January 16th, 2025
7 PM - 8:30 PM
@ Terrace Public Library
• Registration in person 6:30 PM
• Live performance by Rachel McCrum - 7:45 PM
• Live musical improvisation by Daniel Talstra & James Powell
FREE / open to all
open mic • kids & family event • literacy • storytelling • spoken word • cosy
About this activity
Join us for an enchanting evening of spoken word, storytelling and poetry, at the Terrace Public Library on January 16th, 2025, starting at 7 PM.
Immerse yourself in the magic of seasonal reflections as individuals share their first winter experiences, nature stories filled with awe, and captivating adventures.
This open mic night welcomes everyone to express and connect through the power of words. Whether you're a seasoned performer or a first-time storyteller, come share the warmth of your narratives in this welcoming and inclusive space. Let the library transform into a haven for poetic expression and community on a winter night you won't want to miss.
Sign up at the door when you arrive from 6:30 PM !
/ Rachel McCrum, poet & performer
Rachel McCrum is originally from Northern Ireland and has lived in Montréal, Québec, since 2017. From 2010 to 2016, she was based in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she was the first BBC Scotland Poet-in-Residence, Broad of cult spoken word cabaret Rally & Broad, co-founder of Stewed Rhubarb Press, and recipient of a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. Her first solo show Do Not Alight Here Again was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has toured and taught poetry and performance in Ireland, Scotland, England, Greece, South Africa, Haiti, and Canada.
Her first collection The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate (Stewed Rhubarb Press, 2018) was published in a bilingual edition with Mémoire d'encrier in 2020, as Le premier coup de clairon pour réveiller les femmes immorales (finalist for 2022 Cole Foundation Translation Prize from the Quebec Writers’ Federation, for the translation by Jonathan Lamy). With spoken word artist Amélie Prévost, she co-wrote and co-performed in La belle-mère//The Stepmother. The show had its premiere in Montreal in September 2024, and is now available as a bilingual edition from L’Hexagone. She is the vocalist for poetry-noise group Pigs&Wolves. Their debut EP The Unfortunate Waggle came out in October 2024.
This activity is organized and offered to the community by Skeena Diversity Society and the Terrace Public Library