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Yukon Words’ Words Out Loud & Borealis Prize Presentation

August 18, 2023 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

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Storytelling and readings by Darcy Tara McDiarmid, Helen Winton, Tara Borin, and a performance by Berton House Writer-in-residence Charlie Petch

Darcy Tara McDiarmid is a Han and Northern Tutchone artist from the crow clan. Darcy works in heritage and is dedicated to preserving Hän stories, culture and history. Darcy is also a professional painter, carver, illustrator and graphic recorder.
She is guided by nature, dreams and long ago stories. She uses her art to raise awareness about the environment and conservation. Darcy hopes to capture the pristine beauty of the spirit of nature in her artwork. She does her artwork and storytelling to honour her ancestors.

Helen Winton
“I was born and raised in a very small village near Ottawa, and didn’t discover that I was a country bumpkin until I moved to a big city to go to university. By chance (not choice), I became a teacher which gave me the opportunity to travel and work in exotic locales such as Sierra Leone, Quebec City, Bobby Orr’s home town and Old Crow. Short of cash and in need of a job, I moved to Dawson City in 1984 and decided to stay because, of course, it’s pretty much the best place in the world.”

Tara Borin is a poet and writer living in the traditional territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, Dawson City, Yukon. Their debut full-length poetry collection, The Pit, was published by Nightwood Editions in March 2021. Their poetry has been anthologized in the League of Canadian Poets Feminist Caucus in Conversation chapbook (LCP Press, 2022), Resistance: Righteous Rage in the Age of #MeToo (University of Regina Press, 2021), and Best New Poets in Canada 2018 (Quattro Books), as well as published in literary journals both online and in print. Tara is the 2022 winner of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes Borealis Prize: Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution.

Charlie Petch (they/them, he/him) is a disabled/queer/transmasculine multidisciplinary artist who resides in Tkaronto/Toronto. A poet, playwright, librettist, musician, lighting designer, and host, Petch was the 2017 Poet of Honour for the speakNORTH national festival, winner of the Golden Beret lifetime achievement in spoken word with The League of Canadian Poets (2020), and founder of Hot Damn it’s a Queer Slam. Petch is a touring performer, as well as a mentor and workshop facilitator. Their debut poetry collection, Why I Was Late (Brick Books), won the 2022 ReLit Award, and was named “Best of 2021” by The Walrus. Their film with Opera QTO, Medusa’s Children, premièred 2022. They have been featured on the CBC’s Q, are the current Writer In Residence for Berton House (2023), were long-listed for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2021, and will be debuting their solo show “No one’s special at the hot dog cart” in 2024 at Theatre Passe Muraille.

Details

Date:
August 18, 2023
Time:
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Organizer

Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)
Phone
867-993-5005

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Age Restriction
All Ages
This event:
Will have bar service

Venue

Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)
902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City + Google Map
Phone
867-993-5005
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