Tag Archives: The Central

Poetry in Translation redux + favourites & originals – 8/27/9

livewords  returns to our summer home at The Central, 603 Markham Street – click here for a map – on Thursday August 27 for an all and “different” open mic night kicking off at 8 pm.
3 Kinds of Open Mic Sets:

Poetry in Translation

Reading a poem by a poet you admire, translated into English from _______ [...]

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

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

Poetry in Translation
A reading of a poem that “hit you between the eyes”
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 [...]

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Misunderstandings Magazine 12 – Launched

We had a packed house July 23 at the Central on all-too-infrequent warm Toronto ‘09 summer night.
Nikki Ward won our all “original piece” Open Mic contest, carrying off a $50 cash prize for her impressive effort.
Thanks to our contest judges: Karen Shenfeld, Carey Toane, and Blair Trewartha.
MM Editor Jim Johnstone, successfully sold magazines to all [...]

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tonight come in from the rain with livewords @ The Central

Dry off inside with Clara Blackwood, Ron Newberry Evans, Anne Joyce, Jason Paradiso, Melanie Pierluigi, Dane Swan, Lindsay Tipping and Natalie Zina Walchots.
+ be one of 8 on the open mic (cash prize for best original poem)
but please don’t be late:
Open Mic Sign up 7:30 – Readings from 8:00 sharp.
The Central 603 Markham Street – [...]

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livewords MM12 launch party & readings now at The Central July 23.

On Thursday July 23 livewords presents the Misunderstandings Magazine Issue 12 launch party at our new venue!
With readings by 8 contributing authors:
Clara Blackwood is a Toronto-based writer. Her first poetry collection, Subway Medusa (2007), is the inaugural book in Guernica Editions’ First Poets Series, which showcases first books by poets thirty-five and under. From 1998 [...]

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