By worldpoetry on December 20, 2008 - 11:08am
Dear Poets and Supporters,
The Gung Haggis Fat Choy World Poetry Posters are now available. Contact ariadnes@uniserve.com or our new blog: http://www.worldpoetrysociety.blogspot.com/
Please join us for our 6th anniversary with Todd Wong's Gung Haggis Fat Choy famous group at the Vancouver Public Library, 7:30 pm Jan. 26 at the Vancouver Public Library. We are celebrating the 250th birthday of Robbie Burns and Chinese New Year with Steve Duncan, Tommy WK Tao, James Mullin and Rita Wong.
Performances: Ji-rong Haung, Chinese erhu.
Ariadne's Dream Dragon Dance- yes I am bringing the lettuce! Bob Wilkins Gung Haggis Fat Choy Pipe Band. Hosts Todd Wong, Diego Bastianutti (guest host for Alejandro Mujica-Olea who will be in Chile)and Ariadne Sawyer. For more information, 6o4-526-4729
All are invited for this fun event!
By worldpoetry on August 15, 2007 - 8:50am
World Poetry asked to read at Library Square next Wednesday, August 22 at 1:00-1:15 pm!
Todd Wong, librarian wrote:
“I remember World Poetry read at the CBC strike... that's why I e-mailed you FIRST!!!
It would be great for you to come as a regular user of library facilities to give your support to the library workers. Barbara Edwards, community librarian, who does the booking is on the picket line, as is Adrienne Horton who does the posters, as are the librarians and clerks who put up the posters in each branch.
World Poets reading a CUPE 391 strike.... Library Square.
strike organizers have asked for special speakers at 1pm to be limited to 15 minutes... so we are playing with this format.
Next Wed sounds good... anything past the 15 minutes, and the audience attention may wane... but we could do a talk following in the North Plaza where it is quieter. I am bringing a portable PA system now.
Our main issues for the strike are pay equity and respect. A starting librarian in Toronto receives $7 more per hour than in Vancouver. Our union tabled an opening offer in Nov. 2006, and no counter offer was ever given. The "employer's" opening offer was finally given during last week's bargaining in a hotel session.”
