Books, performances of poetry and music this weekend, Saturday, Jan 21, Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave, Ottawa. 7pm doors. Cover $8
Come for one, come for some, come for all – you can watch or perform in the Theatre, or have a drink, socialize and buy books in the Studio. We’ll open the doors at 6:30 then at 7:00 a performance by folk/bluegrass trio Call Me Katie, and follow that with short open mike segments and featured readers.
We’ll crown the winner of our “Poetry For The End Of The World” contest – and then we’ll send the winning poem off to the end of the earth. Literally. We’ve got our hands on a weather balloon, and we’re going to laminate the winning poem, attach it to the balloon, and launch! Weather balloons can travel up to 100,000 feet in the air, and who knows how far it might go… before air pressure causes it to explode, going out, as they say, “not with a whimper, but a bang.”
The third main segment of the evening will feature four prominent local poets we never hear enough of. Brigette DePape, Kevin Matthews, Rhonda Douglas and David O’Meara will fill a half-hour with fine lines.
We’ll close the evening starting at about 10pm with Montreal indie band Puggy Hammer (featuring last year’s VERSeFest guest David McGimpsey, poet Jason Camlot, and Matt Rosenberg.)
And while you’re at it, check out VerseFest’s new website with this year’s amazing line-up.