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Thursday, February 16, 2006
5:00 pm
[5 à 7 at Casa]
CBC Poetry Face-Off
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In English. For the fifth consecutive year, CBC Radio One will celebrate
Canada’s poetic imagination with a twist: by giving it a competitive attitude.
Fourteen selected cities across the country will host live-before-an-audience
poetry combats, and five poets in each city will be commissioned to write and
perform their work on a common theme. This year’s exciting theme is
irresistible. The audience at each combat will choose their champion
and the winning entry will move on to the national play-offs. The finalists
will then be heard on CBC Radio’s Sounds Like Canada in April 2006, the
national listening audience will be able to vote for their favourite, and a
Canadian champion will emerge. The Montreal event will be hosted by Patti
Schmidt and the performances, by an eclectic group representative of Quebec's
new generation of literary artists, will be accompanied by double bass player
Nicolas Caloia. Recorded by CBC Radio One 88.5 FM
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8:30 pm
[Shows at La Sala Rossa]
Combat contre la langue de bois, deuxième round
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In French. One soapbox, ten people, six minutes each, two crazy musicians
and Jacques Bertrand to crack the whip. No right of reply. No second chance.
Don’t miss it! (Unfortunately for us anglos, this year in French only.)
telling it like it is
we give the floor to people with something to say
who aren’t shy about saying it
round two of a boxing match against inertia and indifference…
6 minutes to deliver the knockout blow
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