Vertigo Series Open Stage featuring Belle Plaine

as part of Thursday Lates programming at the MacKenzie Art Gallery

Thursday, February 9th, 2017 7:00pm
@ MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert Street, Regina SK

Feature Performer:
Belle Plaine

House Musician:
Brian Templeton and Andy Beisel

Admission $5. All ages. Cash bar.

Bring your poems, songs, stories to share during the Open Stage. Jam with house musicians. Sign up at the event or e-mail info@vertigoseries.com to sign up in advance.

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The Vertigo Series is proud to partner with the Meet in the Middle (MITM) curatorial team to host this event.

Meet in the Middle Opening Event
Wednesday, November 2, 2016, 7:30 pm
Crave Kitchen + Wine Bar | 1925 Victoria Ave

7:30 PM Doors open to the public for cocktails and conversation

8:00 PM Opening Remarks: Elizabeth Matheson (Strandline Curatorial Collective)

8:10 PM Musical Performance: Anna Ray Bagdasarian
Presented by Vertigo Reading Series
Anna Ray Bagdasarian
Anna Ray Bagdasarian is a musician and artist who is originally from Armenia and Israel. Her music is described as soulful, folky, and sometimes grungy. She will perform Prairie Song, an original composition co-written with her musical partner, Tara Dawn Solheim. The song mixes folk and country elements, offering a sound distinct from other songs that she has written or covered. Prairie Song is inspired by the life and the mood of Anna’s new home – Saskatchewan.

8:30 PM The Spirituality of Worry
Opening Performance by Celeste Snowber (Simon Fraser University)
Celeste Snowber threads dance, comedy and poetry to share stories of growing up with an Armenian mother, who had an eggplant soul. All of life, including vegetables, was stuffed with love, worry, trauma, wisdom and wonder. Resilience is borne where smells, textures and hues were the heaven of the new earth, and the scent of the old land. Celeste weaves the depth, absurdity and beauty of life through reforming notions of worry.

Join us following the event as we walk across the park for the Armenian Film Series 1 which begins 9:15pm Nov. 2, 2016 at the RPL Film Theatre / Dunlop Art Gallery.
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Presented as part of Meet in the Middle (MITM): Stations of Migration and Memory Between Art and Film (Regina 2014-2017)
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MITM Events, Armenian Film Series I and II
November 2-3, 2016
Dunlop Art Gallery / RPL Film Theatre

Atom Egoyan at the MacKenzie / MITM International Symposium
November 4-5, 2016
MacKenzie Art Gallery

For more information or to register for events, please visit:
http://www.egoyanatthemackenzie.ca/

The Vertigo Series is working in partnership with the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild to host a Culture Days event! Find us in Victoria Park in the midst of the Regina Farmers’ Market on Sat. Oct. 1 at 10:30am.

The Vertigo Series Season Finale
Monday, June 13, 2016, 7:30pm

Hosted by: Crave Kitchen & Wine Bar, 1925 Victoria Ave

Readings by:

Katherine Lawrence

Alison Lohans

2016 Regina Poetry Slam Team

Music by:

Val Halla

Vertigo Series Open Stage
at the Cathedral Village Arts Festival
Monday, May 23, 2016 7:00pm
@ The Artesian, 2627 13^th Ave.

Feature Performer:
Sheri-D Wilson

House Musicians:
Brian Templeton and Andy Beisel

Bring your words, poems, songs, stories, spoken word to share at the Open Stage! Set your words to music with house musicians! Feature performance by the Mama of Dada, Sheri-D Wilson. E-mail info@vertigoseries.com to sign up.

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Workshop with Sheri-D Wilson
at the Cathedral Village Arts Festival
Monday, May 23, 2016 3:30-5:30pm
@ The Artesian,  2627 13^th Ave.
Free Admission

Join internationally known spoken word poet & educator Sheri-D Wilson for free workshop that will take you deeper into your own authentic voice and performance. This workshop is All Ages.

MacKenzie Presents: Vertigo Series 
Thursday, November 12, 2015 7:00pm

The MacKenzie Art Gallery, in partnership with Vertigo Series, presents an open stage, highlighting the best of music, writing, visual art, and poetry. Admission is $5. Cash bar.

Feature Performer:
Steven Ross Smith

House Musicians:
Brian Templeton and Herb Exner

Bring your writing and music to share during the Open Stage.
E-mail info@vertigoseries.com to sign up to share.

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Writing Workshop with Steven Ross Smith
2:00 – 4:00 pm Thurs. Nov. 12 @ MacKenzie Art Gallery (Free)

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Vertigo Series
A special edition on the eve of the SK Writers’ Guild Conference
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, 7:30pm

Vertigo Series
2015 Autumn Schedule

 
Vertigo Series Season Kick-off!
Mon. Sept. 14, 2015 7:30pm
@ Crave Kitchen & Wine Bar 1925 Victoria Ave
Readings by: Lynda Monahan, Harold Rhenisch, Bren Simmers
Music by: Ben Winoski

Culture Days Words in the Park
Sat. Sept. 26, 2015, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
@ City Square Plaza Stage in Victoria Park
Readings by: Sharon Butala, Alex Cousins, Greg Simison, Coby Stephenson
Presented by the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and The Vertigo Series

Vertigo Series
on the Eve of the SWG Conference
Oct. 22, 2015 7:30pm
@ Crave Kitchen & Wine Bar 1925 Victoria Ave
Readings by: Connie Gault, Elizabeth Philips, Dianne Warren
Music by: Ava Wild

Vertigo Series Open Stage
Nov. 12, 2015 7:00pm
@ MacKenzie Art Gallery 3475 Albert Street
Feature Literary Performer: sound and performance poet, Steven Ross Smith
Free workshop with Steven Ross Smith
Nov. 12 2:00pm @ MacKenzie Art Gallery

The Vertigo Series Season Finale

Monday, June 29, 2015, 7:30pm

Hosted by:
Crave Kitchen & Wine Bar, 1925 Victoria Ave

Join us for the Vertigo Series Season Finale on June 29th at Crave! We’ve put together a very special event featuring Regina launches of new books by Lorna Crozier and Cassidy McFadzean. Irwin Kahan’s Memoir “Tending the Tree of Life” read by his daughter Barbara Kahan of Wild Sage Press. Music by world renowned drummer Flo Mounier all the way from Montreal and special guests. See you there to celebrate the season!

Many thanks to our partners and sponsors:

Brown Communications
Canada Council for the Arts
Crave Kitchen and Wine Bar
League of Canadian Poets
Saskatchewan Arts Board
SaskCulture
Saskatchewan Lotteries

Vertigo Series Open Stage
at the Cathedral Village Arts Festival
with Judith Krause and Dan Silljer!

Monday, May 18, 2015 7:00pm
Free Admission

@ The Artesian, 2627 13th Ave.

Bring your words, poems, stories, songs, spoken word to share at the Open Stage! Jam with house musician Dan Silljer. Feature reading by Saskatchewan Poet Laureate, Judith Krause.

E-mail info@vertigoseries.com to sign-up.

Those who sign-up prior to the event will be ensured a spot if time becomes limited. Sign-up will also be available at the event.

Many thanks to our partners and sponsors:

Brown Communications
Cathedral Village Arts Festival
Saskatchewan Arts Board
Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild
Saskatchewan Lotteries
SaskCulture

The Vertigo Series

Monday, April 20, 2015, 7:30pm

Join us for readings by Saskatchewan Book Awards nominees.

“Vision + Voice” Workshop with Moe Clark

Tues. Mar. 24, 2:30 – 4:30 pm
@ The MacKenzie Art Gallery
Free Admission

Explore principles of “ekphrastic” poetry writing in response to a visual work in the gallery, then add sound through vocal experimentation with the looping pedal. Elements of spoken word, poetic prompts, vocal improvisation and talking circle will be explored in a group setting. No previous experience required. Bring a notebook, pen + open mind.

E-mail info@vertigoseries.com to sign up.
Limited spots available.

Moe Clark photo credit: Vivian Doan

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).