Czech Wednesdays! Pilsner Urquell for $6.50, and selection of schnitzels ($14-$15)
SASHA MIKITENKO
6.00
Aleksandr Mikitenko is an indie-underground singer-songwriter, musician and translator from Odessa, Ukraine, who became a refugee along with his family because of the Russian-Ukrainian war and eventually settled in Toronto, Canada.
Aleksandr Mikitenko was a member of a huge Russian-speaking underground punk-rock community and best known as a leader of Istok, a band, that for decades has been playing music influenced by forceful alternative rock, impassioned punk and lyrically searching, singer-songwriter folk. He is also a co-founder of a lo-fi/post-punk duo Libertango along with his wife Marina Polianskaia, who were true followers of the All Wave Philosophy.
PAUL MERKELO & MATT HERSKOWITZ
8.00
Following in the footsteps of the great American composer George Gershwin, the spectacular soloist Paul Merkelo (Principal trumpet with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal) and pianist Matt Herkowitz will be performing a novel concert program exploring Gershwin’s music and inspirations. A captivating journey that artfully blends musical substance, cross-inspiration jamming, and sheer virtuosity, creating a musical world of its own in which the spirit of Gershwin passes by.