stone cathedrals drawn in evening shade,
church bells sing a north wind breathes vibrant conversation down the long laneway home. Our whispered thoughts touch beneath the warm quilt of your tiny limestone apartment. We listen for the rising moon with half closed eyes. B. Nish What do you remember of fall? PS Thanks to Bill McNamara for pointing out a huge error in my last email. Apologies to all you hosts as you deserve your due (not do). I really have to stop doing this at 3am. PSS Anyone care to join me on the 30th at the ANZA Club for Talon’s Night of Poetry with Fred Wah and Friends? See below for details. Bonnie Pandora’s News The Summer Dream Poetry Contest: Deadline Sept 15, 2009 Deadline extended until Oct 1, 2009 For Details: http://www.pandorascollective.com/contest.html Pandora’s Collective Presents This coming Tuesday
WORD WHIPS WRITING SERIES Tuesday Sept 22nd: Guest Host: Maureen Egan Tuesday Oct 27th: Guest Host: Christy Hill
Take the challenge. We provide the writing prompts and the opportunity for sharing. Ten – fifteen minutes to write to each prompt. See what you can whip up. Hosted by Bonnie Nish and Sita Carboni.
Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm
Location: Britannia Library, Gallery Room,
1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC
http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/branches/details/britannia_branch
Contact: bl*************@ya***.ca
or visit http://www.pandorascollective.com/openmics.html Thursday Oct 1st Pandora’s Collective Presents TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON In the spirit of Vancouver all poets are welcome. Come out and bring your best, favourite, newest, oldest poems, and share in an evening of literary surprises. 1st Thursday of every month. Hosts: Bonnie Nish and Sita Carboni Time: 7-9pm Upcoming Features: Oct 1st: Shannon Rayne and Warren Dean Fulton Nov 5th: Art Joyce and Christy Hill Dec 3rd: Diane Tucker and Mary Duffy Jan 7th: Don Simpson Feb 4th: Jen Currin and Christine LeClaire Location: Cambie Bakery and Cafe – a fantastic selection of fine vegetarian foods, teas, coffees and pastries!
312 Cambie Street (North of Hastings), Vancouver B.C.
Contact: bl*************@ya***.ca www.pandorascollective.com Other News SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH THE BEST OF THE VAN SLAM CD RELEASE PARTY @ THE RHIZOME CAFÉ: 317 AST BROADWAY It includes 24 live tracks, selected from 16 of Vancouver’s best spoken word artists as they competed to make the 2009 Van Slam Poetry Team.
Performers include: RC Weslowski, Nora Smithhisler, Chris Gilpin, Johnny MacRae, Steve Miller, Spillious, Lisa Slater, Scruffmouth, Zaccheus Jackson, Ed Word, Relevant, Fernando Raguero, Shannon Rayne, Clint “Father Goose” Wilson, and Lucia Misch.
There will also be a short open mic to start evening. Any poets who show up early (ie. at around 8pm) will have the chance to get up and perform one poem. Come out and show us your stuff!
COME HAVE SOME FUN! YIPPEE! YAWPAROO! $5-$10 sliding scale SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th, 2009 Thundering Word Vancouver’s Finest Open Mic At The Montmartre Cafe` 4362 Main street @ 28th ave, Van, B.C. ———Featuring———- Matt Liechty (Leek-Tea) Yes, a singing, songwriting comedian… You get the whole package with this fellow! ———–Plus!———- A whole evening of wonderful Open Mic! Music, Comedy, Poetry….. and more You never know what you’ll get at TW! Signup @ 7:30–Show @ 8pm Hosted by: Wanda Nowicki & Bill Mc. No Cover— Pass th’ hat Good Food, Good Drinks, Great entertainment at th’ Mont! Sunday, September 27th, 2009 The Word on the Street From ComedyFest acts on the Literally Funny Mainstage, to poetry, prose, and visual exhibits, the 2009 Word On The Street Vancouver has something for everyone. Don’t miss out on magazine demos in the Magazine Mews, informative panels at Writing Talks, and two new venues – The Word On The Screen and The Sony Reader Lounge. Check out all the details on The Word On The Street Vancouver’s new website. Watch for the printed program guide available in your local bookstore, library, and café.
Time: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: Library Square, Homer and Hamilton Streets between Robson and Georgia Visit http://thewordonthestreet.ca/vancouver/home.asp for details. September 28, 2009 World Poetry Reading Series and the Vancouver Public Library
Present: 802nd birthday and Life Celebration of Rumi
Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia, Vancouver
(Alice MacKaye room) 6:30-8:30 pm
World Poetry hosts: Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea
Rumi host: Dr. Meshgini PHD
Rumi-life and books.
Poetry of Rumi in English and different languages
Dance -turning demo by Tanya Evanson.
Music
Seating is limited
Come celebrate with us!
Free
Information 604-526-4729
| Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
Talon Poetry Night: Fred Wah & Friends Have a Drink with Fred Wah & Friends Doors open at 7:30pm, Readings start at 8:00pm
| Price: | Free Admission |
| Time: | 7:30pm – 10:30pm |
| Location: | The ANZA Club |
| 3 West 8th Avenue |
| Email: | **@ta********.com |
Description The success of our summer poetry event has inspired us to host a new poetry event this month:
Fred Wah and Friends
Upstairs at the ANZA Club
The amazing line-up of poets features Fred Wah plus Daphne Marlatt, Colin Browne, Jeff Derksen, Roy Miki, and George Bowering, who will emcee the event.
We would like to congratulate Fred Wah on being shortlisted for the Relit Poetry Award for his title from last year, Sentenced to Light.
We would also like to thank everyone who came out for the wonderful event we held at the ANZA Club on June 10 featuring bill bissett, Adeena Karasick, rob mclennan and Garry Thomas Morse. The poets gave rollicking performances to a very appreciative packed house. After the readings concluded, the crowd used the bartenders’ services and gave themselves over to conversation and libation. Julie Peters broadcast parts of these performances on her CITR show.
You can check them out by following these links:
This show features Adeena and bill: http://playlist.citr.ca/podcasting/audio/20090805-180000-to-20090805-183700.mp3.
And this one has rob mclennan: http://playlist.citr.ca/podcasting/audio/20090701-180000-to-20090701-183500.mp3. Bonnie Nish Executive Director Pandora’s Collective www.pandorascollective.com