This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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Jerry Prager
100 Thousand Poets for Change
In-person
Poetry & spoken word Storytelling Nature & outdoors History & heritageDate and time
Location
Rural property outside Elora, just past the Elora Gorge Park (The Elora Poetry Centre & Gallery)
7324 Wellington County Road 21, Centre Wellington
Elora, ON
Directions: See the website of the Elora Poetry Centre & Gallery for detailed instructions on how to find our event: http://www.elorapoetrycentre.ca.
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
Has gender-neutral washrooms and is a relaxed performance.
About
Our event will be part of the annual global poetry initiative 100 Thousand Poets for Change, which takes place in hundreds of international locales at the end of each September. The Elora Poetry Centre has participated in this worldwide celebration of poetry's power to effect change since it was founded by the late Michael Rothenberg in 2011, and this year will be no exception, featuring the poetry of Kevin heronJones and Jerry Prager. Kevin writes and narrates "in the tradition of the ancient African griots who used stories and poetry to educate as well as to entertain." Jerry, a native Ontarian who now resides in Elora, is a writer, poet, playwright, sculptor, and heritage stone worker who has created and published historical accounts of this region.
Links
- Our website elorapoetrycentre.ca
Organizer
The Elora Poetry Centre & Gallery
The Elora Poetry Centre & Gallery holds a collection of literary memorabilia, including collaborative works of art, and hosts poetry readings, art exhibitions, and music events, in a beautiful natural setting of gardens and woodlands, leading down to the Grand River.
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