Sarnia's Spoken Word Kick-off

Friday, September 30, 2011 - 8:00pm

Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
127 Christina Street South
Sarnia, ON
N7T 2M8

From the exciting to the inspiring, share your travel tales during the official kick-off party of Sarnia’s 2011-2012 Spoken Word season from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Lawrence House Centre for the Arts.

Held in conjunction with the national Cultural Days celebration weekend, this FREE informal evening of storytelling, humour, and poetry reading by professional and amateur writers, poets and storytellers will also include an open mic and the spotlight of several new books.

The line-up includes: Small Treasurers (a collection of illustrated haiku by Sarnia’s award-winning writer and artist Peggy Fletcher), When I Put Out to Sea (a collection of short stories by local award-winning storyteller/journalist Hope Morritt), and grace notes (the first poetry chapbook by local elementary teacher Rhonda Melanson).

As always, members of the public are invited to share their own works, read the works of a favorite writer or just sit back and enjoy this open mic on the last Friday of every month, except July, August and December. No pre-registration required. A sign-up for readers is at the door.

Optional themes for the 2011-2012 season include:

*Friday, September 30, 2011: Travel Tales from Around the World

*Friday, October 28, 2011: Exploring Graveyards: Bats, Rats, and Cats (Halloween costumes optional.)

*Friday, November 25, 2011: Unwrapping Holiday Gifts: Festive Stories, Music, and Poetry

*Friday, January 27, 2012: The Elements: Earth, Wind, Fire, and Ice

*Friday, February 24, 2012: A Writer’s Buffet: Sampling Foods through Words

*Friday, March 30, 2012: Exploring Characters through Hats (Bring a favorite hat.)

*Friday, April 27, 2012: Earth Day: A Greener Shade of Grass

*Friday, May 25, 2012: It’s a Mystery: Tales of Secrets and Sleuths

*Friday, June 29, 2012: Fairy Tales and Happy Endings

For further information about Sarnia’s Spoken Word, e-mail spoken-w@hotmail.com or call (519) 869-2749. Members of the public can also stop by the WIT table (organized by Nantais) where pamphlets can be picked up and books by local authors are displayed and sold on First Fridays at the Lawrence House.