The Pearl Company

Friday October 10: 8:30 pm The Pearl Coffee House features “Quarter to Nine”: Hamilton actor and singer Shari Vandermolen on vocals and Trevor Price on piano with jazz favourites, blues, and showtunes. Other surprise guest artists. Admission $10 at the door. The Pearl Company, 16 Steven St. 905-524-0606

Sunday, October 5: 2:00 – 5:00 pm in The Pearl Company Gallery, 16 Steven Street

Seraphim Editions Book Launch celebrating four of this year’s new publications. Readings and refreshments, meet and chat with the authors and the publisher. Admission: Free.

Crossing Lines: Poets Who Came to Canada in the Vietnam War Era. Allan Briesmaster and Steven Mickael Berzensky, Editors. The first major anthology of poetry by men and women who grew up in the U.S. and then emigrated to Canada during the 1960s and ‘70s. It offers surprising insights into that watershed period. (more…)

Saturday October 4: 8:30 pm Tony Bird in Concert. This passionate Malawi-born song man, “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. $15 adv, $18 at door. Call 905-524-0606. Reserve early! (more…)

The Pearl Coffee House, Friday October 3, features “Echo Mile”, a 6-piece band of talented young Hamilton musicians and songwriters. They did a guest appearance last Friday. We were impressed and invited them back for more. For more about Echo Mile
Begins at 8:30 pm in the new second-floor performance space. Other surprise guest artists. $10 at the door

October 3: The bus for October 3 seems to be full already! This means we will have two buses that night. What fun…!
We have quite a different tour planned! First to Liaison College who will have their premises on display as well as an interesting art show.

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Labour and editorial cartoonist Roy Carless, 87, continues to draw evocative and funny pictures that summarize Canada’s weird and wonderful political scene. During the month of October, The Pearl Company is hosting a show of new Carless black and white drawings.

Join us for the Opening on Thursday October 2, 2008 at 7 p.m. in The Pearl Company’s gallery space. Come and view these new works and meet the artist. Buy a drawing. Buy a copy of Roy’s book, The Carless Cartoon Collection: Not Bad for an Old Bastard (2006, Seraphim Editions) and have Roy sign it. Refreshments. Everyone is welcome! Call 905-524-0606 for gallery hours after the opening.