Due to Covid19, our fourth gathering of Season 2: April Gathering will be online.
Registration will be required to ensure the safety and best possible experience for our guests and performers. This event will be recorded and will be closed captioned for accessibility.
Date: April 13, 2021
Time of Event: 7-9:00pm
What you require:
Computer, smart device or tablet with internet access and video/audio capabilities
Zoom app
Open mic:
We’re also accepting five (5) people for our open mic time slots! When you register for our event, simply check off if you want to be considered for our open mic.
For our open mics, we accept people from all backgrounds to share their writing, songs, poems or artistic work for two (2) minutes.
meet our guests:
JAYE SIMPSON
jaye is an Oji-Cree Saulteaux Indigiqueer from the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. they are a writer, advocate and activist sharing their knowledge and lived experiences in the hope of creating utopia. jaye is published in several magazines including Poetry Is Dead, This Magazine, PRISM international, SAD Magazine: Green, GUTS Magazine, SubTerrain, Grain and Room. they are in two anthologies: Hustling Verse (2019) and Love After the End (2020). it was never going to be okay (Nightwood Ed.) is their first book of poetry, published October 2020. they are a displaced Indigenous person resisting, ruminating and residing on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nations territories, colonially known as Vancouver.
Twitter: @fka_jayesimpson
Instagram: @jaye_simpson
JACQUI DU TOIT
Jacqui is an award-winning, internationally celebrated storyteller from Kimberley, South Africa. She received the 2019 Prix Rideau Award for Outstanding Female Performance in Drowning Girls and an Outstanding Female Performance nomination for her role in Omnibus Bill. She created The Hottentot Venus - Untold, a monodrama nominated for best actress at the 2017 Rideau Awards and Capital Critics Awards. Jacqui has performed across Canada and the world. She serves on the Board of Directors of GCTC, Ottawa Storytellers and Tactic Indie Theatre festival. Jacqui is the founder and director of 8thGeneration Storytelling Company and the Co-owner and Creative Director of The Origin Arts and Community Centre in Ottawa.
Insta: jacqui.dutoit & 8thgenstory
Twitter: Generation8th
PAULA C.
Paula C is an Ottawa-born vocalist with a powerful sound that invites the listener to reflect on feelings of rejuvenation, healing, and love. Reggae, R&B, and her Jamaican-Dominican upbringing all influence her music, creating a sound that she calls “Neo-Soul With a Gospel Flow.” Paula C has performed at local cyphers and world-class stages. In 2020, she performed live at Bluesfest and The National Arts Centre, where she accompanied fellow musician NAMBI as part of The Rhythm. Her most recently released debut single, "Never Thought,” is an honest reflection of her views on self-love and what it means to transcend love beyond genders.
Instagram: @musicbypaulac
Thank you to the City of Ottawa Diversity In The Arts Fund for supporting this event.
