
Date:
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue:
Contact:
Electric Mermaid: Live Reads from Char's Landing, Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Emcee: Derek Hanebury Moderator: Karl Korven Host & ZOOM Producer: Charlene Patterson
Spoken Word Open Mic at Char's Landing, last Wednesday of each month
Char's physical doors open 5:30pm Pacific Time
JULY 26TH FEATURING
Gwynne Hunt 20 min + Q&A (Port Alberni, In person)
Writer (four books published) 2009 bruises & bad haircuts (poetry),2011 rampage; the pathology of an epidemic(research, non-fiction), Unlocking the Tin Box(memoir)2019, Through My Lens (research, fiction) 2021, Coddiwomple(poetry)2023 Host of W.O.W (women on writing) Canada, support site for women writers Owner/operator Main Artery 6 years port Alberni (art store)closed now Manager of two non-profit art centres Art Matters (Port Alberni and Abbotsford) Artistic Director for twenty years of Fringe Festivals-Port Alberni, Abbotsford, Mission Fund raiser producing and directing The Vagina Monologues for 15 years, raising $90,000 for non-profits women’s resource centes and friendship centres Spirit to Heal Workshops for women healing from abuse/violence Published four magazine Art Link (Port Alberni), the rag (Vancouver), Penny Express (Abbotsford) Seasons (Mission) Instructor/teacher at University of the Fraser Valley (writing classes adult education) Teacher/mentor for Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association collaborating with clients in a classroom setting/writing, performance art Wrote, produced and directed Murder Mystery nights, Radio Plays, Renaissance plays, skits, children’s theatre Plays written, produced and directed . . .Maynard’s Beatnik and Bongo Bar, The Suit,Breadlines, Mudflaps, Capsules, Dear Sister, Missing, Mary’s List, Two Feet and a Heartbeat, The Train from Eagle River, The Tin Box, A Good Life, Love and Rage, Through My Lens . ..children’s scripts The Sugar Plum Fairy, New McDonald Had a Farm, MacBethie, The Box,Summer in the City, Surely, You Jest (puppet show).
READER 01 RAINCHECK Shilo Coulter 5 min In Person zoom ( Campbell River B.C )
READER 02 00:19:30 Joy Sheldon 5min via zoom ( Cowichan Valley BC)
READER 03 00:27:00 Jennifer Wenn 5min via zoom (London ONT)
FEATURE 00:33:00 Gwynne Hunt 20 min + Q&A In person ( Port Albrerni BC )
READER 05 01:08:00 Mark Wonneck 10min Via zoom (Qualicum BC)
READER 04 01:19:30 Shawna M 5 min in Person ( Port Alberni. B.C)
READER 06 01:26:30 Victoria Roscoe - Roumanis 5 min In Person ( Port Alberni B.C )
READER 07 01:31:35 Kathleen Vance 5 min via zoom (Gibson B. C, )
READER 08 01:38:00 Joe Lunchbucket aka Bob Frankow 5min in Person ( Port Alberni BC)
READER 09 01:42:45 Lesli Omhundro - Bronczkowski Via Zoom ( Germany)
READER 10 RAINCHECK Robert Gunn 5min In Person ( Port Alberni BC)
READER 11 01:49:00 David Kippling 5 min Via zoom ( Gibson B.C)
READER 12 RAINCHECK Stephen Novik 5min In Person Port Alberni BC)
READER 13 01:58:00 Peter Paul Van Camp 5min Via zoom (Denman Island B.C.
READER 14 02:03:45 Vicki Drybrough 5min In Person ( Port Alberni BC)
READER 15 02:11:00 Rachelle Mecca 5min In Person ( Port Alberni BC)
READER 00 02:17:45 Derek Hanebury via zoom (Port Alberni)
JULY 26TH FEATURING
Gwynne Hunt 20 min + Q&A (Port Alberni, In person)
Jul 26th Event Details => https://alberni.ca/events/37141 YouTube => https://youtu.be/qcLnAN4CLNs
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Char’s Landing 19+ (accompanied kids welcome until 10pm)
4815 Argyle @5th Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, CANADA V9Y 1V9
Tel: 778-421-2427 www.charslanding.com
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