Speaking Crow: November 2020 Virtual Edition featuring Duncan Mercredi
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Online event
Winnipeg's longest running poetry open mic moves online with featured reader Duncan Mercredi
About this event
Welcome to Speaking Crow the Virtual Edition! Just as before, we will be meeting the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00pm, this time via ZOOM.
We have two registration options:
1)Register to be part of an enthusiastic Speaking Crow audience, and receive a ZOOM link to attend.
2)Register to be one of the open mic readers, and receive a ZOOM link to attend. Limit 25, first-come-first-served.
Registration for both options will remain open until 7:15pm (only register for one or the other, not both).
If you should have any questions regarding the event please send an email to: speakingcrow@thinairwinnipeg.ca
Speaking Crow is funded and facilitated by the Winnipeg International Writers Festival (WIWF) which is committed to creating safe and respectful opportunities for writers, volunteers, audience members, and workers to share knowledge, explore ideas, and build community.
Featured Guest
Duncan Mercredi is a Cree/Metis poet/storyteller, born in the wilds of Northern Manitoba in a village known as Misipawistik. He was asked to become poet laureate of Winnipeg for 2020/21. mahikan ka onot: The Poetry of Duncan Mercredi (compiled work from four publications alongside new pieces) will be published by Wilfred Laurier University Press October 27.
Polish up your new poems for your 3 minutes of fame at the open mic which will happen immediately after our featured guest!
*Please note, only the feature reader will be recorded and posted online.