Wednesday August 31 at 8 pm, $5. Victor Vrankulj Quartet. “Summer is almost over, come and hang at the Artword Artbar for a night of good food, inexpensive beer, cool atmosphere and great tunes! Full night of originals, standards and whatever the hell else!” Victor Vrankulj on bass, Matt Woroshyl on saxophone, Rob Chapman on guitar, Mark Ballyk on drums.
Saturday August 27 at 8 pm, pwyc. It’s a ”Jury Jam-Cram” organized by Mohawk student jazz vocalists Ally Jedrzejek and Ruthie Pytka-Jones. What’s a Jury Jam-Cram? If you are a Mohawk music student, you’ll know what that means**. The rest of us can just enjoy some music and some fun with some very talented people. Support from Aaron Zukewich on piano (and saxophones) and Scott Karstoff on drums.
**Mohawk Music Jams, “The Great Mohawk Songbook”: Each year, the Mohawk Jazz Music students prepare for their “Juries”, a key list of jazz standards assigned by the faculty for their variety, form and importance to the world of jazz. This year, the Mohawk Music students present to the public for the first time this varied list of ‘jury tunes’ in the improvisational open-jam environment from which these tunes were born and grew to be the standards they are today.
Friday August 26 at 8 pm, pwyc. “PoeMagic“, an evening of spoken word, hosted by dub poet Klyde Broox, usually fourth Friday of the month.
All genres of spoken word poets welcome. Contact Klyde at kbroox@porchlight.ca. ”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. … “
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Thursday August 25 at 8 pm, “A Touch of Klez“, back again for a summer blast by your favourite super-charged Klezmer band, bringing you the high-energy sound of Eastern European Jewish and gypsy music. “Jordy Abraham – accordion; Bubbles Price – violin; Cookie Black – saxophone; Moishe McFarland – double bass; Leo Kosotski – drums.”
Wednesday August 24, at 8 pm, $5. Jazz with The Ken McDonald Quartet: Ken McDonald – double bass; special guest Aaron Zukewich – saxophones; Demetri Petsalakis – guitar; Lowell Whitty – drums. Ken is on tour in support of his new release CD “Pay What You Can”. “Ken’s compositions show his passion for the jazz tradition while maintaining a modern and fresh perspective. The blues based melodies and hard swinging grooves of early Blue Note recordings play a strong influence on his tunes.”
Tuesday August 23 at 4:00 – 6:00 pm at Artword Artbar 15 Colbourne St. Hamilton. The Hamilton Friendship Association with Cuba presents a Community Reception with Friends from the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP). $5 Suggested donation PWYC, no one turned away. Reservations required – email: info@cubacanada.org.
With our friend from Havana – Esperanza Luzbert Director, ICAP North American Division; and special guest: Dr. Keith Ellis, National Co-ordinator, Cuba for Haiti Campaign Read more…
Friday August 19 at 8 pm, $5 at door: Dan Medakovic + Matt Coleman. Please join us for an evening of fabulous original songs, amazing acoustic guitar and beautiful fiddle by songwriter/vocalist/guitarist extraordinaire Dan Medakovic and fiddle player Matt Coleman. Dan takes on rednecks, homelessness, war, love, loss, revenge and joy with equal parts humour and sensitivity. Come on out if you want to hear Hamilton’s own version of Van Morrison, Cat Stevens, and Fred Eaglesmith combined into one. For a preview of Dan’s unique music, please check out a few samples at www.youtube.com/user/danmedakovic
Thursday Aug 18 at 8 pm, $5. An evening of motown, funk and pop with Christina diFranco, vocalist, and The Rocketeers: Jordan Snider -drums, Tom Altobelli -bass, Scott McIntosh -guitar and Chris Bruder -keys. http://www.myspace.com/christinadifranco
Tuesdays at 8 pm, free. Artword Theatre hosts “Theatre Tuesdays” — readings from new plays, works-in-progress, favourite plays, and/or short theatrical presentations, films about theatre, etc. To get involved, as a writer, reader, presenter, actor, listener… contact us: artword@artword.net
Tues Aug 16: videos of Artword Theatre’s productions of Charly Chiarelli’s Cu’Fu and Mangiacake.
Tues Aug 23: TBA
Tues Aug 30: TBA
Saturday August 13 at 8 pm, $10. Folk and pop hook up at Artword Artbar – fun times ensue! Matthew de Zoete; The Morals; Shelley Adams and Mary Simon.
Shelley Adams and Mary Simon - http://www.shelleyadamsmusic.com/
http://www.marysimon.com/ After years of co-writing, Shelley Adams & Mary Simon are taking to the stage as a duo to perform their catchy-indie-pop songs. Armed with thought-provoking lyrics, sister-like harmonies & an assortment of instruments, these girls know how to entertain!
The Morals – http://www.themorals.bandcamp.com/ Hailing from Barrie, The Morals are one of the most genuine up and coming bands. With their roots in folk they harmonize love ballads that make your heart ache. Hollie’s vocals are calming and deep, while Todd’s are soft and sincere. Their music is honest and raw. A true gem.
Matthew de Zoete – http://www.matthewdezoete.com/ Combining pop, rock, and folk music, Matthew de Zoete writes songs built on strong melodies and honest lyrics. Read more…
Friday August 12, James North Art Crawl all evening long!!
Music in the bar from 8 pm with jazz vocalist Ruthie Pytka-Jones and her quartet: Ruthie Pytka-Jones – vocals; Rob Chapman – guitar; Jon Stemmler – bass; Jeff Plumley – trumpet/flugelhorn. Tip Jar ($5 suggested).
In the Gallery: Art from Mozambique in the Gallery, curated by Filimone Mabjaia.
BACK IN ACTION (first event after our summer hol.) — Thursday August 11 at 8 pm $5. Kick off the new Artword Artbar season with some of our favourite far-out jazz – The Fortune Hunter (formerly known as the Subterraneans) featuring: Sean Dowhaniuk- guitar, Mike Deicont- bass, Lee Famelos – drums, with guest Aubrey Wilson on vocals. They’ll be playing a lot of freely improvised music and some originals as well as a few jazz standards.
