It’s time for our Fall 2014 REVERB reading, on Wednesday, November 5th at Gallery Gachet (88 E. Cordova St.) on unceded Musqueam, S?wxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh land.
***FEATURING***
ANTONETTE REA
Antonette Rea is a local poet who has shared her work in various literary magazines, chap books and performance poetry. She recently was the subject of a short film “A Woman with a Past” currently on the international film fest circuit and is currently working on a play based on a collection of her poetry about her life’s challenges as a transgender woman.
VANESSA SHANTI FERNANDO
Vanessa Shanti Fernando identifies as a queer, mixed-race femme dandy. She is studying to become a social worker, but will always be a writer first. She believes in the power of romance and rootedness.
AMBER DAWN
Amber Dawn is a local writer. Her memoir How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler’s Memoir won the 2013 Vancouver Book Award. She is the author of the Lambda Award-winning novel Sub Rosa, and editor of the anthologies Fist of the Spider Women: Fear and Queer Desire and With A Rough Tongue.
BEN KEANE-O’HARA
Ben has grown up and surrounded himself with writers. He’s finally coming to a place of holding that space for himself. He moves towards stories of unknown mixed and poc ancestry, trans and queer identities, and the way light catches on the curve of a belly. He is at once afraid of and in love with the ocean.
TIARÉ JUNG
bio coming soon!
JILLIAN CHRISTMAS
Jillian Christmas serves as Artistic Director of Vers?s Festival of Words. She has won Grand Poetry-Slam Championship titles at both the Vancouver BedRocc poetry-slam (2011), as well as the Vancouver Poetry Slam (2012, 2014), and has represented Vancouver at the Women of the World Poetry Slam for the past two years. An enthusiastic organizer within the Canadian poetry community, Jillian has participated in, developed and executed programs in partnership with Toronto Poetry Project, Wordplay, Brendan McLeod’s Travelling Slam and the CULTCH Mentorship, and facilitated spoken word workshops for youth and adults across the country.
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Doors at 7 PM; show at 7:30 PM sharp. We’re asking for a dollar at the door, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. There will be some seriously great stuff to buy at our merch table, so bring your bucks if you can!
We’re going to have some great stuff to give away as well, so don’t forget to enter our draw in the hat on your way in the door!
Event poster by our amazing artist-in-residence, Tiaré Jung, who’s been making art for us all year and is now sharing a different kind of art at this event! Check out more of Tiaré’s work here: http://teeahray.tumblr.com/
***ACCESSIBILITY INFO***
ASL Interpretation Provided.
For Gallery Gachet:
front door: 5 feet width
front door step: 6 inch height (but we have a ramp)
ramp: 31 inch width
washroom door: 33 inch width
toilet: 10 inch clearance on left side
14″ inch clearance in front to sink
There is an all genders washroom.
Gallery Gachet is an art gallery and as such may have some chemicals present that some maybe be sensitive to including paints, pottery glazes, or other art supplies. In order to create a space where folks with multiple chemical sensitivities can participate, please refrain from wearing perfumes, colognes or other scented products (including essential oils) and smoke far away from the entrance to the space. We do clear out the space with an air purifier prior to the event. For info on how to support folks with multiple chemical sensitivities, visit: http://www.peggymunson.com/mcs/fragrancefree.html
For a full accessibility audit of Gallery Gachet, visit: http://radicalaccessiblecommunities.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/this-audit-of-gallery-gachet-was-performed-on/
We provide snacks! Including gluten-free and vegan options, and do not sell alcohol at the event.
If you’re attending and will need particularly comfortable seating, please let us know! We have a few comfy and large office chairs that we’re stoked to save for folks who need that kind of seating, so if that’s you, please message or email us with your name so that we can be sure you’ll be comfortable throughout the event (and please also show up early to make sure you get in the door!). If you would be made more comfortable by the addition of a cushion, please bring one with you — and if you don’t have one you can bring, let us know and we’ll do our best to rustle up something for you.
***ABOUT REVERB***
REVERB: A Queer Reading Series aims to support and showcase emerging and established LGBT2QI writers through a quarterly reading series with an anti-oppressive framework. We believe that writing is a radical act that can transform dominant narratives about whose lives and loves are important and valued, and that sharing that writing can empower, inspire and transform ourselves and our communities. We write and read on unceded Musqueam, S?wxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh land, and are committed to radical inclusion in our series, recognizing that access to the world of writing, literacy, and even queerness continues to be limited. As organizers, we endeavour to create a reading series where white-identified readers are always in the minority to ensure a space that centres the voices of Indigenous, Black, mixed writers and all writers of colour. All our writers self-identify on a spectrum of queerness that centres trans* and femme experiences. All of our events are held in physically and financially accessible spaces, and with every event, we make at least one change to ensure that REVERB becomes more and more accessible. We promise to do all we can to create a safer space — bring your suggestions! Check your assumptions at the door; REVERB is a body-positive, anti-racist, anti-sexist, and hella queer- and trans-positive event.
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