My birthday party is TODAY!

Make sure to wear something pink!

All proceeds from my birthday party event as well as all Weekly Sprint Sales Specials are going right back into our programming and operations. Be part of the legacy and join me for an awesome evening on my birthday at the bistro!

What: Monika's Annual Birthday Party

Where: The Corner Stone Bistro by Monika's

When: July 17, 2026

Why: Raising funds to keep going ... and to celebrate my birthday of course!

Dress Code: Wear something PINK!

Tickets help us plan for food and drinks but you don't need to buy one in advance. Everyone is welcome to pop by!

WEEKLY SPRINT SALE!

5 KIDS PACKS REMAIN!

DON'T MISS OUT!

In order for us to get to our weekly sprint goals, we are having some great offers all month long!

1. Monika's Birthday Party Event! July 17 at the Corner Stone!

Join us at the bistro for a fun event including appetizers and a drink! The only stipulation is that guests wear something pink! Party is from 5-10pm; drop by, say hi and support our mission! Visit the Facebook event page for more info!

2. Legacy Gift Card

$2000 GIFT CARD for $999!

Only 16 of 20 remain and so many perks go with this deal! Perfect for families in our after school program or for those of you who like to dine out, get your groceries with us, or use any of our other programs! Save more than 50% off and get tons of bonuses!

BONUS OFFER FOR LEGACY GIFT CARD HOLDERS

Private Legacy Dinner for two Invitation in 2026

3 course dinner, bottle of wine, dessert and entertainment

$250 value

Mystery Bag from the Bistro each month for a year $600 value

101 Art Activities Ebook by Monika's $20 value

4 Complimentary Art Class Passes

$260 value

Full value: $3130.00 for $999

Gift certificates are valid for dine in, take out, off sales, and any art studio services.

3. Kids Activity Bundle Pre-Sale: 6 Pro D Days, 6 Art Camps, and 6 Movie Nights save 90% off! 25 families only-8 remain!

Includes:

6 full time week long art camps-no expiry

6 pro d days-no expiry

6 art and movie nights-no expiry

Value: $4243.32

FIRST 25 FAMILIES PAY $424.32

No refunds, holds, or transfers.

4. Restaurant Buyout Packages-Perfect for the holidays!

Buy out the restaurant for the night and save! Includes 3 appy trays plus a draft beer or house wine for up to 30 guests. Great for:

Christmas parties

Staff parties

Networking nights

Wedding showers

Birthday dinners

First 20 people: $500



No refunds, holds or transfers. Available Tuesday to Sunday through 2026/2027

Thank you to those who have expressed interest in our friends and family Round 2 Investor Opportunity!

After running our studios for 16 years, I ventured out into a dream I always had; which was owning a restaurant. When I was waitressing and in university, I registered a restaurant name request and pitched the idea to a family member. They didn't go for it, but 20 years later, I finally made it happen under a different name of course! I'm still holding onto the name from 20 years ago, who knows, maybe another restaurant will come our way one day!

The Corner Stone Bistro is the latest chapter of our creative adventures. It is a place where art, food, local makers, musicians, and community come together all under one roof. Combined with operating two art studio campuses under Monika’s Art Boutique-Studio & Gallery, we have been able to share creativity, imagination and culinary delights which as many of you know, is a huge passion of mine-particularly local, organic and farm to table foods and products. Each of our spaces has the warmth of your family living room mixed with imagination, wellness and the underlying mantra that ‘anything is possible’ especially when we all work together to create something meaningful and long lasting. 

We are currently inviting a small group of friends and family to help us continue building something that will serve our community for many years to come. After operating for one year at the bistro while also operating the two studios at Upper Lonsdale and Lynn Valley Centre, we are ready for growth, expansion and investing into the building. We also need help on this adventure as we can't do it alone! Operating these three locations is expensive but we are committed to the long term goals we have and that you can be part of today.

Rather than give big banks or corporate lenders the interest, we are offering that interest to our community. At 10-13.5%, we are offering high returns with added bonuses you won't find anywhere else! This past year, we had 17 local investors; some of whom are returning to be investors again this year too! As an investor, you will receive exclusive benefits including gift cards, annual discounts as well as complimentary kids programming.

Thank you for believing in our vision! If you would like access to our Round 2 Investor Deck, please send us an email HERE.

Stay Creative, 

Monika Blichar, B.A. & B.C.C.T.

www.mabartstudio.com

www.thecornerstonebistrobymonikas.com

Join us as an investor this quarter! We have great opportunities for earning 10-13.5% interest as well as bonus offers for investors. Send us a message if you want to back our projects, earn interest and enjoy rewards such as kids camps, gift cards and annual discounts!

This year, our investment opportunities start at $5,000.

Our goal this round is to raise $80,000 from the remaining $150,000 Pledgeathon Goal-we raised $70,000 in the last six months which was awesome but we need to hit that goal and raise an added $100,000 on top to go towards our deposit for the building would be ideal.

We have almost completed building our two houses in West Vancouver and plan to list late summer. A portion of the proceeds of the sales will be going to the deposit on the building, but we are looking for a few investors to join us as we get added equipment we need, invest in operations and marketing, as well as plan for making our deposit. In our package we go into details how funds are going to be used so be sure to connect and let us know if you'd like to be part of the legacy!

Learn more by clicking below!

While working at the bistro and studios, Rob and I have also been working to finish off these two homes in West Vancouver. Rob's company, www.twinpeaksconstruction.com, has been building in the area for over 20 years! These two houses are situated side by side just behind the Glen Eagles Golf Course and will be ready to list very soon! Once sold, we will be able to free up some capital to continue to build in the area but also invest into the Corner Stone building!

Join us on this next chapter!

NIGEL MACK JULY 23

Chicago blues ‘triple threat’ (slide guitar, harmonica and vocals) Nigel Mack delivers a high-energy show that fuses blues classics with the punch of contemporary original blues. Seamlessly switching between instruments, Nigel Mack is equally proficient at them all. These are talents honed by years of relentless touring in support of his four critically-acclaimed releases; Back In Style, Devil’s Secrets, Road Rage and High Price to Play. Nigel’s new all-original album, Back In Style is receiving glowing reviews and attained #1 on the RMR Contemporary Blues Charts! His previous release, Devil’s Secrets, reached #1 on the Canadian blues charts and won ‘Best Self-Produced CD’ from the Windy City Blues Society, in Chicago.

Mack’s original compositions have been featured on television sound-tracks ‘Dawson’s Creek’, ‘The Street’ and ‘Time of Your Life’.

Nigel Mack has been living in Chicago, IL since 2003 and performing in the ‘the home of the blues’, since 1992. Over the years ‘Nigel Mack Blues Attack’ have logged over a million miles across North America and Europe and headlined top blues venues throughout. They have appeared at the world famous ‘Chicago Blues Festival’ six times and toured virtually every one of the United States and most of Canada. Mack’s dynamic stage show is a favorite at clubs and festivals everywhere.

Nigel grew up in Saskatoon, Canada, listening to the music of the ‘60’s, Bebop jazz and Big Bands emanating from his Dad’s stereo. Saskatoon’s university and location guaranteed that everybody touring western Canada played there. The types of artists were varied and eclectic: Muddy Waters, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Stevie Ray Vaughan, just to name a few.

The ‘blues explosion’ in the mid-eighties led to a weekly gig at ‘Buds on Broadway’, which featured touring blues artists from all over. As Saturday jam session host, Nigel met and performed with blues legends such as Eddy Shaw, Phil Guy, Amos Garrett, Brent Parkin and Big Dave Mclean.

In the spring of 1988 Nigel and his band relocated to the musical hotbed, Vancouver, BC. From this west coast base Mack built a strong local following and toured around western Canada.

In 1992, Nigel received a call from Chicago blues band leader Eddie Lusk inviting him to perform during the Chicago Blues Festival with ‘The Professor’s Blues Revue’. Nigel seized the opportunity and began touring the US with a vengeance, racking up seventeen American/Canadian coast to coast tours over the next ten years.

1996 saw the release of Mack’s first full length all-original CD High Price to Play.  It garnered critical acclaim, a nomination for ‘Best Blues/R&B Album’ at the 1997 ‘West Coast Music Awards’ and three songs on major TV sound tracks!

Nigel Mack followed High Price to Play with Road Rage, released in 2001. Essentially a live album, Road Rage blends blues classics with original songs and three studio tracks. It continues to be a favorite among fans.

When not touring, Nigel spends the majority of time recording and performing in and around Chicago. A decade earlier, the seeds of this move had been planted. On that first trip, Eddie Lusk had said, “This is where you should be!” With the release of ‘Back In Style’, his chart-topping, all-original album, Nigel Mack is building on past successes and bringing his own brand of Chicago blues to a new generation of blues fans.

‘Nigel Mack Blues Attack’ are sure to put on a high-powered show that you will remember for a long time!

STONE POETS JULY 24

Stone Poets are a West Coast trio rewriting the Folk-Pop/Roots playbook with raw emotion, rich harmonies, and fearless authenticity. Made up of Cherelle Jardine, Scott Jackson, and Marc Gladstone, they blend poetic lyrics with soulful, genre-blurring melodies that feel both timeless and right now.

Their sound? Deeply human. From intimate ballads to soaring anthems, every song is crafted to move hearts and open minds. With their 5th studio album HUM∀N (2024), they’re taking their message global—hope, unity, peace, and love, wrapped in powerful songwriting and unforgettable performances.

Stone Poets aren’t just making music—they’re starting conversations. “We believe music can be the bridge that connects us all—across generations, cultures, and experiences, one song at a time.

Founded in 2011, Cherelle Jardine (Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin), Scott Jackson (Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion), and Marc Gladstone (Vocals, Keyboards. percussion), combine years of experience gathered from their time spent in multiple bands and solo-projects, into a greater collective good. With each player adding their own significant contributions to the writing, sound, and style of Stone Poets, they immediately achieved a balance of strengths and have been continually adding to their body of work which now includes their 5th studio project, HUM∀N.

YOU CAN UKE TOO JULY 31

We are a team of talented ukulele artists with a passion for fun entertainment and education. They say that peace and harmony in the world could be achieved if every child were given a ukulele at birth. Your chance to learn to uke!

DINIO DINICOLO AUGUST 6



Dino DiNicolo has been playing music all his life. He started on the electric organ and later left it behind. Those simple electronic grooves lingered, leaving a lasting impression and early fuel for the rhythmic guru. As the electric bass grew into an extension of his hands and his voice developed a rhythmic center of its own, Dino DiNicolo has become a master musician with a groove so deep that it moves the mind, the body and the soul.

His career has taken him to Hawaii, Japan, Grand Cayman, New Zealand and across the continents of Europe and North America. Around the world, Dino has captivated listeners with his humility, innate charisma and honest good-looks. He generates a positive energy wherever he performs and leaves his audience always wanting more.

Dino’s music is flavoured with RnB, Soul, and Funk peppered by World beats. He has shared the stage opening for the likes of Santana and Mick Fleetwood and been a contributor to a variety of projects. As a performer, session player and composer, he has worked with – EMI Publishing Canada, John Parr, Supertonic, Uno Mas, Don Alder, Riley and the Ryze, Melanie Dekker, The Town Pants, Sherry St. Germain and many more.

Dino has also forayed into the movie industry. In addition to performing and recording with Michael Moriarty of the show Law and Order, Dino does some acting on the side. This film journey started after landing a role in the Disney TV show ‘So Weird’, more recently in “Supernatural” and “The 100”, and branches out with some of his music being commandeered for various film sound tracks. His first five solo album releases have fueled the fire for his latest full band album “One Day”.

This list of accomplishments continues to grow from the man who never stops: Dino DiNicolo.

Express Yourself!

Every month, we have 3 days of online auctions on our bistro Facebook page! We do this rather than spend money on Google or Facebook and pass those savings to you so that you can come try us out! All of our auctions are helping us get to our 150K goal and in turn, you get some sweet deals! Did you know that we also put out a few auctions in our VIP Group in advance? A little birdy told us that those auctions in the VIP group have started! Join the group today to get access to the pre auctions!