NOUVEAU GRIOT  BOOK LAUNCH W/ KALMUNITY FEBRUARY 17 2019 8:30pm $10  Cafe Resonance, 5175A Parc Ave. Montreal QC Nouveau Griot (Frontenac House 2018) is the result of 20 years on stage and in studio. It is the text from four spoken word audio recordings made between 2004-2016: Invisible World, The Memorists, Language for Gods and ZENSHIP. This work is in the continuum of the griot, which is a french African word meaning “poet, singer and traveling musician to whom supernatural powers are often attributed.” BOOK REVIEW #poetry #spokenword #music #kvc NIYAZ THE FOURTH LIGHT  FEBRUARY 21 2019  Aventura FL USA MARCH 8 2019 Overland Park KS USA #sufiwhirling #livemusic SEMA SPACE  ESPACE SEMA  Sufi Whirling Meditation Sessions FEBRUARY 24 2019  Nyata Nyata Dance Studio, Montreal QC Canada ENSEMBLE KAMAAN   DES CHEMINS QUI MÈNENT PARTOUT MARCH 22 2019  Montreal QC APRIL 25 2019  Anjou QC #sufiwhirling #livemusic VERSEFEST 2019  OTTAWA'S INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL MARCH 26–31 2019  Ottawa ON #poetry #spokenword

BANFF CENTRE SPOKEN WORD PROGRAM 2019 Program dates April 1-13, 2019  Banff Centre, Banff Alberta Faculty Tanya Evanson (director, Canada), Cat Kidd (Canada), Miles Merrill (Australia), Daniel Gallant (US) & Saul Williams (US).  #artseducation #banffspokenword