Platform Gallery, 51 A Young Street (around the corner from g101) will have abstract art by Dan Sharp, Ted Willis and Georgia Mathewson. During the evening there will be a performance of The Quatuor-Gualuor a sound poetry group around 8pm tonight, April 30th. jw curry, Georgia Mathewson, Rachel Lindsey and Brian Pirie. For She Was […]
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Authors for Indies Day
Authors for Indies Day is coming Saturday May 2. There are now 113 bookstores hosting 547 authors across Canada. Local stores, everywhere. Fiction writers, poets, non-fiction authors… Here’s theĀ Ontario’s list. If you’re by Almonte, try Mill Street Books, 52 Mill Street. It’s got a beautifully curated set of books so I always get a treasure […]
Chocolating Poems
Tonight the launch of the chocolate poems as part of National Poetry Month with the food theme. Thanks to poets.ca and the Canada Council for the Arts for funding as part of National Poetry Month. Wed, April 8, 2015, 7:30pm Launching the Chocolate chapbook, Ottawa At A Thing for Chocolate, 1262 Wellington Ave W. Readings […]
Sound Poetry Alert
The Quatuor-Gualuor sound poetry group is having another gig as part of the April 30 vernissage of abstract art at Platform Gallery and Studios, 51 A Young Street (beside Gallery 101). Art by Dan Sharp, Ted Willis and Georgia Mathewson.
Marvin Orbach
Thanks to Chris Faiers word has been raised that Marvin Orbach has passed on. What a lovely man he was. I only had the briefest correspondences with him over the last couple years. It’s rare for a gentle spirit to come through email. He struck me as such a kind and straight-up sort of man. […]