This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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Reading by C. E. Gatchalian
In-person
Poetry & spoken word Writing & literature StorytellingDate and time
Location
Summerland Library ORL Branch
9533 Main Street
Summerland, BC
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
About
Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man—a lyrical exploration of race, desire, and artistic identity shaped by literature, film, and family history.
For those interested, at 4pm, Gatchalian will lead Writing the Unraveling Self, a workshop that invites participants to embrace emotional rawness and creative disruption through guided prompts and reflection. The reading is Pay What You Can, and the workshop is $25.
Links
- Ryga Arts Festival rygafest.ca
- Canada Helps, where you can donate canadahelps.org
Organizer
The Ryga Festival Society
The Ryga Festival Society is a registered charity, with a mandate to advocate for social justice through the arts while honouring the legacy of Summerland resident, author, musician and playwright, George Ryga.
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