Vertigo Series Open Stage
Thursday, Mar. 26, 2015 7:00 pm
Admission: $5
Presented in Partnership with Thursday Night Live at
The MacKenzie Art Gallery
3475 Albert St.
Feature Performers:
Cheryl L’Hirondelle
Moe Clark
House Musicians:
Brian Templeton & Herb Exner
Bring your writing and music to share during the Open Stage.
E-mail info@vertigoseries.com to sign up to share.
Jan. 19 7:30pm Vertigo Series Event @ Crave
Feb. 9 7:30pm Vertigo Series Event @ Crave
Mar. 26 7:00pm Open Stage Event @ MacKenzie Art Gallery
Apr. 20 7:30pm Vertigo Series Event @ Crave
May 18 7:00pm Open Stage Event @ Cathedral Village Arts Fest
June 29 7:30pm Vertigo Series Event @ Crave
Join us on Sunday, September 14th for a talk with Gary Geddes:
The Writer as Witness with Gary Geddes
Gary Geddes, one of Canada’s most acclaimed poets and editors, will be speaking on The Writer As Witness, at Regina Public Library Main Branch on Sunday, September 14 at 2:00 p.m. Author and editor of 45 books of poetry, fiction, drama, non-fiction, criticism, translation and anthologies, Geddes is also the recipient of a dozen national and international literary awards, including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Americas Region) and the Gabriela Mistral Prize from Chile. Gary Geddes has been called one of Canada’s best political poets. Discussion will follow the presentation. This event is sponsored by The Poets Combine, Saskatchewan Writers Guild, Amnesty International, Vertigo Reading Series, and Regina Public Library and supported by The League of Canadian Poets and Canada Council for the Arts.
On Monday evening, Gary will be reading from his new selected poems, What Does A House Want? (Red Hen Press).
Vertigo Series Open Stage
in partnership with
Cathedral Village Arts Festival
Monday, May 19, 2014 7:00pm
The Artesian, 2627 13th Ave.
Feature Performance:
Dwayne Morgan
spoken word artist, motivational speaker and event organizer
House Musicians:
Brian Templeton & Herb Exner
Bring your writing and music to share during the Open Stage.
Sign up to share on the night of the event.
For more info email info@vertigoseries.com
2014 Vertigo Series Event Dates
January 20th @ Crave
February 10th @ Crave
March 6th @ MacKenzie Art Gallery
Open Stage featuring Lillian Allen
April 28th @ Crave
May 19th @ Cathedral Village Arts Festival
Open Stage
June 9th @ Crave
Vertigo Series Writing Session
@ MacKenzie Art Gallery (Free admission!)
Sunday, October 20, 2013, 2:00pm
Join writer and visual artist Susan Andrews Grace for an afternoon of writing and response at the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
Participants will explore the cross fertilization between written and visual forms and have the opportunity to create new work in response to the exhibition, 7: Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporated.
Any new work inspired by this session can be presented at the Open Stage on November 21, 2013 at the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
Please register in advance for this free writing session by calling (306) 584-4250 ext. 4292.
The Vertigo Series will collaborate with community organizations for events during Culture Days 2013:
Friday, September 27, 2013
C.R. Avery Workshop (free)
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm @ Creative City Centre
C.R. Avery feature performance
at CVAF Culture Days Poetry Slam (free)
7:30 pm @ The Mercury Café
The power of collaboration brings performance artist, C. R. Avery, to Regina! This beat-box poet, punk piano player and outlaw harmonica player will offer a writing and performance workshop on Friday afternoon. Join us Friday evening to experience his work as the featured artist of the 2013 CVAF Culture Days Poetry Slam. These events are made possible through a partnership between The Vertigo Series, The Saskatchewan Writers Guild, the Cathedral Village Arts Festival and Word Up Wednesday (Creative City Centre).
vertigoseries.com skwriter.com
cathedralartsfestival.ca creativecitycentre.ca
The Vertigo Series Open Stage
in partnership with the Cathedral Village Arts Festival
Monday, May 20th
7:30pm
@ St. Mary’s on 15th
3337 15th Ave.
Feature performance by spoken word artist Greg ‘Ritallin’ Frankson from Ontario.
Performance will be followed by an Open Stage.
Open Stage: bring your words and ideas – share your poems, stories, lyrics, spoken word!
All styles welcome!
This event is free and open to people of all ages.
The Vertigo Series
Monday, Feb. 25, 7:30pm
Open Stage @ the MacKenzie!
Thursday, Nov. 8, 7:30 pm
Vertigo Series Performances and Open Stage
@ MacKenzie’s Thursday Night Live
Join hip-hop artist InfoRed, singer/spoken word artist Tara Dawn Solheim, and musicians from the Local Onlyz with special guests for a night of performance inspired by the exhibition Carl Beam at the MacKenzie Art Gallery. Audience members are invited to bring their own art-inspired writing to the stage for an open-mic portion of the evening. Cash bar. The reduced $5 admission fee is supported by The Vertigo Series.
Thursday Night Live is presented in partnership with the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
The Vertigo Series
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 7:30pm
Crave Kitchen + Wine Bar
1925 Victoria Ave
Readers:
Brenda Niskala
Nora Gould
Barbara Langhorst
Music:
Yana
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