World Poetry Reads at West End Car Less Festival June 15th!
2 pm, June 15th, The Spoken Word Tent at the corner of Denman and Barclay streets.
World Poetry hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea (Spanish/English.
Bernice Lever,
Diego Bastianutti, Italian/English
Jacqueline Maire, French/English
Ibrahim Honjo Serbian.
Free event!
All are welcome!
Info 604-526-4729
Many people from around the world collec World Poetry posters.
The biggest response for the last Neruda poster was 57 world wide.
The runner up was Gung Haggis Fat Choy World Poetry with 43.
If you want one or both new posters, please send an e-mail to ariadnes@uniserve.com
Thank you,
Ariadne
World Poetry Her Story
We began The World Poetry Café Reading Series; nine years ago at Miles of Beans Coffee shop in Burnaby, BC.
People often ask me “You do all this work for World Poetry-For Free?” in a voice that implied perhaps I have lost my mind.
Recently I have looked for the answers to this question. The two answers that I come up with are justice and vision.
1) Before we began the series, Alejandro had tried to find a venue to read in Vancouver where he would be allowed to read in Spanish and English. Everywhere he went, he had the door closed. One group, who charged per poem to read, would not even allow him to pay double so that the poem could be in two languages. Some venue hosts were really rude to him. They told him to go home and learn English. It is very hard for a survivor of torture to learn English since he experienced the loud background music of America Rock n Roll while he was tortured in Chile.
World Poetry Gala Program 2008.
Feb. 29 at the Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC 350 West Georgia St,Vancouver , BC.
Hostas, Ariadne Sawyer, MA and Alejandro Mujica-Olea (the Peoples Poet)
Admission free!
6:30Pm Doors open for displays and light refreshments. Background music Rene Hugo y Sus Amigos. 7:pm Program starts.
Greetings from the library.
Presentation of World Poetry City Poets and Library Award.
Greetings from the City of Vancouver, Councilwoman Elizabeth Ball.
Short Blessings: Godwin Barton, First Nations, Dr. Douglas Bacon, Rene Hugo Sanchez, Spanish and Quechwa.
Welcome by Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea.
Thanks to volunteers, World Poetry Committee and sponsors.
Shout to World Poetry Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Madge Kimball who passed on in 2008.
Welcome to the Lifetime achievement Award Winners by the winners of 2007, Victoria
Pascha and Jan Furst.
Presentation of the Lifetime Award to Bernice Lever.
Diego Bastianutti, poem and presentation of World Poetry Award.
Song by Jude Neal with guitar by Andrew Cameron.
Poems by Bernice Lever .
Welcome Music by Rene Hugo y Sus Amigos.
Intro by Ida Bhargava
Poem by Ahn Bong Ja
Presentation of World Poetry Lifetime Award for Ashok Bhargava
by Mrs. Sabrina Noorani from the Canadian Immigrant Magazine.
Poems by Ashok Bhargava.
Gung Haggis Fat Choy World Poetry 5th anniversary!
You are invited!!!
Feb. 28th at 7:30 Pm, Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia St. Alice MacKaye Room.
Ariadne’s Dream Dragon Dance. (I'm bringing the lettuce)
Featured poets: Steve Duncan, Fred Wah, Padma and George McWhirter.
Music by bagpiper Joe McDonald and Celtic Harpist Rebecca Blair.
The Burns Club!
Hosts: Todd Wong, Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea.
Admission free.
Info: 604-526-4729
Due to the library strike, we have a change of venue. Our thanks to the Canadian Authors Association and The Alliance of Arts and Culture.
World Poetry with your hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea
On Sept. 24, Alliance for Arts and Culture, 938 Howe, Suite 100
7:30 pm.
Featured poets:
Addena Sumter-Freitag
Diane Laloge
Hernan Bravo
Shelley Haggard
Jacqueline Maire
Katrina Pavlovsky.
Free
Info: 604-526-4729
World Poetry on Global Village!
We have been told that World Poetry will air this coming Friday in a short Global Village feature on Global TV, on (channel 11) Vancouver. Global Village is filmed by Rena Heer, of Global TV.
Our great thanks to participating World Poets: Diego Bastianutti, Victoria Pascha, Anita Aguirre Nieveras, Peter Lejewski Ahn Bong Ja, East Indian classical dancer Koyali Burman and Tibetan singers Tamdin Tseten and Tasi Gyal who joined Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea in a Tuesday September 11 9:30 am filming at the Vallarta Restaurant , 2891 East Broadway, Vancouver. Our thanks also go to Rena and Global TV who made this project possible. Above all, we would also like to thank the Vallarta Restaurant for their kindness and hospitality.
Thank you,
Ariadne
World Poetry Reading Series Final Call:
Poems or stories to or about Canadian Poet Dorothy Livesay for Life Celebration October 29th at the VPL! She was an amazing Canadian poet, fighter for social justice and for women’s rights, winner of many awards who wrote 25 books.
World Poetry is requesting poems and stories about the well known Canadian Poet Dorothy Livesay to be on display at The World Poetry Life Celebration of Dorothy Livesay, October 29 at the Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch) in the Alice McKaye room Vancouver, BC.
Please not the following rules:
1) One poem only please. Note: If the poem is in two languages, one page per language is permitted.
2) Size 12 -14 fonts.
3) Name, city and country with a copyright symbol at the bottom.
4) All poems are copyrighted to the writer and used for display purposes only on October 29th. After the event, they will be destroyed unless we have the author’s permission to use them at a later date.
• Deadline for poems and stories: October 20th.
5) Below are two links to more information on Dorothy Livesay. There are many more on the internet.
www.uwo.ca/english/canadianpoetry/cpjrn/vol03/sullivan.htm
www.25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/dorothylivesay.html
Let’s make the life celebration the best ever!
If you have suggestions of people to invite or participate, please let me know.
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.”
Important World Poetry New Venue Change!
World Poetry reading Series Proudly Presents the Featured Poets for August 27th
With your hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea, 7:30 pm Alliance for Arts and Culture, Suite 100-938 Howe Street, Vancouver.
Featured Poets:
Bernice Lever
Judith Marchesi
Scott Reece
Morena Guadalupe Rodríguez
Garry Priam
Featured Musician: Andy Vine
Info: 604-526-4729
Thanks to the Canadian Authors Association for making this change possible. Due to the ongoing strike, we are unable to meet at the library.
