2014-07-17: The Creaking Planks with Eryn Holbrook, & Christie Watson at The Prophouse

Join us on July 17 at The Prophouse Cafe for some good times, sweet sounds, iced beverages (and hot ones too; it is the middle of summer but as you like), astounding lamps, stylish chairs, miniature panthers, and more sweet sounds.

We know it's the middle of July, but it's supposed to be a warm, dry summer so there will be plenty of opportunity to hang out at the beach, and there's really only so many times you can bike around the seawall. Plus everyone goes away in the summer time and we know it can get lonely. So you should come hang out with us. We promise to all be delightful!

Indie Folk Singer songwriter Christie Watson, performs songs from his upcoming debut solo EP and a few new ones too... uplifting anthems, infectious melodies, soulful ballads - expect to feel good.
http://christiewatson.bandcamp.com/


Eryn Holbrook started making music in her garage in the early 90's. Since then, she's fronted local bands Perpetual Dream Theory and The Inference, and currently plays mandolin with The Creaking Planks.

2012-04-10: Two great shows in one evening

North, south, east, west, we're the jug band that's the best... at tightly scheduling in the most performances into one evening.

Southwest, we start off playing to your corner at the Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery of the Jewish Community Centre (950 W. 41st), sounding off like a shofar for a half-hour at 7 pm to ring in the latest instalment of the Pandora's Collective's Word Whips, wherein local poets share works written in response to the photos of Judi Angel's Cambodian journey in the exhibition up there TIKUN OLOM: HEALING THE WORLD.

AN EVENING OF MUSIC, ART & POETRY IN THE GALLERY
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012, 7-9 pm
Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery,  JCC of Greater Vancouver, 950 West 41st Avenue
Free Admission, Everyone is welcome.

This event features THE CREAKING PLANKS as well as Pandora’s Collective poets inspired by the photographs in TIKUN OLOM: HEALING THE WORLD, a photography exhibit of ‘people and places’ in S. E. Asia. The photos were taken by JUDI ANGEL, while on a three month AJWS volunteer placement in Cambodia.

Co-hosts, BONNIE NISH and PAMELA BENTLEY, ROWAN LIPKOVITS and THE CREAKING PLANKS along with poets, FRAN BOURASSA, MAUREEN EGAN, TIMOTHY SHAY, CHRISTY HILL and DIANE TUCKER will dish up an inspiring & entertaining potpourri of sounds, rhythms, poetry and prose.

There will be time for the audience to participate by writing to the exhibit and reciting their poems during the ‘open mic’ portion of the evening. This event is presented by the Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery with Pandora’s Collective and the Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library and made possible by the Yosef Wosk Poetry Initiative Grant. For more information, contact Reisa Schneider reisa@jccgv.bc.ca or 604 638 7277

Then we're off to the northeast -- into the Prophouse (1636 Venables at Commercial Drive) to take our belated spin as the features of this month's occurrence of the Vancouver DIstrict Labour Council cabaret. Rumour has it we'll be teaching attendees a folk song after our set there starts at 8 pm!

Don't feel that you have to slavishly adhere to your neighbourhood -- maybe the crosstown trip would be good for you! And maybe you'll enjoy one set by us so much, you'll wish you could have had twice as much! Well, on this one night, you can.

2011-06-04: The Creaking Planks Big Dangerous Show in the Wild

The wilds of East Vancouver's Prophouse Cafe, that is...

On June 4th, the Planks will take over the back showroom of the Prophouse Cafe (to be found just west of Commercial Drive, on Venables) with special musical guests the Kingsgate Chorus, and special magical guest Travis Bernhardt (Dr. Steelhand's secret identity).  This show is not officially part of Music Waste, or even Go Your Own Waste, but you can pretend it is if that will encourage you to come out and have some fun!