Raving Poets Return on October 15, 2008
The Raving Poets have announced their fall series. For the first time in a while, the series will begin in October, rather than November. It will also be 8 weeks long instead of a mere 5. I’m looking forward to it.
The Raving Poets Present
Born to Write
Open Stage Performance Poetry
with the Raving Poets Band and host Mike Gravel
Wednesdays, October 15th to December 3rd, 2008
Signup 7:30, Show at 8:00
The Kasbar Lounge
(below Yianni’s Taverna)
10444 - Whyte Ave. Edmonton
Eight weeks of musical and poetic symbiosis. Eight Wednesdays of camaraderie and poetic mayhem. Eight nights of beer, beats and E-Town’s finest versifiers. If you have never experienced a night with the Raving Poets, you don’t know what you’ve missing.
What is the Raving Poets Experience?
To quote our piano playerist Thomas Trofimuk, “It is akin to a ‘feeling’ and only hangs semi-translucent in the air on a Wednesday night when the band is ripping and the poet at the microphone is leaning back into the music and the two streams are in a gorgeous confluence.” There are certainly moments of ecstacy. Poets and poems that move to tears, elation, laughter or heart-wrenching sobriety. This is open stage performance at its best, where veterans bring their finely honed work and newcomers are welcomed with open arms.
You’ll find word-smiths of every stripe at the Kasbar. Come join your kindred spirits who were Born to Write.