Ricky by Slave Labour |
Youth Have a Voice!
Youth have been invited to occupy the seats of municipal power, and to raise their voices!
Richmond City Council Chamber |
Enjoy spoken word,
poetry, story & song by
· Patrika McEvoy (MC) ·
· Victor Thompson ·
· Vanessa Yip ·
· Theo Campbell ·
· Monty Benton ·
· Jenna Xiang ·
· Yilin Wang ·
· Jonathon Todd ·
· Josh Sigurdson ·
Sunday May 8th
1 to 4 pm
Richmond City Hall Council Chambers
6911 No. 3 Road
FREE ADMISSION
Jess-a-boo by Slave Labout |
To download a map of venues and locations of all of Richmond's Doors Open events, May 7 & May 8, click here!
We were looking forward to hosting Pavel Ganapolsky performing spoken word:
Science fiction
a haphazard medley
sometimes I feel too awkward
keeping my feet ahead
of one another
I gotta count my steps
and cross my arms
'cause my hands are cold
and can't sway like they should
I'm putting my hands
in my pockets
preparing
presenting my hands for you
prescribing yours
to cure the void in my
dry, cracked scales
Confirmed reptilian
robotic with the movements
collective
calculating
how smooth these alien-like features could really be
Can you stand these slates
my crisp hands
to be beside your soft
silklike
sultury- STOP!
Icke-ly,
I'm shapeshifting
showing you what I can really be
I'm a man with a heart
beating robotically
trying to be someone
different for everyone
With you,
I can be my true self
with rough, white skin
and sharp, cat-like eyes
hiding nothing
just me
my awkward
non-human self
- We Can Be A Conspiracy by Pavel Ganapolsky
alas he can't join us, but you can listen to him sing on myspacePavel Ganapolsky, 18, born and raised in Richmond, BC. He organizes local band nights at South Arm Community Center and has been doing so since 2009. He enjoys writing as well as performing. This will be the first time he has performed spoken word.
Presented by Richmond Writers Group
in Partnership With Doors Open Richmond 2011 &
The City of Richmond.
Thanks to Fiona Tinwei Lam for these links to BC Elders & Youth Poetry Projects!
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Images of Richmond youth by Slave Labour ~ see top of side panel for two of his new songs
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