Barbara Adler

 

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Saturday, May 28th, 2011

The Fugitives: Ontario, Quebec & Maritimes Tour: May 28th- June 15

May 28: Toronto, Toronto Poetry Slam

May 29th:Kitchener, The Princess Cafe

May 30th: Guelph, Ebar

May 31: Peterborough, The Spill

June 1: St. Marys, Once Upon a Thames Storytelling Festival

June 2: Toronto, The Rivoli

June 3: Ottawa, The Mercury Lounge

June 4: Montreal, Le Divan Orange,

June 5: Quebec City, L'Agitee

June 7: Breadalblane, The Dunk

June 8: Charlottetown, Hunters Ale House

June 9: Fredericton, The Capital

June 10: Hampton, Vintage Bistro

June 11: Halifax, The Company House

June  12: Halifax, The Company House (Noon Show)

June 12: Wolfville, House Concert

June 13: North Mountain, Garden Show

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Spring Tour with Braveheart

w./ Braveheart! June 8-14

I am doing a short and sweet little tour with my favorite friends, Braveheart. I'll be playing with James Meger, as the Fang duo. If you're nearby, come closer!

May 8th     - The Somewhere There w/Kyle Brenders Quartet, Toronto   (http://www.somewherethere.org/index.php)

 

 May 10th   - Tranzac Club w/The Swyves, Toronto  

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 May 12th   - Almonte

May 14th   - CD Release Party! @ The Armatta Gallery, Montreal

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May 26th    - West Coast CD Release Party @ El Barrio, Vancouver

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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

The Fugitives Western Canada Tour

Western Canada: March 2-13

Here are the full dates for my upcoming Western Canada tour with The Fugitives. Please go to www.fugitives.ca for all details.

 

March 2 – Fernie Arts Station, Fernie 8:00pm

March 3 – The Ironwood, Calgary

March 4 – Athabasca Performing Arts Centre, Athabasca 7:30pm

March 5 – Festival Place , Sherwood Park

March 6 – Blackbird Coffee House, Coleman

March 7 – The Slice, Lethbridge

March 9 – Onanole

March 10 – Brandon Folk Festival Society, Brandon

March 11 – Park Theatre, Winnipeg

March 12 – Lydia ’s Loft, Saskatoon

March 13 – Armstrong Inn, Armstrong (with Mark Berub

Friday, February 25th, 2011

1067

Fang EP Release party w./ Therapy 9:00pm
1067 Granville St (Granville @ Nelson) Vancouver BC Can [map]
Darling Fang Fans, Start champing at your bits, right now. Accordion Noire Radio presents: ... FANG EP Release Party with Therapy Friday, February 25th 1067 1067 Granville St. (art space Granville @ Nelson) Doors 8:30 pm // Show 9:00 pm FANG releases its debut EP, in strikingly fine company. Therapy is Vancouver's newest instrumental face-slaying machine, featuring members of Dark Blue World, Cortez the Killer & The Pugs and Crows. Featuring Cole Schmidt, Benji, Sam, Ben Brown and James Meger. Two drummers. Two guitarists. A bass. Get your emotions on. FANG is devastatingly exuberant accordion shout rock, shot through with deep veins of affection. Featuring Barbara Adler on accordion, Ben Brown on drums, and James Meger on bass guitar. There will be epic collaborations between bands. Can you say, "FANG has always wanted to play with two drummers?" I can, and I do, almost constantly. Can you say, "FANG has always wanted to casually drop lines, like, 'it's gonna be epic.'"? Yes! It will be rad as well. More details as time passes, but make sure to mark your calendars now: February 25th is the night you fall in love with accordions and rocking out, all over again, for the very first time. Hearts & Yelping, Fang

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

The Railway Club

Fang @ Another Night of Pleasing Squeezebox 9:30 pm
579 Dunsmuir Vancouver BC CA [map]

Fang joins Ingrid Gatin, Stars are for Suckers and the Creaking Planks for a night of accordion-themed music, hosted by Accordion Noire (co-op radio). Accordions are the new eco-friendly. Come check it.

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

The Purple Thistle

Fang Hosts the Purple Thistle Christmas Pageant 6:00 pm | Free!
260-975 Vernon Drive Vancouver BC Can [map]

Fang will host Purple Thistle Workshop participants in a pageant of giving and loving, special for the holidays!

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Pandora's Box House Show

The B.C. Memory Game Recording Party, with The Brilliant Ally Doors 8:30 pm. Show 9:30 pm | $5
2155 Pandora St. Vancouver BC Can [map]
Hear stories from British Columbia, and be immortalized in all your audio glory at a special, live recording of The B.C. Memory Game. I will be reading stories about Invermere (birds! journalistic courage! condos!) and Hudson's Hope (political activism! compound crossbows! clown cars!).

Jordan Bent will be showing the visual art he has created for these stories, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.

Featuring new mu sic by The Brilliant Ally

New stories, new music, popcorn, and soft seats for all!

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About The Brilliant Ally

A new band of old faces assembled for the purpose of sharing improvisations + compositions old & new. Mostly written by JAMES MEGER who will play the Bass, with : EVAN ARNTZEN on Tenor Saxophone/Clarinet (Don't worry, he makes both those instruments sound quite pleasing and non-threatening) and of course we won't do it alone, we have to give the drummer some, but who that will be has yet TBA.

If history is your thing there will be music from the 1930's right up until just yesterday. If geography is your thing there will be songs about hills. If you enjoy being at work then there are work songs. If you enjoy good food, well, this music is primarily about that. Also, it's jazz music that is sometimes freer and is on exceptional terms with all kinds of other musics. AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL! This music wants to celebrate like a shark feeding on a dead whale.

(We'll be at El Barrio w/ Ron Samworth on the 9th of Dec if you can't make it out to the Pandora house, but your excuse better not lack an ounce of conviction.)

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About The B.C. Memory Game Project:

The B.C. Memory Game is your chance to prove that your town is unforgettable. Barbara Adler is a storyteller who’s been around the province too many times to remember. She’s tired of forgetting where she’s been, so she’s inviting the province to play a game of Memory with her. You remember Memory. It’s the game where you flip over cards to find hidden pairs. Barbara’s playing by collecting stories to make a deck of cards based on towns across B.C. You can play by teaching her something amazing about your town. Stories (and storytellers) can be funny, outrageous, sweet, solemn, surprising, tiny, gargantuan, weird or inspiring.See More

 

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Performance Works

Folk for the Holdiays: The Fugitives @ The Vancouver Folk Fest Fundraiser 7:00 pm | $25
1228 Cartwright Street on Granville Island Vancouver BC Can [map]

with Hannah Georges, The Sojourners and Roy Forbes

Friday, October 1st, 2010

45West Studios

Fang Fights Back Against Petty Crime! Fundraiser 9:00pm | $10-$15 (pay what you can)
45 W. Hastings Vancouver BC CA [map]
Darling Fang Fans, Friends, and East Van Residents, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is, Fang recently had its house broken into. I'm Barbara, lead accordion in Fang. I lost of a bunch of stuff, listed below: - 1 shitty laptop, with 5 years of writing on it ......- 2 flash disks, with 5 years of writing backed up onto them (you know, in case my laptop got stolen) - jewelery, including my collection of single earrings that have lost their buddies (most of it's fake, sucker) - all of my hair elastics and bobby pins (wtf?) - half a quart of cream (spilled on the floor-- befriending the cat?) - day planners (for planning other robberies?) - my grouse grind pass (good riddance), attached to my backpack (grrr) ...and other stuff, but now it sounds like I'm whining. The robber left behind a small, blue bike helmet. Hardly a fair trade. It is WAY too small for my head. I'm writing to let you know about two things. 1. I will be having a fundraiser show on Friday, October 1st to start scraping money together for a new laptop. If you're in the area, come check it out. Fang is going to play, and some awesome friends. It'll be a good night. We will turn this absurdity into something lovely. 2. If you see a very organized thief, decked out in fake jewelry, swilling cream, and biking up the Grouse Grind without a helmet, give them a stern lecture for me, and maybe a little push. Not enough to kill them, just enough so they roll down a little and have to bike up again. And also tell them that I'd like my hair elastics back. Hearts, Whiskers, and consider locking your windows (but not in a paranoid way-- continue loving life, etc.), Babs

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

The Fugitives at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival

July 14-23, Venue TBA
Winnipeg MB Can [map]

Check back here for show dates and times as The Fugitives bring it back to the Fringe! Yow!

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

The Fugitives at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival

July 14-23, Venue TBA
Winnipeg MB Can [map]

Check back here for show dates and times as The Fugitives bring it back to the Fringe! Yow!

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

The Biltmore Cabaret

The Fugitives Launch "Eccentrically We Love"
2755 Prince Edward Vancouver BC V5T 0A9 CA 604-676-0541 [map]

Yeah!

The Fugitives launch their brand new album, with all pomp and circumstance, at the Biltmore... Special Guests...New Songs... Rhythm. Section. Big! Show!

 

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

The Biltmore Cabaret

Fang opens for The Tequila Mocking Bird Orchestra
2755 Prince Edward Vancouver BC V5T 0A9 CA 604-676-0541 [map]

We will be going on early for a short set! But check this show out...Very cool bands: Maria in the Shower, Fish and Bird, and the amaaaazing TMO. Ah! A big orgy of accordions and other things that go with accordions. You see where my interests lie, but even if you are not personally an accordion drooler, there will be much for you to love!

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Cafe Montmartre

Fang @ Accordion Noire's Night of Pleasing Squeezebox 8:00pm
E 28th @ Main Vancouver BC CA [map]

Ah-ha! Fang cracks into the vangaurd of Vancouver Accordion, and joins The Creaking Planks and an amazing out-of-town accordion guest fora night of squeezing and yes, pleasing.

And probably accordion puns too.

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Workshops and Shows for Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy

Creston BC [map]

I will be performing at local high schools, workshopping for adult learners, and doing a night show!

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

The B.C. Memory Game @ Wings Over The Rockies

First stop of The B.C. Memory Game!
Invermere BC Can [map]

The B.C. Memory Game ventures out into a bird festival for its first story collecting mission! A brand new project website coming soon!

 

Monday, March 29th, 2010

The Fugitives Spring Canada Tour

The Fugitives Go All the Way! March 29-May 1st
Vancouver-St.Johns Various! Can [map]

The Fugitives are realizing their collective ambitions to lap the salty Canadian Atlantic firsthand, and are thus driving across this entire country in the Spring.

A month on tour. New Songs! New Friends! New Shoes!

Holy Smokes!

Dates up soon, here, and at www.fugitives.ca

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Vancouver East Cultural Centre

Fang opening for Brendan McLeod 8:00pm
1895 Venables Street Vancouver BC V5L 2H6 CA 604.280-3311 [map]

Brendan McLeod performs the last show of his three-month curator-ship at The Cultch. Word is that he will be performing his songs with an 8 piece choir. The Candelabra Collective (ah-mazing young poets) will be opening, and then Fang.

Guess who gets to be in the choir as well. Yup! Me. That's right. I am in a choir. Watch out, world.

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Raw Canvas

If you loved me... you wouldn't have done it in the first place. 7:30 | $10-15
1046 Hamilton Street Vancouver BC Can [map]

Fang rocks out with Jess Hill, Magpie Ulysses, Sara Ciantar and Marcela!

Yeah!

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Larson Elementary School

Performance with Brendan McLeod
North Vancouver BC Can [map]

Brendan and I jam out with grades 1-6! Boo yes!

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Hazelton Spring Break Youth Camp

Workshop and Performance
Hazelton BC Can [map]

The Learning Shop in Hazelton is throwing together a spring break camp for local youth. I will be leading a poetry workshop and performing at a night show.  Everyone cheer for a return trip to one of my favorite corners of B.C.! Hurrah!

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Kispiox House Concert

House Concert in the Kispiox Valley TBA | TBA
Kispiox Valley BC Can [map]

I will be performing a sweet and special intimate house thing in the Kispiox Valley... Contact me for details! They will be arriving soon!

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Toronto Show with ProjectProject

Fang and ProjectProject
Toronto Ontario Can [map]

Ok!

Right now this show is a bit of a mystery, but I can tell you right now that it will be worth keeping ears to the ground to find out the wheres and whens. ProjectProject is a shit hot Toronto improv group. They are funny, talented and quick. Fang will be collaborating with ProjectProject to create a night of music and improv and other spontaneous magic. I personally cannot wait to do this show. Keep checking back for more details!

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Hole in the Wall

Accordion Night!
2867 Dundas Street Toronto Ontario Can (416) 760-7041 [map]

Fang, Willow Rutherford and Annie Shaw put on a night of accordion for the good people of Toronto. Three accordion groups? How is that even possible? That is such good news.

Willow Rutherford: http://www.myspace.com/willowrutherford

Willow was raised in the wilds of Southern Ontario. She once witnessed the tornado that hit Barrie in the '80's. Pink insulation, tooth floss, converted rice and hobby horses filled the sky. When her bed landed in a tree, she climbed down and discovered a strange instrument, later informed that it was an accordion. Upon first surprising squeeze, she was hooked and has never looked back. Since then, she has travelled the world writing songs about hysterical love, historical magical realism and nature's unpredictability...

 

Annie Shaw: http://www.myspace.com/secretannieshawsongs

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

St. Clements School

Writer's Craft Workshop Early!
Toronto Ontario Can [map]

I will be presenting a workshop to the Writer's Craft Class

Monday, March 1st, 2010

O'Hara's Pub

Featuring at Throw Slam 8:00pm | $7
1197 University Montreal Quebec Can [map]

Well, well! I will be featuring at the Throw Poetry Collective's Poetry Slam. Yowza!

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Montreal House Concert

Fang & Deer Ashes, Dear (Featuring Baltimore Washington Brandes of The Unsettlers) TBA | TBA
TBA Montreal Quebec Can [map]

Fang & Deer, Ashes Dear get intimate in a sweet little house concert! Details upcoming. Yes, we have a house. Yes, it will be amazing.

Have you SEEN The Unsettlers? ARGH! It is objectively wicked to play with Ben for this night. Deer, Ashes Dear is just as magic. COME.

About Fang: 

 Fang is Vancouver's premier accordion-drum duo, featuring Barbara Adler (vocals, accordion) and Ben Brown (drums). They are like The White Stripes, except they use an accordion, not a stupid guitar, and they are way punkier and more amazing. Shout chorusus, pop hooks, pseudo-rap, comedic flair and Ray Bans. Fang will make you reconsider how you feel about accordion.

For this tour James Meger (upright bass) will be filling in for Ben Brown on drums.

About Deer Ashes, Dear:

http://www.myspace.com/deerashesdear

Deer Ashes, Dear is the solo project of Baltimore Washington Brandes of The Unsettlers. Featuring Dustyn Lucas on piano and Elie Jalbert on clarinet. The angelic voices of Genevieve Schreier and Brie Neilson can be heard somewhere off in the distance. These songs were born out of a collection of poems and nightmares gathered over the past three years. An album is in the works. Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the music. Baltimore Washington Brandes

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Umi Cafe

Fang @ Voices of Venus 9:00 pm | $10
610 Somerset Street Ottawa Ontario Can 613-656-1638 [map]

Fang plays Umi Cafe as a part of Voices of Venus. With a special guest set by Faye Estrella.

*****

Fang is Vancouver's premier accordion-drum duo, featuring Barbara Adler (vocals, accordion) and Ben Brown (drums). They are like The White Stripes, except they use an accordion, not a stupid guitar, and they are way punkier and more amazing. Shout chorusus, pop hooks, pseudo-rap, comedic flair and Ray Bans. Fang will make you reconsider how you feel about accordion.

For this tour James Meger (upright bass) will be filling in for Ben Brown on drums.

 

 

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Lanarck County

Fang plays Lanark County Potluck 9:00 pm
Almonte Ontario Can [map]

Fang will be playing the Lanark County Potluck. Filling in for Ben Brown on drums will be James Meger on bass. Fang!

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Fang February Tour

Fang's First Tour! February 24-March 4
Ontario and Quebec Can [map]

Fang takes its first steps into the giddy world of national touring. Watch here for more dates, details and updates.

Who is Fang, you ask?

Fang is Vancouver's premier accordion and drums duo, featuring Barbara Adler (vocals, accordion) and Ben Brown (drums, vocals). Fang is like the White Stripes, except it is aesthetically superior, because it uses accordion instead of stupid guitar, and we aren't pretending to be brother and sister. We play punky accordion things with audience shouting, hooky choruses, attitude, ray bans, and stage shenanigans.

For this tour, James Meger (upright bass) will be filling in for Ben Brown.

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

CP Cinemas

Fang @ CP Cinemas 6:00 pm 9:00 pm
Carleton Place Ontario [map]

Fang's first stop on its first tour! Yowza!

*****

Fang is Vancouver's premier accordion and drums duo, featuring Barbara Adler (vocals, accordion) and Ben Brown (drums, vocals). Fang is the White Stripes, wisely exchanging their guitar for the magic of a shiny red and white accordion. Patti Smith meets Geoff Berner, meets a bottle of cheap rum. Bass, snare, tambourine, and lots of flailing. Fang is punk yells, pop choruses, audience yelp-alongs, and fast running vocals. Surprisingly little polka. Fang will change how you feel about the accordion.

For this tour, James Meger (upright bass) will be filling in for Ben Brown.

 

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Robson Square

The Fugitives @ Experience B.C. Noon
Vancouver BC Can [map]

The Fugitives play the Olympics again! We are practically Bobsled winners! Yeah!

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Surrey Celebration Site

The Fugitives @ Surrey 2010 Celebration Site 2:00 pm | Free
Holland Park Surrey BC Can [map]

The Fugitives play the Olympics! Up next, The Fugitives take on Russia in the Men's Gold Hockey Match. Believe it.

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Northern Lights College

Spirt of Literacy Day 9:30 am
Dawson Creek BC Can [map]

I will be presenting a welcome address to participants in the Spirit of Literacy Day, followed by an introductory poetry workshop. Sign up at: http://spiritofliteracy.wufoo.com/forms/spirit-of-literacy-day-february-13-2010/

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Dawson Creek Swing Dance Fundraiser!

Raising money for the Dawson Creek Band!
Dawson Creek BC [map]

The Dawson Creek Band is hosting a Hungarian-themed dinner and swing dance to raise money for their band trips. Guess who gets to do tweener sets at the intermission. Guess who will have a face full of Hungarian food? Guess who is stoked! Me!

Friday, February 12th, 2010

South Peace Secondary School

Workshops
Dawson Creek BC Can [map]

I will be presenting workshops at South Peace Secondary School. Hurrah!

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Chetwynd Senior Secondary School

Workshops
Chetwynd BC Can [map]

I will be presenting performance poetry and writing workshops at the secondary school, sponsored by the Chetwynd Arts Council and the school

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Chetwynd House Concert

House Concert in Chetwynd
Chetwynd BC [map]

I will be presenting an intimate night of poems, stories and accordion at Marce Fofonoff's house. Contact me for details!

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Tumbler Ridge Library

Itchy Feet 7:00 pm
Tumbler Ridge BC Can [map]

I will be presenting a slide show and telling a story about my summer trip through the Northern Rockies with Wayne Sawchuck's Muskwa-Ketchika Expedition. Horses, gruel and feeling lucky! Should be a very fun night.

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Barbara Adler Northern B.C. Tour

A week in the Peace: February 9-13
Peace Country BC Can [map]

Hey, I get to go play some delightfully oddball gigs up in one of the coolest corners of the country. Dates in Tumbler Ridge, Chetwynd and Dawson Creek. No big deal, but I will probably get to sleep in a bed that has a stuffed buffalo above it.

Friday, October 16th, 2009

TBA

Fugitives Ontario\Quebec Tour
CA [map]
The Fugitives will be touring Ontario and Quebec (ok, Montreal), October 16-25. Check soon for more details, or go to www.fugitives.ca

Friday, October 16th, 2009

OCFF

The Fugitives Showcase @ OCFF
Ottawa ON CA [map]
The Fugitives will be showcasing at this year's Ontario Conference of Folk Festivals. More detail's at their site!

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Cafe Deux Soleils

Scholusum Schlace (Possum Face Tribute Band) Opens for Awesome Face!
2096 Commercial Drive Vancouver BC V5L-4G3 CA [map]
My brand new project-- Scholussum Schlace, is a tribute band for Possum Face (a tribute band for Awesome Face). Everything is so new I can't even spell it consistently. Dark Fun.

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Cafe Montmartre

Accordion Noire Night! 8:00pm
E 28th @ Main Vancouver BC CA [map]
This is a warm-up event to Vancouver's Alt-Squeezebox festival! I'll be doing a set some time later in the night. For the record, this is the first accordion show I've been invited to do. I've invited MYSELF to all the rest :)

Friday, August 14th, 2009

August 14-16: Creative Peace Conference

That's "Peace" as in "Peace River Country," 'yo! North Eastern B.C.

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Solo @ Cafe Deux Soleils

$7-10 Special Guests TBA Here is the scoop. On July 19th, I fly to Fort St. John, B.C. to start a 10-day horseback trip across the Rocky Mountain Divide. To get there, I will be driving with a P.E. teacher from Fort St. John Fort Nelson, hanging a left to Muncho Lake, and hopping aboard a float plane to the staging site. This is serious business! Have you SEEN how far North Fort Nelson is? Pretty North! I’ve been doing the Grouse Grind to get into shape. I own the 10 Essentials of Hiking. I bought a pup tent! A crazy, ultra-light, stake-it-to-the-side-of-a-mountain pup tent! I hope to be capable of erecting this pup tent by the time I’m in Northern B.C. I have to learn how to start fires, cook re-hydrated beans, and generally not die alone in the wilderness! I bought a whistle! I re-read White Fang! Come out on July 17th to hear optimistic, horse-loving tales of my preparation for this mountain-trek. The “After” show will be in September. Will I become a hard-bitten, cuss-faced mountain-woman, who shows up for dinner parties wearing Gortex Gators and fly fishing hats? Will I be eaten by wolves? What is proper etiquette for hitting on people while doing The Grind? Oh! So many mysteries! Plus stories, squeezebox, and general love. See you there! Barbara

Friday, June 26th, 2009

The Fugitives @ Cafe Deux Soleils

Vancouver BC [map]
The Fugitives play a weekend to introduce our newest member, Adrian Glynn, as well as plenty of new songs and old love. Featuring Jess Hill.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Barbara Adler Solo Tour: Northern British Columbia: April 29-May

Shows in Chetwynd, Tumbler Ridge, Hudson's Hope, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Smithers, and Hazelton. Show Details Coming Soon!

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

The Fugitives @ The Anza Club

9:00 pm
#3 West 8th Avenue (Ontario and 8th, just west of Main) Vancouver B.C. [map]
The Fugitives play in town before heading to the Cold Snap Festival in Prince George... New Songs! Old Goodies! Passionate Bum Wiggling, and Good Deals on Booze!

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Books & Co.

7:00pm
Prince George BC [map]
Hailing from Vancouver, spoken word artist Barbara Adler has won over audiences across North America and Europe with her quick-witted and fast-hearted brand of poetic storytelling. A four-time member of the Vancouver Poetry Slam team, Barbara has also been a CBC Poet Laureate, and a CBC Poetry Face Off Champion. Combining an infectiously exuberant stage presence with refreshing depth of thought, Barbara’s work has been described as, “funny and deeply moving,” (The Georgia Straight), “carefully crafted,” (Uptown Magazine), and, “uniquely engaging” (Victoria Times Colonist). Her writing brings to life an eclectic cast of characters, including sensitive elk hunters, love-struck rappers, fish cops, suburban nerd heroes, and perhaps most eccentrically of all, her family. The SqueezeBox and Hound Tour will feature a bright addition to Barbara’s set: a semi-new, shiny, 120-button piano accordion. This development shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who knows Barbara as a member of the Western Canadian Folk Music Award nominated folk-poetry group, The Fugitives. What may come as a shock, is how kindly the squeezebox can mix itself with stories and poems. It’s a little bit like Geoff Berner going on a steamy date with Patti Smith, and then staying up all night, to get sentimental over Vinyl Café stories. There’s much less polka than you’d expect (really, almost zero), and audiences agree: accordions and poetry are both weird, but surprisingly great. www.badler.ca www.myspace.com/barbaraadler Barbara will bring it all to Prince George Sunday, October 5 Café Voltaire Books & Co. 7pm All Ages

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Reach Out Cariboo Tour: Sept. 29- Oct.3

9:00am
BC [map]
September 28: Ashcroft SS and Logan Lake SS September 30: Barriere SS and Clear Water SS October 1: Correlieu SS and Quesnel SS October 2: Williams Lake SS and Columneetza SS October 3: Salmon Arm SS

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Recording LIVE @ Cafe Deux Soleils

9:15 pm
Vancouver BC [map]
SqueezeBox and Hound: Live! A night of ferociously jumpy performance, quick-witted + fast-hearted poetry, comic storytelling, and yes-oh-yes-oh-yes: The Accordion. This Summer, Barbara retreated to the quiet, peaceful recluse of Secret Cove (Sunshine Coast, British Columbia). She then filled that quiet and peace with new accordion-storytelling-poem-things, many of which will be previewed at this show. Q: But what is SqueezeBox and Hound? A: It's the name of an upcoming TourAdventureStory! In the upcoming year, Barbara will be packing her accordion onto a Greyhound Bus (The Hound), and touring across B.C. to collect stories and material for an upcoming show. On September 17, have your laughs, thoughtful sighs, and accordion wails recorded for posterity. See what the herons, the country-music-listening neighbours, and the retirees of Secret Cove have been listening to all Summer. Also: Brand New Poems! Recent Poems! Old Poems You Already Like! Special Guests! Satisfy your Curiousity. Tix $ 5-7 at the Door

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The Fugitives @ The Winnipeg Folk Music Festival: Birdshill Park

Beautiful Winnipeg MB [map]
The Fugitives @ The Winnipeg Folk Music Festival

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Reach Out Kootenays Tour June 8th-13th

9am
Kootenays BC [map]
Grandforks, Salmo, Nakusp, South Slocan, Castlegar, Nelson, Kaslo

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Reach Out Vancouver Island Tour May 20-23rd

9am
Vancouver Island BC [map]
Chemainus, Mill Bay, Lake Cowichen, Cowichen, Ladysmith, Duncan, Courtenay, Gold River, Campbell River, Cowichen, Victoria

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Vancouver East Cultural Centre

9:00pm
Vancouver BC [map]
Brave New World Theatre Fundraiser w./ Brendan McLeod, Geoff Berner, Headwater, and Graham Clarke

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Performing @ the Ripple Effects Launch with Brendan McLeod

West Vancouver BC [map]
Ripple Effects is an annual collection of some of the best writing by youth in British Columbia.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Vancouver East Cultural Centre

7:00pm
Vancouver BC [map]
I will be leading a workshop on writing and performing Team Pieces for the Youth Poetry Slam, with Shannon Raine

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

The Fugitives @ Lime

9:00 pm
Vancouver BC [map]
Night-two of The Fugitives' Cross Canada Tour Launch @ LIME (Commercial Drive @ Napier)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

The Fugitives @ Lime

9:00 pm
Vancouver BC [map]
The Fugitives perform @ LIME (Commercial @ Napier St.) to launch their Cross-Canada Tour

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Featuring @ Cafe Deux Soleils

9:00 pm
Vancouver BC [map]
Featuring @ The Youth Slam Cafe Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive 5th @ Commercial Doors 8pm Show 9pm $ 5 at the Door

2009

The Fugitives @ Onanole School

Onanole MB [map]