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.