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Arts Hamilton 2011 Annual General Meeting (AGM): Here at The Pearl Company; Tuesday, June 28 at 6:30 (doors open at 6:00 PM) The Membership and the general public are invited to attend. There will be a keynote panel presentation on the state of the arts in Hamilton and how we can work effectively together to enrich this city. The panel will feature Councillor Jason Farr (an Arts Hamilton Board member) and will be moderated by Arts Hamilton President, Jeff Feswick. There will be a raffle draw for a rare work of art by one of Canada’s most beloved artists and feature performances by local artists and celebrities Emma Rush, Annette Paiement, David Premi, Terra Lightfoot & Cam Malcolm!
Attendees are encouraged to “Bring A Friend” to participate in this exciting forum on the arts in Hamilton.
Be here for the exciting new mission statement and the resolution to formally change the name of Arts Hamilton to the Hamilton Arts Council. For more info or to RSVP please contact: Stephen Near, Program Director, Email: project@artshamilton.ca

Contested Landscapes: Saturday, June 25. 6:00 to 9:00. No Charge.  Music at 8:30/9:00 with Matthew de Zoete and Earth Wind & Choir. PWYC. Josh St. Denis presents a sound installation during the Opening. On the one-year anniversary of the spectacle that was the G20 Summit in Toronto last June, Dave Heidebrecht examines and exposes the significant issues that were largely ignored by the pornographic, disaster news gaze of Canada’s mainstream media.  Contrasting urban landscapes of protest with the natural landscapes on which protests were focused; Heidebrecht’s portraits of contested landscapes give a voice to the people and issues that went unheard during Toronto’s G20 Summit.  Addressing realms of legitimacy, power, and democracy, Contested Landscapes examines the intersections between global and local issues within a Canadian context. (more…)

World Beat Fusion: Friday June 24: 8:00 pm.  $15 at door.  A once-in-a-lifetime concert! Four remarkable musicians: Gary Santucci on guitar, Randal Hill on mandolin and fretless tenor banjo, Killian Bamberg on bass, with Bashir Abbas, Sudan’s premiere oud player.  Gary Santucci: Just in case you don’t know; Gary is “the real thing” as he was called the other day. A guitarist/composer who plays flamenco, classical, and world beat. Randal Hill: Voted “Blue Grass Entertainer of the Year” (at least a hundred times…) Randall is one of the leading mandolin players around.  He’s played with Ian Tyson among others… Killian Bamberg: Considered a “marvelous talent”, he can be found in any number of bands playing both upright and electric bass. Bashir Abbas is just plain incredible.  He is the Sudan’s top instrumental musician (He will play the oud, which is a pear-shaped, lute-related, stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music.) and we are stunned to have him here.  What a night this will be!

Lansdale Neighbourhood Association presents their annual “Summer in the Park”:  Sunday, June 19 at 1:00 – 5:00pm. In association with Solus: A Community Earth Vision Festival. (www.manyhandsart.org) Starting with a Giant Puppet Procession from the Pearl Company at 1pm and heading to Tweedsmuir Park at King William and Victoria.  An afternoon of free family fun, food, and entertainment! Check out the gorgeous poster.

Due to a vehicle break-down in Montreal, this show has been canceled…A line-up of Ambient / Indie / Psychedelic / Experimental/ Modern Classical performers from Seattle via Chicago and Hamilton: Sunday, June 19. 8:00pm. $10 at the door. $8 students/artists
ELECTROLUMINESCENT: Hamilton, ON – www.myspace.com/electroluminescent
LOCRIAN: Chicago, IL – http://www.myspace.com/thelocrian
HOUSE OF LOW CULTURE: Seattle, WA – an Aaron Turner (of Isis) solo project
MAMIFFER: Seattle, WA – www.myspace.com/mamiffer
Mamiffer is Faith Coloccia, a Seattle-based pianist, and Aaron Turner
from the band Isis, Jodis, Lotus Eaters, as well as a collective of other song-weavers and visionaries.
The group has been called “an environmental salvo of noise and atmosphere that is elegant, striking, and evocative.”

HOTCHA with the Nonie Crete Band: Saturday, June 18: 8:00pm  $15 door / $10 students/artists. HOTCHA: High-energy hillbilly swing duo blends old-time Western, bluegrass, early swing and country gospel delivered with the energy of a runaway train. Soaring vocals, lively accordion, gritty guitar, wailing harmonica and big-beat bodhran. www.HOTCHA.ca Nonie Crete Band: From heady blues, Irish balladry, to Cajun and French Canadian folk,  this one-woman music festival also features Eugene Rea (vocals, guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, bouzouki, whistles) and Gary Kreller (accordion, piano). “… [her] delightful accomplished original pieces, ranging in style from melodic Anglo-American balladry to bluesy rock, gutbucket saloon songs and country folk, reveal Crete as a powerful and engaging storyteller with an extraordinarily sweet voice and a mean harmonica”. ~ Greg Quill, Toronto Star www.noniecrete.ca