Thursday 18th August from 7-10pm.

Joining Caitlin this time is Cy Winstanley on guitar and Vanessa McGowan on the bass fiddle!

Check ‘em out, corner of Kingdon & Khyber Pass Roads.

Live @ the Library Bar - a deliciously diverse monthly evening of tantalising tunes and seductive stanzas in the cosiest bar in town!

WHERE: 1 Pekenham St, Viaduct

WHEN: Wednesday, June 29th – and the last Wednesday of every month.

FREE EVENT!

Printable Reality proudly brings you Live @ the Library Bar, another amazing night of spoken word, music, comedy and entertainment. Join your host, Michelle Bolton for an evening of top local talent and experience our special guests and registered Open Mic at the cosiest and coolest spot in town!

The Library Bar is the alternative Viaduct venue; book-lined walls, retro paintings, plush sofas and moreish Tapas; this unique and welcoming Bar is fast becoming a firm favourite amongst all who discover it. Set to expand with the blending of its funky neighbour The Dining Room, The Library Bar is excited to be able to offer Aucklanders a venue for unique events just like Live at the Library Bar.

Live on the 29th of June is not to be missed, with two very special guests joining us:

• CAITLIN SMITH has tirelessly and wholeheartedly devoted herself to music in Aotearoa. She describes her role as being ‘the underwire in NZ’s musical bra’, and being ‘a midwife’ to great songs and great voices. Coaching our top vocalists - from Anika Moa to Tourettes, Smith also regularly performs to loyal fans and Festival audiences, writes the column ‘Finding Your Voice’ for New Zealand Musician magazine and fosters a community of songwriters through her coaching, spellbinding live performances, student nights, guest appearances and collaborations. A performance poet during her Selwyn College daze, she attained a Masters in Political Studies with First Class honours in the early ‘90’s.
  
  In 1997 she formed the dearly beloved and respected alt.jazz trio The Fondue Set. The Fondue Set’s Stick A Fork In It (1999) and In A Blue Vein (2000) showcased Smith’s consummate abilities as a song interpreter being described by the Sunday News as having a voice “that imagination created”. In 2007, Creative NZ awarded Smith a new work grant to develop her current CD, You Have Reached Your Destination. The premise for the project was to reveal the songwriting process.
  

• BEN BROWN (Ngati Paoa, Ngati Mahuta) displays a marked propensity toward performance poetry, probably as the result of an overt desire to appreciate the sound of his own voice in the hope that others may share his apparent enthusiasm for it. His poetry has been published in various anthologies and Radio NZ and The Radio Network have recorded him. His work has also appeared on posters plastered from here to Baltimore.
  
  Ben Brown is a children’s author, poet, short story/non-fiction/script/freelance writer, though he has never quite been able to work out what the various distinctions are, so he refers to himself primarily as a writer. In 2006 he was joint winner in the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards for Best Picture Book.

As with every “Live” evening, the Open Mic section offers performers the opportunity to register for
a 3-minute slot to share their music (acoustic), jokes, stories or poems after our guest musician but
before our guest poet takes to the stage!

Spaces are limited and subject to availability, so act fast to secure your spot.
To register for the Open Mic contact: michelle@printablereality.com
Don’t let this unforgettable night of inspiration and diversity pass you by!
Join your host Michelle Bolton for a truly different evening out.

7.30pm - free.

Pt Chev RSA
1136 Great North Road
Pt Chevalier, Auckland

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LINEUP

7.30pm      MURRAY VAN HOORN

A virtuoso violinist, Murray Van Hoorn has toured extensively with a number of bands and orchestras, including “the Mad Hatterz Band”, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Philharmonic and was the concertmaster one year at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem.

7.50pm      LUKE HURLEY

Luke Hurley is one of the great unsung heroes of New Zealand music and a highly original artist who has been writing, recording and playing music in this country for over 30 years. Currently based in Auckland, Luke travels widely throughout New Zealand playing festivals, pubs, cafes and private parties. In the past he has toured with international singer/songwriters Michelle Shocked and Marianne Faithful. He is also one of New Zealand’s hardest working buskers, known to many for his dynamic street-level performances. Luke stands out from the crowd both for his incisive, insightful lyrics and his unique and powerful guitar technique which includes open tunings and epic raga-like structures. His live performances and 8 studio albums have won him fans around New Zealand and the world.

http://www.lukehurley.co.nz

8.30pm      “UNLEASH YOUR BRILLIANCE” – FASHION BY JENNY LYN WALKER

Award winning NZ fashion designer, Jenny Lyn Walker provides unique one off custom design garments. Wearable art merged into fashion, scultural pieces that can be displayed as artwork. ‘Jenny specialises in designing and making garments for each individual person… ‘Your Beat!’… to help them with expression of their journey and for special events… You can book in consultations with Jenny through jenny@ybe.co.nz or visit her YBe Fashion Design Gallery in Pt Chevalier www.ybe.co.nz With live hand drumming musical accompaniment.

9.00pm      CAITLIN SMITH

Caitlin Smith’s stage presence is as enormous as the Empire State Building, her voice as smooth as Baileys. An icon of the New Zealand music industry, Caitlin has a strong reputation as a talented jazz singer and as a vocal coach for other professional singers. “If there’s one woman you’d like to see draped over a grand piano whispering sweet nothings into a microphone whilst you swig the last of your martini, it’s jazz diva Caitlin Smith. Partially blind, with a voice to rival the love child of Mariah Carey and Ricky Martin, and the looks of Shania Twain meets Britney meets Aaliya, what she lacks in perfect vision she makes up for in talent.” - Helen Ravlich www.caitlinsmith.com

9.40pm      JOS RIVER ELK

A strat-wielding wild man from rural Canterbury who wreaks havoc on convention, delivering a maelstrom of aural delights in the shape of songs, riffs and musical extravaganza. Jos River Elk has had a career in music spanning more than three decades as a guitarist, bassist, and vocalist/front man in a number of bands.

www.josriverelk.com

10.20pm    MURRAY HADDOW

A highly entertaining performance poet, one of the original members of performance poetry group The Literatti, his performances include AK07, the Littleweed festival, The Disability Arts Festival 05, Prana New Year Festival, Joe Strummer Day, the Dunedin Fringe Festival, the Parihaka International Peace Festival, Montana Poetry Day, the Parnell Festival of Roses and the Whangarei Midwinter Arts Festival. http://wikibin.org/articles/murray-haddow.html

10.45pm    MACOMBEE & THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH

Led by singer-pianist Sarah Macombee, this 9-piece group deliver what has been termed ‘Original Cabaret Punk’, with influences ranging from 1930s Broadway to Frank Zappa, with 3- and 4-part harmonies and touches of the avant garde.http://www.myspace.com/slmacombee

11.45pm    FREAKY MEAT

Eclectic Neo-JazzBeat with contemporary sensibilities these trail blazers have always worked on dynamic combinations of spoken word and original music. They need to be experienced to be comprehended. Members are: John McNab ~ Guitar • James Percy ~ Drums • Rod Redgrave ~ Bass • Shane Hollands ~ Vocals www.freakymeat.co.nz