BOOK LAUNCH K DUBINSKY “STRANGELY FRIENDS, A HISTORY OF CUBAN-CANADIAN ENCOUNTERS”

6.00

A book launch for Karen. Dubinsky’s  “Strangely Friends, A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters” with music by Cuba’s Zamira Lacosta and Friends.  

An event to celebrate Canadian and Cuban cultural ties. 

MUSIC BY ZAMIRA LACOSTA & FRIENDS

Zamira Lacosta is Cuban singer-song writer based in Toronto since 2014. she describes her music as Nueva Trova with pop rock, r&b , flamenco and Afro Cuban sound. Before moving to Canada she was an opera singer for over 10 years. Exploring Musical Theater she discovered her passion for writing and started her music journey as a solo artist. Her music is influenced by Elena Burke, Mercedes Sosa, Rosario Flores, Gipsy kings, Lauryn Hill, jasmine Sullivan, Polo Montanez and Pablo Milanes to mention a few.

RONLEY TEPER & THE LIPLINERS
8.30

Children at heart who love comedic, poetic, theatric, yet at times serious storytelling alongside truly magical music, should prepare themselves for the surprising world of Ronley Teper’s Lipliners, Teper invites a rotating roster of some of the finest musicians to publicly improvise around her musical storytelling  that cycle through many influences from folk, funk, jazz, cabaret, cinematic, post rock and pop musical sensibilities. She has been described as reminiscent of artists including Tom Waits, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Kate Bush, Talking Heads, and Frank 

WILL GILLESPIE
11.30

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