Rocky Raccoon Cafe presents Lauren Best

July 31, 2008

August 5, 2008
8:30 pm	to	11:30 pm

Lauren Best and the Renegade Company appear for two nights at the Rocky Raccoon Cafe.

The first evening, August 5th, will feature a selection of original material by Best from both her upcoming debut album and more recent creations. The Renegade Company for the evening features Tyler Wagler on bass Roselyn Brown on saxophone and flute.

Be sure to check out the second evening too, a benefit concert for Sheatre!

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The Rocky Raccoon Café strengthens it reputation for innovative
entertainment by promoting two nights of concerts with Lauren Best.
“Since I arrived in Owen Sound, I have watched Lauren’s star rise”
said Robin Pradham, the owner of Rocky Raccoon. “The Rocky Raccoon is a
place for the community to come together. At such an important point
in a rising star’s career, the chance to host an event like this is a
once in a lifetime opportunity”.

Emerging singer-songwriter Lauren Best celebrates her formative
years as a performing artist in Owen Sound at our own Rocky Raccoon
Café on August 5th and 6th. The 5th will feature a selection of
original material by Best from both her upcoming debut album and more recent
creations. Both evenings will feature a backing band of Roselyn Brown
on saxophone and flute and Tyler Wagler on bass. Born and raised in
Owen Sound, Wagler is no stranger to Owen Sound audiences as a
soloist, backing bassist, and member of Backwoods Justice.
Multi-instrumentalist and recording artist Brown has deep connections
to this area, having toured internationally with and been married to
Owen Sound’s Tommy Earlls, widely known for his big band, Tommy Earlls
and The International Untouchables.

The 6th will be a benefit ‘Concert for Sheatre with Lauren and
Friends’, featuring Liz Zetlin, original material by Tyler Wagler, and
multimedia from Sheatre’s past projects. Sheatre is a popular theatre
and community arts organization which “inspires creative expression and
transformative learning through workshops and artistic productions”.
They produce relevant and rousing performance and visual art “by, for,
and about communities”.

“Owen Sound has raised me well and now I am in transition as I
spend more time in Toronto working on my debut album,” she said. “The
6th is my birthday, and as I move forward in my career I wanted to
give something back to my community.”

The concerts start at 9, with doors opening at 8:30 pm on August
5th. On August 6th doors open at 8 pm and there will be a light menu
with proceeds going to Sheatre. Tickets may be purchased at the door
for $10 at the Rocky Raccoon Cafe at in Owen Sound.
To reserve tickets please call 519 374 0500 or visit the Rocky
Raccoon.

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Concert for Sheatre with Lauren Best and Friends

July 31, 2008

August 6, 2008
12:00 am	to	11:00 pm

featuring Tyler Wagler, Roselyn Brown, Liz Zetlin, and multimedia from Sheatre’s archives!

The second evening at the Rocky Raccoon with Lauren Best and the Renegade Company will be a special benefit concert for Sheatre featuring Liz Zetlin, original material by Tyler Wagler, and multimedia from Sheatre’s past projects. Proceeds from ticket sales (10$ minimum donation) and a light menu (available when doors open at 8 pm) will go to support Sheatre.

For more information about Sheatre please visit www.sheatre.com.

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The concerts start at 9, with doors opening at 8:30 pm on August
5th. On August 6th doors open at 8 pm and there will be a light menu
with proceeds going to Sheatre. Tickets may be purchased at the door
for $10 at the Rocky Raccoon Cafe at 941 2nd Ave East in Owen Sound.
To reserve tickets please call 519 374 0500 or visit the Rocky Raccoon.

Rocky Raccoon Cafe
941 2nd Ave East
Owen Sound, ON

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Sonic Orchard music festival

July 15, 2008

Music. Art. Ecology
Part experimental art show ,part kick ass concert, part feast , part field party.
For us, all of us. You, me, our friends, strangers for now, kids, families. Build community.
A music line-up like the best mixed tape you ever crafted…covering the sounds from channel to channel on the airwaves.
Intimate crowd, wide open spaces. Land and love. Sound. Sound. Sound.
Commitment to the best in eco conscious festival practices, commitment to enjoying life without lectures.
Balance. In the moment, the experience, the friendship, the living.
Music. Art .Ecology.

This is Sonic Orchard
Sonic Orchard 2008 takes place at Kimbercote Farm, a 110 acre environmental education and social activism facility located in the Beaver Valley , part of the breathtaking Southern Georgian Bay area. The valley is part of the Niagara Escarpment – a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and home to the meandering beauty of the Beaver River. Established in 1959, Kimbercote Farm functions as a retreat, an organic farm ,a laboratory for intentional community research, and an environmental education outreach centre .The site is graced with immense natural beauty best explored by the numerous hiking trails and also is home to a stone labyrinth and a straw bale demonstration building.

www.kimbercote.org

Featuring;
SunParlour Players, The Fembots, Run with the Kittens, Bullmoose, The Stables,Samba Elegua, Psychotropical Orchestra, Swiss Dice, Everything All the Time, Peter Project,Bocce, The Chameleon Project, Dave Lauzon, Escalate, Diesel Dog, The Fat Cats,Sean Macdonald Band, Canteen Knockout, The Luckless, Rural Alberta Advantage,Boys Who Say No, Nick Zubeck, Robert Hedge, Devin and the Dark Light, Grande Fir,Scott Cook,Jawbone, The Funky Truth Harmonic Tide, Blobject, Suburban Smith, Mustashat,…and more!!!

Acoustic Singer/Songwriters stage TBA

Free Vegan Meals * Bus Shuttles * Free Workshops
Children’s Activities * Art Installations * Marketplace and MORE!

ON FACEBOOK
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Making Our Mark

June 20, 2008

SUMMER’S COMING, TIME TO MAKE YOUR MARK with MAKING OUR MARK!

Sheatre presents a totally new workshop for youth this summer, MAKING OUR MARK!

Art and mural-making with Trevor Pfeffer

Theatre and improvisation with Joan Chandler

Creative writing and poetry with Kateri Akewenzie-Damm

Songwriting and voice with david sereda

Learn by doing: learn techniques from professional artists as you make your mark with

a mural you design,

a scene you write and act in,

a poem you create and perform

and a song you write and sing.

You can focus on one art form you’re most drawn to, or experience something you’ve never done before: attend part or all of this multi-arts workshop. What we create will spring from two points of view: 1) kids today and 2) the Metis people in Owen Sound.

You’ll work with other youth aged 12-20. No previous experience or special knowledge is necessary!

MAKING OUR MARK IS A COLLECTIVE PROJECT. We’ll work on a lot of the project together as a group, and some things will be created by just one person – but together we’ll decide which particular themes and stories we’ll focus on. We’ll explore these stories and ideas using visual art, theatre, poetry and music. Our idea is to let these arts come together in an exchange, and to enrich each other — just like the participants with different interests and backgrounds will come together and enrich each other. What we create will be developed and linked together into a staged presentation onsite. Here’s how we’ll do it!

GETTING INTO THE STORY: At the beginning of the workshop, Joan Chandler (theatre), david sereda (music) and Trevor Pfeffer (mural artist) will kick things off with the group, playing cooperative games, telling stories and deciding just what this mural is going to be about. Special guests will talk about Metis history and current status as a culture within Canada. We’ll brainstorm ideas for themes and stories that best represent our community as a whole now and in the past. We’ll play with themes of “community” and “heritage” and “your culture”. Then we’ll create a storyboard for the project. Participants will present their ideas to the United Way and the Metis Association for approval, since the murals are in their building and office space.

MAKING OUR MARK WITH MURALS

July 2 – July 25

Led by Trevor Pfeffor, students will create graffiti style murals from sketches to full two-storey wall-size paintings. If you ever wanted permission to draw on the walls or to cover them with graffiti – this is it!!!

MAKING OUR MARK ON THE PAGE

July 7 – 11

Kateri Akewenzie-Damm leads the group in creative writing and poetry and performance technique. Some of the poetry will be included in the murals.

MAKING THE MURALS COME TO LIFE

July 21 – August 2

Joan Chandler and david sereda will lead this stage of the workshop, where participants respond to the stories in the murals by creating theatrical scenes and characters and songs, and by integrating their poetry.

We’ll culminate in a public unveiling and performance on August 2 that brings together the best of everything we’ve developed over this month-long exploration.

DATES: The workshop runs from July 2nd until August 2nd (Monday through Friday) at the United Way and Metis Centre located at 380 9th Street East in Owen Sound.

COST: FREE! (donations are accepted)

WHO CAN ATTEND? Youth 12-20.

Making our Mark is brought to you by Sheatre in partnership with The United Way of Bruce-Grey and with the support of The Metis Nation of Ontario.

TO REGISTER, contact:

Francesca Dobbyn, United Way at 519 376 1560

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

david sereda, Associate Artist, Sheatre at 519 372 2888

or Joan Chandler, Artistic Director, Sheatre at 519 534 3039

Sheatre, Grey-Bruce’s only professional community arts and arts education company, is funded in part by