What I love about Stevie Wonder’s music is not only the arrangement and mastery of keys, but the lyrics. As a younger woman in search of direction, I would often play music to guide me through troubled times. A song I constantly returned to when I was down is Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away.
It’s the song I play when I am disappointed in humanity and am struggling. When I am about to decide that everything is futile and there is no longer any point in pushing past the racism I encounter, pushing past the dismal words I hear, pushing through the hopelessness that often surrounds. When I hear that recording, I feel through Stevie’s voice, an energy that connects me to hope. And the most incredible thing about it is that the song provides no answers, just a message that someone somewhere else in the world is fighting similar demons and managing to get through.
This Tribute to Stevie Wonder at Mojo Music, is a collection of paintings that depict an artist who is full of talent, passion, politics and love. Some images are simply portraits of him, others include quotes from his music. The work is grouped so that you can, “…feel it, fell his spirit…” when you are in the performance room at Mojo Music.
A Tribute to Stevie Wonder
Opening September 8, 6-9pm
Mojo Music
430 Speers Road
Oakville, Ontario.
Wheelchair accessible
Free parking
Refreshments served
Free event
Venue hours:
Monday to Friday 12-9pm
Saturday 10-6pm
Sunday 12-5pm
Mojo Music is a musical instrument store and music school located close to Speers and Morton. It’s a slick venue packed with instruments and staffed with people who know music and love it.
Join us for the opening of A Tribute to Stevie Wonder to celebrate the gift of hearing this great artist and being influenced by his music. The exhibition runs until November 10, 2011.
Directions for those without cars:
If you're coming from Toronto, take the Lakeshore West Go Train
to Oakville Go Station
The cost of a day pass (return ticket for same day use) is $13.00.
Take the #4 W Speers Bus located on Station Road just outside the Go Transit building
to the stop after Morton Road and simply cross the street
it costs 65 cents
with a Go Ticket
(Show your Go Transit Ticket to the driver.)
It's about a 40 minute Go Transit ride and the bus is s short trip.
Here's the Go Transit Schedule
(If you get to Union station at around 4:30, you'll arrive at the show close to the beginning.) The trains come frequently during rush hour - 5, 10 minutes apart. It's a nice way to travel.
Here's the bus schedule
The #4 W bus leaves Oakville Station about every 20 minutes from 5:25.
Mojo Music contact including map for those who drive.
Click on the map at Mojo's site to get mapquest driving.
I'll see you there!!
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