Classic Albums Live: Supertramp
Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown
Sunday, 7:30 p.m., Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside
“Remember when you used to listen to an entire album? Classic Albums Live does. The greatest albums from the 60s and 70s are recreated live on stage, note for note, cut for cut. Breakfast in America is the sixth studio album by English rock group, Supertramp. It spawned such Billboard hits as ‘The Logical Song,’ ‘Goodbye Stranger,’ ‘Take the Long Way Home’ and ‘Breakfast in America.’”
Average Height Collective + Kevin Melanson
Saturday, starting at 7 a.m., Receiver Coffee Co., Charlottetown
“this town is small inc. presents the first of its exhibition series at Receiver's Victoria Row location, a joint exhibition of drawings and text-based work: Accumulations - drawings by Kevin Melanson GO TO BED - text works by Average Height Collective. Average Height Collective is an extension of the solo practices of Max Knechtel and Sandi Hartling, serving as an outlet for their ongoing conceptual collaborations. Together the artists explore themes relating to the nature of art, work, effort, knowledge and truth, while highlighting the often humorous elements of the mundane and every day that are ripe for satirical examination and manipulation. GO TO BED is a series of poster sized text-based works commanding the viewer’s attention and issuing a specific directive to follow.”
Print your own tea towels
Saturday, 1:30 p.m., P.E.I. Brewing Company, Charlottetown
“If you can draw or trace it, you can print it on your own tea towels. Suitable for absolute beginners, this intro workshop will be simple and fun, and participants will learn skills that can be used at home on any fabric. Bring or draw your own designs, or choose from a variety of graphics available. Gweneth Branch-Rice will walk you through transferring or drawing designs onto linoleum and carving stamps with block cutting tools before printing onto our tea towels. All tools and materials will be provided and participants will leave with their choice of one or two unique tea towels and the stamps created during the workshop.”
Tasting menu
Saturday, 6 p.m., Culinary Institute of Canada, Charlottetown
“A special eight-course tasting menu at The Dining Room. This eight course small-plate menu is developed by in-house chef-instructor Stephen Hunter and prepared by students in the evening à la carte rotation. For reservations email [email protected] or call 902-894-6868.”
Julie and Alyssa
Saturday, 9 p.m., The Sidewalk Grill, Alberton
“Julie Arsenault and Alyssa Harper rock the Grill with their harmonies; these girls sing everything from pop, rock, country, R&B and rap. Seats can be reserved in advance. Game 2 of the Leafs/Bruins series will also be on the big screen. Anyone wearing a Leafs or Bruins jersey gets in free.
Little Cities “Girl Next Door” single/video release party
Saturday, 10:30 p.m., Baba's Lounge, Charlottetown
“Little Cities is a proper name for a band from the Canadian Maritimes. With modest stomping grounds rooted in Charlottetown, and the gun still smoking from recording their debut EP, they’ve set their sights on bringing their shiny, steadfast, soaked-in-synth pop-punk collective nationwide. Think early Blink-182 and Seaway, meets MxPx and Fall Out Boy. The band consists of Mathew Hannah (lead guitar/vocals), Mitch Gallant (lead vocals/guitar), Josh Pitre (synth/ backing vocals), Chris Barrett (bass) and Ryan P. Gallant (drums).
Tenor, Horn & Strings
Sunday, 2:30 p.m., Zion Presbyterian Church, Charlottetown
The fourth and final concert of the 50th anniversary season, entitled “Tenor, Horn & Strings,” will feature performances by Nova Scotia tenor vocalist Marcel d’Entremont as well as Montreal-based French horn player Louis-Philippe Marsolais. Marsolais’ solo, chamber music and orchestral playing has earned him awards from such international competitions as Geneva, Rovereto, Trévoux and the prestigious ARD Competition in Munich. He is also a horn professor at the Université de Montréal and the Domaine Forget Summer Academy. Marsolais will be performing Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 3 as well as the accompanying solo horn part to Benjamin Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, which will also showcase the concert’s featured tenor, Marcel D’Entremont. Originally from Merigomish, N.S., d’Entremont is a recent graduate of the Artist Diploma program from McGill University, where he was a Schulich Scholar, studying on full scholarship. He also has a Masters of Music from the University of Toronto, and a Bachelors of Music from Acadia University. D’Entremont is a frequent soloist and has performed with the Seton Cantata Choir, Nova Voce Provincial Men’s Choir, South Shore Chorale, Nova Sinfonia, Maritime Concert Opera, Confederation Singers, Cantabile Chamber Singers, Annex Singers and Talisker Players, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Grand Philharmonic Choir. Tickets are on sale now at the Confederation Centre’s box office and will also be available at the door before the show.
