Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 8 pm, tickets $15 (advance), $20 (door). The Tribal Gallery presents, in concert at Artword Artbar, the legendary singer-songwriter Tony Bird. With a truly unique voice, vision, guitar style and theatrical persona, this passionate Malawi-born song man, hailed as “The Father of African Folk-Rock,” delivers a far-ranging repertoire of exotic travelogues, love songs, topical and historical commentary and the moving, searching anthems of a mature poet. He’s an inventive, passionate, theatrical performer who delivers the moving, searching anthems of a mature poet. The extraordinary experience of a Bird concert is not to be missed. “The finest, most impressive folk poet in years” – The Village Voice http://www.mangotime.net/
Advance tickets on sale at The Tribal Gallery, 174 James St. N. 905-395-1829 Read more…
Event, Music, Tribal Gallery presents
Friday October 28 at 8 pm, pwyc.
Friday November 25 at 8 pm, pwyc.
“PoeMagic“, an evening of spoken word, hosted by dub poet Klyde Broox.
About Klyde: “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. … “
Contact Klyde at kbroox@porchlight.ca.
Event, Literary, Spoken Word
Thursday October 27 at 8 pm, $15 (includes CD), $8 concert only. Concert of Latin American music. Join Solstice for an evening in the tropic islands as they share with you their 
Cuban, Brazilian,and Spanish music. With special guest vocalist Lil America (from El Salvador via Cuba).
Solstice was recently formed by four veteran musicians:
Javier Martinez: Singer, and former musical entertainment director, Hotel las Brisas Guardalavca , Cuba.
Julian Reynolds: bass player from Buenos Aires and a veteran of many cruise tours with Argentina’s top pianist.
Dave Aldham: bongos, congas, one of Ontario’s top percussionists for last 40 years, performed in Cuba for the last 10 years.
George Kairy: studied with Justin Perchin, one of Cuba’s top jazz guitarists and Miguel la Batistde, North Americas top flamengo guitarist and performed internationally for many years.
After having just completed a cd recording at Niagara’s famous Barn Window Studio, this diverse group is looking forward to releasing another cd soon featuring more original songs to keep you dancing.
Event, Music, Special event
Saturday September, 2011, at 8 pm, $10 adv, $15 at door, at Artword Artbar 15 Colbourne St. The Tribal Gallery presents a special concert with the renowned Egyptian musician George Sawa, virtuoso master of the qanun (Egyptian psaltery). He plays traditional Arabic music, accompanied by Suzanne Meyers Sawa. Listen to sample tracks from their Juno-nominated two-vol CD. http://www.georgedimitrisawa.com/media.html
Advance tickets at The Tribal Gallery 174 James St. N, 905-385-1829. Read more…
Event, Music, Tribal Gallery presents
Friday October 21 at 8 pm $15. The renowned jazz pianist Brian Browne, with bassist Sean Browne, are back at Artword Artbar! With a musical career that spans over thirty years, Brian Browne has gained a reputation as a true Canadian jazz legend. His 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/
Event, Music-Jazz
Thursday October 20, 7:30 pm, Tom Dusome is hosting a film night.
“Dear Freeskool Friendlies, We are planning a get together for everyone who’s interested in talking about how we learn in our society… Film: “Free To Learn” (Albany, NY Free School – 2007). We will view the film, and follow up with discussion regarding learning, education and how these processes are played out in our society. We encourage one and all to come along and join in on the discussion, share your thoughts and experiences, and together we will envision the future of learning… Love, Hamilton Freeskool” www.HamiltonFreeskool.org
For information on the documentary, visit: http://www.freeschoolmovie.com/menu1.htm
Event, Film
Wednesday October 19 at 8 pm free. Barry Karp, visiting theatre artist from Ottawa and and Artword friend and colleague, is in town. Barry will bring some special items from his collection of theatre masks to show you. And he has tales to tell about his exotic and adventurous theatre projects with R. Murray Shafer, Tomson Highway and others. His latest theatrical adventure is a re-creation of a 1930s circus, which he is hoping to bring to Hamilton! Come join us for a fascinating chat and visit. [Barry is rumoured to be behind the mask above.] Read more…
Event, Special event
Tuesday October 18 at 8 pm, free. Artword Artbar hosts a double launch: poet Mike Algera launches his chapbook “Outskirts”, and musician songwriter Pip launches his new CD “Cool Ray”. Readings, performances, and some guest artists.
Event, Literary, Spoken Word, Music
Saturday October 15 at 8 pm. Heavy Pedal, an evening of piano, song and spectacle – a cabaret night of local female piano-playing singer-songwriters, showcasing original piano-based music, on Artword Artbar’s baby grand. Hosted by Marie Avery, and featuring Kori Pop, Deanna Wells (of Ophelia Syndrome), Sara Whynot (from Kitchener), and Annie Shaw. Each artist will highlight her own unique style of writing and piano-playing. Cover $10 advance through the performers, $15 at the door.
Here is host Marie Avery’s statement about her concept for the evening:
“HEAVY PEDAL: an evening of piano, song, and spectacle.
Heavy Pedal is neither a singer-songwriter show, nor piano recital. It isn’t ‘live music tonight’ at the bar, nor is this a night at the orchestra. It is a home for the writers and performers of original compositions that press the bounds of genera. It is a showcase of technical proficiency not always appreciated in ‘indie rock’, and creativity too wild to be welcome in conservatory halls. Read more…
Event, Music
Tuesday October 11 at 5:30 pm, free. A special Green Drinks evening.
THE MOST IMPORTANT MEETING YOU’LL ATTEND IN THIS DECADE: STOP CETA! STOP CORPORATIONS FROM CALLING ALL THE SHOTS! MONSANTO ANYONE? Attend Stop CETA meeting BRING EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND PLEASE RSVP info@hamiltoneconet.ca It is hosted by Green Drinks Hamilton and Hamilton Area Eco-Network.
CETA (Canadian European Trade Agreement) will pave the way for Monsanto and its ilk from imposing their will upon Canadians! Attend action & information night (on-site action – bring your laptop and a pen and paper!) “CETA is so much more than a free-trade agreement. Tariffs between Canada and the EU are already quite low. Read more…
Event, Special event
Friday October 14 at 8 pm, during James North Art Crawl, tip jar. Back by popular demand, A Touch of Klez, bringing you wild and wonderful Eastern European gypsy jewish jazz music. Hamilton’s own Klezmer band features Jordan Abraham on accordion, with bass, drums, saxophone, piano, guitar, violin…
Event, James North events, Music
Thursday October 13 at 8 pm pwyc. Behind the Kiln #12. Always thrilling and unpredictable, our evenings of real-time collaborations between dancers, musicians and visual artists, are a treat. Organized by dancer-choreographer Tanis MacArthur and video-jammer Judith Sandiford. [Image left Sept 15: duet Tanis MacArthur, Rose Gowling, plus live web-cam (photo Anne Milne)]
Movers and sounders for our “ghOulish and dreAry” Oct 13 include: Victoria Slager, Anne Milne, Jennifer Lockman, Tom Shea. Orange McFarland, Tanis MacArthur, Liz Bates, Ron Weihs, Judith Sandiford.
Dance, Event, Film, Music, Theatre
Saturday October 8 at 8 pm, $5: Jazz with the Carolyn Credico Quartet, featuring Chris Bruder on piano, Victor Vrankulj on bass, Jordan Snider on drums, and Carolyn Credico vocals
Event, Music-Jazz
Friday October 7 at 8 pm, $10. The Woodshed Orchestra presents “Love & Affection”, an evening of soulful, joyous and celebratory musical times by one of Canada’s premier live pop orchestras. Plus a special guest set by the wonderful singer-songwriter Matthew de Zoete.
The Woodshed Orchestra is headed up by drummer Dave Clark (Gord Downie, Charles Spearin, Rheostatics) and features Michael Herring, Joe Lapinski, Julia Hambleton, Nic Buligan, and Karen Ng. The band is fresh off of their Canadian summer dates headlining at the Hillside Festival in Guelph and Sappyfest in Sackville. http://www.thewoodshedorchestra.com/ “Dave Clark and the Woodshed Orchestra have this amazing ability to make real life sound like the best musical in the world. I can’t name another group of people who sound so joyous together, get to some essential truths about living, and dance their pants off doing it. Love them. They’re my favourite parade.” – Vish Khanna – CBC Radio3 – Exclaim Magazine – Guelph
Event, Music
Wednesday October 5 at 8 pm, free. A Special Event: “Meet with Sarah Thornton, Artistic Director of Liverpool’s Collective Encounters — Theatre for Social Change. Sarah will show some slides of recent productions, including participatory theatre by youth groups and senior citizens, and professional site-specific productions on the effects of urban renewal on local populations, the state of the nation and homelessness. She is eager to chat about how this work resonates with work being done in Hamilton.” This informal evening with Sarah supplements her talk at McMaster University in the afternoon.
TALK @ McMaster Robinson Theatre 3:30 – 5:30
Presentation – Q&A @ Artword Artbar 8pm-10pm Read more…
Event, Special event, Theatre
Thursday October 6 at 8 pm $5. Touring singer-songwriter Nicole Aube has a concert at Artword Artbar. Also an author, Nicole has an afternoon (4 pm) reading at Chapters Ancaster. http://nicoleaube.webs.com/ Opening the evening at Artword Artbar is a set by Melinda Richter, a Hamilton-based composer who performs avant-garde pop. Hear her music at: http://soundcloud.com/slowlyslowly. Nicole Aube is a songwriter and pianist on the rise in Canada. She has released ‘Philosoft’, her debut album of original songs in 2011. Following in the vein of Canadian songwriters Christine Fellows and Veda Hille, she performs alternative pop with artful lyrics that could be stand-alone poetry.
Event, Music
Wednesday, October 12, at 8 pm, no cover. Artword Artbar’s Open Mic evening, hosted by Ron the Fiddler. Open to all genres of music, spoken word, dance performance.
Event, Literary, Spoken Word, Music
Saturday October 1, 4 pm & 9:30 pm, ticket price $10. Two chances to see the one-and-only Big Rude Jake — coming back to Artword Artbar. “Jake is a composer, singer, ‘blues shouter’ and musician with a diverse array of influences. Noted for the distinct ‘swing punk’ sound of his first few albums, he loves and celebrates music – all of it, with special attention to the roots of American music. You’ll hear jazz, swing, ragtime, rock’n‘roll, jump, gospel, blues, folk… Add a little cabaret and some punk attitude, and you’ve got Big Rude Jake.” http://bigrudejake.ca/
Event, Music
Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 8 pm, tickets $15 (advance), $20 (door). The Tribal Gallery presents, in concert at Artword Artbar, the legendary singer-songwriter Tony Bird. With a truly unique voice, vision, guitar style and theatrical persona, this passionate Malawi-born song man, hailed as “The Father of African Folk-Rock,” delivers a far-ranging repertoire of exotic travelogues, love songs, topical and historical commentary and the moving, searching anthems of a mature poet. He’s an inventive, passionate, theatrical performer who delivers the moving, searching anthems of a mature poet. The extraordinary experience of a Bird concert is not to be missed. “The finest, most impressive folk poet in years” – The Village Voice http://www.mangotime.net/
