Third IFPOR & 100tpc toronto

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From Norman Cristofoli cristofoli@coffeehouse.ca
The Next Two Week’s Shows – October 10 & 17
Canadian Festival of Spoken Word
The preliminary bouts of the Canadian Festival Spoken Word will feature 20 poetry slam teams from across the country, that's 80 poets, that's some incredible talent to take in! Don't miss... [read more]

http://www.bigbridge.org/100thousandpoetsforchange/?p=4768
From Norman Cristofoli cristofoli@coffeehouse.ca
The Next Two Week’s Shows – October 10 & 17
Canadian Festival of Spoken Word
The preliminary bouts of the Canadian Festival Spoken Word will feature 20 poetry slam teams from across the country, that's 80 poets, that's some incredible talent to take in! Don't miss your chance, Toronto!

Preliminary Bouts
Tuesday, October 11, doors open at 6:30 pm
at the Drake Hotel
1150 Queen Street West (east of Dufferin)
Even though the Drake show is free, note we have to follow capacity policies and it MIGHT be sold out, so no guarantee of entry. Don't arrive late!

BUT you can show up earlier at 5pm to check out the Legends of Spoken Word Showcase, featuring Sheri-D Wilson, RC Weslowski, Eddy da original one, Andrea Thompson and Lillian Allen.

No tix will be available in advance for prelims, so first come first seated. But get a pass for $40 and you can get into everything, including SemiFinals and Finals! Realize on Wed and Thurs there are simultaneous bouts, so if one venue is sold out, you can always head to the other venue at the same time.

Questions? Email us at info@torontopoetryslam.com
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Art Bar
Poetry Reading Series and Open Stage
Tuesday, October 11 and Octobder 18 at 8:00 pm
at Paupers Pub
539 Bloor Street West, second floor
October 11 Features: Robin Richardson, Edward Nixon, Babar Khan
October 18 Features: Joe Dewar, Dorothy Sjöholm, Mick Burrs
More info at www.artbar.org

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Brian Gladstone’s
Acoustic Open Stage
Tuesday, October 11 and Octobder 18, sign up at 7:00 pm
Monarch’s Pub in the Delta Hotel
at the corner of Yonge & Gerrard
October 11 Feature: Noah Zacharin
October 18 Feature: D'Arcy Wickham

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Canadian Festival of Spoken Word
The preliminary bouts continue at Trane Studio, because we have so many teams we have to run simultaneous bouts! Bouts begin at 7pm but doors are at 630pm. $5 cover per venue. Second bout at 9pm.

Wednesday, October 12 and Thursday, October 13, doors open at 6:30 pm
at the Trane Studio
964 Bathurst Street
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Canadian Festival of Spoken Word
LateNight Haiku Head-to-Head Battle
Wednesday, October 12 at 11:00 pm
at Clinton's
693 Bloor Street West

Poets from across the country will need to have at least 30 haikus prepared for an intense head-to-head match against fellow haikusters.
Hosted by Cynthia Gould, this 5-7-5 battle will offer funky prizes to the top three and will be one of the most memorable late-night events of the fest.
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WordStage
Wednesday, October 12 at 7:30 pm
at Dooney’s Café
296 Brunswick Avenue
Featuring: Jonathan Eskedjian, Sachiko Murakami, Amela Marin, Jim Christy
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Fat Albert's Coffeehouse
Open Stage
Wednesday, October 12 and October 19 at 8:00 pm
at the Steelworkers Hall
25 Cecil street
One block south of College, one block east of Spadina
Hosted by Mary Milne & Tony Hanik
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Gary 17's Open Mic
Acoustic Open Stage
Wednesday, October 12 and October 19 at 8:00 pm
at Terri O’s
185 Danforth Avenue
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Toronto Renaissance Conspiracy
Spoken Word Workshop and Open Stage
Thursday, October 13 at 7:30 pm
at the Black Swan
154 Danforth Avenue (just west of Broadview)
If you participate in the workshop, please bring at least 10 copies of your poem.
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Thursday@Dave's - Open Mic
Acoustic Open Stage
Thursday, October 13 and October 20 at 9:30 pm
at the Dave's (on St. Clair)
730 St. Clair Avenue West
Hosted By: The McDales (Herb & Fran)
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The Ultimate Variety Show and Open Stage
Transcendental Mirror
Live Music, Poetry, Improv, Dance, Theatre, Comedy, Art
Thursday, October 13 and October 20 at 9:00 pm
at the Waterfalls Indian Tapas Bar
303 Augusta Avenue, Kensington Market
Hosted by David and Lauren
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Open Mike with Seb Agnello
Live Music Open Stage and Jam
Thursday, October 13 and October 20 at 9:30 pm
at the Danny
2183 Danforth Ave. (two blocks west of Woodbine)
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Canadian Festival of Spoken Word
The Semi-Finals
Friday, October 14, doors open at 6:30 pm
at the Royal Cinema
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Canadian Festival of Spoken Word
Alternates Slam
Friday, October 14 at 12:30 pm
at the Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Ave (Bloor, west of Spadina)

The alternates for every competing poetry slam at CFSW have a chance to show us what they got! On Friday afternoon, this Alt Slam will showcase some of these fantastic spoken word poets from across the country. Not to be missed! Regular slam rules apply. Cumulative score. No team pieces. Winning poet will be the sacrifice poet at Finals! Signup at 12:20pm at Tranzac Main Hall.
Hosted by Megan Ann Ward from Montreal
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International Festival of Poetry of Resistance
Poetry Reading Series and Open Stage
Friday, October 14 to Sunday, October 16
Various venues
Please see the attached flyer for all the events.
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Canadian Festival of Spoken Word
Finals Night
Saturday, October 15 at 7:00 pm
at the Metropolitan United Church
56 Queen Street East

The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word 2011 culminates with the night of all night, Finals! The top 4 teams from the past week battle it out in the gorgeous Metro United Church, but not before some very special guests rock the stage.

Poets of Honour this year include dub poet star d'bi young and Dr. Poetry himself Robert Priest!
Special opening musical presentation by Maneli Jamal
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Sunday Poetry @ Ellington’s
Poetry Reading Series and Open Stage
Sunday, October 16 and October 23 at 11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Ellington’s Music & Cafe
805 St Clair Ave West
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Acoustic Afternoon
Acoustic Open Stage
Sunday, October 16 and October 23 at 3:00 pm
at Sarah's Cafe & Bar
1426 Danforth Avenue (west of Coxwell)
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Plasticine Poetry Series
Spoken Word and Open Stage
Sunday, October 16 at 6:00 pm
at Pauper’s Pub
539 Bloor Street West
Featuring: Cathy Petch, Magaret Christakos, David Silverberg, Michael Fraser, James Dewar, Natalie Zina Walschots
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Upstairs @ Aquila Sunday Night Open Mic
Sunday, October 16 and October 23 at 8:30 pm
Aquila Restaurant
347 Keele Street (just North of Annette St.)
Hosts: Uncle Herb Dale and Fran McCann
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HOWL
Spoken word and music Radio Show
Tuesday, October 18 at 10:00 pm
at CIUT 89.5 FM
and on the Internet at www.ciut.fm, Rogers Cable channel 946 and Star satellite channel 826
CIUT Fundraiser Night or Pledge to Howl.
The annual fundraiser to keep the city’s best independent radio station alive and bringing you the shows you simply cannot get anywhere else.
Hosted by Nik Beat
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coexisDance series #41
Saturday, October 22 at 8:00 pm
at Arraymusic Studios
60 Atlantic Avenue
The coexisDance duet series features some of this city's most dynamic and innovative dance improvisers along with the Improvising Musicians Toronto.

set one:
corrin adams / tova kardonne (vocals)
stephanie ledger / heather segger (trombone), jim bailey (electronics)
sedina fiati / andy yue (piano), colin anthony (vocals, percussion)
alannah bergin / michael lynn (double bass)
laura hicks, julie lassonde / nilan perera (guitar)

set two:
minae omi / rob piilonen (flute)
yves candau / rosano coutinho (piano), michael lynn (double bass)
tom brouilette / eugene martynec (electronics)

Eugene Martynec is our guest curator for this month
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Please forward this e-mail to anyone who you think will enjoy a great night of entertainment.

The International Festival of Poetry of Resistance (IFPOR) invites you to attend the Third IFPOR to take place in Toronto October 14-16, 2011. The First Festival in April, 2009, was dedicated to the Cuban Five, unjustly sentenced to prison in the U.S. The Second Festival in October, 2010, was dedicated to the self-determination of peoples with a focus on freedom for Mumia Abu Jamal and Leonard Peltier as well as the Cuban Five. Our Third Festival is dedicated to oppressed people everywhere and will be organized in modules focusing on issues in various parts of the world. Choosing which ones to focus on is not easy - there are so many - but we hope that we will be able to expand our knowledge about and develop our solidarity with people struggling for justice. Each module will have a presentation of background information, discussion and an arts/cultural component of poetry, music, song and dance.

This year's special guest speaker will be Landi Silverio

PROGRAMME

Friday, October 14 – FOCUS ON ALBA AND LATIN AMERICA

5:30 - 6:00 p.m. - Opening reception with an art exhibit
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Launch of the first volume of the IFPOR Anthology of Poetry
7:00 p.m.. - Plans are underway to have poets and artists from some of the countries belonging to ALBA


(Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Honduras (previous to the coup), and others to focus on providing some understanding of the important role ALBA is playing and can play and its influence on issues in Latin America in general. This first evening will have discussion, presentations of poetry, music and song and some rich, hot salsa
provided by a live band after. Cash food and bar will also be available. We are hoping this evening will also be a fundraiser to meet the costs of the Festival.

Saturday, October 15 - Morning - poetry, music and discussion in Spanish only.
Afternoon- TRIBUTE BY TRANS-ARABIAN NATIONS TO THE PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE FOR SELFDETERMINATION – at Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street (Bathurst and Bloor) – Sponsored by Beit Zatoun and Krittibas Literary Group.
This will be an exciting programme of information and discussion, music and poetry in two segments and several
different modules on countries such as Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Pakistan, Lebanon, Afghanistan, etc.

Sunday, October 16- FOCUS ON CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES AND LATIN AMERICA

11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. - Lunch for poets to meet and draw up a draft statement of the Festival
1:00 - 4:30 p.m. - Music, poetry and discussion
4:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Acceptance of a final draft of a Fest Declaration
7:15 - 10:00 p.m. - Farewell reception with music and poetry presentations



We encourage your input and suggestions and look forward to your attendance. Our programme is still fluid and changes may be expected. IFPOR is a non-profit organization and all donations go toward aiding and developing IFPOR activities. Our aims are to promote poetry through popular participation in order to provide knowledge about justice issues and develop solidarity. We oppose the culture of war, greed, violence, racism and discrimination and recognize the necessity for a more equitable distribution of wealth among nations and communities to provide for basic needs of people and to sustain a healthy environment.
All Festival events are free of charge including registration, receptions, and coffee during breaks. Unfortunately, we cannot offer any financial help to visitors and shall request donations at events. For further information please email the co-ordinator.

We hope to have an open mic at many of the events and if you plan to attend and wish to present poetry at any of the sessions, please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours in solidarity

Festival Committee:
Lisa Makarchuk, Co-ordinator, Jose Gonzalez, Assistant Co-ordinator; Carlos Angulo-Rivas, Treasurer; Jeannine Pitas, Secretary; Steve O’Brien, Secretary.

Email contacts for Festival Committee:

lisamakarchuk@sympatico.ca | jgonz777@yahoo.ca | c.angulo.r@gmail.com | dymphna015[at]yahoo.com


IFPOR Joins 100,000 poets for change Toronto
PROGRAMME FOR 100 000 POETS FOR CHANGE
Dooney’s Cafe, 296 Brunswick Avenue (just south of Bloor).
Sep. 24, 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Banoo Zan -published author or articles, biographies, translations and poetry in English and Persian. The 2nd edition of her book “The Song of Phoenix: Life and Works of Sylvia Plath”, appeared in 2010;
Carlos Angulo – escaped from Peru when his life was in danger (for political reasons) a few decades ago, he is an acclaimed internationally-known poet who currently resides in Hamilton;
Allen Sutterfield- poet and visual artist; original founder of The Art Bar reading series. His most recent book is “Children of the Fire”, published 2011 by LyricalMyracle Press.
Arnold Itwaru – poet, writer, scholar and artist, Arnold is originally from Guyana where he won national awards for his poetry and painting. He has authored 13 books:poetry, fiction and scholarly writing. His most recent publication is “The White Supremacist State: Eurocentrism Imperialism Colinialism Racism.”
Jeannine Pitas – writer and teacher from Buffalo, N.Y., currently residing in Toronto. She is also the English translator of Uruguayan poet, Marosa di Gorgio’s “The History of Violerts”.
Patrick Connors – is an arts writer for news4u.net. He was recently featured at The Art Bar, Subtext Multi-Arts Festival and will be featured at Brockton Writers on October 5th.
Sheniz Janmohamed – a spoken word artist, author and graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing program at the University of Guelph. She is the founder of Ignite Poets, a youth spoken word initiative with an emphasis on social awareness. She is also the author of Bleeding Light (TSAR) a collection of sufi poetry written in ghazal form.
Rambling Andy O’Rourke, the Strolling Minstrel Guy
Natasha Ksonzek – originally from Montreal. Natasha is a poet, artist and publisher of Other Eye Books which specializes in new literary and activist scholarly writing with social insight, anti-imperialism and anti-racism.
Rabin Ramah – published poet, writer, actor and a landscape, botanical photographer, originally from Trinidad-Tobago. He hopes to save the world with his writing and photography. Currently he is the featured photographer on the Ritz Carleton Magazine for Toronto.
Ava Homa – Kurdish-Canadian, writer-in-exile, she is the author of “Echoes from the Other Land”nominated in 2011 for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. Its theme is one of resistance by modern Iranian women under an oppressive regime.
Gwen Nowak McGrenere- poet and author, columnist for Catholic New Times(1978-1985), author of “Miriam ofNazareth: Who can find her?”(2000); book reviews published in Books in Canada, 2001-2006 www.miriamofnazareth.com
Stuart Ross and students from the Poetry Boot Camp – Stuart has published six books of poetry, has been short-listed and won many awards and is now teaching workshops across Canada.
There are a few more poets to be confirmed.
www,poetryofresistance.org
Email: resistancepoetryfest@yahoo.ca
The 3rd International Festival of Poetry and Resistance (IFPOR) is in honour of oppressed people everywhere. In 2009, it focused on freedom for the Cuban Five and in 2010, on self-determination of peoples. This year, it is taking place in Toronto October 14 – 16, 2011, at various locations: Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil Street; The 519 Community Centre, 519 Church Street; Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street; and Dooney’s Cafe, 296 Brunswick Avenue (just south of Bloor).
IFPOR views poetry as, yes, a source of delight, but, also, as a weapon for liberation as it was used by the great poets of the past such as Nazim Hikmet, Pablo Neruda, Ho Chi Minh, Jose Marti, Vladimir Mayakovsky and so many others around the world. We aim to cross borders and cultures to unite in our struggles for a more just world for all. We are in favour of peace with justice, a sustainable environment and against greed, war, racism or discrimination. We base our aims on a recognition of the beauty of inherent and diverse qualities in people.
We encourage the writing and presentation of poetry and the spoken word to reflect the cri de coeur of peoples around the world seeking
a more equitable re-distribution of the earth’s resources, locally. nationally and internationally, with the belief that a more just world possible.

100 Thousand Poets for Change Toronto joins the largest poetry reading in history with 95 participating countries offering 600 events in 450 cities on Sept. 24, 2011. Toronto Events:
Sat. Sept. 24, 2011, 100,000 poets for change Toronto
Toronto Events

Morning 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Poetry Breakfast & 100,000 poets kick off
The House of Lancaster
1215 Bloor Street West, Bloordale, Toronto
Morning 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
The House of Lancaster Poetry Breakfast
1215 Bloor Street WestBabar Khan,
Beatriz Hausner, Bruce Ward, Corrado Paina, Dorion Sagan, Dougal Bichan, Dyan Marie, Elizabeth W. Gachuire, Eldon Garnet, Gary Michael Dault, Gianna Patriarca, Honey Novick, Katie Fotheringham, Nancy Bullis, Nik Beat, Norman Cristofoli, Rob Rolfe and others

1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Ellington’s Music and Cafe
805 St. Clair Ave. W.
Sunday Poetry at Ellington’s joins 100,000 poets for change Toronto
Kabaka Pyramid, Jen Kunlire, Marita Hollo with Jenny Blackbird, and more
plus open mic

2:00 PM
Gwendolyn MacEwen Park.
At the intersection of Lowther and Walmer Road. 1 block N of Bloor, 1 block W of Spadina. Poets in word, poets in deed – established Toronto poets Guy Ewing, Sonja Greckol, Maureen Hynes, Sue MacLeod, Jim Nason, Maureen Scott Harris, Sheila Stewart and Elizabeth Ukrainetz

TTC Bus Shelter
Lansdowne Ave. at Paton Road, Bloordale
afternoon reading by Dyan Marie

3:00 PM to 6:00PM
International Festival of Poetry of Resistance joins 100,000 poets for change Toronto
Dooney's 296 Brunswick

7:00 PM
The River Trading Company
1418 Queen St. W.
Robert Priest, David Day, Paul Salnek & guest

8:00PM
CineCycle,
in the old coach house down the lane behind 129 Spadina Ave.,
on the east side between Richmond St. W. and Adelaide St. W.
an evening of short readings, performance and video screenings by:
John Barlow, Lynn Crosbie, Powys Dewhurst, Christine Duncan, Jemeni G, Mike Hoolboom, Min Sook Lee, Priscilla Uppal, Darren O’Donnell and The Young Mammals, Chet Singh, Steve Venright, plus others.

9:00PM
The Waterfalls Indian Tapas Bar and Grill,
303 Augusta Ave, Kensington Market
video by Robin Lloyd ’94
The Underground Railroad, Vemont and the Fugitive Slave
Poetry with, Lauren Stine, David Swartz, Max Layton, Ewan Whyte, Andrea Thompson, Honey Novick, Daniel Waldman, Dale Percy, Robert Thomas Payne, and others. Video animation artist Mary Fish

Strong Voices at One Small Corner of Poetry Nation.
Gwendolyn MacEwen Park.
At the intersection of Lowther and Walmer Road. 1 block N of Bloor, 1 block W of Spadina Sept. 24, 2:00 p.m.

Poets in word, poets in deed – established Toronto poets Guy Ewing, Sonja Greckol, Maureen Hynes, Sue MacLeod, Jim Nason, Maureen Scott Harris, Sheila Stewart and Elizabeth Ukrainetz as they read their own poetry and their favourite poems of social activism. Join us for laughter, anger, determination and most of all, a chance to deepen our understanding of how we can shape and improve our own small corners and the wide world.
Rain or shine – bring umbrellas!
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The House of Lancaster
1215 Bloor Street West, Bloordale, Toronto
Sept 24, Morning 10:30 to 12:30

Jump-start community-building 100 Thousand Artists for Change with a morning breakfast event offering poetry, dance, music and food. (The House of Lancaster's exotic dancers have the morning off). 100TAC, House of Lancaster Poetry Breakfast is a pay-what-you-can fund-raising event with proceeds divided between local Savards Woman Shelter on Bloor Street, neighbourhood Perth/Dupont library and the performing poets. This event is encouraged by BIG: Bloor Improvement Group and the Bloordale BIA.
With: Babar Khan, Beatriz Hausner, Bruce Ward, Corrado Paina, Dorion Sagan, Dougal Bichan, Dyan Marie, Elizabeth W. Gachuire, Eldon Garnet, Gary Michael Dault, Gianna Patriarca, Honey Novick, Katie Fotheringham, Nancy BullisNik Beat, Norman Cristofoli, Rob Rolfe
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The Waterfalls Indian Tapas Bar and Grill 303 Augusta Ave, Kensington Market
Video by Robin Lloyd in '94 9:00PM
The Underground Railroad, Vermont and the fugitive Slave. Sam Kerson

webcast to 100,000 poets for change world wide 9:30PM
host David Swartz
M.C. Lauren Stine
Poets: Honey Novick, Ewan Whyte, David Swartz, Max Layton, Dale Percy,
Andrea Thompson, Daniel Waldman
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CineCycle
In the old coach house down the lane behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Sept 24, Doors 8 pm

100,000 Poets For Change invites you to an evening of short readings, performance and video screenings by: John Barlow, Lynn Crosbie, Powys Dewhurst, Christine Duncan, Jemeni G, Mike Hoolboom, Min Sook Lee, Darren O'Donnell, Priscilla Uppal and others.
The first of an annual salon night of readings, performances, screenings, interventions and networking that aims to bring diverse communities and audiences into an environment of artistic and social intermingling.
Mark us down. Of course we want to see you there.
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100 Thousand Poets for Change, Toronto Mission Statement
Our goal is to bring poetry back to the center of cultural life. In the same way that the revolution in communications technology has sparked revolutionary movements around the world, so we, the poets of all nations, one hundred thousand strong, will speak on the same day to express our solidarity with those who cannot speak for themselves. Whatever else, poetry is freedom. By speaking to a world-wide audience using Facebook, Twitter and Skype, we will remind all of us of poetry’s great gift to the human spirit – delight.

NEXT MEETING: August 23, 6:00 Moon Bean Coffee House, 30 Andrew Street, The Market, Toronto
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Discussion

notes from the 5th meeting, August 16, Clinton Art Bar, 7:00
report on venues,

CineCycle Louise is coordinating the show. I believe that all the
talent is in place and all the equipment is on the location. Louise
will advise us if she requires any expertise for audio, lights, or
projectors.

House of Lancaster Dyan is coordinating the show with Charlie. Poets who may appear are; Sandra Alland, Steve Venrite, and Mary Milne, Eldon Garnet, Norman Cristofoli, Corrado Paina and others. Dyan has an idea for a PWYC breakfast, with proceeds going to the Dupont/Perth Library branch and Savards Woman’s Shelter on Bloor Street. We need to find out if the House of Lancaster has a PA we can use, and if we need a sound engineer to assist. Dyan also discussed the idea of “putting art in places that need attention”. Her thoughts are to place readings in the strip club, TTC bus shelters, homeless shelters and libraries. It is unclear if she wants to advertise this or do a “gorilla” event. Dyan visualize the bus shelter event taking place at night with seats for a 3 person audience and the strip club that is able to have a 350 person audience. Also discussed that we should focus our resources on the 3 sites already confirmed. Marty suggested that we end the poetry breakfast with a poets parade. Charlie wants us to find out about printing a parade banner. Charlie suggested we create a flow of events from the House of Lancaster to the Market, then on to the CineCycle down town.

Waterfalls Tapas Marty and Dave are coordinating the show. They are
about to test the projector there and discover what cords are required
to connect the projector to a lap top. The Waterfalls has all the
equipment but we could use some expertise. David will MC and Mary may
share those duties. Mary has suggested a number of poets to appear,
Also Dave and Marty have poets who want to read and Louise has
suggested some poets to the Waterfalls event. Marty’s vision for the
show is a web cast from the Waterfalls to the 100tpc broadcast site.
Marty has poets in Cleveland, Sheboygan, and Brantford who want to
appear at the Waterfalls via SKYPE . He will ask them to use a
webcast instead so they broadcast not only to us, but anyone. Marty
would like to show a talk about how slavery was ended in North
America, by Artist, Sam Kerson. http://vimeo.com/27516054
Also Mary and Louise may add some screenings to the Waterfalls
schedule. The time is tight to present all the ideas for this show,
some cutting may occur. Honey Novick will read or sing, and Marty
would like to invite Josh Smith from Buffalo to appear. There just
may not be time for an open mic.


Announcements and Poets list,

We need to make a blog page or a wordpress page that shows all the
event information in one place. Dyan wants a designer to assist with
the overall look of 100tpc toronto. The banner text at the top of the
100tpc blog needs to be the mission statement first. Marty requested to be named an
“author” for the site so he can edit our page. We need to assemble a
comprehensive list of poets who are reading at each venue. Please send
a description of your show to Marty with all the features appearing
named. Then we can upload the information to the site we design and
begin promoting.

Also, Marty is to discover the cost for posters, stickers, broadsides,
and parade banner printing and distribution. The poster design is
awaiting approval from the Library for their in house distribution to
about 300 branches. Mary said she can print posters at work. We need
to decide how many items we want to print and where we will
distribute.

We may want to place advertisements in the many neigbourhood newspapers.

We want to get our event announce on radio and tv. We may be able to
get free community service announcements.

Organizational concerns,

There was some discussion regarding our goals as an organization.
Marty has started a data base of the names of people who added
themself to the 100tpc toronto FB event page and community page. The
data base could be used for a mailing list, if contact information is
added . We may want to send a news letter or stage other events after
the Sept 24th event .

Media sponsors,

Dyan has asked BIG the business improvement group to be a sponsor.
The request to CIUT is still being processed.
Has any one requested other sponsorships?

GSMP, (Global Sync Media Productions) has offered to be a media
sponsor. GSMP was founded by a collective in Kensington Market in
1997, ...to promote kensington market artist and the arts locally and
globally... GSMP, published the Spirit of Kensington Artzine in 1998
and 1999.
In 1999 they published the Kin of Kensington CD, featuring kensington
market musicians. In 2003 they started bellvueparktv on youtube where
they publish the Kin of Kensington II, a collection of 21 music videos
marking the beginning of the 21st century. The collection stands at 6
music videos so far. http://www.youtube.com/user/BellevueParkTV
In 2010 GSMP published “the passionate creation” a collection of short
verse poetry with paintings from onecloud, in both a limited edition
artist bound, print edition as well as on line.
http://www.docstoc.com/profile/martysmith1

Global Sync will bring computer equipment, video equipment,
technicians, an inkjet as well as laser printer. to the project. They
will facilitate the webcast from the waterfalls and help document the
overall project. GSMP would like it’s logo displayed on printed
material, and would like to use it’s webcast channel on ustream for
the webcast from the Waterfalls. The 100tpc toronto planning group may
decide to register a broadcast channel with the 100tpc name at the web
site suggested by MR and TC at big bridge.

Next meeting?
We forgot to schedule the next meeting. Please, every one suggest the
best time and location for them self. The Art bar poetry series has
moved to Paupers Pub, 539 Bloor St. West, on the second floor.
Myself, I liked the early meeting time more, and maybe we can return
to Trinity Sq. Video at 401Rrichmond.
100tpc toronto planning group
Charlie Huskien
Honey Novick
Gregory Frankson
Dyan Marie
Mary Stephens
Louise Bok
Marty Smith
Babar Khan
Max Layton
David Swartz
Shannon Past

Aug. 10, 2011
notes from the 4th meeting
Everyone got to know each other with some informal chat and Marty
provided some background information to Greg, and Dyan. The discussion
on bookings quickly went to congratulations to Louise for getting the
CineCycle on board and booking lots of talent for the show. Marty has
confirmed the Waterfalls as well for a show after 9:PM .It is believed
that Lauren will M.C. at the waterfalls, Mary or others may share the
duties at the waterfalls. Babar is contacting the owner of the Bovine
also. Dyan asked us if she could stage a show for 100 Thousand Poets
for Change, as a Poetry Breakfast in Bloordale, Sept. 24, 10:30 -
12:30 in the morning, House of Lancaster, 1215 Bloor Street West,
Toronto.
Today she posted it on f b.....so the show is on there as well .BRAVO.
We're negotiating with the city to have a stage in
Trinity Bellwoods Park for part of the day.
(This e-mail arrived from the city today )
Hello Martin,

This email is being sent to advise that the 100 Thousand Poets for
Change has been granted sponsorship from Councillor Layton to utilize
City of Toronto, Facilities Management meeting/event space for a
one-time only event on September 24th, 2011.
Attached please find our Terms and Conditions package which requires
signature on the pages indicated. Please read all documentation, sign
where required and return only those pages which confirm your
signature, back to our office on or before August 17th, 2011 to secure
your account / booking with our office. (please scan and email back).

We will require more detailed information before we can proceed with
booking your request. Please send on organization letterhead,
location you are requesting, times, (to and from) you will require a
space and number of people expected to attend the event.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
Kind Regards,
Vanessa

(We should discuss this asap by phone, fb and or e-mail to provide a
description of the event. I can draft a description tomorrow. Marty)

And also Charlie is in discussion with the people who run Edward Day Gallery and
MoCCA (David Liss and co.) are being approached about the possibility
of using their courtyard for part of the day.
Mary got price & equipment information for Scadding court community
centre and two other venues and set up a fund raising site. We should
all promote and share the site.

There was a lot of discussion on managing the talent list and stages.
Mary has two celebrities who want to appear here via SKYPE, we need to
consider promoting who will appear where, when. on talent there is
much to say and I took poor notes. Everyone should be supplying the
information of who they have invited in writing please.

Charlie still is processing a media sponsorship with ciut, Babar will
contact Nik Beat to arrange for us to appear on his show. Marty sent a
request to now magazine for media sponsorship and a feature, but is
not certain he directed it to the correct person.
Marty showed a draft of the poster for library distribution, We did
discover what info. the group wants, but agree we need to name the
venues and give a contact. It should be clear that it is a call to
poets to read as well as draw the public to the event. Dyan Mari
offered to finish the poster. Marty e-mailed her the text and art.
Charlie asked if we could make stickers and maybe use them for
fund-raising, maybe pins as well. Marty will price out the project.
promotion and event planing are the tasks before us now

stage management and production equipment. We are going with venues
with equipment so far. We will need to address these concerns in a
more direct way soon. We will need electricians, and sound people, as
well as stage managers and talent services or support people.

everyone should post and share information about the event, soon we
will be on the radio, and hopefully in newspapers. I sugguest all of
you post your profiles, bios, CVs, artwork, film and poetry on the
blog page for archival by LOCKSS

Aug. 3, 2011 notes from the 3rd meeting,

We received three new participants to our group,

Babar Khan
David Swartz
Lauren Stien

We had some introductions and informally shared our efforts at outreach.
We set an agenda to review and approve the

art work submitted by Fiona Smyth,
press release and information letter written by Mary.
choose a venue
SKYPE & webcast
discuss sponsorship, endorsements, and media outreach


Charlie reported that he had written letters to our laureates past and present. We have not received a reply. He also is pursuing venues with some headway but no commitment yet. He is approaching Edward Day Gallery. David and Lauren suggested we approach 401 Richmond.
We will look at public venues in Parkdale, and on Queen St. West. Marty will contact city councillors and community centers for assistance. We may be able to engage the Parkdale branch of the Toronto Public Library. We all agree that the first priority now is to identify a venue for the event.

Marty showed the poster art work with different layouts and text. There was general approval but no discussion. He also said the library will need to approve a poster about 3 weeks before we want it displayed in libraries. The SKYPE and web cast skills seem to be very straight forward. We believe we can webcast from all our indoor venues, and the SKYPE is no more complex than a phone call. David and Marty will check out the projector at the waterfall and find out what cords are needed for hook up to a laptop.

Also, John the tech /sound man at the Supermarket,(also on Augusta) was named as a person we should contact.

David and Lauren told us about the Transcendental Mirror Variety show that they produce, at the Waterfall Tapas Bar, 303 Augusta Ave. in Kensington Market. It is a weekly open mike with features and live painting. The venue has a stage with a screen and a projector. We asked David and Lauren to fine out if we can book that space in the evening on the 24th of Sept.

Lauren is able to be our MC

Mary sent an open call to poets, to the U of T, George Brown College, and other Universities. She showed us the press release and letter she drafted. Max requested that the word politics be removed from the press release. There was a great debate on the request but not a decision. The debate consumed the remainder of out time.

Unfinished business...........
Media outreach, ciut radio invitation, letters to cbc, ctv, city tv, much music
event planning, secure a venue

My thoughts are that we have all the talent and resources we need to accomplish our goal, but we are running out of time. We will need to work more independently on getting the job done and identifying details. We need to communicate with each other much more on the internet.


July 27, 2011
notes from second meeting

We reviewed Shannon’s inquiry to the CBC, and Max Layton’s mission statement. We briefed each other on the work we did during the week. Also we shared 100TPC news about Bancroft’s plans, a plan for Moose Factory and other events around the world. Charlie told us that Tot Stock is taking place the weekend before our event, and word on the street, the weekend after. We will attend Tot Stock to engage children with poetry and promote our event to families.

There was considerable discussion about what we need to do next. Our discussion focused on contacting venues, contacting writer’s organizations, and developing media contacts. We received an acknowledgment that CIUT will give us coverage. We would like to appear on the radio as guest to speak about the event. Some of the organizations and venues we would like to contact are: League of Canadian Poets, Penn Canada, Coach House Press, Much Music, Clinton’s, Rivoli, Ellington’s, The Press Club and the U of T. We would also like to invite Toronto’s Poet Laureate, past and present, as well as our national and Ontario Laureates.

Charlie will reach out to writer’s groups and venues, Mary and Louise will develop media contacts and inquire about some venues, as well. Mary will draft a letter to use for queries, to writer’s group, venues and media, based on Shannon’s first draft. Mary will also draft a press release using our mission statement.

Our plan is to use the letter of inquiry to mail out seeking endorsement, support, or participation. Marty will collect the list of contacts from everyone to assemble into a database. We discussed, personal contact, mail, and electronic communications. We will use all methods, primarily personal contact and electronic.

We agreed to use Max Layton's mission statement.
After the meeting I posted it to FB in a note and got many positive comments.

After the meeting Louise solicited Fiona Smyth to design our group image.

notes from the first first organizing meeting Tuesday the 19th at 5:30 at John's Italian Caffe at 27 Baldwin near McCaul -
We discussed the image, name, and statement of purpose, for the 100 thousand poets for change Toronto group. we want to make an affirmative statement about change in culture to address children’s needs first. also to express solidarity with oppressed or victimized populations for their struggle .
censorship by some states is a concern so that we want our statement to support movements for free expression of thoughts and ideas.
we will ask a graphic artist if they will design an image for our group to use on the facebook page and printed material
We discussed venues. we considered that we would like some venues to be non-alcoholic, possibly also a day time, out door event directed toward children that engages families.
some ideas for events concerned skype hook ups to share venues here, and around the wold. the public engagement in the idea that poetry be an agent for change in culture as a theme.
also we discussed that we would like our event to give voice to those who by oppression are not able to freely speak as we are. we will try to collect poetry from censored poets who's work we will read.
we discussed publicity and media sponsorship. we may do some postering on the street and in the libraries.

After September 24th, all the Event Location Blog Pages together will become not only a huge document of the entire initiative, and all its parts, and your participation in this global initiative, but also an important archive of contemporary world poetry.

And of course, it is obvious that much of the material to be posted will be created in the days and weeks following the actual events on September 24! There will be video of readings and performances, documentaries of events, poems written for the occasion, many photos and audio files of people, places and things! So, remember September 24th is not the end of 100 TPC, in a way it is just the beginning.
100 thousand poets for change is an international event taking place Sept. 24, 2011.
Toronto poetry venues will webcast to events around the world. Lets get 10 thousand Toronto poets!

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