Coffee, Action and Words at UMI CAFE!

We Got So Much To Say! As the cold takes jabs at our senses and we breathe deeper
to try to fan the coals inside of us to stay warm....we are called to speak up for
things that need to be discussed. Through poetry, through writing, or through song,
Umi Cafe has a few things this week that should grab your attention and get the blood pulsating through your body smoothly...let's get passionate...

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

3rd Edition of Bill Brown's 1,2,3 Slam!
w/ Special Guest: Neil Conway from the Discounts (NFLD)
www.neilconway.ca
www.thediscounts.ca


Come and be fascinated by the verbal architecture of Ottawa's best and up-and-coming slam poets. 12 poets will spit off in 3 rounds, (1st round = 1-minute poem, 2nd round = 2 minute poem, 3rd round=3 minute poem) to see
who will walk home with Bill Brown! With previous winners, Mehdi "ONE" and Poetic Speed (www.komiolaf.com) displaying their mastery beside their fellow poets, this night will surely be one not to miss.
Featuring Special Guest, Neil Conway of the Discounts, all the way from Newfoundland. The two times Neil was here with the Discounts and the Idlers (http://www.myspace.com/theidlersmusic), every left with aching feet and an expanded mind...just bring your soul!

Poets, sign up on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Veterans or rookies step up!
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21st 2008

ORGANIZING FOR JUSTICE CONFERENCE:
The Launch of the Dominion Newspaper (special issue on Mining)
Speakers and Live Music - All Ages
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

http://org4justice.wordpress.com/

Activism for progressive change happening in Ottawa

People are fed up with traditional politics. They know something needs to be done, and they aren’t willing to leave it to politicians. They’re taking responsibility into their own hands. Even Barack Obama used to be a community organizer.
The current generation of organizers and activists are coming together this Nov 20-22 in Ottawa. The occasion: the Organizing For Justice conference.
This is meant as a time for people to connect around the themes of social, economic, and environmental justice, and healthy communities: to develop strategy, to share vision, and to work on skills and tools that will help them in their efforts to effect change. All people who share these interests and values are welcome to attend and be a part.

There’ll be plenty of opportunity for expanding horizons and getting into the nitty-gritty of organizing effective communities for change.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd 2008

LISA POUSHINSKY & THE ORB WEAVERS
8:00 PM START TIME
www.myspace.com/orbweavers
www.myspace.com/lpoushinsky
www.sonicbids.com/lpoushinsky


Lisa Poushinsky: The candy-coloured dress and skinny bass caught your eye but it’s the trembling vocals and vibrating guitar that slide down the back of your neck like a fingernail, pulling you off the street and into the bar. You’ve found yourself in the middle of an L.Poushinsky show. By turns playful, funky, and thoughtful, at times deeply dark and downright hair-raising, eLp hooks her audience with slippery vocal stylings and reels ‘em in with the confident delivery of quirky, catchy melodies and sophisticated lyrics. With elements from jazz, motown, blues, pop / rock, cabaret, and country, eLp’s sets range across a wide and surprising musical landscape.

The Orb Weavers: All the way from P.E.I.! Playing a fusion of psychedelic, rock and country. John Mullins: Guitar Shane Coady: Drums/Vocals Pat Deighan: Vocals/Guitar Dan Wagner: Bass/Vocals

Umi Cafe Catywhompus!

Greetings Fellow Brothers and Sisters

From beyond the stars in the jungle of space, transmitting from The Mothership UMI...

Sending a call out to congregators and emmancipators! Artists to be exact.
We are looking for visual artists, photographers or arts and crafts masters to be a part of a
large event being planned for December.
The event take place in the spand of a week-end and will be focused on Creation as Oneness. Creation as gift. Creation as life. Creation as constant. Creation as Destruction.

The Spectrum is left wide open. It could apply to anything.

Our hope is to give Ottawa artists new platforms to demonstrate the artistic capital of this wonderful city, as well as facilitate the creation of new networks of artists. With our fabulous government trimming the federal crumbs for artists, solutions and cooperatives that are grounded and managed by the artists themselves can help sprout solutions that can prove effective without the help of that government cheese.

If you are interested in finding out more information, being part of the planning or simply interested in exhibiting, send us your information and queries to info@umicafe.org
--> or better yet stop by 610 Somerset St. W and let's chat it up.

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TONIGHT! FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14th!

Umi Cafe continues its open mic and community involving tradition of friday night!

Check it out tonight!

Open Mic Jam Sessions w/ Special Guest: Billy Boone

Check him out at: www.myspace.com/billyboone
www.garageband.com/artist/billyboone

Come through the check out the musical and positive vibrations in the best
coffee house in the city!

8:00 PM - 12:00
All ages and Suggested Donation
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Highest Regards
UMI

Umi Weekend!

Greetings my fellow observers!

So, while we all await to see the fate of our bully brother from another mother in the south, think about ways to kick your electoral and empire blues this weekend.
Here's some ways where we can keep it communal....


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th 2008

Feed The Farmers!

Come out and be filled with the ecstatic inspiration of local poets and musicians coming together to support our most cherished and essential trade: FARMING!

With food and fuel prices rising local small organic farmers are suffering greatly. Consumers continue to be unable or unwilling to pay a fair price for their food. Agri-corp's monopolization and industrialization of our food supply enslaves entire nations as industrial food factories while our consumerist society ignorantly depreciates the food we buy and eat. Local organic farmers attempt to re-connect the human experience with the soul of the earth by teaching them to appreciate and understand their food, from the soil to the seeds to the air and water that all life drinks and breathes.

As the organics movement continues to grow we must ensure that our local small organic farmers can survive in increasingly difficult times. This is what brings us closer to food sovereignty and sustainability. All the money raised at Feed The Farmers will go towards three unique causes.

FEATURING!
The Soul Journeying Guitarists
Horus Heavens (Local Indigenous Rhythms & Melodies)
Encore! (Denis & Plan B)
Loh El your host for the evening will spit some words and some melodies.
And DJ Bryan Parnell will close the night with a private dance party above the cafe after the concert for all those who are able to donate to the cause.

Not to mention the continually inspiring open mic session, don't miss this chance to immerse yourself in your local culture and Feed Those FARMERS!

OPEN MIC SIGN UP 7:30
SHOW STARTS @ 8
FEATURE @ 9
DJ @ 11

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8th

Laura Beach+Charlie Bellemare with Gianna Lauren

Laura Beach, based in Montreal, has been a song smith for as long as anyone can remember. She has been gradually revealing her full talent over the last 2 years, busking her familiar sounds into the streets wherever they may fall. She reunited with Charlie Bellemare through happy coincidence this past summer and since then, the two have been twisting together faint nostalgic melodies in Montreal, Ottawa and anywhere in between.

Gianna Lauren is a singer-songwriter based in Ottawa playing soft folk-rock music with her brother Dan and friend Matt. "Fist in a Heart" is the debut album from the trio, featuring 8 atmospheric songs layered with instrumentation and warm vocal heights. The album was recorded over the course of a year at The Gallery Studio in Ottawa with Arturo Brisindi. The album is currently available at Sounds Unlikely, Compact Music in the Glebe and through Gianna.

7 PM to 10
Suggested Donation

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9th 2008

LECTURE - Project Accompaniment and Solidarity in Colombia (PASC)

FILM SCREENING AND PRESENTATION

What are the effects of state terrorism in Colombia? How can we understand the political context of Colombia outside of the mainstream media in North America? Who are the armed actors, and what threat do they represent for the civilian populations? What is Canada's role in doing business in Colombia, by supporting a paramilitary and military regime and adding to the associated social and environmental consequences?

Everyone is welcome to this free event. It will be followed by a discussion in English, French and Spanish.

David Parker is an independent journalist and a member of the Project Accompaniment and Solidarity Colombia (PASC), a Montreal-based collective that is building a network of direct solidarity with peasant communities in civil resistance in Colombia. Our demands are for the Right to Land, Life and Self-Determination. David was a PASC accompanier in Colombia in 2007. He is now a community radio news coordinator in Halifax.

5:00 PM Start TIME - 9:00 PM

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WELL, Thank you Brothers and Sisters, from the Highest of Regards

Umi

Greetings!

HALLOWEEN JAM AT UMI.

THIS FRIDAY, come join the friday night excitement as we dress up as your favorite disguise and celebrate! For the first time we will be opening two floors to enjoy.

Downstairs, come participate in the Open Mic or come joing the Jam session.
Be prepared to be bewildered by the words of Brendan Mcleod. www.brendanmcleod.com

Then, prepare to dance, sing and vibrate with the electric latin fusions of Soul Journey, with the guitar magic of Balam Santos and Reymundo Pizzarra , and Salomon Carrilla on the percussions.
This trio is guaranteed to keep the bodies moving and the soul joyful.

Upstairs, We will be having an art exhibit by artist/poet Komi Olaf (www.komiolaf.com).
This exhibit is nothing like you have seen before. There will be all types of tasty treats and foods provided by UMI, as well as Bryan Parnell Spinning old and new Dancehall for those who
need to be possessed by the dance demons.

Prizes for the best costumes, feel free to bring your new ideas and get on the mic, or if you just want to chill and listen, and eventually dance, this should be another Amazing Night.

$ 5 food Ticket
8 PM START TIME

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