studio, “metalmorphosis”. His exhibit features 10 art pieces — photographs with hand forged frames and hand cut mats.
Music in the bar: Wade Whittaker, solo classical guitar. And later, Tim Ninehouse, jazz piano.
Artword Gallery, Event, James North events, Music
Thursday February 10 at 8 pm, pwyc. Behind the Kiln #4, an evening of improvised dance, music and visuals. This one takes as its jumping-off point (could mean that literally, you never know with dancers) “Smoky Romance of the Femme Fatale“, an exhibition of vintage party dresses from the 50s to 80s curated by collector Andrea Liss (in the installation gallery through February).
Dancers: Liz Bates, Grace Loney, Tanis MacArthur, Orange Macfarland.
Musicians: Jennifer Lockman, Tom Shea, Orange Macfarland.
Visuals: Judith Sandiford (image right from an elegant and smoky 50s fashion photo)
Dance, Event, Music, Special event
Saturday February 5, 8 pm, $10, at Artword Artbar. A night of folk, roots, and pop music, featuring three diverse but complementary acts: Kori Pop, Matthew de Zoete, and The Key Frames. 
KORI POP is a “little bit Joni Mitchell, and a little bit Mary Poppins”. www.koripop.com
Combining pop, rock, and folk music, MATTHEW DE ZOETE writes songs built on strong melodies and honest lyrics. Ranging from simple ballads to joyful pop revelries, his music favours beauty over bravado. Extensive touring throughout North America and Europe has earned him a reputation for smart songwriting and dynamic performances, as well as comparisons to Nick Drake and Elliott Smith. www.matthewdezoete.com
THE KEY FRAMES are a Toronto roots rock quintet that have been playing locally and around Ontario since 2007. With a strong emphasis on songwriting craft and peerless vocal arrangement, the band has won the hearts of many a hardened Toronto audience with its simple and appealing blend of rock, folk, blues, country and soul. Read more…
Event, Music
Friday February 4, 2011, in concert at Artword Artbar 15 Colbourne St. Hamilton– Random Recipe, a dynamic hiphop-folk-minimalist band from Montreal on tour with their new CD “Fold It! Mold It!” The band: Frannie Holder (vocalist, chiquita guitarra), Fab (Fabrizia Difruscia) (rapper, beat-box), Vincent Legault (guitar, keys, bass) and Liu-Kong Ha (percussion, keys). http://www.myspace.com/randomrecipe “Two women led the four-piece with incredible talent, ranging in vocal styles from singing to rapping to beat boxing. Random Recipe was simply a thrill to watch. MeetYouAtTheShow.com, January 2010″.
Event, Music
Thursday Feb 3 at 7:30 pm, $5 at Artword Artbar. 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.”
Event, Music-Jazz
“PoeMagic”, spoken word event hosted by dub poet Klyde Broox, fourth Friday a month at 8 pm, pwyc. 2011 dates
Friday, January 28; Friday, February 25.
“Steeped in oral traditions, Broox’s gesture-enabled, dance and song-oriented, performances are consistently pitched to engage, entertain, and invite audiences to experience poetry as social communion. … ” Read more…
Event, Literary, Spoken Word
OPEN MIC and music jams every Wednesday, starting January 19, 2011, 8 pm, no cover. We welcome all genres of music (and poetry). It’s a great chance to meet other musicians and performers, and get to know us, and vice versa. You can try out new stuff, old stuff, different stuff. And our baby grand piano is always available!
Second Wednesday of each month (Feb 9, 2011…) is World-Beat Jam Session hosted by Emma Rush and Rawle Skeete.
For more info, call 905-543-8512 or email artword@artword.net
Event, Literary, Spoken Word, Music, Open Mic and Jam
Saturday Feb 26 at 8 pm $10. A concert with Trio Arjento at Artword Artbar. 
