Saturday September 28 at 8 pm, $15 door, $10 advance (905-543-8512 or BUY ADVANCE TICKETS ON-LINE):
Tia McGraff, with Tommy Parham, Canadian Country songstress, back from Texas and Nashville, and here at Artword Artbar with her CD release concert. 
Come share in an evening of story/song/laughter/tears with Tia McGraff and Tommy Parham as they celebrate the new release of Break These Chains! www.TiaMcGraff.com
In 2010 Roots Artist Tia McGraff won Best Country CD of the Year at the Hamilton Music Awards. “Every songwriter’s dream is to make it in Nashville, 
and Tia soon found herself moving there to further her passion and craft. It was in Music City, USA, that this Canadian songstress met Colorado native, Tommy Parham (Lee Greenwood’s “Rocks You Can’t Move”. They have a passion for songwriting “outside the box”. Performing on main stage festivals, concert halls, song writing venues, and even house concerts, Tia captures her audience and holds them spell bound until her last haunting note has faded. Today, Tia and Tommy base their international music career out of Tia’s home town of Port Dover, ON, Canada.
Event, Music
Saturday, September 28 at 3:30 pm. Come to the book tour event for Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street by Mark Bray. Translating Anarchy tells the story of the anti-capitalist anti-authoritarians of Occupy Wall Street who strategically communicated their revolutionary politics to the public in a way that was both accessible and revolutionary.
OWS organizer Mark Bray combines his direct experience in the movement with nearly 200 interviews with the most active, influential architects of Occupy Wall Street, to reveal the revolutionary anarchist core of Occupy. Although The New York Times and CNN thought that OWS simply wanted tighter financial regulations and a millionaire’s tax, Bray shows that the vast majority of organizers called for the abolition of capitalism altogether. By “translating” their ideas into everyday concepts like community empowerment and collective needs, these anarchists sparked the most dynamic American social movement in decades.
Zero Books: http://www.zero-books.net/books/translating-anarchy
Event, Literary, Spoken Word, Special event
Friday September 27, 2013 at 8 pm, pwyc.
Friday October 25, 2013 at 8 pm, pwyc.
PoeMagic, an evening of spoken word, hosted by dub poet Klyde Broox. 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. … ” Read more…
Event, Literary, Spoken Word
Thursday Sept 26, 2013, 7:30-9:30 pm, pwyc ($5-$10 suggested)
Thursday Oct 24, 2013, 7:30-9:30 pm, pwyc ($5-$10 suggested)
Thursday Nov 28, 2013, 7:30-9:30 pm, pwyc ($5-$10 suggested)
SINGALONG with Sam Turton and Jane Lewis, singer-songwriters from Guelph. Come out and SING! They’ve got songbooks full of classic favourites — YOU request the songs, and we all sing them together. Led by Jane Lewis and Sam Turton. http://www.all-together-now.ca Tell your friends because — the more, the merrier. Hundreds of songs – songbooks provided: Over 100 great artists, including The Band, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Elvis, Bob Marley, Van Morrison, Read more…
Event, Music
Wednesday September 25, 2013, at 8 pm, no cover, tip jar. Mohawk Music Jam Night, mostly jazz, all musicians welcome. The evening is hosted by John Imre, playing our baby grand piano, Kevin Fraser on bass and guitar and Devin Patten on bass.
And another Jazz Jam on Thursday October 31 at 8 pm (details coming).
Event, Music-Jazz
Saturday September 21 at 8 pm: The Acoustics, an instrumental world/roots musical ensemble from Hamilton. For the past ten years, they have been cultivating their own unique world/roots music, with a lively upbeat Mediterranean sound. Alfonso Spoto accordion; Enzo Spoto, lead and rhythm guitar; Richard Hone, percussion; Bonnie Krenciglowa, violin; Andrew Eckart, bass. http://www.theacoustics.ca
Cover: $15 advance, $20 at door.
Event, Music
Saturday September 28 at 8 pm, $15 door, $10 advance (905-543-8512 or BUY ADVANCE TICKETS ON-LINE):
Come share in an evening of story/song/laughter/tears with Tia McGraff and Tommy Parham as they celebrate the new release of Break These Chains! www.TiaMcGraff.com
