Monthly Archives: August 2009

Both kinds of poetry – August 18 at Clinton’s

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livewords host and curator Edward Nixon will be reading at the Art Bar Poetry Series’ Poetry Hoedown on Tuesday August 18, 8 pm at Clinton’s, accompanied for the first time ever by his son Lalo Nixon-Pasten on guitar.

The Art Bar will have a Country & Western (both kinds of music) theme.

Edward & Lalo will be doing “poetry + music,” taking a somewhat “serious” approach. Edward will  read glosas based on country sources and Lalo will lay down some appropriate guitar atmosphere.

The balance of the evening will have more musical and comedic content – see this link for details: http://www.artbar.org/index.html.

Open Mic August – livewords 8/27/9 – the rules

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3 Kinds of Open Mic Sets at livewords on August 27th:

  1. Poetry in Translation
  2. A reading of a poem that “hit you between the eyes”
  3. As written by you

Two (2) opportunities to sign up:

  • In Advance to info@livewords.ca – 5 names per set
  • The night of – August 27th- Sign up at 7:30 pm – max 10 per set (including advance sign-ups).
  • Rules:
    • Participants may enter only select 1 category for the advance sign-up
    • 1 poem only – 3 minutes maximum
      • Poems in translation may also be read in their original language, time permitting
    • “Poetry in translation:” may not be poems written by participants
    • “The poem that hit you in the eyes” may not be poems written by participants
    • “As written by you:” poems must be original pieces written by participants
    • Esteemed Judges will adjudicate and their decision will be final
  • Prizes will be awarded for:

    • Set 1 – “Poetry in Translation”
      • best translation
      • best reading of a translated piece
    • Set 2 – “The poem that hit you in the eyes”
      • best reading of a poem “that hit you in the eyes”
      • most interesting selection of a “that hit you in the eyes”
    • Set 3 – “As written by you”
      • best original piece
      • best reading of an original piece
  • Prizes will include:
    • Cash, Cactus Press Prize Packs, opportunity to be published in Misunderstandings Magazine.
  • Hosted by Edward Nixon.
  • PWYC Donations will be requested.

    • Sponsored by EN Consulting @ Centre for Social Innovation and Misunderstandings Magazine

    livewords will return to our summer hang at The Central, 603 Markham Street – click here for a map - on Thursday August 27 show starts at 8 pm.