Hello from The Ponder! This edition includes upcoming performance information and links for tickets, but first here’s an excerpt from Tanya’s lecture for Poetry Month:
If language is a tool, then how do we use it? What happens if the tools are broken, or stolen, or lost? Can we build a better world with words, and can we make it beautiful? Join PEI Poet Laureate Tanya Davis at select libraries this poetry month as she pursues these questions through poetry and in conversation.
This is a free event in partnership with PEI Public Libraries. Click here for info
Slide Piece is a wonderfully weird comedy show featuring a rotating cast of celebrated performers - anyone from musicians, comedians, actors, improv performers, presenters & personalities...you name it) prepare and present a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation on any topic they choose to the amusement of the crowd...but there's a twist.
Before the show, host Shawn Hogan has secretly planted one surprise slide into each of the performer's presentation and it’s up to YOU, the audience, to guess which slide was the secret plant!
Click the link below for tickets and more information.
Tanya is thrilled to head to Osaka, Japan to take part in Expo 2025. Click here for more information, and make sure you follow Tanya on social media to stay updated.
The Forum welcomes the Forum’s Poetic Respondent PEI Poet Laureate Tanya Davis. As Poet Laureate, Tanya speaks to local issues and events and advocates for literacy, literature, and the power of words. As Poetic Respondent of the Forum, Tanya will attend the panels and discussions taking place during the Forum, and craft and present a poetic response to the Forum’s themes at the closing reception.
Mass for Shut-Outs is a shout out to anyone grappling with the complexity of faith, the inconsistency of awe, and the politics of organized religion. Loosely referencing the framework of a Catholic mass, it is a poetic take on Sunday service, exploring enduring questions through a joyful, critical, and comedic lens. It is for atheists seeking connection, agnostics asking questions, and believers kindly curious about other people’s gods.
Tour dates:
June 15th - Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton NB - Click here for tickets
June 22nd- Full Circle Festival, Newport NS - Click here for tickets
and more TBA
Thanks for reading! See you soon.
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