The fifth and final event of the first season of WORD-ARTS LIVE! takes place Sunday, June 25, 4-6pm at Alexandra Neighborhood House featuring author Deborah Stacey, poet Heidi Greco, performer Celeste Snowber, Open Mic Opener Celina Strachan & Shonna Morgan, with Host Virginia Gillespie.
Deborah Stacey is a writer, editor, educator, and the creator of Horse Lover’s Math. Her essays and articles have appeared in various publications including the Vancouver Sun. Her ongoing work, Horse Lover’s Math, is a website and Math Club with members from Alaska to Australia, offering downloadable math worksheets and a 175 page Level 1 math workbook.
Heidi Greco writes in many genres – poetry, fiction, essays, reviews and blog posts. She has just published Flightpaths: The Lost Journals of Amelia Earhart (Caitlin Press, 2017), a collection of journal entries, poems, letters and other bits and pieces, addressing the question: What became of Amelia Earhart? Greco’s other titles include Rattlesnake Plantain (Anvil Press 2002) and winner of the Ken Klonsky Award Shrinking Violets (Quattro Books 2011).
Celeste Snowber, PhD, is a dancer, poet, writer and associate professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Among her books, are Embodied Prayer, Embodied Inquiry: Writing, living and being through the body (Sense Publishers, 2016) and a collection of poetry entitled Wild Tourist Instructions to a Wild Tourist from the divine feminine (Silver Bow Publishing, 2016). She is presently the Artist in Residence in the UBC Botanical garden, creating and performing poetry and dance out of each season.
Celina Strachan is a singer and actor who has performed with VG Playroom’s devised theatre and was a cast member for the curated reading of Gillespie’s short play Hoarder. As a member of Voices Wild, she explores and co-creates vocal soundscapes. At this time, among other things, Strachan is developing a stage performance with Shonna Morgan. Morgan has been supporting her five children in the performance world for ages, and began to follow their lead a year ago. At first intrigued by the fun of theatre games, this interest quickly led to live stage showcases at The Drama Club, and a handful of independent and student film roles in the Vancouver film community.
The WORD-ARTS Project, funded in part through a City of Surrey Cultural Grant, includes events, training and forums to connect, promote and give Word-Artists a collective voice in shaping Surrey’s cultural landscape.
The WORD-ARTS Live! Series take place in the Media Room, The Lodge, Alexandra Neighborhood House, corner of McBride and Sullivan Street, Crescent Beach, BC. For more information visit http://word-arts.weebly.com.