Rest of April 2006
All performances starting between 8:00pm and 9:30pm
Open Mon 6:30 PM - 12 AM (music ending at 11pm)
Open Tue.- Sat., 6:30 PM - 2 AM
Dinner Served 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Wed April 26 - 9:30pm
Fern Lindzon Trio
Fern Lindzon is a sought after pianist and singer. She performed at this summer's Distillery Jazz Festival both with her own jazz trio, and with the Yiddish swing band, The Sisters of Sheynville. Fern has opened for Natalie Cole, played for Nancy Sinatra, and has performed with many of Toronto's finest musicians including Lennie Solomon, Neil Swainson and Don Thompson with whom she studied.

Thurs April 27 - 9:30pm
Larra Skye Quintet

Fri April 28 - 9:30pm
Radio Nomad

Sat April 29
private party

Sun April 30
Photosynthesis feat. iNSiDEaMiND scratch band w/ Colin Fisher

Mon May 1
Closed

Tues May 2 – 9:30pm  $7
Acoustic Soul

Wed May 3 – 9:30pm  $10
Julie Michels (voice) and George Kollar (bass)

Thurs May 4 – 9:30pm  $10.
Russell Drago Quartet. 
Russell Drago (voice) 

Fri May 5 – 8:00pm  $10/15
First Fri with Freedom Live
w/ Waleed Abdulhamid, Rob Thaler, Robelcy’s Martinez, Neil Brathwait and other performances.

Sat May 6 – 9:30pm  $15
Hilario Duran Trio
Hilario Duran (piano), Roberto Occhipinti (bass), Mark Kelso (drums) 

Sun May 7
Closed

Mon May 8
Closed

Tues May 9 – 9:30pm  $7
Acoustic Soul

Wed May 10 – 9:30pm  $10
Julie Michels (voice) and George Kollar (bass)

Thurs May 11 –  9:30pm  $8
The Strip

Fri May 12 – 9:30pm  $10/15
Rich Brown Quartet
Rich Brown (bass), Michael Stuart (sax), Audrey Dale (drums), Robbie Botos (piano)

Sat May 13 –  9:30pm  $15
Hilario Duran Trio
Hilario Duran (piano), Roberto Occhipinti (bass), Mark Kelso (drums) 

Sun May 14
Closed

Mon May 15
Closed

Tues May 16 – 9:30pm  $7
Acoustic Soul

Wed May 17 - 9:30pm  $10
Julie Michels (voice) and George Kollar (bass)

Thurs May 18 – 9:30pm  $10
Michael Shand Trio

Fri May 19 – 9:30pm  $10
Sienna Dahlen Quartet
Sienna Dahlen (vocals), Nick Fraser (drums), Geoff Young (guitar), George Koller (bass)
www.siennaproductions.com

Sat May 20 –  9:30pm  $15
Hilario Duran Trio
Hilario Duran (piano), Roberto Occhipinti (bass), Mark Kelso (drums) 

Sun May 21
Up from the Roots Poetry Lounge: honours Mary J. Blige

Mon May 22
Closed

Tues May 23 – 9:30pm  $7
Acoustic Soul

Wed May 24 – 9:30pm  $10
Julie Michels (voice) and George Kollar (bass)

Thurs May 25 – 9:30pm  $10
Michael Shand Trio

Fri May 26 – 9:30pm
Band T.B.A. (please call)

Sat May 27 – 9:30pm  $15
Hilario Duran Trio
Hilario Duran (piano), Roberto Occhipinti (bass), Mark Kelso (drums) 

Sun May 28
I.S.I.S. Circle anniversary launch 

Mon May 29
ProActive Words  poetry and performances  7pm  $10

Tues May 30 – 9:30pm  $7.
Acoustic Soul

Wed May 31 – 9:30pm  $10
Julie Michels (voice) and George Kollar (bass)

During the month of May, the Trane studio will be exhibiting a series of work by Plains Cree multi-media sculptress Jude Norris.

The brilliantly coloured, three dimensional wall pieces in Jude Norris’s scar series combine physical ‘evidence’ of ritual with intense fields of colour to produce deeply emotive abstract works. 

In these works on canvas, each artwork’s surface is ‘wounded’ – i.e. slashed - and then painstakingly ‘healed’ with sinew stitching. Sometimes this 'scar' is embellished with carved sticks that pierce the canvas's surface along its length, simultaneously representing elements of repair, security, trial, ceremony, and adornment. 

The choice and use of colour is also designed to express and evoke different emotional responses - and reference personal and universal elements of healing process. The sinew fissures may also be read as seams - helping create structures that provide shelter and/or safety.

The visually bold, simple and even celebratory presentation of these scars promotes a similar attitude towards ourselves and our inherent wounds and weaknesses - symbolizing passage through trial, both individual and communal, by choice or circumstance – to a place of greater experience, strength, and acceptance.

See exhibit poster (PDF file)