On The Beat
College Street Tastes
By Kerry Doole
Originally Published: 2004-06-13
TASTE OF LITTLE ITALY: The always-popular street festival along College Street returns on June 18-20. This year, its sixth in fact, marks an extension of the fest into Sunday, a sign of its popularity (over 100,00 attendees last year). Happily, the construction that has wreaked havoc on that strip for months will have moved on by then. An eclectic mix of music (from classical to salsa) will be played live on the street and on patios from 7.00 to 11.00 p.m. on Friday night, 1.00 to 11.00 p.m. on Saturday 19th, and now 1.00 to 6.00 p.m. on Sunday 20th. A 'mercato' street market operates during the day, and a special children's area helps make this an excellent family event.
CAFE MAY: This cozy small bar on Roncesvalles has been around since 1976, but sadly closed its doors last week. In recent years, it has featured many of the city's best singer/songwriters in its intimate confines, but its location seemed to prevent it from gaining the higher profile and larger crowds it deserved. It'll certainly be missed by many of the city's musicians, as was indicated by the turnout at its closing night party/wake. Many of those in attendance got onstage for a song or two one last time, including top locals REID JAMIESON and CAROLYN MILL, JACK BREAKFAST, MARTIN TIELLI, JENNIFER FOSTER, KARYN ELLIS, plus the super-talented AL TUCK, visiting from Halifax. The beer (and a few tears) flowed freely as the party went into the wee small hours. On The Beat wishes Cafe May's gracious proprietor, KEIKO, all the best in future endeavours.
JENNIFER FOSTER: After gaining national prominence as a guitarist/backing singer in THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, this local songstress has gone solo. She recently released her second album, the seven-song Fit For Mars, and played a launch party at The Rivoli. Foster demonstrated a supple voice and material that sounded best when she rocked out with a bit of a BREEDERS vibe. Amongst those enjoying the gig was her former boss, TPOH mainman MOE BERG.
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