Dog-Eared Café provides entertainment morning to night

Downtown Paris has changed so much over the last few years and, though change and growth can be hard on a community sometimes, the people of Paris are lucky to still have a vibrant and varied downtown with some really refreshing additions. The Dog-Eared Café burst open its doors in 2021 and has quickly become one of the most frequented and fabulous spots in the area, and is officially the greatest bookstore café in Paris, Ontario. If you’ve never been to the Dog-Eared, in a nutshell, they’re a coffee bar with good vibes, gorgeous river views and great second-hand books in the daytime; it’s a blossoming Brant nightlife destination many evenings and it is a charming, curated art gallery at all times They’ve got many ways to start, boost and finish your day. Saturday March 25th was another busy buzzing DogEared day at the Café! The DogEared always opens at 8 a m , on this day (like most) it was bustling from the get-go and it wasn’t going to slow down anytime soon because there were also two fantastic events scheduled In the afternoon, The Riverside Reading Series and in the evening, The Varietyyy Show

As I mentioned, the Dog-Eared Café is also a micro gallery. They focus on and feature a single artist, and their work, for a few months at a time, and the art is available for perusal and for purchase. The current artist on display is Amanda Gonsalves, who is showing for all of March and April, so you still have time to go and enjoy the art! Gonsalves’ work is a wonderful mix of surreal, soft anarchy and whimsical layered wisdoms, using collage, paint and prose, the pieces are complex without being too confronting. Perfect artworks as a brain-palate cleanser between chapters or to ponder over a hot drink - I’d recommend to pair with a Maple Oat Latte or a Dirty Chai Latte - a perfect way to spend a morning

In the afternoon, the buzzing became more of a hum for The Riverside Reading Series: ‘a gathering place for local writers to engage with the community of Paris, Ontario’ which has been running since 2022. Established by Alison Fishburn, first online and then in person, the event has been bringing writers and word lovers together, in various locations, for live readings and community building events. The Riverside Reading Series is now a monthly afternoon event at the DogEared Café and the series features local writers of all ages and stages of their writing journey.

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