Queen’s Hotel Blues

November 15, 2007

December 7, 2007
8:00 pm	to	11:00 pm

queens hotel event poster An Evening Premiere presentation of Queens Hotel Blues December 7th at the Roxy Theatre, 8p.m.

The Queen’s Hotel Blues is an independently produced and financed documentary about the history and final days of the Queens Hotel in Owen Sound as told by the people involved and those who remember the building.

Tickets are $10 per person and are available at the Roxy box office, 251 9th Street E, Owen Sound. 519 371 2833 for box office inquiries.

Proceeds from the event will go to the North Grey branch of Architecture Conservancy Ontario’s restoration project of the Historic Church at Mennonite Corners.

A few event details…
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Documentary Presentation with introduction by David Adair
Live Musical Entertainment by Paul Thompson and Eric Van Allen
Silent Auction
the Documentary DVD will be available for sale

..and keep posted for more updates leading up to the event.

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Written by Ryan · Filed Under Heritage, Queens Hotel, The Arts, Music, Get Out, Events

It will be a busy Saturday Night

October 25, 2007

Pretty torn about what to do on Saturday night? I imagine a number of you may be in the same situation. Saturday evening seems like the date of choice for numerous Halloween gatherings this year. Where to go??? Hmmmm and what to wear??? Last year I went out as a compact fluorescent light bulb, which was funny, educational and royally a pain to move around. Trying to come up with a more relaxing outfit for this year. Hmmm??? Anyone else leave this to the last minute? For the undecided I have Nathan scouring the old Internet for good ideas.

Now, Halloween parties aside there are a number of other options for your Saturday night out. For starters you might want to check out the “Danse Macabre” at Mudtown Saturday night. More details about the event can be found in our original post here or you could check out the Feature article in Thursday’s Sun Times.

Saturday’s Danse Macabre at Mudtown Pottery is a “dark cabaret” for Halloween. As ringmaster Richardson will lead a crew of costumed musicians, dancers, a stilt walker and fire twirler Vita Bowen.

Richardson, on keyboards and noisemakers, Jonathan Cox, guitar, bass guitar and noise makers and Patrick Dorfman, guitar, noisemakers and power tools will recreate live his recorded music, some of it commissioned a year ago for a Halloween art show opening in London which also included circus performers. Source: Bill Henry/Owen Sound Sun Times

The show will run from 8-10 at Mudtown Pottery, with a $6 admission at the door, $5 if attend in costume. The timing of the show works out quite well for a busy Saturday night as you’ll still have time to hit your Halloween party of choice.

If you happen to be a little more folkie then your Saturday night might best be spent at the Knox Acoustic cafe. This Saturday night the featured act will be the Undesirables. I have seen this duo perform 5 times already this year and highly recommend you take the opportunity to check them out. To find out a little bit more about them you can listen to our interview with the guys after their Mudtown show earlier this year. If you haven’t yet attended a show at the Knox Acoustic Cafe it is also a worthwhile evening out on the town.

The following is a photo set shot at the last Knox Show featuring Guitarist Chuck Baker. A big thanks to Ange for the images.

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Written by Ryan · Filed Under Concerts, The Arts, Music, Get Out, Events, theOwen

Black Gold Screening at the Owen Sound Library

September 11, 2007

Tadesse Meskela, star of the internationally acclaimed documentary Black Gold will be in Owen Sound this Wednesday September 12 for a screening of the film and a discussion. The film documents the problems Ethiopian coffee farmers face in getting a fair price for their coffee and the impact fair trade has made on improving their lives.
Meskela is the manager of the Oromia Coffee Farmers Co-operative Union which represents more than 74,000 coffee farmers. Meskela has become the international face of struggling farmers. He also led the fight to ensure Ethiopia retained its rights to their own coffee strains against actions by multi-national coffee giant Starbucks.

Start time 7 pm but you should proably get there early for a good seat and some interesting discussion.

Not sure if my schedule will allow me to make it out to this event. If someone attending would be interested in writing up a few words about the event we would love to post it. Alternatively, anyone who takes part in the evening can share their thoughts via theOwen.com caller feedback line.

After the event simply dial, 519 416 6936 wait for the message and leave you thoughts. Keep in mind this works for any event going on in and around Grey-Bruce so now might be a good time to slap that number into the speed dial of your phone (mobile or otherwise!)

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Written by Ryan · Filed Under Get Out, Events, Community, Politics

An interview with Brenda Scott of the GBFS

August 24, 2007

summerfolk audience I had an opportunity on Sunday evening to have a short conversation backstage at Summerfolk with Brenda Scott. Brenda is the president of the Georgian Bay Folk Society and Chair of the Summerfolk committee. We talk a bit about the festival this year including the new stages, the vital role of volunteers and how you can help to support the folk festival and society throughout the rest of the year.