Wordfest is in the homestretch for the 27th Imaginairium Festival, Sept. 29 – Oct. 6, and they have offered to share a special 25% off discount code to the WGA membership on tickets priced $20 or less on the Imaginairium schedule.
Enter the code: WGA22 during checkout to apply the discount. Or contact [email protected] for assistance.
Featured Events:
The Way We… Talk About Place
Starring Cody Caetano, Joanna Chiu, Marcello Di Cintio, Michael Hingston, Wayne Johnston, Leanne Prain & Harley Rustad
Oct 01 @ 7 PM – 8:30 PM MT $20
DJD Dance Centre
111 12 Ave SE
What makes Wordfest’s The Way We… storytelling series such a powerful experience? The diversity of takes and tales each topic sparks. Here, seven authors explore their unique relationship to the notion of place. Is it rooted in the land, in geography –whether urban, rural, or wilderness – or could it be completely fictitious? Do they define ‘place’ through activism, politics, or personal identity? What about exile and alienation? About belonging? What is it about a place that enables us to feel at home?
This 90-minute showcase will be hosted by Pam Rocker, atypical activist, speaker, award-winning writer, and musician. It includes book signing.
Celebrating Calgary: Laureate-A-Rama
Starring Derek Beaulieu, Wakefield Brewster, Kris Demeanor, Micheline Maylor, Natalie Meisner & Sheri-D Wilson
Oct 06 @ 7 PM – 8:30 PM MT $20
DJD Dance Centre
111 12 Ave SE
We wouldn’t have it any other way: the Closing Night Showcase of Wordfest’s 27th annual fall festival is a celebration of YYC’s most vocal arts ambassadors, our Poet Laureates. Launched in 2012, and supported by the Calgary Foundation and the Calgary Public Library, the program has placed the literary laurel crown (or should that be the black beret?) on Kris Demeanor, derek beaulieu, Micheline Maylor, Sheri-D Wilson, Natalie Meisner, and, for the current two-year term, Wakefield Brewster. Join us for the first time that all six exceptional poets will perform on the same stage.
And who else could host this 90-minute showcase of Calgaricity than Naheed Nenshi? Let’s get loud. Let’s get proud. Let’s come alive! Includes post-show book signing.