Woolf's Voices

Woolf's Voices is back!

ABOUT WOOLF'S VOICES

Woolf's Voices is a quarterly reading series event, that was started in 2013, honouring the feminine Poets, Spokenword artists, storytellers, musicians, comedians, visual artists etc. in honour of Woolf, as in Virginia.

Over the years, the event has featured numerous artists of all genres.

After an indefinite hold since June 2021 following the death of our founder's mother we feel ready with the support of the literary community to take up the torch and offer this quarterly event to the community again.

In April 2023 there was a pop-up event in partnership with The People's Poetry Festival and AWCS in which an anonymous donor offered to fund the event. This was a great boon as not knowing who it was it felt like it could have been anyone and so was a great gift of support from the community at large. Many have lamented at our lack of hOwling over the past two years so we are beyond excited to step up again.

Woolf's Voices is a safe intersectional space to honour and express the feminine in us all through poetry, music, art, spoken word, comedy, dance, performance art, etc. Woolf's Voices was established in 2013. Our mission is to honour the feminine us all and create more cultural space for us to do so in. Woolf's Voices has featured numerous artists of all genres. Pulling from Virginia Woolf's idea of "A Room of One's Own" to create a space of our own Woolf's Voices is committed to intersectionality in our programming and community outreach honouring all ages, abilities, bodies, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, fat positivity, sex positivity and more.

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, Woolf's Voices honours and acknowledges that we are in Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historicaNorthwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations – Indigenous and non – who live, work and play on this land, and who honour and celebrate this territory.

Curated by Adrienne Adams, this reading series is sponsored by The Alexandra Writer's Centre and take place four times a year.

Woolf's Voices #35
an evening of poetry, writing, art and music

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September 18, 2024 | 7PM
Alcove Centre for the Arts
(244, 7th Ave SE, Calgary, AB)

Hosted by Adrienne Adams

MEET THE HOST

Adrienne Adams (Curator) artist, poet, writer, curator, herb nerd and gardener living and breathing in Treaty 7 dedicated to creating safer inter-sectional space to honour the feminine. She founded Woolf’s Voices in 2013. Her publications include filling Station, Herizons, Antilang, FreeFall, NewForum, NōD, Deathcap(Coven Editions), M(O)thering (Inanna Press), Polyglot, YYC POP and her chapbook Red Heads by above/ground Press . https://adrienneadamsartandpoetry.com @adamsel.adams

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