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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
A B SERIES presents SHERI-D WILSON / ÉLIZ ROBERT / KEVIN MATTHEWS
“Queen of Canada’s Performance Poetry Scene”
ÉLIZ ROBERT
& KEVIN MATTHEWS
Perform in The A B Series
+ Poetry in Three Languages!
Come & witness the fiery instant translation from Sheri-D Wilson’s English to French & Spanish performed by Éliz Robert
An A B SERIES Presentation
at The Mercury Lounge in Ottawa’s Byward Market
Happening Saturday, January 22, 2011
Doors open at 7:30pm
Show starts at 8:00pm
SHERI-D WILSON is Artistic Director of the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival & Director of the Spoken Word Program at the Banff Centre.
ÉLIZ ROBERT is a graduate of the 2010 Banff Center Spoken Word Residency & has toured in Europe & The USA. She lives in Montreal.
KEVIN MATTHEWS has performed his poetry in front of audiences around Canada — from hundreds to handfuls, from symphonic concert halls to correctional facilities.
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The A B SERIES is Ottawa’s reading series for experimental, sound & performance poetry. Initiated in the autumn of 2007, The A B Series has quickly become one of Canada’s most distinguished & dynamic venues for performance poetry.
Contact:
Max Middle
Artistic Director
The A B Series
Monday, January 03, 2011
AngelHousePress seeks visual poetry for Nationalpoetrymonth.ca
AngelHousePress seeks visual poems, assemic writing, collages and concrete poems
for the 2011 nationalpoetrymonth.ca.
Please send high resolution JPGs (1200 pixels on the longest side), a short bio
and a photograph to me by February 28, 2011.
(do NOT send me PDFs or word processing documents.)
Please send only one poem. I will consider both previously published and
unpublished work for publication.
Please send work to amanda at angelhousepress dot com and put NPM in the subject line.
Participants from all countries are welcome.
If you want your poem to be titled, please put the title in the jpg.
Happy new year to all!
Amanda Earl
AngelHousePress
www.angelhousepress.com
the angel is in the house
for the 2011 nationalpoetrymonth.ca.
Please send high resolution JPGs (1200 pixels on the longest side), a short bio
and a photograph to me by February 28, 2011.
(do NOT send me PDFs or word processing documents.)
Please send only one poem. I will consider both previously published and
unpublished work for publication.
Please send work to amanda at angelhousepress dot com and put NPM in the subject line.
Participants from all countries are welcome.
If you want your poem to be titled, please put the title in the jpg.
Happy new year to all!
Amanda Earl
AngelHousePress
www.angelhousepress.com
the angel is in the house
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Sheri-D Wilson, Éliz Robert & Kevin Matthews perform in The A B Series
+ Poetry in Three Languages! Come & witness the fiery Insta-Translation performances of Sheri-D Wilson & Éliz Robert
+ Poésie trilingue! Venez voir naître sous vos yeux des performances d'insta-traduction entre Sheri-D Wilson & Éliz Robert