Bitter City are a late addition to the Wednesday, March 18, Apple Crisp Fest show at the Grad Club. The band includes Meghan Harrison, former Kingston scenester and Journal scribe turned journalism student in Halifax. I sent them a questionnaire and they proved loquacious and confrontational. Get ready, Kingston: one of your favourite daughters is [...]

Though perhaps a tad academic, this could be of interest to anyone who makes their own media: Will Rueter is giving an illustrated talk at Jordan Library (Queen’s rare books & special collections) this Wednesday night. Will has worked as a graphic designer for 33 years; he’s won many design awards and co-founded The Devil’s [...]

Miracle fruit — it temporarily rewires your tastes buds to make sour flavours taste deliciously sweet.  Lemons taste like lemonade, vinegar tastes great, and so on.  Modern Fuel is having a miracle fruit tasting and dance party, DJ’d by Toronto artist Luis Jacob (formerly of The Hidden Cameras).  $10 at the door buys you one [...]

The Apple Crisp concert this Tuesday night (Pete Samples, TimKnightUs, The Day Before Next) isn’t just a concert — it is also the official release party for the Apple Crisp Records Compilation CD (featuring Kingston artists on the Apple Crisp Records) and epic print zine (the print sister of this website).  The CD and Zine [...]

Something for everyone: If you like to sit still, enter Into the Magic Soundbox, a CFRC live performance featuring fiddle, Hurdy-Gurdy and shadow puppets among a spectral spray of sounds.  (Friday Feb 6, 6pm & 9pm @ Queen Street United Church / sliding scale $5-10) If you like to move around, go to Soul Shakedown [...]

Annual: It’s the biggest week of the year for Community Radio and Queer Cinema.  From Jan 30 – Feb 8 we all delight in an overstuffed grab bag of events from the CFRC Funding Drive 2009 and reelout, Kingston’s annual gay, lesbian, and queer film and video festival. reelout Opening Gala: Were the World Mine [...]

The first Apple Crisp concert of 2009 is happening very soon: Gentlemen Reg Tuesday Jan 27th 7pm @ The Next Church on 89 Colborne St. (NOTE: different venue than usual!) $5 at door, dessert for sale Good Tastes Modern Fuel Fundraiser Dinner and Art Auction Saturday Jan 24th 6-9pm @ Aroma Restro-Winebar (428 Ontario St) [...]

Hey friends – I should’ve posted this earlier, but if you’re in the mood for a great solo alt.country act head on down to The Artel tonight for Rae Spoon. Apple Crisp’s own Rueben DeGroot will be the opening act, with maybe a little accordion and backup vocals to boot. Rae Spoon Rueben DeGroot

This Saturday, December 13th 10-5, is the first all-day Community Urban Sustainability Project event in Kingston. There will be a variety of workshops and discussions, food is provided, and the cost is sliding scale $0-50. Pass this on to anyone you know who wants to learn more (hands on and knowledge-wise) about radical urban sustainability. [...]

Ho ho ho!  Everyone in Kingston is invited to Modern Fuel’s Holiday Season Spectacular this Thursday night, which looks like guaranteed balls-to-the-deck-the-halls fun.  At 6pm, the night will start with an old fashioned Christmas Bazaar: Craft sale, with works from Delvalle, Lucas Huang, Annie Clifford, and more Baked goods sale Piñata Fish pond Christmas sweater [...]