Matapa Music and Arts organization presents two events at Artword Artbar in their Roots en Route Festival for Black History Month 2014. For info & tickets, call Matapa 289-700-9997 or http://www.matapa.ca/home/roots-en-route-festival
Thursday February 6 at 8 pm, $10 door, $8 members: Spoken Word: Andrea Thompson, a pioneer of Slam Poetry in Canada, co-editor of anthology Other Tongues: Mixed Race Women Speak Out, the author of poetry collection Eating the Seed, and creator of Urban Music Award nominated CD, One. http://andreathompson.ca/home
Dwayne Morgan, a writer, speaker, and event producer, and is responsible for some of Canada’s largest spoken word productions, including the annual When Brothers Speak Concert, When Sisters Speak Concert, The Last Poet Standing Competition, and the Toronto International Poetry Slam. http://dwaynemorgan.ca/
**CONCERT Saturday February 8 at 8:00 pm, $18 door, $15 advance, $10 members. Concert by singer Sharon Musgrave with her own mix of R&B, jazz, funk and soul (left). http://www.sharonmusgrave.com/