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Penn Kemp : Readings, Tours and Events
2002-2003November 6, 7 pm: Buffalo NY launching SHORT FUSE, Talking Leaves Books, Main St.November 7, 7:30 pm: Toronto launching Poem for Peace in Many Voices, book and CD. Pteros Gallery for Poets and Painters, Toronto 2255 Dundas Street West Toronto, M6R-1X6. 416-533-5159. half block south of Bloor, at the Dundas West subway station, and north of Roncesvalles November 9: Toronto Small Press Fair, 11am-5pm at Trinity-St Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St W, Toronto November 12, 6:30-7:00 pm: "Flaunting the Arts," CHRW FM 94.7, Radio Western, London ON. On real radio at http://chrw.usc.uwo.ca/. November 22: Jeanne Sauvé School, 8 Grange St, Stratford N5A 3P6. Contact: Don Farwell (519) 273 3396 November 23, 9:30 a.m: Stratford Book Festival. The Poets' Panel, Stratford Public Library November 23, 1-4 p.m: Book Market in the Banquet Hall at Knox Presbyterian Church, Stratford. December 21: Benefit for Gwendolyn MacEwen. Pteros Gallery for Poets and Painters, Toronto 2255 Dundas Street West Toronto, M6R-1X6. 416-533-5159. March 29 & 30: "Electronic Words", CHRW Radio Western, London ON. community-media.com 2001SCHOOLS Bishop Strachan School, Toronto; Victoria P.S., London, ON; St. Mary's, West Lorne; Fern St. P. S., Toronto ON TOURS Artword Theatre, From the Lunar Plexus was launched with a performance by Penn and Bill Gilliam, keyboard.. February 18th, at 8:00 p.m. Toronto. March 25, Sunday at 2 p.m. London Forest City Gallery 795 Dundas St. E. London ON April 5, Friday at 7:00 p.m. Ottawa, April Wine with Ronnie Brown and Susan McMaster. April 11, Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Regina. The Erratics April 12, Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Regina. April 13, Friday at 8:00 p.m. Vancouver April 14, Saturday, at 3:00 p.m., Nanaimo BC April 20, Friday, Edmonton at 7:30 p.m. April 26, Thursday at 6:00 pm, Ottawa April 27, Convergence: Poets for Peace, with Colin Morton for Hon. Maria Minna, House of Parliament May 4, Friday a.m., Victoria BC 66 1001 Douglas St. with Della Burford May 4, Friday p.m., Victoria BC 66 1001 Douglas St. May 5, Saturday, Victoria BC 66 1001 Douglas St. with Della Burford May 8, Tuesday at 8:00 p.m., Duncan BC May 18, Thursday at 8:00 p.m., The I.V. Lounge, Toronto May 23rd at 8 pm, Lichen Launch, the Art Bar Reading Series at the Victory Café, 581 Markham Street June 8, 8-10 pm, League of Canadian Poets' Poetry Slam, Massey College Reception, U. of T. June 9 at 11 am- 4 pm, Book Arts Fair, Pendas Productions display, books & CD's. Bellefair United Church, Toronto June 26 at 6:30 9:30 pm, "The Healing Power of Poetry: How to Enhance Creativity, Find Your Muse & Express Your Unique Inner Voice", workshop. June 27 at 8 pm, Ted Plantos Night in the Art Bar Poetry Series, reading. July 12 at 6:30-8 pm, Thursday: Penn Kemp, Malca Litovitz, Mary Angela Nangini, Terry Watada, York Quai Gallery, 235 Queens' Quay West. July 25 at 6:30 9:30 pm, "The Healing Power of Poetry: How to Enhance Creativity, Find Your Muse & Express Your Unique Inner Voice", workshop. August 28 at 6:30 9:30 pm, "The Healing Power of Poetry: How to Enhance Creativity, Find Your Muse & Express Your Unique Inner Voice", workshop. September 16, 2001, Sunday at 8:00 p.m., The Idler Pub, Toronto October 10, 2001, Wednesday at 8:00 p.m., The Art Bar Poetry Series October 25, 2001, U. of Windsor, Windsor ON 2000In December, thanks to a Canada Council travel grant, Penn participated in Samvad, "Dialogue", at Jaipur, India. This International Symposium on Canadian Theatre was sponsored by the Department of Drama of the University of Rajisthan, at the Arts Centre, Jawahar Kala Kendra (Rangayam) in Jaipur. Here, as well as at U. of Mumbai, U. of Rajisthan, and other colleges in India, she presented the poetic drama, VOCAL BRAIDING, written and performed with Patricia Keeney, with dramaturgy by Don Rubin. Penn also gave readings of her poetry and lectures on Canadian writing at Centres for Canadian Studies at the U. of Baroda and U. of Vallabhnagar as well as SNDT University in Mumbai and several more colleges like the International School for Girls, Jaipur and Shree Chandulai Nanavati Women's Institute in Mumbai. To these schools, Penn distributed Canadian books and her own CD's. Penn gave three day workshops to the Refresher course of college teachers of English at U of Mumbai, Santa Cruz, India, in December. 1999Reading at Bishop's College School, Lennoxville; Monaco's, Hamilton; Art Bar, Toronto. Reading tour of WHEN THE HEART PARTS to Vancouver, Hornby Island, Vancouver Island. In Toronto, Anne Anglin and Penn performed "Flush, Flash, Flood" and "Night Orchestra" at the Hart House Library. Art Bar, Oasis and 360 Club. They presented "When The Heart Parts" in Playwrights' Cabaret, Theatre Passe Muraille and Factory Lab Theatre. Penn and Susan McMaster recorded a collage of their sound poems, "Tender Lions", at Alrick Huebener's Ottawa studio. Penn with Honey Novick and Dan Sargeant performed for the Poets For Peace celebration at Oasis in Toronto. At Art Bar, Penn read to launch an issue of "Intangible" magazine and celebrate 30 year anniversary for Black Moss Press. She performed from WHEN THE HEART PARTS on June 26 with Anne Anglin at Theatre Passe Muraille and in the Playwrights' Cabaret, Factory Theatre Lab, Toronto. The poems from WHEN THE HEART PARTS were expanded to an hour-long sound opera, including "The Net of Elementals". The whole piece was performed at University of Guelph, November 1999 with Anne Anglin, John Blackwood at the University of Guelph, as part of a conference on "A Visionary Tradition: Canadian Literature and Culture at the Turn of the Millennium". The CD, WHEN THE HEART PARTS, was launched in Toronto at Oasis and RiotArt at 360 Club. 1998Reading at Bishop's College School, Lennoxville; Vox Feminarum, Waterloo; Monaco's, Hamilton; Art Bar, Toronto. Reading tour to Saskatoon, Vancouver, Salt Spring Island, Vancouver Island, Whitehorse and Yukon with sounding workshops. "Stone Soup Sounding", with Anne Anglin, Penn and James Harbeck, was recorded by John Magyar of PsychoSpace Sound at the "Abundance" Concert, Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto, November 1998. 1997A short story, "Island Worlds" in Scenes (Spring '97). With Ann Armin on viola, Penn performed for SCENES Live! and SCRIBES & MUSES! at the Rivoli, Toronto. Her work-shop, What Springs To Mind, included a weekend in August '97 at Novalis, Beaverton, ON. 1996Writing workshops based on her book on creativity, What Springs To Mind, in Aurora, Beaverton, Durham, Lennoxville, London & Ottawa as well as a Festival of writing at Bishop's University, Lennoxville. Penn and Daphne Marlatt gave readings for the conference "Writing the Self out of Silence" at York U. With Egyptologist Daniel Kolos, she participated in a daylong conference at AMORC Toronto, "Egyptian Mysteries". She participated in a symposium on ancient civilizations at the University of Delaware, "Return to the Source". 1995Tour in India (Jan.-Mar.): readings and seminars sponsored by Indian Institute for Canadian Studies at 8 women's groups and colleges in Mumbai. Writer in Residence, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai. Jazz gigs at Cameron House, Toronto with Handslang based on her sound piece, Jamming in the Bardo. 1994Epiphanies taped at the Glen Gould Studio, with Anne Anglin and David Prentice. Featured on a CBC FM special, "Sounding Off" and on CIUT. Penn's play, What The Ear Hears Last, was produced in May at The Gathering, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto. With Anne Anglin, Penn gave 6 benefit performances for What The Ear Hears Last. Featured Performer at the Rites of Spring, National Library, London Public Library, Poetry Festival, Sheridan College, Oakville. Readings, R2D2 Bookstore, Women in Print Bookstore, Vancouver. In 1993 and 1994, she orchestrated The Poetry Café with 17 schools participating in a day long festival of poetry which her students generated over 8 days of writing workshops. The poems are published in Twelfth Key, a poetry magazine Penn edits for student writing, with her workshops described. 1993Whitehorse; Vancouver Public Library, R2D2Books; Denman Island, Salt Spring Island, Gabriola Island, Mayne Island, North York General Hospital, Idler Pub (Toronto), Hornby Island, Northern Writers' Circle, Whitehorse. The League of Poets sponsored a second tour of nine readings and workshops in the Yukon as well as BC in April/May, 1993. In Whitehorse, she opened the Writers' Festival and attended a 'celebrated authors' supper for Writers' Development Trust, where she won the prize for best poem composed and performed. She read at U.B.C., bookstores and twice at the Vancouver Library in gala events. 1992Nakai Theatre Writer's Festival in Whitehorse, Yukon, April/May. Penn was honoured as Foremother of League of Canadian Poets, Feminist Caucus, A.G.M, National Library, Ottawa. In Oct., she was one of four speakers during Humber College's Silver Anniversary Speaker Series. Her topic was "Silence/ Violence: Breaking the Code". Readings & Workshops
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