NEWS
Beto Jamaica Rey Vallenato Comes to Tinder Hearth, May 23rd
Come dance at Tinder Hearth to the one and only Beto Jamaica Rey Vallenato and his band — the Vallenato king from Colombia!
Alberto “Beto” Jamaica is one of the leading vallenato and cumbia players in Colombia. Since winning the prestigious Leyenda Vallenata Festival competition in 2006 he has become known as Rey Vallenato Colombia (“The Vallenato King”). His music is a vibrant mix of cumbia, paseo, porro all wrapped into his infectious accordion driven vallenato.
Doors open at 5PM, with pizza and drinks available for purchase. Music starts at 7PM. Children 13 and under get in free. We recommend getting tickets now—if we sell out online, we will not be able to have much available at the door. Please call us if you would rather not purchase tickets online.
We plan to be outside, please dress appropriately! The will take place in the barn in the case of inclement weather. Chairs are available as needed, but the space will be arranged primarily for dancing.
More about Vallenato and the band from their website:
Vallenato is one of Colombia’s most popular folk musics. Native to Colombia’s Caribbean Coast it literally translates as “born in the valley”, the valley being the one found between Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía de Perijá.
Originally the music of herders who combined the tradition of Spanish juglares or minstrels with the griot tradition of West Africa, vallenato historically served a dual purpose. As they traveled from village to village the herders would entertain themselves by singing and playing guitars or the indigenous gaita flutes.
They would also use song to deliver news and messages to the villages. In the late 1800s accordion was introduced replacing the gaita. Vallenato encompasses a variety of rhythms: paseo vallenato, merengue, puya, son and tambora. Beto Jamaica contemporised the vallenato tradition by adding electric bass, congas and timbales to the traditional lineup of accordion, guacharaca (a tube-shaped percussion instrument scraped with a metal “fork”) and caja vallenata (small goat leather drum) while never losing sight of the music’s roots.
Beto and his band has performed in several renowned festivals as Rainforest World Music Festival Malaysia, Jarasum Jazz Festival Korea, Sunfest London Canada, River to River Festival New York, Sori Festival Korea, Globalquerque USA among others.
You can listen to the band at their website here, or on Spotify or YouTube.
Please contact us at tinderhearth@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
April Break & Menus Week of April 8
Hello friends!
:::See below for menus for the week:::
I’ve been thinking about summer these last few days… can you imagine that the green lushness CAN come back?? I feel it rumbling! Let's hold it in our hearts!! The spring is long 'round these parts, but all these days of slush and layered sweaters, and long cold nights of dreaming, just might have a chance to ripen the hope of summer back into its wild riot of golden milk and blushing fruit! May it be so!!
On that note-the bakery is going to close one more time before summer to work through some projects and preparations that we just can't do while we're chugging away-and to also get a bit of downtime while the kids are out on break. SO::: We will be open this week, then will be CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS, APRIL 14-27th. Our first day back open will be May 1st!!
Make sure you stock up on bread for your freezers now! You can preorder for the Wednesday bake online today-either for pickup here at the bakery or via FarmDrop. We'll also be delivering to our stores as usual this week on Wednesday and Saturday, including 44 north coffee which is back open now!
Huge love out to you all, to your loved ones and to your dreams. Thank you endlessly for your support and kindness-this reciprocity we've got going on is a staggering holy human joy. We are truly grateful, and may our communal blessings be honored and shared like the great pool of honey that they are. Each one of you carry some magical kinds of strength, care, and constancy that makes these extremely difficult times feel more possible. Thank you.
Best of luck with this eclipse situation folks, and we'll see a lot of you tonight for QWANQWA... it's going to be a party!!!
xoL
QWANQWA April 8th
Hello friends-
We are thrilled to welcome back QWANQWA, a supergroup of musicians from Addis Ababa, for a night of dancing in the Tinder Hearth barn!
We welcome you to come and celebrate this amazing music with us, both ancient and brand new, here at Tinder Hearth, on the day of the great solar eclipse of 2024. Could anyone have dreamed up a better way to start this season?
Doors open at 5:00PM, with pizza and drinks outside. Music will begin at 6:30PM.
From QWANQWA’s website: Beaming in from the sizzling Addis Ababa nightlife scene, this group shines an experimentalism based in the virtuosity of rooted traditions. With swirling masinko (one-stringed fiddle), wah-wah violin, bass krar grooves, the heavy riffs of goat skin kebero beats, and powerful mellismatic lead African diva vocals, QWANQWA keeps the people rapt in celebratory attention.
With great love-
TH xx
Bakery closed for two weeks
Hello bakery friends-
The team here is taking a little break for rest and projects, starting on February 18th. We’ll be back at it in early March, with bakery preorders opening on Sunday the 3rd, pizza reservations on Monday the 4th, and the cafe reopening on Wednesday the 6th.
Sending deep winter love to you all—
L&T
Bakery Break & Menus of February 12th
Hey folks-
The bakery is taking a two week bread starting on February 18th for some rest and project time. We will reopen on March 6th.
This week, bread and pastry can be reserved online here for both the Wednesday and Saturday bakes if you would like to get some extras for your freezer. The sales website has the ordering schedule listed, if you’re not familiar.
Reservations for Valentine’s Day pizza are pretty well booked as of 2/12, but takeout pizzas will be available for that night— call us on Wednesday to reserve yours. Friday night pizza reservations are currently open online here.
Much love to all-
Lydia & Tim
Menus Week of January 22nd
No reservations needed on Wednesdays, open 9AM-Noon
Friday night pizza! Find reservations weekly here.
No reservations needed for Saturday mornings. Open 9AM-Noon
Bakery Closed 12/20 + Holiday Schedule
The bakery is unfortunately closed Wednesday 12/20 due to the storm.
We are not baking or delivering out to stores today.
We have just had power restored and WILL BE OPEN on Friday 12/22 for pizza and Saturday 12/23 for breakfast and bread & pastry.
Please go here for pizza reservations, or call us to reserve take out pies: 207-326-8381.
If you would like to preorder BREAD & PASTRY for pickup on Saturday, our online store opens today at 9AM.
We will then be closed for one week, the final week of December. We will reopen in January.
Thank you all for such a wonderful 2023. All blessings-
Lydia & Tim
Pizza 12/22
reservations available online: exploretock.com/tinderhearth
call for take out: 207-326-8381
Pizza Dec 15
To make reservations, go online here: exploretock.com/tinderhearth
Take out pizza can be ordered by phone: 207-326-8381
Kongero at Tinder Hearth
We are excited to announce that the barn will be full of music again, on Saturday, December 16th. Kongero, a Swedish folk'appella group, is coming to Brooksville for two shows, presented by our friends over at Bagaduce Music. Tickets are available for sale at the button above. We will be serving snacks and drinks—pizza will not be available this time. The first show starts at 5:00PM, the second at 7:30PM. Make sure you purchase tickets for your preferred time!
Kongero is a highly esteemed, world-touring Swedish Folk'appella group from Sweden that features amazing vocal polyphony that is groovy, intimate, and powerful. The group blends traditional Swedish folk music with contemporary arrangements. A concert with Kongero will take the listener on a fabulous journey, an all-embracing Scandinavian folk music experience.
Kongero group has released four albums, including the recent “Live in Longueuil,” and toured extensively throughout Europe and North America. They conduct workshops and master classes worldwide and have published two Songbooks with material for workshops and choirs. You can find out more about their music at their website: https://kongero.se/
See you in the barn!
<3 Lydia & Tim
Menus Dec 8 & 9
Menu for Dec 8th. Open 4:30-8:00. Please call to order take out. Dine-in reservations are available to be booked online here, or call us for last minute seatings.
Menu for Dec 9th. Open 9AM-noon. Walk-in only, no reservations.
Pizza Dec 1
Menu for December 1st. Reservations open online weekly, on Mondays. Make reservations here.
Thanksgiving Week
Autumn garden, photo by Jenny McNulty
Hello dear friends-
The bakery will be baking next week on Wednesday the 22nd. We will have all of our regular bread and pastry, and a couple of special loaves available—as well as our regular morning cafe experience with coffee, egg sandwiches, and fresh squeezed OJ.
We will then be closed on Friday & Saturday so that our staff can take a few days to spend with their loved ones. So no pizza on 11/24 and no bake & brunch on 11/25.
If you would like to preorder bread for the 22nd, go to our online preorder site on Sunday to place orders for pickup on Wednesday. It opens on Sunday at 9AM. You can get there by following this link.
We will have bread and pastry available for walk-in sales on the 22nd—here at the bakery and out at our regular stores—but we do recommend preordering if you can!
We will be making our favorite Apricot Fennel Walnut batard, and Cinnamon Raisin loaf--and these special breads will be available only here at the bakery. You can preorder them online on Sunday here.
If you like to access our products through FarmDrop, orders are currently open there, and close at midnight on Monday, for the Wednesday bake.
And in case you didn’t know… FarmDrop is amazing! Pickup is available in Town Hill, Ellsworth, Stonington, Castine, Blue Hill, and Northport! And if you’re on the Blue Hill Peninsula, you can choose to have your order delivered to your door. FarmDrop offers an amazing mix of vegetables, meats, Quill’s End dairy, goat cheese, apple cider, fruit, and prepared foods all from local producers. It’s an amazing gift for the community! Pickup is on Wednesday each week, at your chosen location. If you have any trouble making an account and/or figuring out how to order items for delivery at a particular location—let us know, or you can reach out to FarmDrop directly. We can help get you sorted. <3
Sending big love out to you, dear community—
xo Lydia & Tim