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.
Event, Music-Jazz
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.
Event, Music, Music-Jazz
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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Event, Literary, Spoken Word
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.”
Event, Music
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.”
www.kenmcdonaldjazz.com www.myspace.com/kenmcdonaldjazz
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Event, Music-Jazz
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…
Event, Special event
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.
