The buzz about the London band has keyboard player Scott Parker, left, and guitarist and singer Chad Michael Stewart getting seriously set for recording. "We've been talking with producers and writing a whole whack of new material," says Parker. The co-writers have about 30 news songs in hand and an April release for their first full-length CD on the horizon.
"We're just trying to narrow down who's going to be the best guy," Parker says of the discussions with producers and the music biz types. DB Clifford, Pat Dryburgh and Gord Richards are also on the 19-and-up bill at the 183 King St. venue.
Cover is $5 for men, women are admitted free and doors open at 9 p.m. AYLMER OLD TOWN HALL THEATRE: Pipe Dreams, a World Premier Comedy by Seymour Blicker, tonight, tomorrow, Saturday, 8 p.
m., Sunday, 2 p.m.
; $15 adult $10 student; tickets at the door; 519-773-3372. CHATHAM CULTURAL CENTRE: Good Rockin' Tonight, set in Memphis Tennessee in 1954, this two-act musical play chronicles the amazing but true musical story of Sun Records, Saturday, 2 p.m.
and 8 p.m.; tickets $20 available at Chatham Cultural Centre box office 519-354-8338 or 1-866-807-7770.
GRAND THEATRE: For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Tuesday to Feb. 24, opening night Feb. 9; Tuesday, Thursday, 7:30 p.
m., Wednesday, 1 and 7:30 p.m.
, Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.
m., Sunday, 2 p.m.
; tickets $15-$49; Grand Theatre, 471 Richmond St.; 519-672-8800 or visit www.grandtheatre.
com. LONDON COMMUNITY PLAYERS: The Petrified Forest; tonight, tomorrow, Saturday, 8 p.m.
, Sunday, 2 p.m.; tickets: adults $17, seniors and students $14; Palace Theatre, 710 Dundas St.
; 519-432-1029 or e-mail boxoffice@londoncommunityplayers.com THE HOUSE OF YES: A dark comedy that explores family relations by Wendy MacLeod; tickets $12 at the door; Tuesday to Feb. 9, 7 p.
m., Feb. 10, 2 and 7 p.
m.; The Arts Project, 203 Dundas St.; 519-619-5130.
AT THE HOP: Dance to 1950s music with Dennis Wiley, Saturday, 8 p.m.; tickets $15; Hellenic Community Centre, 133 Southdale Rd.
West; 519-451-9150 or 519-452-7763. DANCELAND: The music of Country Versatiles, Saturday, 8 p.m.
; Lakeside; 519-349-2288. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION -- DORCHESTER: Keeping-it Country, Saturday, 4-7; 1227 Donnybrook Dr., Thames Centre; 519-268-8538.
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION -- DUCHESS OF KENT: Music by Mr. Music, Saturday, 3-6 p.m.
; 499 Hill St.; 519-438-6521. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION -- LAMBETH: Big Band Music, Tuesday, 7 p.
m.; 7097 Kilbourne Rd.; 519-652-3412.
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION -- WYOMING: Dance to the music of Joan Spalding, Saturday, 8:30 p.m.; $12; 493 Erie St.
; 519-845-0072. ANDRE-PHILIPPE GAGNON: World-renowned Master Impressionist, Saturday, 8 p.m.
; tickets $49; 519-271-7009; Stratford Festival Theatre. BLACK HISTORY 2007: Celebrate London's Canadian Black History with an afternoon of gospel, poetry and historians, Sunday, 3 p.m.
; free; Holiday Inn London, Wellington Room; 864 Exeter Rd.; Justine Turner, 519-642-7434. GODERICH WINTERFEST: Family events including chili cook off, snow-pitch tournament, figure skating carnival, dances, children's events, etc.
; Friday, Saturday, Sunday; 519-524-6600 or 1-800-280-7637. HYLAND CINEMA: Children of Men, The Queen, Volver, today; 240 Wharncliffe Rd. S.
; 519-913-0312. LUNCH AND LEARN MUSIC: Join guest speaker Stephane Potvin on "Grieg and Sibelius", Wednesday, 12:15-1:30 p.m.
; free; Central Library, Stevenson and Hunt meeting room, 251 Dundas St.; 519-661-4600. MUSIC CEILI: Ecumenical Christian service, Wednesday, 7:30 p.
m.; music Ceili to follow, 8:15-9:30 p.m.
; St. Paul's Cathedral (rear door); free admission, free parking; Bob Peel, 519-668-7120. PRENATAL HEALTH FAIR: Designed for people planning a pregnancy or during their first 16 weeks of pregnancy; dads and support people welcome; Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.
m.; free admission; Western Fair Grounds, Special Events Building; 519-663-5317 ext. 3247.
VIVA LAS VEGAS: A Night of Gaming and Entertainment, starring Roy LeBlanc as Elvis, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash, Saturday, 8 p.m.; tickets $75 or 10/$700; Four Points Sheraton; 519-672-5855.
WESTERN FILM: The Good Shepard, tonight, 7 p.m.; Apocalypto, tonight, 10:05 p.
m.; Babel, tomorrow to Feb. 8, 7 p.
m.; Borat, tomorrow to Feb. 8, 9:45 p.
m.; House of Flying Daggers, tomorrow, midnight; admission $4.24, seniors/students $3, Tuesdays $3; free parking; 519-661-3616.
WOODSTOCK WINTERFEST: Beat the winter blues and warm your heart with snow sculpting competition, Chilly Charlie's chili cook-off, The Joker is Wild poker game, yodeling contest, three-on-three hockey tournament, music; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.
m.; downtown Woodstock; 519-537-5721. ART LAB GALLERY: The Student Studio Project Exhibition with guest artist Ed Pien, opening reception today, 5:30-7:30 p.
m.; runs till Feb. 9; free; Monday to Friday, noon-6 p.
m.; Thursdays, noon-8 p.m.
; John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, 1151 Richmond St.; 519-661-3440 or e-mail artlab@uwo.ca ARTS PROJECT: Paintings by John Verini, ends Saturday; Democracy in Progress, art exhibition by Bijan Ghalehpardaz, till Feb.
10; Rebeca Aguillon, Tuesday till Feb. 17; That Figures!, show about interpreting human form through visual media featuring works from 20 artists, opening reception Feb.
12, 7-9 p.m.; runs till Feb.
17; 203 Dundas St.; 519-642-2767. CANADA SOUTHERN RAILWAY STATION: Apparition by Walter Redinger, exhibition, opening reception Feb.
17, 7 p.m.; runs Saturday till March 18; Tuesday to Saturday, noon-4 p.
m., free; Canada Southern Railway Station, 810 Talbot St., St.
Thomas; 519-631-4040. CHATHAM-KENT MUSEUM: Dying to Know, exhibition explores funeral practices throughout history, till April 29; hours: daily, 1-5 p.m.
; 75 William St. N., Chatham; 519-360-1998.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH GALLERY: Water Damage: collaborative and solo works by Peter Thompson and Beau Labute; opening reception Feb. 8, 6-10 p.m.
, runs till March 9; Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.
m.; 101 Stanley St.; 519-438-6615 or e-mail info@communityoutreachgallery.
com GALLERY 96: Members Take Over: Take 4: with Glenn Elliott, David Leaney, Victoria Lewis and Kathi Posliff, ends Sunday; Members Take Over: Take 5: with Ruth Abernethy, Wendy O'Brien, Bonnie Steinman and Lesley Walker-Fitzpatrick, opens Feb. 11, 2-4 p.m.
, runs till Feb. 25; hours: Fridays to Sundays, 1-4 p.m.
; 270 Water St., Stratford; 519-271-4660. GALLERY IN THE GROVE: Serendipity, Sarnia Artists' Workshop exhibition, opening reception Sunday, 2-4 p.
m.; runs till Feb. 25; Monday to Thursday, 2:30-8 p.
m., Saturday, Sunday, 1-3 p.m.
; Hamilton Rd. at Wildwood Park, Brights Grove; 519-869-4643 or e-mail grimshaw@xcelco.on.
ca www.galleryinthegrove.com GALLERY LAMBTON: Gabrielle de Montmollin: Secret Lives, till Feb.
17; Joseph Hubbard Weapons of Mass Destruction and Paranoia, till Feb. 17;; 150 North Christina St., Sarnia; 519-336-8127.
MAGGIE'S OF LONDON: Variations in Abstract exhibition with artwork by Phillis Alter, Greg Curnoe, Pierre Gendron, Rory O'Kelly and Suzette Terry, till Feb. 17; Tuesday, 11:30 a.m.
-9 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, 11:30 a.
m.-11 p.m.
, Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-midnight; 485 Richmond St.
; 519-434-5545 or visit www.maggiesoflondon.com MCINTOSH GALLERY: MASS: culture and society, exhibit 2A, till Feb.
25; Tuesday to Thursday, noon-7 p.m., Friday to Sunday, noon-4 p.
m.; 1151 Richmond St.; 519-661-3181.
MUSEUM LONDON: The Home Show: Origins of the Modern Home, ends Sunday; art exhibition by Jamelie Hassan, Feb. 11, 2 p.m.
, lecture theatre; A New London, 1914: Selections from the Orr Photographic Collection, till Feb. 18; Garry Neill Kennedy: Superstar Shadow 1984 - 2005, till Feb. 18; Highlights from the Permanent Collection, till March 4; Badanna Zack: Crossword Diptych, till March 11; Los Carpinteros: Inventing the World, till April 8; The Writing is on the Wall, till Aug.
26; 421 Ridout St. N.; 519-661-0333.
PORTSIDE GALLERY: An artists cooperative with ten artists, all original art in every media, photographs, jewelry, wooden objects, stained glass, etc.; fifth annual Miniature Show and Sale, Saturday, 1-4 p.m.
; daily, 11 a.m.-5 p.
m.; 195 Main St., Central Elgin; 519-782-7066.
PRETTY IN INK PRINTMAKING STUDIO: Forensic Dissolution: recent works by Emily Hassin and Michael Cryderman explore injuries and ailments of the human body, ends Monday; Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, noon-6 p.m.; Tuesday, 2-6 p.
m.; Sunday, noon-4:30; 118 Dundas St., second floor; 519-907-0292.
ST. THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE: Discovering A Different Shore by photographer Jan Row and poet Julie Berry, Symbols by Ron Milton, till March 4; 301 Talbot St., St.
Thomas; 519-631-4040. THAMES ART GALLERY: Thinkbox: Archive multi-media exhibit, till Feb. 11; reception Feb.
9, 7 p.m. with live performance, 7:30 p.
m.; hours: daily, 1-5 p.m.
; 75 William St. N., Chatham; 519-360-1998.
ALLELUIA!: Dr. Carol Beynon, conductor; one-hour concert featuring five London churches' Junior Choirs; free will offering; Saturday, 4 p.
m.; Colborne Street United Church; 519-432-4552. ART OF STREAMING: Eight sessions featuring presentation, performance and discussion based on intuition, stream-of-consciousness and its effect on life and art, starts Feb.
9 and runs every other Friday, $5, 8:30-10:30 p.m.; Old East Studios, 755-757 Dundas St.
; 519-854-6756. COLOR, RITMO AND TRADICION 2007: Amanda Martinez, Latin Jazz Ensemble,tomorrow, 8 p.m.
; Roger Scannura and Ritmo Flamenco Dance Company, Saturday; $20 advance, $25 at the door; Aeolian Hall; 519-672-1522. LONDON MEN OF ACCORD: An evening of Barbershop singing, tonight, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
; tickets $5, available at the Central Library, e-mail michael.robertson@lpl.london.
on.ca or visit www.londonpubliclibrary.
ca MUSIC WESTERN: UWO Singers, today, 12:30 p.m.; Kathleen Rudolph, flute, Stephan Sylvestre, piano, tomorrow, 12:30 p.
m.; both at von Kuster Hall, Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western; 519-661-3767; Thames Scholars and organist Paul Merritt honour 300th anniversary of Buxtehude's death, Saturday, 8 p.m.
, First-St. Andrew's United Church. ORCHESTRA LONDON: Kenneth Hsieh, conductor and Janina Fialkowska, piano perform Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Wednesday and Feb.
8, 8 p.m.; tickets adult, $33-$48, seniors and students $29-$42, children 12 and under $12; student rush tickets $10 available at the door with valid student I.
D.; Orchestra London box office, 519-679-8778. ROD STEWART: 2007 North American Tour, May 15; tickets on sale Saturday, 10 a.
m. at John Labatt Centre box office, Fanshawe College BizBooth, the Book Store at Western, 1-866-455-2849 or online at www.johnlabattcentre.
com SERENADE BRUNCH: Clarinet Quartet Ffourtissimo, Sunday; brunch at noon, recital to follow; $39 adults, $35 seniors available at Orchestra London box office, 609 Wellington St., 519-679-8778; Best Western Lamplighter Inn, 591 Wellington Rd. South.
SLAYER: With Unearth and Thine Eyes Bleed, in the RBC Theatre, Wednesday; tickets $42.50 at John Labatt Centre box office, Fanshawe College Bizbooth, 866-455-2849 or visit websites www.johnlabattcentre.
com or www.hob.ca TRAGICALLY HIP: With Buck 65, Monday, 7:30 p.
m.; tickets $39.50-$49.
50 at John Labatt Centre box office and Fanshawe College BizBooth, 1-866-455-2849 or visit websites www.johnlabattcentre.com or www.
hob.ca LONDON REGIONAL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: Explore Egypt: Gift of the Nile, travelling exhibit from Royal Ontario Museum, till March 25; regular hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m.
-5 p.m.; Fridays, till 8 p.
m.; admission $5, under two free, free admission Fridays, 5-8 p.m.
; 21 Wharncliffe Rd. S.; 519-434-5726.
STORYBOOK GARDENS: Winter "Fun"derland, Saturday, Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.; Skate with the Knights, Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.
m.; 1958 Storybook Lane; 519-661-5770. LONDON READS: Formerly Western Reads, invites students, staff, faculty, alumni and community to read along with and engage local celebrity panelists as they deliberate the merits of Canadian authors; Wednesday, "Race Against Time", by Stephen Lewis, noon; UCC, Centre Spot Lounge, Western, 1151 Richmond St.
; 519-661-3773; visit www.londonreads.uwo.
ca POETRY LONDON READING SERIES: Featuring poets Sharon McCartney of Fredericton and Barry Dempster of Holland Landing, Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 p.m., preceded by poetry workshop at 6:30 p.
m.; Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.; Carolyn Doyle, 519-439-6240 or e-mail poetrylondon@yahoo.
ca NATURE IN THE CITY 2007: Six-part series of illustrated talks on nature within the City of London, Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Bats: Making a Living on the Night Shift with Brock Fenton; free; London Central Library, Stevenson Hunt Room, 251 Dundas St.
; 519-661-4600. SATURDAY MORNING WALKS: Healthy Living and the Thames Valley Trail Association walk in south branch of Thames River, Saturday, 9 a.m.
, meet at Chelsea Green Park, west side of Adelaide Street at the river, 519-641-0442. ART SHOW AND SALE: Original artworks of the late Jan Turner; hours: Sunday to Thursday, 10 a.m.
-6 p.m., Friday, 10 a.
m.-8 p.m.
, Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.
m.; Jensen's, 1175 Hyde Park Rd. ART SHOW: Morag Webster-Lesarge, opening reception Wednesday, noon-3 p.
m.; Covent Garden Market, upstairs studio; Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m.
-4:30 p.m.; 519-661-9525 or e-mail info@moragart.
com CHERRYHILL LIBRARY: A Corner of my Garden: photography by Henri Valencia, today till Feb. 28; opening reception Saturday, 3-5 p.m.
, featuring storyteller Susan Getchell and guitarist Paul Sims; 301 Oxford St. W.; 519-439-6456.
LONDON WINTER BRIDAL SHOW: Over 100 exhibitors representing all aspects of the wedding industry; fashions shows daily, 1 and 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.
m. to 5 p.m.
, Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; admission $9; London Convention Centre, 300 York St.
; 519-661-5764; visit www.londonshowproductions.com MINIATURE SHOW: The Art Exchange presents second annual Miniature Show, works by local and regional artists; opening reception tomorrow, 7:30 p.
m; exhibition and sale runs till Feb. 24. Monday to Friday, 10 a.
m.-5:30 p.m.
; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.
m.; 247 Wortley Rd.; 519-434-0000 visit www.
theartexchange.ca or e-mail, theartexchange@rogers.com AROMA MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT: Tapas, Port Wine and Brazilian Jazz, Luanda Jones, originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and her trio, tomorrow, 8-10:30 p.
m.; 215 Piccadilly St.; 519-435-0616 for reservations.
CALL THE OFFICE: The Golden Dogs, Yoko Casionos, Oh! The Pretty Things, tonight, 9:30 p.m.
, $5; Angry Agency, Cooking with Jane, tomorrow, 9:30 p.m., $5; Threat Signal, Baptized in Blood, A Clarence Street Affair, the Rhythm Section, No Other Way, Saturday, 9:30 p.
m., $8; Raygun, Sunday, 9 p.m.
; Totally Wired, Tuesday, 9 p.m.; Hostage Life, Attack In Black, Tuesday, 9 p.
m., $10 advance, $12 at the door; Mo' Gravy, Wednesday, 10 p.m.
; 216 York St.; 519-432-2263. ELEPHANT AND CASTLE PUB: Jim MacDonald, tomorrow, 9 p.
m.; 355 Wellington St.; 519-434-4554.
LOCKER ROOM: Pepsi Pete and Friends, tomorrow, 9 p.m.; Don Thorton's Country Jammer's, Tuesday, 8 p.
m.; 1286 Jalna Blvd.; 519-680-5001.
LONDON MUSIC CLUB: Andy Sheppard, tomorrow, 7 p.m., Ann Denny, tomorrow, 9 p.
m., $5; Po Girl, Saturday, 9 p.m.
; 470 Colborne St.; 519-640-6996. LONDON CITY PRESS CLUB: The Comos, tomorrow, 9:30 p.
m., free; 379 Dundas St.; 519-645-8253.
MAGGIE'S JAZZ LOUNGE: Charlie Rallo and Darryl Stacey, Theresa Wallis, tomorrow, Saturday; 478 Richmond St.; 519-434-5545. MEMORIES DINER AND PUB: Radio, Saturday, 9 p.
m.; 530 Clarke Rd.; 519-659-8137.
MONGOLIAN GRILL: Saturday Night Divas with Karla Rexer, Saturday, 10 p.m.; 645 Richmond St.
; 519-645-6400. NORMA JEAN'S: Thornley, tonight; Orangeman, tomorrow, Saturday; the Joys, Sunday; 1332 Huron St.; 519-455-7711.
OLD CHICAGO'S: Colin Stewart with the OC Band, Saturday; Orlando Valencia and Pachanga Band, Wednesday; 153 Carling St.; 519-434-6600. SAM AND BILL'S SPORTS BAR: B.
W. Pawley and Plum Loco, Saturdays; 1205 Dundas St.; 519-659-0222.
ST. REGIS TAVERN: Cadillac Charlie, tomorrow, 7 p.m.
; Open Blues jam with Mix'd Bag, Saturdays, 5 p.m.; 625 Dundas St.
; 519-432-0162. THE WICK: The Twelve Midnight Show, tonight; the New Boss, tomorrow; the Republic and Guests, Saturday; Vibe Tribe, Sunday; 331 Talbot St.; 519-439-5378.
TOWN AND COUNTRY TAVERN: Blues for a Sunday with Carole Allison and the Sweetback Papas, Sundays, 4-8 p.m.; 765 Dundas St.
; 519-433-4741. VICTORIA TAVERN: Romeo Blanco, tomorrow, 9:30 p.m.
; 466 South St.; 519-432-7303.
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