ARTS—A New Cafe for the Arts

Kat’s Meow means the voice of Katherine Ray, present owner of what seasoned PRites remember as “Wilshire’s” store, will soon be heard as a community builder. This new stage is a venue for people to express their art, music and passions to the accompaniment of good food and drink.

Katherine’s favorite job of all time was floor director for Celebrations Dinner Theatre and, armed with that experience and a degree in English and history, she wants to produce plays about Powell River and its environs in historical context. “Instead of ‘Crackberry’, let’s stimulate the rebirth of Cranberry as a healthy neighborhood, vibrant with new and old denizens involved in small-business development, proliferation of the arts, and green growth,” she says.

Starting about mid-March, stop in early in the morning for a delicious new breakfast menu and great coffee. Featured throughout the day will be exceptional homemade soups, Jeannie’s homemade chocolates, cereals, baking, and desserts.

March 20 promises “sexcitement” with the 3rd annual Erotica Show filling not only Cat’s Meow but Katherine’s place next door, Salon 6766. Very popular in its first two years, this year’s version will rock Cranberry with art, sculpture, and such whimsies as erotic baking.

Powell River Live Poets’ Guild will meet at the Kat’s Meow March 24 and 31 from five p.m. to seven. Bring your own or others’ poetry, or just a listening ear. This is a supportive rather than critical group--it meets to have fun!

April 8, poet Hilary Peach, the founder of the highly successful Poetry Gabriola event, brings her musical poetry show “Suitcase Local”, all about the adventures of a traveling woman boilermaker in the small towns of Canada and America. The following evening, April 9, Kat’s Meow will welcome a musical performance whose identity she cannot yet confirm, but will be well worth pencilling into your calendar.

Keep an ear open to hear of the latest doings at Kat’s Meow--from family karaoke through a wide variety of music and spoken word to theatre or even the latest game-show craze.

ARTS—Expose Yourself 3

by Caitlin Bryant

ON THE BILL IN 2010: The exhibition is taking shape. Here’s a small taste of what to expect.

We will, of course, have our usual bar with bubbles, beer, wine and martinis.

Jeannie Keays will be cooking up some aphrodisiacal, erotica-inspired, gourmet handmade chocolates. The sexy Manzanita oyster bar will be open for business, serving up oysters naked or sauced, with everyone’s favorite shucker, Al, and his special, yet-to-be-announced helper. Robert Scott Macmillan (www.central-nervous-system.ca) will be showing many new paintings this year. He will also give a debut performance of songs from his “black catalogue”, songs about love, deception and other blues.

EXHIBITION: Saturday March 20, 7.30pm—12:30am $5 suggested donation… must be  19 or older.  

VENUE: We are moving this year! Find us in the space soon to be known as The Kat’s Meow Café at 6762 Cranberry Street (the old Wilshire’s Store). This venue now boasts a stage, great wall space, sexy vibes, and an xxx long bar.  

PREVIOUSLY: A huge thank you to our friends in Townsite who welcomed us with enthusiasm and lots of helping hands. Join us up the hill this year!

Passia Pandora (www.crimsonqueengallery.com) is one very exciting guest contributor who’ll be showing a large body of work. Her professionally framed photographs will also be for sale and, lucky for us, Passia offers lower prices for those choosing to buy directly from a show ($180.00  for framed and matted 11x18 prints). As usual, so much more comes out of the woodwork in the month leading up to the show! Keep your eyes peeled and ears to the ground!

EROTICISE-THAT-OBJECT PROJECT: (see featured event pg 30) Back for its second year! We have 6 miscellaneous objects waiting to be eroticised and sold at a silent auction during this year’ exhibition. Here’s how it works:

Contact us to arrange pick up of an object out of the blind-grab bag. We’ll give you $10 towards other artistic materials or accessories you desire to add.

Eroticise your object by Fri., March 19th, and bring it to the venue on the MORNING of the 20th for display and auction at Expose Yourself 3. All creative spirits out there are welcome to participate.

70% of proceeds from the silent auction goes to Capt. Condom, safer sex awareness delivered by AIDS Vancouver (Side note: Lund’s very own Deb Bryant was the graphic designer first commissioned to come up with a character and so Capt. Condom was born! Insert super-hero tune here!) We hope to talk her into bringing some of her originals to show.

SUBMISSIONS: Sculpture, visual, interactive, installation, fiber, photography, performance, you name it. This is a group and a community show. It is also a juried show: submissions that fall under the theme and are exhibition-ready will be given space priority. 

COLLABORATIONS: Expose Yourself is excited to collaborate with local businesses, community groups, artists and individuals. Always interested to hear your tantalising new ideas—and always looking for help with the event!

SUBMISSION DEADLINES: February 28 for everything but for performance pieces for March 5.

CONTACT: 604.483.4238 or caitlin@groundswell.ca