The Nightingale Spoken Word Open Mic (featuring Michael Gravel)
Schedule
Mon Mar 03 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
The Kasbar @ 10444 82 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2A2, Canada | Edmonton, AB
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“A Poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness, and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician, who feel that they are moved and softened, yet know not whence or why.” ― Percy Bysshe Shelley
🌹Doors open @ 6:30pm - event starts at 7pm. 15 minute feature🌹
🎩No cover, Pass of the hat donations. None shall be denied entry.🎩
You are all cordially invited to attend this inaugural event which will be featuring the legendary Michael Gravel. The master of ceremonies will be the equally legendary Kathy Fisher.
A prime location for poetry readings, The Kasbar is an exotic lounge with a superb Greek Mediterranean menu and an equally excellent selection of spirits, ale, and wine.
Under the auspices of the stars, we dare you to partake in an exiting evening of comedy and drama. Come and forge new friendships, or mend old ones anew. But above all, come and sate your sense of adventure - come and have fun.
🂱 An Edmonton based writer, Michael Gravel was a founding member, and frontman of the fabled Raving Poets. His storied career includes years of involvement with the Edmonton Poetry Festival. He also adds that he enjoys the great chase with the hounds for the unattainable meaning of the world.
🂱 Kathy Fisher is an Edmonton-based, Montreal-born multidisciplinary artist, performance poet and documentarian. A host in the local literary and spoken word scene, Fisher regularly produces and hosts evenings of words and music whose poetry has been published in traditional and on-line literary journals. A keen collaborator, she regularly performs spoken word and song with a roster of musicians. In 2023, she wrote, directed and produced her Spanish-flu themed show, Vox Virago, as part of The Travellers, a six-person ensemble. Recent poetry commissions and performances include two tribute poems honouring colleagues at McGill Law School, where she had her first poems published 40 years ago. Her video-poem wabi-sabi, co-produced in collaboration with filmmaker Louise Abbott, screened in LA in November 2024 at The Film and Poetry Symposium where she performed a lively poetry reading.
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Where is it happening?
The Kasbar @ 10444 82 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2A2, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
