Summer Slam 2018: Heat 3
It’s going to be h o t !!!
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Jennifer Eadie: Adelaide City Library Poet-in-Residence Project, January/February 2018
Workshop and Group Exhibition / I do not have a home
Adelaide City Library Poet in Residence, Jennifer Eadie will work with workshop participants to create written and spoken poetry that will form part of a multimedia group exhibition to be held at the library during January – February 2018. The exhibition will showcase poetry produced by workshop participants – the exhibition will include an audio recording of each poem accompanied by a photographic portrait of poet and poem.
Each workshop will explore the connection between place and belonging / what it means to feel connected or disconnected to … ... Read more ...
Summer Slam 2018 Heat 2
77 Port Road, Thebarton, South Australia 5031
Saturday 20th January
$6 entry
7.30pm sign up for 8.00 start
It’s back. The have-a-go, all about the fun ‘off-season’ Spoken Word SA poetry slam. And with a professional wrestling inspired name what else would you expect? It’s all about newbies and the oldies with new material. Heat 2 is at a great, country town style, family run pub a free tram trip out of the city.
Three heats and a final. Each heat will see three people go through to the final and to round out the ten finalists there … ... Read more ...
2017 SA Poetry Slam winner, Andrew Drake
Winner of the 2017 SA Poetry Slam, Andrew Drake, in action at the State Finals at the Goodwood Institute, 22nd September, 2017.
Summer Slam 2018!
It’s back. The have-a-go, all about the fun ‘off-season’ Spoken Word SA poetry slam. And with a professional wrestling inspired name what else would you expect? It’s all about newbies and the oldies with new material.
Three heats and a final. Each heat will see three people go through to the final and to round out the ten finalists there will be a ‘Spoken Word SA wildcard’ who also gets through.
The exact same rules as the national finals. This means nothing to be performed that was used in the 2017 Australian Poetry Slam or before. But it … ... Read more ...
Jennifer Eadie: our next Poet-in-Residence [NB: changed session times below…]
Congratulations to Jennifer Eadie who will be our next Poet-in-Residence at the Adelaide City Library.
Jennifer’s residency is titled: “I do not have a home”.
“This project then, begins with the question: when an individual does not feel like they belong to anywhere, any culture, where does this leave them? Focusing on the question of belonging – what are the components that allows one to say: ‘I am home’ ?”
Here are her sessions, all at the
Adelaide City Library, Level 3, Rundle Place, Rundle Mall:
Saturday, 13th January, 2.00 – 3.30pm
Thursday, 18th January, 3.30 – 5.30pm
Sunday, … ... Read more ...
Dymocks “Dead Poets Society”: Clive James featuring Bronwyn Lovell
***PLEASE NOTE THE DIFFERENT VENUE FOR TONIGHT***
Brick City Bar
73 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
(access via Coromandel Place)
Thursday 23rd November, 6:00 pm.
Time for another ‘alive and kicking’ poet to pay tribute to Clive James. This month the tribute will be presented by Adelaide based poet, Bronwyn Lovell.
Free entry, book raffle, and a limited open mic where you can perform one poem from Clive James and one of your own influenced by the artist.
Vivian Leopold James, AO, CBE, FRSL (born 7 October 1939), known as Clive James, is an
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