“Soul In the City” With Vinx Saturday may 8

“Soul In the City” With Vinx

Saturday May 8, 8:00pm: The Pearl Company is hosting the

Michael Williams’ “Soul in the City” Concert series with Vinx in
a live performance at the Pearl Company, 16 Steven St, at
King William in downtown Hamilton.
Opening the show will be Queen Cee, the winner of best R-n-B
recording of 2010 at the Hamilton Music Awards.

Vinx will offer a Songwriters Workshop the following day,
May 9 at 4:00pm.

VINX in Concert With Queen Cee:

Saturday May 8: 8pm: Hosted by Michael Williams, formerly of
Much Music, VJ, host of “Soul in the City”

Tickets: $20 at the door.

Sunday: A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to sharpen up your song
writing Skills with a Master, World-Renowned Songwriter in a
“Soul Kitchen Song Writing Workshop with…Vinx”!!!

“SOUL KITCHEN” SONGWRITERS WORKSHOP:

Sunday May 9: $10 at the door, 4pm-7pm, Vinx himself will host
the songwriting workshop. Vinx has been a Percussionist/ Vocalist
with Sting, Bonnie Raitt, Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder.
You might know him for his hit song Hakuna Matata from Walt
Disney’s The Lion King.

For more information on Vinx …www.vinx.com
And on the Soul Kitchen Song Writers Workshops….

http://www.songwritersoulkitchen.com/

To reserve a space at the workshop please contact Barbara Milne
and Gary Santucci for more information at (905) 524 0606 or info@thepearlcompany.ca

Part of these shows will be shot for a TV Film celebrating,
“Soul in the City”.

THE PEARL COMPANY: Established in 2006 by guitarist/composer
Gary Santucci and arts ambassador Barbara Milne, The Pearl Company
is an arts and performance facility in the heart of Hamilton’s
Landsdale neighbourhood.

Website: http://thepearlcompany.ca

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For interview requests, photo requests or complimentary media
tickets please contact Michael Williams at michael.e.williams@hotmail.com

Barbara Milne

Art Bus / The Pearl Company
16 Steven Street
Hamilton, ON
905 524-0606
www.thepearlcompany.ca

JAB! Blue Devils of Paramin Movie Screening Dec. 13, 2009

Hi everyone,

This is one of my favorite movies about Blue Devils.. I am inviting you to be there to check it out. It’s simply amazing.

Check out my Blue devil Mas group www.bluedevilmas.com

~ See ya there RM

The CBFF Film Club is a monthly forum designed to showcase both Canadian and international filmmakers, actors, writers, and producers making films and media content of African-Canadian and Diaspora content. The Film Club is held on a monthly basis on the 2nd Sunday of each month at the National Filmboard Mediatheque in downtown Toronto.

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JAB! Blue Devils of Paramin Isolated in the mountains of Trinidad, the district of Paramin, once a year at Carnival time sheds its rural languor and erupts into an inferno of blue-painted ‘jabs’ or devils. This 46-minute documentary, filmed in the two weeks leading up to Carnival, follows Kootoo, King Devil, as he prepares with his three brothers to once again win the village competition for the most convincing devil band. Known for his athletic prowess, and given to extraordinary feats like ripping up trees and scaling tall buildings, the charismatic Kootoo must still work hard with his band of devils to win the prize in the face of serious competition from a new generation of ‘jabs’. Will the brothers’ scheme to add a new twist to the masquerade be enough for them to win? Directed by Alex de Verteuil, 46 min

When : Sunday December 13, 2009 Where: National Film Board – 150 John St, Toronto (NW corner of John & Richmond)

Time: 2 PM – 5 PM

Admission: $10 Gen / $8 Students & Seniors (with valid ID) Note: Tickets are available on line at www.CBFF.ca.

Alternatively, please contact filmclub@cbff.ca or call 905-999-2629

MACBETH REFLECTED

Nationally acclaimed Theatre Jones Roy announces new work to premiere in Toronto this winter MACBETH REFLECTED

A stunning re-envisioning of Shakespeare’s macabre masterpiece Following a national tour of their two-time Dora Award winning hit Pyaasa and the critically acclaimed Letters to my Grandma, Theatre Jones Roy is back in Toronto this winter with the world premiere of their newest work Macbeth Reflected. The Shakespearean adaptation was created by director Thomas Morgan Jones and features John Ng and Mary Ashton. Macbeth Reflected opens January 19th, 2009 at the Lower Ossington Theatre. “This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness…what greatness is promised thee.” In Macbeth Reflected, we find the perfect meeting of Lust in the personal and in the political, revealing the insidious nature of the Macbeths’ all-consuming greed for power, which festers and breeds in private. As their lust destroys the Macbeths’ minds and marriage, Scotland crumbles around them. Using Shakespeare’s iconic Macbeth, Jones’ adaption takes the focus off the grand action of the public story, and concentrates solely on Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth Reflected features Lighting Design by David DeGrow, Sound Design by Thomas Ryder Payne and Set and Costume Design by Kelly Wolf.

Show information for Macbeth Reflected Venue:

Lower Ossington Theatre

Previews: Saturday, January 16 and Sunday, January 17, 2010

Opens: Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Closes: Sunday, January 24, 2010 Tuesday to Saturday 8 PM; Saturday matinee 2:30 PM; Sunday 4 PM;

Previews 8 PM Tickets: Regular $25, S/S $20, matinee $15; Sunday PWYC Tickets are available through the Arts Box Office (416)504-7529, at www.artsboxoffice.ca, or at the door.