The Pearl Company

December 4: We’ll start with the Gallery on the Bay main gallery and Laura Hollick’s SOUL ART studio, then off to Locke Street for the transit gallery, Textures, Ten Thousand Villages, and Bad Dog Café. Next the bus goes to Dundas for the Carnegie, Oddfellows Hall and Dorland Haight Galleries. A very full evening!

December 11:  Starting with the Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts where they will be having a Christmas Open House. Next to the Paper Box Studios for a quick tour; then on to the James North Art Crawl. Our grand finale will be the Tiger Group Christmas Open House, especially for Art Bus evening. (Discount gifts, portraits while you wait, live music, stained glass, and signed posters!!!)

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Hill Brothers Bluegrass Band: Saturday, November 28, Doors open 8:00. Concert at 8:30. $15 at the door. Brothers Randal and Rocky Hill are pioneers in the Canadian Bluegrass music scene. Always in good musical company, they are joined by bassist Owen Mahoney and banjoist Tim MacDonald. Together they blend traditional trends and techniques with a modern twist. And they have a great time while doing it! (Randal has 9 Mandolin Player of the Year Awards and has been inducted into the Canadian Bluegrass Hall of Fame. Rocky’s been Guitar Player of the Year twice.

Quarter to Nine: Saturday November 21. Doors open 8:00. Concert at 8:30. $15 / $10 Seniors and Students. Quarter to Nine is the musical duo of Shari Vandermolen on vocals and Trevor Price on piano. Incorporating the sweet soft jazz feel of days gone by, Quarter to Nine’s influences include Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Etta James; the music ranges from Jazz Standards to well-loved show tunes spiced up with a touch of blues for good measure. The guitar duo of Gary Santucci and Dimitrius Doumas will provide a dynamic opener for the evening. Read the rest of this entry »

Yitka and The Elements: Friday, Nov 13 at 8 pm. Yitka Karlik, born in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) has always had a passion for music. Her first CD “Contradiction ” was nominated for a Hamilton Music Award in 2007.  www.myspace.com/yitkakarlik

Patricia Cano, “This is the New World”: Sunday, November 8: Doors open 6:00, Concert at 8:00. $15 at the door. $10 Students / Seniors. As part of the closing of our ‘Vanishing Beauty’ Amazonian Art Exhibition, Patricia Cano will launch her first album entitled “This Is the New World”. Patricia will be joined onstage by her musical partner and composer, Carlos Bernardo, Luis Orbegoso, her producer and arranger on drums, bongos and cajón, bass player Roberto Occhipinti, of The Sicilian Jazz Project, Maninho Costa on brazilian percussion, Marcus Ali tenor sax, and Peter Kim on trumpet.  Read the rest of this entry »

November 6: We’re off to the Carnegie Gallery for the start of the Arts Dundas Weekend, then east to Sunrise Gallery and back to Anastasia Gallery, Arctic Experience / McNaught Gallery, and finally Gallery 435.
November 7: The Art Bus is heading to the “Art in Action” Burlington Studio Tour. Enjoy the tour without having to worry about parking and directions! Meet at The Pearl Co or at the Kiss and Ride at Highwy 6 and Plains Rd., 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Read the rest of this entry »

The Un-Halloween Party: Saturday, October 31, Doors Open 8:00. Performance begins 8:30. $15 at the door. Escape the Ghouls and Goblins (and dance the night away). The fabulous Zarabanda performs new music! Celebrate with Hamilton’s masters of the world beat. Gary Santucci, Jordan Abraham, Dimitrios Doumas, Michael Moon, Franz Nangle, Michael Moritti.

Shadow Puppet Theatre: Sunday, October 25. Doors open at 2:00; show at 2:30; $10 at the door. More Halloween entertainment… The puppets will perform Macbeth and they will definitely bring the witches. Shadow Puppets are excellent at portraying ghosts, witches and other supernatural elements…. The Shadow Puppet Theatre has performed for audiences in the Waterloo region and in the Ottawa area; they go where humans dare not. This is an afternoon for both children and adults. The afternoon will finish with excerpts from the first shadow puppet full length film (1929) Prince Achmed by Lotte Reiniger.

Backroom 11: A Halloween Extravaganza and Fundraiser for the Artists of the Amazonian Rainforest. Saturday October 24. Doors open 8:00, Band plays at 9:00. $15 at the door. Silent auction items and much more. Come in costume and don’t plan on sitting still! Backroom 11 is a 9 piece band with a “vintage soul and R&B” sound infused with rock, blues, and jazz influences. They recreate the powerful, classic sounds of the 60’s and 70’s. The band, originated with the collaboration of keyboardist/arranger Dave Thierry and guitarist/vocalist Mike Blackborow, has expanded to include 2 female vocalists, 4 horns, and a 4 piece rhythm section. Truly Dancin’ Music! www.backroom11.com

Grandmothers of Steel is proud and excited to be hosting a wine tasting/food event that is part of 1,000 events across Canada to help turn the tide of AIDS in Africa. It sounds impossible, but all over Africa ordinary people are doing extraordinary things, and we want to join them. Our event is Dare to Dine, Wine-tasting, African Food Sampling Event:
Saturday, October 24th, 5:30-8:30 p.m. The Pearl Company, 16 Steven St. Read the rest of this entry »

The Regal Dixielanders: Friday, October 23. Doors Open 8:00. Performance begins 8:30. $10 at the door: A 6 piece band playing “Swinging Happy Music”. The Regal Dixielanders light up the stage with their energetic and exciting style of Dixieland music. We are pleased they are returning!

“Soul In the City Live” With Vinx ; 8pm Friday Oct.16th, Saturday Oct.17th Tickets:$10.00 at the door. Michael Williams and The Pearl Company present Vinx (Percussionist/ Vocalist with Sting, Bonnie Raitt, Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder) For the first time in Hamilton Live! With Jeff Jones (of Red Rider in an acoustic set opening act). At The Pearl Company ….. DJ and Host: Michael Williams “Bringing a different kinda Soul to Hamilton”. Please join us and celebrate “The Soul in the City”. For more info greydread@gmail.com        http://www.vinx.com/

Saturday, October 10, Doors at 8:00, concert 8:30 $10 at the door. Tiny Bill Cody and the Liquormen have just released an eponymous CD. Tiny Bill Cody is the stage name of visual artist and writer Tor Lukasik-Foss. Tiny Bill Cody yodels, preaches, and sings earnestly on topics including electricity, small animals, nautical issues, and the human heart. Read the rest of this entry »

Friday, October 9. Doors at 8:30, jazz at 9:00 $15 at the door: Made up of talented musicians from all over southwestern Ontario, The Jazz Connection Big Band is a 20-piece band dedicated to playing great, straight-ahead jazz. http://www.jazzconnection.ca The JCBB will carry us once again into the cool space of surround sound big band music.

Jean-Paul De Roover: Thursday, October 8. 8:00. $5 at the door or PWYC: All Ages. With an innovative approach to music, Jean-Paul De Roover is much more than a solo artist. Accompanied by live looping, guitars and a voice used as an instrument, this ‘sonic architect’ builds his songs from foundation to facade before your very eyes. Beginning with dead silence, his performance could lead anywhere: full a capella harmonies, rhythmic tribal beats, noise-layered worlds of ambient rock, campfire-folk, electro-ballads and anything in between. With lyrical content that can be brutally honest, or lovingly truthful, one thing is certain: the originality and creativity of his timeless performances shines through to every listener. www.myspace.com/jeanpaulderoover