Writers at OTHERfolk 2011

One of the things we’re really excited about this year is the inclusion of writers at OTHERfolk.  Featuring published authors, poets, and playwrites, our writers program will present writers in a meet-and-greet environment, where festival goers can interact and hear the writers read from their own work.  The Downtown Bookstore is the feature literary venue where a host of writers will hold court: Nathan Whitlock –  Globe and Mail contributor and author of “A Week of This” , D.J. McIntosh – author of Penguin Canada’s  ”Babylon Trilogy”,  Meaghan Strimas – editor of The Selected Gwendolyn MacEwan and author of two books of poetry out on Exile Editions, and celebrated feminist playwrite Sonja Mills.  And, there will be a FREE in-store demonstration by Elisabeth De Mariaffi  author of “Eat it up! Lip-smacking Recipes for Kids” at the Rocking Horse Toy Store in the afternoon.  We are very happy to have such an amazing line-up of authors for the first year of our OTHERfolk Writers Program – we hope you’ll come out!

OTHERfolk 2011 Venues

One of the things that we’re most excited about for this year’s OTHERfolk festival is the number, quality, and variety of OTHERfolk 2011′s venues.  With 16 venues in total, varying in capacity from 40 to 200, indoor and outdoor, quiet and intimate to the downright loud and rowdy , we’re grinning from ear to ear knowing that 99.9% of Owen Sound’s independent cafes, restaurants, bookstores, and cultural institutions will be working together to make the festival a great success!  So, check out the new list of venues, plus some added performers, authors, artists and filmmakers just after the jump.

Larch joins the MTR team

We’re extremely happy to have electronic musician and dubstep composer Larch (aka Charlie Grandine) on our label.  Who woulda thunk that a small-town boy could make such rippin’ big city music as what is seeping from the pores ‘o Larch.  Check out some of his criminally sick tracks at his Youtube channel.  720 pixel it up!