Chewstick’s Legendary Open-Mic Jam Session ‘A Jazz Celebration’ with feature guest the incredible saxophonist and Bermuda legend, Shine Hayward! An unforgettable evening filled with amazing music and vibes. The host for the night none other than @gavindjatasmith!
The Chewstick Foundation empowers storytelling, creative expression and social justice to enrich youth, arts, culture and community.
The Bones Blues Band performing live from the Chewstick Lounge (chewstick.org) Friday night 2014.
Graham Pewter – drums/vocals
Neil Burnie – sax/harmonica/vocals
Andrew Chamberlain – keyboard
David Skinner – lead guitar
Rick Hawke – bass
Video by channel82.bm
Bones Blues Band Jan. 17 Concert at Chewstick Lounge
The Chewstick Culture Hub at 81 Front Street was impacted by the fire that began early Thursday morning July 21, 2016 in a nearby alleyway. A damage assessment will take place when the fire is completely extinguished and the building is deemed safe for entry. We will release more information when possible. We are grateful to the Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service for their brave response. Until further notice, all events scheduled to take place at the Culture Hub are cancelled.
The Chewstick Foundation (Registered Charity #857) has lost its main revenue source and all of their physical assets with this fire. Chewstick needs support to continue their mission to empower storytelling, creative expression and social justice to enrich youth, arts, culture and community. Forward ever!
Chewstick will need support from the ChewFam and broader community, please consider donating using one of the below links.
Donate Online: https://www.chewstick.org/online-donation/
Donate by Bank Transfer:http://www.chewstick.org/donate-by-bank-transfer/
Read complete post @ Culture Hub Fire Relief Fund : The Chewstick Movement
After much contact, we had the opportunity to chat with Gavin Smith to share his story.
Tell us how you first started Chewstick?
Chewstick began just over 12 years ago when I got my group of friends together to start an open-mic night, largely because all of us were passionate artists that were desperate for a place to perform. Bermuda was a a creative desert at the time and it quickly became the watering hole for the creative community.
Funding. It is very challenging to keep Chewstick operational from a funding perspective. A lot of people think we are government funded, or that we have large donors that support us, and while we do occasionally get support, there is definitely not a free ride. It costs money to do the things we do, our total operations budget is less than ..
Read more @ Chewstick is a safe place for all people — Bermuda Bliss
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bermudablissmagazine.com/2016/05/chewstick-is-safe-place-for-all-people.html
What is the Chewstick Culture Hub?
The Chewstick Foundation has grown from a bi-weekly open mic forum into Bermuda’s leading cultural and performing arts charity … In order to strengthen the creative arts industry in Bermuda it is essential to provide not only opportunities to perform but also a safe space to share ideas, to collaborate and to put a spotlight on the wealth of talent that Bermuda has to offer…read more
Chewstick’s 11th Anniversary Show | January 3rd & 4th 2014
Chewstick celebrates their 11 year anniversary with a show at The Earl Cameron Theatre at City Hall… read more @ http://www.chewstick.org/4828
Video credits: Channel 82 Bermuda https://www.facebook.com/Channel82bda
The Top Songs in the 2014 Beachfest Crown Song Competition brought to you by PRS for Music and The Chewstick Foundation in conjunction with Channel82, Vibe103 and Digicel. The artists still need your help to take the Crown and win the $10,000 prize package, because texting makes up 35% of the final judging, so keep texting until 3pm Wed. July 30th and help support your favorite Song or Artist!
beachfestbermuda.com/beachfest-crown-finalists
PRS for Music, the music rights management organization, proudly presents The Beachfest Crown Song Competition brought to you by The Chewstick Foundation in conjunction with Vibe 103 and Channel 82 Bermuda.
Check the YouTube playlist to help your favourite artist or song get to Number #1. Vote with your views
Website: www.BeachfestBermuda.com #BeachfestBermuda
This dynamic Fest will highlight two Black women Writer/Director’s – Rosheena Beek, Bermudian Film Maker and Julie Dash an American Film Maker. Rosheena Beek will debut her “powerful”, “enlightening” film, “Before we were Man” – posing the question, What if you had the power to choose your mama? This event will present a double feature, “Daughters of the Dust”. A 1991 Cinematography Award Winner, of the Sundance Film Festival.
To accent these events, an Art Show will also be featured for the patrons, of these highly cultural nights. The artists will be Kendra Earls,local phenom, Zianna Rubaine extremely talented student of the arts, who can already boast that she had her first solo show at Bermuda College Student Art Gallery and International artist Patrick-Earl Barnes, who has dedicated a great part of his repertoire to the upliftment of women. Nights filled with excitement and incomparable talent are going to be witnessed by all.
And if you thought this event couldn’t get any better, on the very first screening night, three Bermudian women who were trailblazers in the Film Making Industry, will be honored.
Links: Facebook Event
The Summer Art Walk took place on Saturday, June 15, 2013 in The Town of St. George’s, Bermuda
The day got off to a rocky start due to a fluke storm that took up a good chunk of the morning. As fate would have it the skies cleared just in time for the Art Walk!
Artists such as Heidi Cowen, Christopher Grimes, Jill Amos Raine, Carole Hovercroft, and Trisha Walters had tables lined up along Water Street.
Peter Frith from The National Trust opened the Tucker House Museum especially for the Art Walk and as luck would have it Lawrence Trimingham decided to use the Tucker House Museum to display his Rembrandt/Baroque style portraits.
Chewstick provided fabulous entertainment on the Square, while buskers played and sang throughout the Olde Towne of St. George’s.
Dancers from the Bermuda African Dance Company made the mood festive by parading down Water Street.
Michael Walsh did his performance piece of selling love for a penny , Donna Smith, Diane Amos, Sharon Wilson and Monica Jones were situated further down Water Street opposite Tavern on by the Sea.
1 Undread entertained passer bys with their dark electro pop music outside of CV Café and Nea Simons owner of the Cave staged a fashion show that featured clothing from local clothing stores outside of the World Heritage Centre.
Triton Tattoo/The Endemic Arts Collective had their doors open to the public and surprised everyone with the band Bashee playing live with amazing front woman Michele Morfitt.
The Bermuda National Gallery partnered up with the Summer Art Walk and had their inaugural opening of their satellite gallery BNG East located in the Bridge House.
James Cooper was the lucky artist to have his uber modern photo surrealism art work as the first exhibit at the gallery. Both BNG East and James Cooper put on one hell of a show.
It was a great event that left you feeling inspired and longing for the next Art Walk which will take place on Sunday, November 3 at 4pm.
This event will have Opera, female impersonators, dancers from In Motion, a fashion show featuring fashions from the Cave and the new online Vintage Store called Dolly Pop, Chewstick, a play by Famous for 15 Minutes winner Catherine Hay, Bermuda Carnival Revelers and of course many local arts and crafts persons who are too many to mention.
Surely an event you don’t want to miss!
– Ami Zanders | Project Organizer & Artist
The Olde Towne is quickly becoming an artistic haven with all the art galleries and art studios popping up.
The Art Walk in the East promotes the arts in all forms including, but not limited to: pottery making, cedar carvings, paintings, weaving, local film, singing, dancing, instrumental and spoken word.
A Lara D. Smith Production with King Somner
The Autumn Art Walk took place on Sunday, November 3, 2013 in The Town of St. George’s, Bermuda
The Art Walk in the East is a self-guided walking tour located throughout the Old Towne of St. George’s. The purpose of the Art Walk is to promote art in all its forms, from pottery making and cedar carvings, to pastels, oil paintings, to weaving, singing, dancing, instrumentals, and spoken word artists.Locals and visitors will be able to explore traditional art studios, galleries, museums and restaurants as well as works from artists that will be presented in a more bohemian style setting. It is free for artists to display and sell their wares and free for those who want something awesome to do on a Sunday evening.
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