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Drone & Words
The Sewing Machine Factory 9562 82 Avenue NW, EdmontonDrone & Words is a collaborative showcase featuring spoken word poets paired with the soundscapes of experimental musicians. It sets an intention of creating a space for experimental poetry, connecting artists of different disciplines and showcasing the diversity of spoken word. Come and explore the emotional space that can be found when drone & noise is added to poetic performance. This is a BYOV event. Admission to this event (if applicable) is not included in a festival pass. Performers Durell Smith is an Edmonton based poet writing on the anxieties and frustrations of everyday life. Accepting negativity and using it for fire. Shima Aisha Robinson is an amiskwaciy-wâskahikan(Edmonton)-born poet and spoken word artist who embodies, with every literary and scholarly effort, the ancient meaning of her chosen pen name. Dwennimmen is the name of an ancient African Adinkra symbol, which means strength, humility, learning and wisdom. It is no surprise, […]
Indigenous Poets Society
The Aviary 9314 111 Avenue NW, EdmontonThe Indigenous Poets Society hosts a reading that casts a critical eye on Indigenous-Settler relations, celebrates our connection to land, explores Indigenous identity, uproots the source of community struggle, and finds hope within. This is a BYOV event. Admission to this event (if applicable) is not included in a festival pass. Performers Sage Giroux is a local poet living in Amiskwacîwâskahikan. Her inspiration for her poetry comes from her everyday experiences. K’alii Stewart is a Nisga’a organizer, poet, and ecology student from the Nass Valley in BC. This past year, K’alii was on the team representing Edmonton at the national spoken word competition CFSW, and is now the founder of the Edmonton Indigenous Poets Society. Nitsitapi (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ). Proudly from the Kainai Nation and residing in Amiskwacîwâskahikan, Beaver Hills House (Edmonton). English name is Candace and traditional given name is Áísínai'pi (It is pictured/written), Writing On Stone. An Educator, Artist, Advocate […]
Fighting Normal
Audreys Books 10702 Jasper Avenue NW, EdmontonThis event is sponsored by the Pratch Family Foundation. The Fighting Normal event is spun off a multi-discipline art installation created by poet Amy Willans and painter Laurie MacFayden, which examines the stigma and isolation of mental illness through a combination of paintings, poetry text fragments and collage. A powerful presentation featuring four Edmonton writers whose lives have been impacted by mental illness. This is a BYOV event. Admission to this event (if applicable) is not included in a festival pass. Performers Mandie Lopatka is a true confessionalist who has been reading her poignant, heavy-hearted poems around Edmonton for more than two decades. She writes with brutal candor about her experience with depression/mental health issues, and believes raw honesty and compassion, especially self-love, can heal us all. Laurie MacFayden is an award-winning writer and artist who has published three poetry collections with Frontenac House. She has written a suite of […]