October 06 - World Beats and Eats - for Axeneo7

[WB&E]

World Beats and Eats

October 6th - 2006

Mercury Lounge

56 Byward st. (Sidedoor/Upstairs)

[color:red]$8 at the Door

-Benefit for - Axeneo7 Centre D'Artistes

-Eats by - The Table , Feleenas

-Beats - This Months Giveaways from Putumayo World Music - In house Beats by Emily Jones

followed by Special Guest Dj I.Q.

-Vernissage foe - Zeke and Dixon

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The Beneficiary:

In my first year in Ottawa, I was unknowingly blessed with under-employment. Being under employed left me with copious amounts of time to explore the region with all its culture, nature and people. Being under employed I had little in the form of income. This lead to my love, need, and desire for the artist run centres that often offer free openings and exhibits. One of those innumerable nights of openings I found my self in a gallery filled with piercing orgasmic laughter, emiting from speaker boxes mounted below a collection of rotating clown heads. Very distubing. Very wonderful. This was my first Axeneo7 experience and I still have the handbill. October 25th Axeneo7 is also holding this years installment of their annual fundraiser, The Portrait Gallery II.

The Eats:

-The Table Vegetarian Restaurant

(www.thetablerestaurant.com - 1230 Wellington St.- 613-729-5973) -The Table makes a second donation to World Beats and Eats. The last time we were blessed with a donation from this westend vegetarian staple (and just great food) we had leftovers. Lets once again hope to be buried in the mountains of great food from The Table on October 6th.

-Feleenas Comida Mexicana

(742 Bank Street - 613-233-2010 - www.feleenas.com) - This Glebe based traditional Mexican restaurant is popular in the summer with their fresh salsas and guacamole on the patio. As we enter fall remember the summer heat with Feleena's Mexican fare.

The Beats:

This month the musical giveaways are provided by Putumayo World Music- Putumayo has been a staple of international sounds for quite some time. This month they are going to supply us with a musical food sampler, Tastes of the World.

Always swanky in house beats.

** 7-9pm

beats w/ Emily Jones (emilyjones.ca, E18hteen, Social, Par-fyum)

** 9-10:30pm

Special Guest Dj I.Q.

Vernissage for:

Zeke and Dixon together for an exhibiton is going to be my dream show come true. Zeke's work is so wonderful and sharp that I have had it at every World Beats and Eats this year in the form of his amazings shirts (generously donated). His work is the best selling WB&E artists artwork to date, selling out during the Clutch Art group show last December.

I had been stalking Dixon for quite sometime before I actually met him. I first noticed his amazing street work, I then came across the copious amounts of breathtaking consignment work he has done for local businesses under another name. I was then told that the excentric man that frequented two of my Byward hangouts was the artist in question. I was suprised that such amazing work was all done by a guy with a mullet. I then introduced myself.

Raffle Items:

This months Raffle items include the following: Zeke Artstuff shirts, and a Season Subscription for two to the 06/07 Season of the Great Canadian Theatre Company

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October 6th- 2006 - 7-10pm

Mercury Lounge

56 Byward st. (Sidedoor/upstairs)

$8 at the Door (includes FOOD and MUSIC GIVEAWAYS)

613-789-5324

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Brad Campeau