Capital Arts Festival
October 1 to 31, 2007









  Black Stilt Coffee Lounge

Every Friday night, the Black Stilt Coffee House hosts Victoria's most reputable poetry group, Planet Earth Poetry (formerly known as Mocambopo). Every Saturday night, the Black Stilt Coffee House will be playing host to live music performances of some of the region's finest local talent.

Music Lineup:

October 6th: Cookeilidh ($3)

October 13th: Mouthfull of Bees

October 20th: Jon Middleton w/ Stephen Franke and Billie Woods

October 27th: Sanijav


Poetry at the Black Stilt, Fridays, 7:30PM :

October 5th: JOHN STEFFLER
Canada's Poet Laureate, author of many books of poetry, reads for the first time in Victoria.

October 12th: LORNA CROZIER, ELIZABETH PHILLIPS & MARY DALTON
LORNA CROZIER, Chairman of UVic's Writing Department, reads from her new book Blue Hour of the Day, her selected poems. ELIZABETH PHILLIPS, Saskatoon poet, former poetry editor of Grain, reads from her new book of poetry, Torch River. Newfoundland poet, MARY DALTON, reads from her latest book, Red Ledger.

October 19th: ARLENE PARE & DAVID FRASER
ARLENE PARE reads from her first book of poetry, Paper Trail. Nanaimo Poet, DAVID FRASER, founder of Ascent Aspirations, reads from his book of poetry, Running down the wind.

October 26th: CARLA FUNK & ELIZABETH BACHINSKY
CARLA FUNK, Victoria's Poet Laureate, reads from her latest book , The Sewing Room. Vancouver poet, ELIZABETH BACHINSKY, poetry editor for Event, reads from her latest book of poetry, Home of Sudden Service.


Venue: #103-1633 Hillside Avenue, Victoria (across from Hillside Shopping Centre)

Calendar: Friday and Saturday Nights from 7-10PM
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Tickets: For poetry nights, there is a nominal cover charge. For music nights, TBA.

Contact information:
Web: www.theblackstilt.com
Email: info@theblackstilt.com
Tel: (250) 370-2077



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