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The Rogue presents Laura Cortese and Fish & Bird

By events - 5/18/2013 Date of event Sunday June 2nd, 8pm
Location of event St James Hall 3214 West 10th Ave, Kitsilano

Ambition often follows talent, and Laura Cortese has an embarrassment of both. Her open-armed approach to her art reveals a determination to spread the word about folk music without watering down its distinctiveness. - John Wenzel, Denver Post

Brilliant fiddler and singer / songwriter Laura Cortese is known for her velvety vocals, endless creative energy, and highly visible work as a supporting musician. The San Francisco-born, Boston-based performer has embraced the constant travel of the modern troubadour. In fact, she maintains, it is the people she meets who are her greatest inspiration, including her newest songs. Written in an almost confessional style, Cortese’s latest work explores the timeless vulnerability and hope of people in adverse situations. Her own lyrics may say it best: “In the dark I would sing a song whispered low… singing for the people in the shadows.”

At home in any number of styles, Cortese has travelled the world as a solo artist and as a supporting musician (on fiddle, vocals, and bass) including appearances with Rose Cousins, The Low Anthem, Uncle Earl, Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Band of Horses, and – as part of Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden – Patterson Hood and Michael Franti. The variety of textures, styles, and approaches reflect Cortese’s own rich musical background. Raised in the trad hotbed of the San Francisco Bay area, Cortese was introduced to music early on, via school orchestras and musicals. That interest was subsequently expanded at the fiddle camps and festivals she attended as a teenager, where she developed a keen understanding of and aptitude for various traditional fiddle strains. She attended the Berklee College of Music - where her classmates included Carrie Rodriguez, Casey Driessen, and April Verch. This further fuelled her collaborative instincts and modern sensibilities. Cortese self-released two acclaimed solo albums (2004’s traditionally-minded Hush and the more personal Even the Lost Creek in 2006) and has just released Into The Dark, following 3 EPs in the intervening years. Her showmanship, charm and virtuosic technique have made her a favourite among musicians and music lovers alike, at home in New England as well as overseas in the UK, Ireland and Denmark.

www.lauracortese.com

Somewhere between the fjords of Norway and the mountains of the Blue Ridge, the fiddle playing of Mariel Vandersteel intones strains of elevation, clarity and tremendous feeling on both traditional violin and the Norwegian Hardingfele (or Hardanger fiddle). Laura’s trio is completed by the wonderful cellist Valerie Thompson.

They will share the bill with B.C. folk / roots powerhouse quintet Fish & Bird, who made a memorable Rogue debut last Fall. Led by fiddler Adam Iredale-Gray and Taylor Ashton (banjo), the band also features Ben Kelly (drums), Ryan Boeur (bass) and Valerie Bohrn (bass). They released their 3rd CD, Every Whisper Is A Shout Across The Void in 2011. The two bands will get together for a few tunes as well.

www.fishandbird.ca

Tickets $20 ($16 members) available online at www.roguefolk.bc.ca, in person at Highlife Records & Rufus' Guitar Shop, or call the Rogue Ticket Hotline at 604-736-3022.

http://www.roguefolk.bc.ca/concerts/ev13060220.html

The Rogue presents Michael Averill & When Coasts Collide

By events - 5/18/2013 Date of event Thursday May 30, 8pm
Location of event St James Hall 3214 West 10th Ave, Kitsilano

Fresh off a year of musical adventures touring his puzzle album What's Life All About? and a Nepal documentary soundtrack New Day, New Path, New Legend in Asia, Europe, and Canada, the quirky globetrotting folk-fusion story singer returns to Vancouver to release his next concept album - I'd Rather Walk - a tribute project to his late singer/songwriter father Garry Averill, and an endeavor he intends to share walking across the country starting in Newfoundland in August.

A recent serendipitous meeting in an Edmonton Irish pub opened up a link to his father's past in the Yukon, the place where CBC discovered and recorded Garry in the mid 70's. Garry's first written song Take The Time, was selected as a theme for Peter Gzowski's morning show in 1976, which brought forth national recognition and an opportunity to pursue his music. He turned it down, and returned to a quiet life as a teacher with a family. Almost 40 years later, son Michael started performing his father's songs with his own repertoire, and created an album fully inspired by his father's life, influence, and works.

"He was a humorously insightful man who loved to walk," says Michael. "I couldn't think of a better way to honor that than to stroll across this country sharing our songs and stories."

When in town, you may have seen Michael at The Rogue Folk Club, parading around as our resident raffle ticket man. He'll be rounding out the evening with a folk duo project, When Coasts Collide, he started with Nova Scotia born vocal powerhouse, Jen Miller. The pair met in Vancouver almost two years ago as a result of a double booking, and their East/West multi-instrumental folk blend has created quite a stir in the local scene since their official formation in February 2013. Via Rail accepted them to perform on the train across Canada, and they'll be embarking on their first joint tour to Ontario and the Maritimes in June.

Tickets for $20 ($16 members) available online at www.roguefolk.bc.ca, in person at Highlife Records & Rufus' Guitar Shop or call the Rogue Ticket Hotline at 604-736-3022.

http://www.roguefolk.bc.ca/concerts/ev13053020.html

Slugfest

By events - 5/17/2013 Date of event Sunday, June 2, 2013
Location of event Richmond Nature Park

EVENT: SLUGFESTDATE: Sunday, June 2, 2013TIME: 1:00 pm – 4:00pmPRICE: By Donation WHERE: Richmond Nature Park, 11851 Westminster Hwy

AGE: All Ages

Join the fun and games dedicated to slugs and their people on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at the Richmond Nature Park. Contest categories include beauty, heavy weight and largest and smallest slug all culminating in the grand finale Great Richmond Slug Race. Bring your own slug to compete! Phone 604-718-6188 or visit www.richmond.ca/naturepark for further information.

10th Annual In the House Festival

By events - 5/16/2013 Date of event June 7-9. 2013
Location of event Napier and Victoria

The In the House Festival is 10 years old! We've got a weekend of performance for you that you'll never forget. Music, dance, magic, comedy, burlesque and of course a circus will regale your senses for 3 days. And the unique and captivating thing about this festival? It all takes place in the intimacy of someone's home! 13 houses open up their doors and their yards to the 20 spectacular shows that will make you think twice about the purported "NoFunCity" that plagues Vancouver's reputation. There's something for everyone, so don't miss out on this fabulous community building event!

To further celebrate the momentous occasion of our 10th year, we are organizing a free community potluck on Sunday, June 9th. We hope you'll be able to celebrate with us and continue to build community and support the arts in the best way possible: With your friends, family, neighbors and food. So bring a delicious dish to share and join in the fun!

*Please bring your plate, cutlery and drinking container (we'll have some there too in case you forget, but we are trying to limit the amount of garbage produced). Please note: this is a strictly alcohol-free event.

In the House = creation, culture + community!
In the House = friendships, flabbergastation + fabulousness!

Date: June 7- 9, 2013

Time: Box office opens at 5 pm on June 7 and noon on June 8 + 9.
Community potluck is from 11:30am-1:45pm on June 9.

Address: Various houses around Napier and Victoria. Box office will be on Napier just east of Victoria.
Community potluck will be on Lily St.

Tickets: To purchase tickets on line, go to www.inthehousefestival.com
They will also be available at Highlife Records on May 15th. (1317 Commercial Dr.)
Single tickets: $15 adult / $10 kids
Single tickets for the circus finale: $25 adult / $15 kids
4-show pass: $50 adult / $30 kids
Weekend pass: $95 adult / $75 kids
*Please note that passes do not include the Circus finale. If you would like to attend the finale, please purchase the $10 supplement.

**If you are purchasing passes, please email info@inthehousefestival.com with the list of shows for which you would like to redeem your passes. This is mandatory and will greatly speed up the process when you go to the box office of the festival to pick up your tickets (if you have a change of heart about which shows to see, you can change your selection until June 5). If we do not hear from you, we will email you a reminder to tell us which shows you want.

*** All passholders must report to the box office at the festival to pick up their ticket package. Please show your proof of purchase when you arrive.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email info@inthehousefestival.com or call 604-874-9325.

For more info on the performers and the festival, please go to www.inthehousefestival.com

Schedule:

Friday, June 7th, 2013

7-8:45 pm

The World in Music:
Take a musical trip through Asia, Africa and Iran.
Orchid Ensemble
Vashaan
Robin Layne

Voyage to India:
Experience the beauty of India through music and dance.
South Asian Arts
Neeraja Aptikar
Others TBA

9-11 pm

Cabaret Capers:
Comedy, music and shadow puppetry - perfect ingredients for a cabaret!
Maria in the Shower
David C. Jones
Lalalalorii
Erica Mah + The Sargasso Season

Decadent Eccentric:
It's an unlikely match of fusion bellydance and contact juggling, but dang it works!
Luciterra
Chris Murdoch

Saturday, June 8th, 2013

2-3:45 pm

Worlds of Dance:
Dances from around the world weave themselves around contemporary dance in this unique dance showcase.
Afifa Lahbabi
Now or Never Crew
Samar Oriental Dance Ensemble
Mascall Dance
Matthew Waldie
Meredith Kalaman
Others TBA

Sirens of Song:
Sit down, relax, and drown yourselves in these lovely voices.
Yvette Narlock
DeBlois
East Van Morrison

4-5:45 pm

Musical Stirrings:
Let the deep timbers and the passionate vocals of these groups stir your soul and mesmerize your mind.
Cameron Gunn + The Crafty Crows
Ben Rogers
High Society

Strings Attached:
A string... a simple thing, but create an instrument out of it and all of a sudden the complexities unfold. Listen as the harp, sitar, violin, viola and cello show you the magic that can come out of such a complex simple thing.
Triskellion
Mohamed Assani
Infinitus

7-8:45 pm

Ain't No Sittin' Down:
Come prepared to dance, cause once you hear these beats and rhythms, you won't have the choice. You'll be up and boogying in no time flat!
Vanabaso
Tonye Aganaba

East Van Represent:
Oh East Van. The talent you produce... Here's a sampling just for you. Enjoy!
Glittering Kingdom
Blackberry Wood
Melissa Bandura

8 pm - 10:30 pm

Shadow Jam
Shadowjam is a fully participatory event/workshop where everyone is a performer and everyone is the audience. It's a magical blend of improvised musical jam, in-the-moment shadow puppetry, and spontaneous storytelling. We start by crafting shadow puppets together around a theme. Then we set up a sheet in the middle of the room, with an overhead projector and puppets on one side and musical instruments all around. Everyone is encouraged to try and responding with the whole picture in mind. Participants often describe it as a shared dream.

What to Bring? An open mind and willingness to participate.
Optional: Bring a musical intruments, and any interesting objects you think would look good in the shadows.

This event is for Adults & Teens 10 yrs +

Mind of a Snail Puppet Co.
You, the audience

9-11 pm

Sizzle and Spice:
Prepare to be dazzled and gobsmacked, titillated and excited. This show will have you hooting and whistling, laughing and clapping. It's hot, it's sexy and it's a huge bundle of fun! Adults only please.
Razzle Tassel Tease
Travis Bernhardt
Chai Tea
Vaudeville Vagabonds

Instrumentally Electronic
It may start off as mellow magic, but soon you'll be up to dance dance dance dance to some amazing beats as musicians blend live instruments with electronics including looping and turntables. Music accompanied by live visuals.
Cris Derksen
Michael Fraser
Rup Sidhu
Ben Z. Cooper

Sunday, June 9th, 2013

11:30-1:45: Free community potluck picnic to celebrate the 10th year anniversary for the In the House Festival! Come to Lily St. to share food, music and fun with your friends, family and neighbors. It's a potluck, so bring your favorite dish to share. We will provide non-alcoholic beverages, but you can bring your own non-alcoholic beverage too if you want! This is an alcohol-free event, so please don't bring beer, wine or other alcoholic beverages.

2-3:45 pm

Latin Fever:
Music from Cuba, Brazil and Peru will transport you to tropical climes. So strap on your seatbelts and take that trip around South America that you've always wanted to do.
Mazacote
Matices Del Sur
Sambata

Juggling Juggernauts:
Curated by Madskillz, this show will astound you with the juggling and prop manipulation exploits of these artists. Prepare to pick your jaw up from the ground!
Yuki Ueda
Olivier Duveau
Sia Metta
Chris Murdoch
Alexander Grant
Dawn Monette
Ariel Anderson
Jason Stuart
Cameron Fraser
Alley 'Oop

4-5:45 pm

Children's show:
This show is strictly for the kids! Well... parents can come too. The more the merrier really. But be prepared to revel in a whole ton of kidlet mayhem and fun!
Stories on Wheels
Matthew Johnson

Comedy Central:
Are you ready to laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh? Don't forget to bring a healthy amount of tissues to wipe up those tears of laughter. You'll need them as these comics lay on the best medecine there is.
Jane Stanton
The Bobbers
Others TBA

7-8:45 pm

Touch of Celt:
Get your feet moving and tapping to the mad fiddling and swirling rythms of Celtic music and dance. You just won't be able to stop!
Jocelyn Pettit Band
Rakish Angles
Fiddle Stix

The Originals:
It's our 10 year anniversary, and to celebrate it, we're bringing back some amazing folks who performed at the very, very, very first In the House Festival all those years ago.
CR Avery
Body Narratives Collective
Push3
Naomi Steinberg

9-11 pm

Grand Finale:
It's a circus. It's amazing. Need I say more?
The Underground Circus
Opening act TBA

For more details on performers and schedules, please go to www.inthehousefestival.com

Surrey Canada Day

By events - 5/16/2013 Date of event July. 1, 2013
Location of event Cloverdale Millennium Amphitheatre

Join Surrey’s Canada Day celebration on July 1^st presented by Coast Capital Savings at the Cloverdale Millennium Amphitheatre from 10am-10:30pm. Free event and concert with headliners Platinum Blonde and Sloan plus rides, games, Kids World, Seniors Strawberry Tea and fireworks finale. www.surrey.ca/canadaday.

George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation: William New

By events - 5/16/2013 Date of event Tuesday, June 25, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location of event Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level, Central Library 350 W. Georgia St.

Join us for the presentation of the 20^th annual George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for an outstanding literary career in British Columbia to William New.

One of the most prolific writers in British Columbia, William New is also a critic and editor also known as W.H. New and Bill New. He was awarded both the Mayor’s Award for Literary Arts in Vancouver and the City of Vancouver Book Award for his poetry collection, YVR (Oolichan,2011). He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2006.

Born in Vancouver on March 28, 1938, William New has written and edited more than 50 books. A new book for pre-teen readers, Sam Swallow and the Riddleworld League (Tradewind, 2013) is forthcoming. In his award-winning poetry collection YVR, New finds subtle and distinctive signs of Vancouver’s past in every neighborhood he visits, from the Blueboy Hotel in South Vancouver to Crab Park on the waterfront to the two-note warnings of Point Atkinson lighthouse in West Vancouver.

Free admission. Space is limited. Co-sponsored by BC BookWorld, Writers Trust of Canada and Dr. Yosef Wosk.

For more information on Library Events, visit http://www.vpl.ca/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar.cgi

Craft and Our Community

By events - 5/16/2013 Date of event Thursday, June 13, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location of event Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level, Central Library 350 W. Georgia St.

Join us as five panellists representing major stakeholder groups in craft discuss “How can craft define and evolving Vancouver?” The city is trying to rebrand itself; what role can craft and art play in inducing positive change in Vancouver’s culture?

Panelists:

Robert Tucker – half of the team producing the successful indie craft fair Got Craft?.
Mary Lou Trinkwon – coordinator of the Textile Arts program at Capilano University
Gail Rogers – pioneer of the Craft Council of BC
Julie McIntyre – artist and president of CARFAC BC
Doreen M. Manuel – coordinator of the Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking Program at Capilano University.

Free admission. Space is limited. Co-sponsored The Craft Council of British Columbia.

For more information on Library events, visit http://www.vpl.ca/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar.cgi

Hats Off Day

By events - 5/13/2013 Date of event June 1, 2013
Location of event Hastings Street Burnaby

It's a party along Burnaby's Hastings Street, as Heights Merchants and the community "take their hats off" to their customers, locals, and visitors alike.

Join us for Burnaby's favorite festival, featuring a colorful parade, a vintage car show, and a street festival featuring food, music, and fun for all ages.

The Rogue presents Orville Johnson, John Miller & Grant Dermody plus Suzie Vinnick

By events - 5/9/2013 Date of event Sunday May 12th, 8pm
Location of event St James Hall 3214 West 10th Ave, Kitsilano

Johnson, Miller & Dermody have played together for over a decade and a half and this trio has been one of the Pacific Northwest's best-kept secrets until now. All three have busy solo careers but have found time to gather together to play this rootsy, bluesy, soulful music that they love. They sat down at David Lange's studio and played the music found on Deceiving Blues all together in the same room, in real time, no headphones, no studio gimmicks, and no attempts to fix things later. Honest, immediate, heartfelt and real, in the tradition of the artists and music that inspired them. They repeated the method with their latest offering, We Heard the Voice of a PorkChop.  

They first played as a trio when all three were on staff at the Centrum Blues Workshop in Port Townsend, WA. They are known among afficionados of country blues as three of the finest teachers as well as players. Orville Johnson is a renowned blues and old time singer, guitarist, mandolinist, dobro player and lyricist with a penchant for the obscure, the wacky and the weird! John Miller is a brilliant guitarist best known in these parts for his duet work with mandolinist John Reischman. Grant Dermody is a stunning harmonica player, who has accompanied Eric Bibb here in Eric's most recent concerts. Together these three Washington State musicians have recorded two amazing CDs of pre-war country blues and blues-infused originals. Expect to be charmed, entertained, and gobsmacked!

www.johnsonmilleranddermody.com

Suzie Vinnick, winner of the 2012 CBC Saturday Night Blues Great Canadian Blues Award had a busy 2012 with festival appearances at the Harrison Festival of the Arts in British Columbia, the Canmore and Edmonton Folk Festivals in Alberta, Summerfolk in Ontario and more. She supported her new 2012 album entitled Live At Bluesville, a collection of roots, blues and gospel tunes featuring Suzie and her parlour guitar, Mabel.

Live At Bluesville features Suzie and her parlour guitar, Mabel, and will appeal to fans of her album Me 'n' Mabel and her earlier, roots-music based album, Happy Here.

One of the greatest voices in Canada!! - Elaine Overholt; vocal coach to Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Her solo work jumps genre barriers with the ease of an Olympic hurdles champion...she's equally at home in folk, blues, pop and country - Kerry Doole, Exclaim Magazine

... combined with her amazing guitar chops, Vinnick is just a blue note or two away from turning into a legend. Music By the Bay Concert Series

www.suzievinnick.com

The Rogue presents Eilen Jewell & The Barn Birds

By events - 5/7/2013 Date of event Sunday May 12th
Location of event St James Hall 3214 West 10th Ave, Kitsilano

It is the battered cassette jammed in the tape deck of the getaway car, the music Ida Lupino cues up on the roadhouse jukebox as she counts the till after close. This is Queen of the Minor Key by Eilen Jewell, a smart cookie with a heart of burnished gold and enough stories to keep even the rowdiest crowd hanging on her every word. Though its long shadows and dark corners make her kingdom feel intimate, her sovereign domain stretches as far as the imagination. Its denizens seek refuge in padded rooms, abandoned automobiles... and strong spirits.

Since her official 2006 debut, Boundary County, Jewell has surveyed a wide range of traditional musical styles, from the folk and jug band leanings of her early recordings, through an album-length homage to Loretta Lynn and the country gospel of her work with The Sacred Shakers, right up to 2009′s Sea of Tears, which bristled with the electricity of ’60s UK garage rock and Chicago blues. Queen of the Minor Key draws on everything from classic country to early R&B, with an emphasis on sounds from the seamier side of the tracks. With dirty sax riffs and low-slung guitars, the instrumentals that bookend the album evoke the bump-and-grind exotica of vintage Southern California suburban saloons. Yet on the flipside, Jewell imbues slow, jazzy numbers with torch and tenacity that linger long past last call.

Eilen Jewell is the Queen of the Minor Key. Sad songs are her wealth and finery. Lend her your ears, and you will quickly hear why her humble subjects admire and adore her more with each passing year.

www.eilenjewell.com

The Barn Birds are Jonathan Byrd and Chris Kokesh, two young American troubadours. Here's what one of our favourite critics says about Jonathan Byrd: “This rootsy North Carolinian may be the most buzzed-about new songwriter in folkdom. He displays John Prine's gift for stark little songs that tell big, complex stories, Guy Clark's lean melodicism, Lyle Lovett's wry mischief, and Bill Morrissey's knack for the revealing image.” - Scott Alarik, Boston Globe

www.jonathanbyrd.com

Tickets for $24 ($20 members) available online at www.roguefolk.bc.ca, in person at Highlife Records & Rufus' Guitar Shop, or call the Rogue Ticket Hotline at 604-736-3022.

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