Feature Musician  - Suzuki Flutes - Suzuki flutes perform Christmas Carols – join in for music of the season!

Feature Musician – Dale Goodsell – Dale’s rich voice delivers his own original light rock songs material, accompanied by acoustic guitar. His single "They Died with Pride" is receiving considerable attention and airplay.

Feature Musician - Dave McCamus – a tight, high energy, acoustic and vocal performance of many classic folk songs.

Artshow Opening Social - Painting by Brenda Pacher. Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until January 8, 2008

Artshow Opening Social – Christmas Paintings and Gifts by Lyn Estall - Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until January 8, 2008

Feature Musician  - Rebecca Fernandes has been singing from the age of 10. Rebecca has been in numerous music festivals, the Peel Rotary and Music Festivals, and the CNE's Rising Star Competitions.  Rebecca won Bronte Idol for her category in 2005.  Rebecca sings all types of music -- from pop to broadway to opera.

Jazz After Eight – Intimate Concerts with Top Talents - Bonnie Brett is one of Toronto's most beloved practitioners of vocal jazz. Light refreshments – cash bar. Proceeds to the Oakville Art Council, which fosters, supports and promotes Oakville’s artistic activity. Get tickets in advance - $20 – available at CJ’s Cafe in Bronte, or through the OAC.

Feature Musician – Brendan Galloway
Brendan Galloway, an 18-year-old native of Oakville, has been studying the music of the Romantic Period for Piano under Sandrine Erdely-Sayo of Philadelphia for the past 2 years.  He has been called by some a "musical savant" and his mentor, Michael Remenyi of Remenyi House of Music, speaks of his '...incredibly keen musical ear...kind heart and musical soul.

Feature Musician  - David Joseph - David has been writing lyrics with music for many years., and describes his style as "Americana",  "Southern Rock", "Modern Pop Country" , "Roots Music" .

Feature Musician – John and Sheila Ludgate - John has won numerous awards and Factor grants for his songwriting and has received national airplay on campus radio across Canada. Sheila performs bass and harmony vocals and is also a songwriter.

Art Show Opening Social - Paintings by Nic Langford - Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until December 4.

Art Show Opening Social - Photography by Jim Flannagan - Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until December 4.

Feature Musician - Tommy Pullin – Folk rock with a flavor of the 70's & 80's &the late 60's too!

Feature Musician – Andy Stokes – Stokes plays his own soulful, original songs in his first gig in his home town.

Feature Musician – Redman LIVE – Hank Redman and Julie Cutler form an unplugged acoustic duo featuring their own original material and covers.

Feature Musician –Elana Harte - Singer/Songwriter Elana Harte brings her powerful voice, guitar  and countrified show to CJ's. Elana's song HEART,SOUL,SONG has recently placed in many international contests.  www.elanaharte.com

Feature Musician – Brandon Love - Simple acoustic music with lyrics that tell tales of fictional characters and also speak about real life crises

Jazz After Eight – Intimate Concerts with Top Talents - Featuring Heather Bambrick - winner of the 2004 National Jazz Award for Vocalist of the Year, and the 2005 and 2007 National Jazz Award for Broadcaster of the Year, Heather is a native of St. John’s, Newfoundland, who began choral singing at age 10, and hasn’t stopped since. Light refreshments – cash bar. Proceeds to the Oakville and District Humane Society, which is dedicated to the welfare of animals. Get tickets in advance - $20 – available at CJ’s Cafe in Bronte.

www.heatherbambrick.com

Art Show Opening Social - Photography by Joe Iananndrea of Evermore Photography - Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until November 6.

Art Show Opening Social - Paintings by Tracy Campbell - Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until November 6.

Feature Musician – Heidi Ann Crocini -  A Folk/Indie/very experimental musican, takes you on a journey into the unknown with her acoustic guitar, powerful voice and didgeridoo.

Feature Musician -  Diana Zitmanis - A great songwriter and a solid musician with a beautiful voice.

Green Party Social – Meet local and provincial leaders and others interested in the Green Party.  Tickets available through the Green Party.

Feature Musician – Trevor Burt - Trevor Burt is one of Canada’s foremost classical guitarist/composers, with unique and compelling compositions.  His appearance at the Café is a real treat!

Latin and Jazz After Eight – Intimate Concerts with Top Talents - Featuring Eddie Paton & Guests - performing instrumental rhumba flamenco, latin jazz & pop. Eddie has played on Robert Michaels' Juno award winning Warner album, ALLEGRO, and is currently touring with Billboard world music winner, Johannes Linstead. Light refreshments – cash bar. Proceeds to local charity – TBA. Get tickets in advance - $20 – available at CJ’s Cafe in Bronte.

Art Show Opening Social – Photography by William Smith - Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until October 2.

Art Show Opening Social - Paintings by Carol Mills - Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until October 2.

Feature Musician - Matthew De Zoete - Exploring the lands of pop,rock, and folk music, Matthew de Zoete combines rhythmic inventiveness with an astonishing gift for melody to discover a territory entirely his own.

Feature Musician Danny Deakin - a singer, songwriter, piano player from Bronte.  Most of his songs have a pop-rock feel.  He also plays a variety of songs by well-known artists.  Danny is a multi-talented performer, who currently acts out of Toronto, and has appeared recently in: Canadian Idol, Keys to the VIP, David Usher's music video (Love will Save the Day), and many Oakville Drama Series productions with West End Studio Theatre.

Feature Musician Natalie Goik – a very young performer with a very large amount of talent for writing, singing and playing her own music on a multitude of instruments.Natalie will perform acoustic, with a combination of covers and her own originals.

Feature Musician - Redman LIVE
Hank Redman and Julie Cutler form an unplugged acoustic duo featuring their own original material and covers.

New Writers Read – Students of Brian Henry’s creative writing classes read from their works-in-progress.

Feature Musicians – SWEETGRASS – Sweetgrass is Warren Muzak and Amanda Brewer, both independent singer/songwriters from Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario (Warren arrived in KW via years in the Hamilton scene). They are good alone. They are great together.

Jazz After Eight – Intimate Concerts with Top Talents - Featuring Shannon Butcher - Jazz singer Shannon Butcher has been a regular on the Toronto music scene for the last three years. Her confident stage presence, inventive arrangements, sly humour and sweet tone have won her a loyal following. From smooth renditions of the classics to jazzed up covers of pop tunes, Shannon's spontaneity and versatile soprano voice captivate her listeners in unexpected ways. Light refreshments – cash bar. Proceeds to the Oakville Art Council, which fosters, supports and promotes Oakville’s artistic activity. Get tickets in advance - $20 – available at CJ’s Cafe in Bronte, or through the OAC.

www.shannonbutcher.com

Art Show Opening Social – Photography by Nancy Delsey - Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until September 4.

Art Show Opening Social - Paintings by Emma Bramma Smith – Emma is the artist currently illustrating CJ’s epic poem, For Kind Melinda’s Pains, and her cover illustration for that poem is included in CJ’s first book, But Tonight. Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until September 4.

Feature Musician - Andru Bemis - The songs of Andru Bemis are spiritually descended from an era when music was made and played to express one's deepest emotions while entertaining the neighbors. His are songs of faith, spirit, patience, and hope in the midst of an uncertain, troubled world. Andru's dynamic voice shifts effortlessly between Woody Guthrie's plaintive bellow and the spine-chilling intimacy of Iris DeMent. His delicate guitar work and impossibly fast banjo style tie seamlessly with his lyrics and phrasing to make each performance and album unforgettable.

http://andrubemis.com

Feature Musician - Dave McCamus is a grade 12 student at Abbey Park High School in Oakville and has been playing and gigging with his band The Superficials around the Oakville area since he was 13.   Dave writes and produces his own music in his basement studio and is currently working on an EP and working at a recording studio.  Dave’s solo music is a blend of folk and alternative with influences by the Beatles, Radiohead,   Hayden,  and  Elliot Smith.

Folk After Eight – Intimate Concerts with Top Talents - Featuring Trevor Burt - Trevor is one of Canada’s foremost classical guitarist/composers, with unique and compelling compositions. His highly original style combines elements from the classical music idiom with those of contemporary folk music. The result is a body of works both timeless and unique. Light refreshments – cash bar. Proceeds to the Oakville and District Humane Society, which is dedicated to the welfare of animals. Get tickets in advance - $20 – available at CJ’s Cafe in Bronte.

www.trevorburt.ca

Feature Musician - Matthew De Zoete - Exploring the lands of pop,rock, and folk music, Matthew de Zoete combines rhythmic inventiveness with an astonishing gift for melody to discover a territory entirely his own.

Art Show Opening Social - Paintings and Photography of Bill Milwain, of Axis Art and Design - Bill’s talents are equally strong in both painting and photography, and is the first artist to have both the front and back galleries at CJ’s. Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display until August 7.

Feature Musician - Oliver Kirby - Folk, Blues and Rock classics, with a mellow approach (played by a "devilishly handsome young Oakville musician")...   

Jazz After Eight – Intimate Concerts with Top Talents - Featuring William Carn - A Juno Award Nominee, band-leader and trombonist William Carn has emerged as one of Canada’s leading contemporary jazz composers and performers. Join us for a night sure to sizzle! Light refreshments – cash bar. Proceeds to the Oakville Art Council, which fosters, supports and promotes Oakville’s artistic activity. Get tickets in advance - $20 – available at CJ’s Cafe in Bronte, or through the OAC.

www.williamcarn.com

Feature Musician - Ray Rivers released his CD called 'Angry Old Men' in March this year.  Ray's music will resonate with anyone who may recall the 1960's political-folk songs and singers like Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs.

Feature Musician – Dale Goodsell – Dale’s rich voice delivers his own original light rock songs material, accompanied by acoustic guitar.

Music After Eight – Intimate Concerts with Top Talents - Featuring Jeff Straker – the first in a new series of Friday Night Concerts that benefit local charities. West Coast Jeff Straker plays rock, pop, boogie-woogie, blues, cabaret, and is frequently described as a young Elton John. Catch him as he tours through our area! Light refreshments – cash bar. Proceeds to Food For Life, which takes surpluses from the food industry and delivers them to local non-profits. Get tickets in advance - $20 – available at CJ’s Cafe in Bronte.

www.jeffstraker.com

Taste of Bronte Tour Stop – serving free coffee and treats to anyone on the Taste of Bronte Tour – get tickets for the Taste of Bronte in advance for $30 at CJ’s.

Feature Musician – Steve Oslansky – Steve plays a warm, laid-back acoustic guitar mixture of folk, roots, and older pop favorites, with a few original compositions thrown in.

Art Show Opening - Paintings of Jan and Bethany Davidson Artshow Opening - Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet this mother-and-daughter artistic duo. On display until July 3.

Art Show Opening - Photography by Heather Morgan, of Lifespark Photography - Heather Morgan is a photographer based in Mississauga, ON. Her work includes travel, documentary, nature and portrait photography. Heather is excited to showcase her work in Bronte for the first time this June.

"Deep inside every person I meet is a spark of life - a spark that sets that person aside as unique and different and special. Sometimes that spark is right on the surface, and sometimes its buried deep under layers of hardened shell or raw adversity. I use my camera to capture this spark and set it on display for all to see!"  Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist.  On display until July 3.  

Art Show Opening - Bronte Arts Academy Students of Paul Sandilands on display for the weekend – come meet and encourage the young artists.

Feature Musician - Michael Cavanaugh

MUSIC

Feature Musician: Maggie Szabo – Maggie is 16 years old and goes to Highland Secondary School in Dundas. She writes and performs her own songs, influenced by Tracy Chapman, Jewel, The Fray and others.

MUSIC

Jenn Ryan and New EP “Out in the Open” – A return performance, this time with her new EP for you to take home!

Jenn Ryan at CJ's on March 10th

POETRY & BOOKS

Scene of the Crime Book Club Meeting

For more info contact
(905) 646-0214 or murder-mysterybooks@yahoo.ca.

Meet the artists gathering - Paintings by Connie James and Photography of Scott Macquarrie will all are welcome!

Connie James’ show is the ninth in a series of monthly artshows, which has brought new sales and commissions to local artists.

Scott Macquarie’s show marks the inauguration of CJ’s back-door mini-gallery, a smaller space now dedicated to showing the work of local photographers and other artists whose work is better viewed up-close.

On display until May 31st

Connie James - Abstract


Scott McQuarrie

MUSIC

Feature Musician: Rob Birmingham – Birmingham’s style is “sweet harmony-laced indie rock and some whiskey-laden alt-country, and then top it all off with a potent blend of Petty-style guitar riffs and lyrical songcraft.” He is working on his first solo CD.

ART SHOW

Sheridan Animators Animating the Word- Come see the work of Sheridan’s talented animation students, and listen to readings of the works they are illustrating

POETRY & BOOKS

My Muse – Poetry of Donna Penrice, Presented Posthumously by Her Friends – See note for Tues, April 3rd Artshow beginning. Donna’s creative achievements will be honored and celebrated.

OTHER

EARTH DAY Seed Planting and Story Telling for Kids - As we honour the Earth, kids will have a chance to plant and take home two plants they will love, and to hear a short story about these plants, written by CJ.

ART SHOW

Tribute to Donna Penrice Artshow Begins – Oakville based painter and poet Donna Penrice died this year from leukemia, leaving behind many wonderful paintings and poems and many friends and family who miss her. Her work will be on display for April, with a presentation of her poetry on April 29, 12:00 PM

POETRY & BOOKS

Scene of the Crime Book Club Meeting

POETRY & BOOKS

Future In(tense) - what will poetry be like in the future? Come hear interpretations from poets Catherine Graham, Halli Vallegas, Myna Wallin and others.

But Tonight Poetry Reading and Opening for Sheridan Visual Language Students Art Show – CJ Martin, Josie Andrews and Angela Belcastro read from their manuscripts-in-progress, while showcasing photography on display inspired by several poems of CJ’s. Photography on display until April 3rd.

"The Art of Entrepreneurship" Seminar – teaching artists the skills of business. Cost $30.00 Contact: Halton Region Business Development 905-825-6000 ext. 7900

Music by Trevor Burt –Trevor Burt is one of Canada’s foremost classical guitarist/composers, with unique and compelling compositions. His appearance at the Cafe is a real treat!

“Ask Your Angel” Angel Readings – Christine will connect you with your guardian angels - $45 for half an hour – book through the Cafe.

Music by Heidi Crocini – Heidi is an acoustic musician and singer/songwriter who has recorded two albums, conveying positive, powerful messages.

2007 April - Heidi Crocini Performs at CJ's Cafe

Jenn Ryan - Jenn Ryan is a singer/songwriter, who has been playing her heart-felt songs to overwhelming audience reaction in the GTA’s folk scene as she prepares to release her debut EP, “Out In The Open” in May 2007.

Scene of the Crime Book Club Meeting - more info contact (905) 646-0214

Allannah, British Psychic Does Readings - Spend 15 minutes with Allannah $15.

Art Show Opening – Paintings by Kristina Lantos Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display to March 29th.

Lunch and Learn – presented by artist and art-teacher Dawn Angela Seeley, this 4-week course includes lunch and tuition in watercolour on-location at the cafe. Contact (416) 917-2772 or dawnangela@artyfacts.ca to register.

Writers to Watch - Join Catherine Graham - writer, creativity consultant, University of Toronto creative writing instructor - as she hosts an exciting afternoon of readings from her talented students. Free. All welcome.

Allannah, British Psychic Does Readings - Spend 15 minutes with Allannah $15.

Allannah, British Psychic Does Readings for Couples - Spend 15 minutes together with Allannah for $15.

Lunch and Learn – presented by artist and art-teacher Dawn Angela Seeley, this 4-week course includes lunch and tuition in watercolour on-location at the cafe. Contact (416) 917-2772 or dawnangela@artyfacts.ca to register.

Scene of the Crime Book Club Meeting For more info contact (905) 646-0214 or murder-mysterybooks@yahoo.ca.

Art Show Opening – Paintings by Linda Semple Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet the artist. On display to March 29th.

Lunch and Learn – presented by artist and art-teacher Dawn Angela Seeley, this 4-week course includes lunch and tuition in watercolour on-location at the cafe. Contact (416) 917-2772 or dawnangela@artyfacts.ca to register.

Information Session for People Interested in Sponsoring The Dinner Party to raise money for women in Afghanistan and SAVIS

Lunch and Learn New Session Begins. – presented by artist and art-teacher Dawn Angela Seeley, this 4-week course includes lunch and tuition in watercolour on-location at the cafe. Contact (416) 917-2772 or dawnangela@artyfacts.ca to register.

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