Well, I was going to rant about the Olympics descending upon us, from the local (Bowen Island) perspective but I haven’t time at the moment, need to get my kid on track with his new Distance Education program and tackle a long-due to flu-list of tasks. In the meantime, I will invite you to come hear me read at Real Vancouver Writers Series at the W2 Culture and Media House. Located across from the refurbished Woodwards Building in Downtown Vancouver, Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 7:00pm – 10:00pm at 112 E. Hastings, a few doors up from 109 E. Hastings, the Smilin’ Buddha, where my life as an artist was begot.
I swore I wouldn’t leave the island for the duration of the Olympics but Sean Cranbury of Books On The Radio invited me and I’m excited to participate and to be reading that night with Teresa McWhirter, Lee Henderson, Elizabeth Bachinsky, Nikki Reimer, Chris Hutchinson, Dina Del Bucchia, Amber Dawn, Donato Mancini, Sonnet L’Abbe, Jonathon Wilcke and Catherine Owen. In addition, I will be live in ‘The Artist Lounge’ hosted by J Peachy on CJSF 90.1 FM on Tuesday Feb 16th at 7pm. Hope you can tune in. The next day, the day of the reading, Wed. Feb. 17 I will be visiting friends Steve Duncan and RC Weslowki on Wax Poetic @ 2pm (PST) 102.7fm CFRO Co-op Radio. I’ll be back to rant later. This is from Real Vancouver Writers Series press release:
“The Real Vancouver Writers Series consists of 4 weekly events showcasing local Vancouver writers, publishers and creative literary artists at the W2 Community Media Arts Centre located at 112 East Hastings Street. These evenings are designed to show the city and the world real and diverse Vancouver culture and real creative individuals in the literary and publishing communities at a time when the eyes of the world are on our city. Countless millions of people will want to know what real Vancouver culture looks like. We are determined to take the opportunity to show the world just how amazing, diverse, talented and fun our literary and publishing culture is!
In conjunction with Books on the Radio and Geist Magazine. “W2 Community Media Arts Society presents W2 Culture + Media House – a 24 hour/day media centre for non-accredited bloggers and journalists to share their perspective on the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver with the world.”