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 for rare [...]

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 + Opening [...]

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)
MF’s biggest fundraiser of the year: Kingston restaurant [...]

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.
DIY, [...]

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 contest (wear your finest Christmas [...]

Live Music:
Montreal-via-Cape Breton singer/songwriter Angela Desveaux will play an intimate show at The Artel; introspective folk with hints of country and folk.  “Relationships can be the stuff of tawdry art but Desveaux is a skilled expressionist, crafting heavy tunes with poise.” (EYE Weekly) Opening performance from Kingston’s Great Danes (featuring Apple Crisp’s own food critic). [...]

This just in… we’ve booked headlining performers for the January and February 2009 Apple Crisp Concerts:

Gentlemen Reg (Jan 27)
Pete Samples (Feb 24)

Arts and Crafts:
The gift-giving season is approaching, so we see 2 special art and/or craft events this weekend.

Made 4 You is celebrating its one-year anniversary with hot cider and home-baked treats, music, door prizes [...]

Exposures Opening Reception @ Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Friday Nov 14)
“In a stunning array of images, nineteen photographers explore the changing urban environment and evolving economies in the City of Kingston and the surrounding area.”  Nineteen photographers!
Thunderheist w/ DJ Haircut @ The Grad Club (Friday Nov 14)
Bob Dylan @ K-Rock Centre (Saturday Nov 15)
My boss’s [...]