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  • Big Ideas: Idle No More

    by Juanita Klassen Big Ideas: Idle No More, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Millenium Library, Carole Shields Auditorium September 23, 2014 Before each reading during this festival, I’ve sampled the atmosphere that precedes it. The aura before A Pint of Bitter Murder was easy and low-key, the one preceding Big Ideas: Valour Road was quiet and respectful, […]

  • Saturday Afternoon Youth Poetry Slam

    by Juanita Klassen Big Ideas: Idle No More, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Millenium Library, Carole Shields Auditorium September 23, 2014 Before each reading during this festival, I’ve sampled the atmosphere that precedes it. The aura before A Pint of Bitter Murder was easy and low-key, the one preceding Big Ideas: Valour Road was quiet and respectful, […]

  • Youth Slam!

    by Juanita Klassen Big Ideas: Idle No More, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Millenium Library, Carole Shields Auditorium September 23, 2014 Before each reading during this festival, I’ve sampled the atmosphere that precedes it. The aura before A Pint of Bitter Murder was easy and low-key, the one preceding Big Ideas: Valour Road was quiet and respectful, […]

  • Afterwords at the Jazz Club

    by Juanita Klassen Big Ideas: Idle No More, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Millenium Library, Carole Shields Auditorium September 23, 2014 Before each reading during this festival, I’ve sampled the atmosphere that precedes it. The aura before A Pint of Bitter Murder was easy and low-key, the one preceding Big Ideas: Valour Road was quiet and respectful, […]

  • Friday Night Poetry Bash

    by Juanita Klassen Big Ideas: Idle No More, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Millenium Library, Carole Shields Auditorium September 23, 2014 Before each reading during this festival, I’ve sampled the atmosphere that precedes it. The aura before A Pint of Bitter Murder was easy and low-key, the one preceding Big Ideas: Valour Road was quiet and respectful, […]

  • Who Am I Now?

    by Juanita Klassen Big Ideas: Idle No More, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Millenium Library, Carole Shields Auditorium September 23, 2014 Before each reading during this festival, I’ve sampled the atmosphere that precedes it. The aura before A Pint of Bitter Murder was easy and low-key, the one preceding Big Ideas: Valour Road was quiet and respectful, […]

  • Perfect Mix of Poetry and Performance

    by Juanita Klassen Big Ideas: Idle No More, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Millenium Library, Carole Shields Auditorium September 23, 2014 Before each reading during this festival, I’ve sampled the atmosphere that precedes it. The aura before A Pint of Bitter Murder was easy and low-key, the one preceding Big Ideas: Valour Road was quiet and respectful, […]

  • A Cube of Sugar to Sweeten the Buds of a Dying Tongue

    by Juanita Klassen Big Ideas: Idle No More, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Millenium Library, Carole Shields Auditorium September 23, 2014 Before each reading during this festival, I’ve sampled the atmosphere that precedes it. The aura before A Pint of Bitter Murder was easy and low-key, the one preceding Big Ideas: Valour Road was quiet and respectful, […]

  • Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Swim?

    by Juanita Klassen Big Ideas: Idle No More, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Millenium Library, Carole Shields Auditorium September 23, 2014 Before each reading during this festival, I’ve sampled the atmosphere that precedes it. The aura before A Pint of Bitter Murder was easy and low-key, the one preceding Big Ideas: Valour Road was quiet and respectful, […]

  • “Who Am I Now?”: Five Writers Tackle Identity

    by Juanita Klassen Big Ideas: Idle No More, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Millenium Library, Carole Shields Auditorium September 23, 2014 Before each reading during this festival, I’ve sampled the atmosphere that precedes it. The aura before A Pint of Bitter Murder was easy and low-key, the one preceding Big Ideas: Valour Road was quiet and respectful, […]