Silence CALendar

It is clearer than ever that our planet is in an emergency. In this time of refugee crises, rising coastlines and apocalyptic fires, OPIRG-Guelph is hosting an event to strengthen our collective consciousness and stoke the fires of courage and clarity needed to protect the planet.

On Friday January 24 at Silence, 46 Essex St., notable Canadian hip hop artist Lee Reed is playing a free show in Guelph. Hosted by OPIRG-Guelph as a lead-up to the organization’s annual Rebel Knowledge Symposium, the event also features a short film screening of Trouble: Prelude to a Disaster, and a book launch of Inhabit: Instructions for autonomy.

The event kicks off with a screening of Trouble: Prelude to a Disaster, a short, provocative anti-capitalist film on the climate emergency. Trouble is produced by subMedia, a grassroots media collective which aids social struggles through the dissemination of radical films and videos.

Inhabit: Instructions for Autonomy is a collectively and anonymously written strategy from a network of autonomous projects across North America. The pocket-size book brings together diverse strands of thinking, activism, and hands-on experimentation into a radical vision for our tumultuous times. Any donation to the event gets you a copy of Inhabit.

Lee Reed is Canadian hip hop’s oldest and grumpiest radical left loudmouth, and a respected veteran of the nation’s indie music scene. From mouthpiece for the legendary punk-hop greats Warsawpack and throughout his solo work that followed, Reed’s musical legacy remains committed to the fight for a better world: voicing anti-oppressive, anti-capitalist politics through Hip-Hop, and sound-tracking and signal-boosting the efforts of communities and organizers struggling on the frontline for social and environmental justice.  A 2019 Polaris Prize nominee, and a proud new member of the Strange Famous label roster, Reed shows no signs of slowing down in his old age, as he continues to create some of the most relevant ‘revolutionary’ hip hop this side of 1989.  

Doors 9:00, Film 9:15, Lee Reed 10:00.

Questions? Contact Matt Soltys, mfsoltys@gmail.com.

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Jan 25, 2020
Doors 7:30pm
Show 8:00pm
$10/PWYC on Eventbrite
Pipedown! provides an accessible venue for emerging artists to perform indie and/or rock music to audiences with similar tastes.  

The Thick – a three-piece blues/funk band based out of Toronto. With smooth John Mayer-esque vocals coming from frontman Charlie Rosenberg, coupled with some rocking guitar riffs, funky basslines from Jeff Stirling and tasty beats by Richard Stirling, this is definitely a band we recommend everyone checks out. They regularly perform at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern and Cameron House or Sip Club and Jimmy Jazz in Guelph.  

https://www.sidewaysstudio.ca/the-thick  

With special guest
Animal Boy
Based out of Guelph, Ontario, is the fast talkin' indie rockin' four piece Animal Boy. Producing music with shades of punk, indie and surf, they're looking to scream, strum, slap and smack their way to subjective mediocrity. 
https://anxiousanimals.bandcamp.com/ 

Persian Poetry and Music (معرفی شاعران پارسی همراه با کنسرت موسیقی)
By Reza Yazdanpanah
last Sunday of every month Oct. 27, Nov. 24, Dec. 29,
2:30 pm - 4 pm.
$15 suggestion donation or PWYC
Silence - 46 Essex St. near downtown Guelph

Description: After hosting two concerts in Guelph, featuring the poetry of Rumi, I now appreciate that many Canadian only know Mowlavi’s poetry (Rumi). Iran, however, boasts dozens of poets, some dating back thousands of years. These poems are still familiar to Persians and especially musicians. In this spirit, it is worth noting that a carpet in the United Nations building is adorned with a famous poem by Saadi Shirazi. The poem is:
“Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain.”

Once a month, beginning in October, I want to share my artistic culture with the community of Guelph. During these Sunday afternoons, I will play and sing music, as well as read translations of great Persian poets.
I hope you can join me.

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$100 for all four sessions (weekly on Tuesdays).

Contact Gary Diggins for more information at garyd@garydiggins.com

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We will begin connecting
with the breath
and the pulse
as we bring our voices together
to deepen the awareness
of our bodies
through guided soundings
bringing the body and mind
to a restful receptive state

Zach will then offer
a Sound Vibrational Healing journey

Closing with a few moments
for integration and reflection

please arrive by 7:20 pm
session begins at 7:30 pm

$20 at the door
sliding scale available

everybody welcome
no previous experience necessary
wheelchair accessible

if you wish
bring a mat, pillow and blanket
for the Journey

Zach Sukuweh is a Musician with 24 years experience
creating sacred space with sound in which deep relaxation and healing can occur.

For 20 years, Zach Sukuweh has been teaching others to drum and and play the didjeridu in private sessions, classes and workshops and playing for Ecstatic and African dance classes and offering group and individual Sound healing sessions.

After spending extensive time in Australia developing a deep respect for the aboriginal roots and craft of the didjeridu, he has gone on to perform and teach with world renown musicians and healers most notably with Australian Canadian master didjeridu player, Shine. Together Zach and Shine performed concerts, taught workshops on how to play the didjeridu, and offered sound healing sessions at Hollyhock Leadership Learning Centre, throughout Japan, and along the Pacific Coast of Canada and the US.

While living on Quadra and Cortes Island in B.C., Coast Salish territory and Zach's homeland, Zach crafted his own drums, didjeridus and wood burl sound resonators which he uses for his sessions.

For many years, Zach studied with and played the music of Babatunde Olatunji with his teacher and friend, Gordy Ryan.

Island Rhythm band, an ensemble of up to 19 musicians performed and toured the west coast and was the house band for Hollyhock Leadership Learning Centre for many years.

The Highlights
Some of the highlights in his career have been to play and perform at Hollyhock Leadership Learning Centre with Rhiannon, Ysaye Barnwell, Anne Mortifee, Margie Gillis, and Russil Paul. While in San Fransisco, Zach played with Mickey Hart in Grace Cathedral for an Earth Day ceremony.

Zach preformed in opening acts for the incredible Micheal Franti, Toots and the Maytals, the Wailers, and a conference for Deepak Chopra and James Millan.

Offering individual sessions in Vancouver at Callinesh, a community for people with cancer, was amongst the most rewarding and deeply healing work he has done.

Doors: 7:30 PM
Show: 8:00PM
Tickets $15 at the door

Guelph's own Vertical Squirrels (Daniel Fischlin, Ajay Heble, Lewis Melville, and Ted Warren) are hosting a residency at Silence through the Fall and Winter of 2019-20, featuring performances that highlight the group in improvised dialogue with special guests.

Matt Brubeck is a composer/performer specializing in improvisation on the cello. Classically trained, with a Master's in cello performance from Yale, Matt is at ease in multiple genres and has taken his cello improvisation skills into diverse musical territories. He also plays piano and bass.

Presently residing near Toronto, Matt performs with an array of jazz and improvising artists. Projects include Stretch Orchestra, a trio with guitarist Kevin Breit and percussionist Jesse Stewart. Stretch Orchestra's eponymous CD won the 2012 JUNO Award for Best Instrumental Album of the Year. Matt is also a member of Ugly Beauties (a trio with pianist Marilyn Lerner and drummer Nick Fraser). Their critically acclaimed CD Ugly Beauties was released on the Ambience Magnetique label in May 2009. The trio performed at jazz festivals across Canada that summer. Additionally, Matt performs with with jazz pianist David Braid as the duo Brubeck Braid, Their 2007 CD, twotet/deuxtet was nominated for both a JUNO award and a National Jazz award in 2008. Brubeck Braid has toured Australia, China, Ontario, and Quebec.

Anne Bourne creates soundfields from emergent streams of cello, voice, piano, and words. Anne imparts the text scores and listening practice of composer Pauline Oliveros. Seasoned in international intermedia performance and song Anne believes creative expression is an opportunity for attending the beauty of difference, through listening. 

annebournemusic.com

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