Poetry Cabaret

FRIDAY, OCT 18 @ 7:30PM $25
Memorial Park Library, Festival Hub, 2nd Floor
1221 2 St SW

The poets of Wordfest leap from the pages to the stage in Poetry Cabaret. Conor Kerr (Old Gods), Michael Lista (Barfly), Canisia Lubrin (The Dyzgraphxst), and Benjamin Hertwig (Slow War) will take the mic to regale you in verse.

Even tastier, we’re going to fill Memorial Park with music, thanks to the interplay between words and sound woven by Calgary jazz pianist Timothonius (whose repertoire includes stride, neo-soul, gospel, and contemporary soul music) and vocalist Jane Madeleine.

Be part of this magical collaboration and fill your Friday night with a figurative (and perhaps a literal) cocktail of the poetic joy and wonder within us all.

WHAT TO EXPECT

• Readings, short interviews & musical performances
• 90-minute show, with an intermission
• Libations Bar, with non-alcoholic options
• Onsite Bookseller: Owl’s Nest Books
• Post-Show signing and author selfies

ABOUT HOST PAULA TURCOTTE

Paula Turcotte is a poet, writer, and dog lover based in Moh’kins’stis (Calgary). Her debut chapbook Permutations was published in July 2024 by Baseline Press. Her poetry has been shortlisted for The Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Award and received People’s Choice in CV2’s 2-Day Poetry Contest. Her recent work appears in Canthius, Arc Poetry, and elsewhere. She is the Youth Programming Associate at Wordfest and a poetry editor at MAYDAY.