Name: POETRY TAKEOVER: OPEN MIC at La Fee Verte. RESONANS FRINGE Day 1
Start: 2024-10-08T18:00:00+02:00
Location: La Fee Verte CPH

POETRY TAKEOVER: OPEN MIC at La Fee Verte. RESONANS FRINGE Day 1

Join us for a special edition of Poetry Takeover: OPEN MIC
where we the poets come out from under the shade, with our notebooks, books, pens and best intentions, to gather in an evening of poetic exchange, good conversations, and glorious drinks.
It is free to join, and this is a very special occasion, as we will be celebrating the 15th anniversary of RED DOOR, and therefore in festival mood. That's right! We're hosting a week long festival called RESONANS: A Fringe of Nature & Culture, and this, our dear friends, will be our first evening of celebrations.
For this reason, we've invited acclaimed poets to be our featured guests this evening. We will be accompanied by Stephen James Smith, Lalo Barrubia, Pita Ochoa, and the wonderful Dominic Williams, who will also be co-hosting this exciting poetry showdown. It will take place at our favorite absynthe bar, La Fee Verte, the perfect environment for this happening.
Come, share your poems (ALL LANGUAGES WELCOME!), bring your friends, and help us spread the word.
This event is part of RESONANS FRINGE CPH. See the whole program here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/397657043329994/
Learn more about the festival:
www.resonansfringe.com
Learn more about Red Door:
www.reddoor.dk
About our guests:
DOMINIC WILLIAMS
Dominic Williams is a poet, a performer and creative mentor. He is one half of the improvised spoken-word and movement act, “Your Strangest Friend”, with contemporary dancer Stina Nilsson and part of the FYD collective, contemporary artists from Serbia, Sweden, Croatia and Wales. He is a poetry editor and has cooperated with poets translating work from Bengali, Turkish, Serbian and Swedish. In summer 2022 a vinyl album was released, “Poetry is Dead”, which includes some of Dominic’s poetry accompanied by a Swedish three-piece punk band.
LALO BARRUBIA
A writer, translator, performance artist, and social researcher born in Montevideo in 1967. As a poet, she has published numerous books and participated in festivals and readings in various parts of the world. Some of her poems have been translated into several languages. As a narrator, she has published novels and short stories that stand out for their depiction of a generation that grew up during the authoritarian 1970s in South America and was forced into adulthood without role models, navigating successive economic crises. She approaches performance as an experimentation in the art of words, space, and sound, and has participated in festivals and exhibitions in both traditional and alternative spaces.
STEPHEN JAMES SMITH
Stephen James Smith, born in Dublin, is an Irish poet, writer, performer, playwright, and educator. Their short poetry films have captivated millions, earning them the opportunity to perform alongside notable names like Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Patti Smith, Shane MacGowan, Bono (U2), Imelda May, and Glen Hansard. With close to 1,000 gigs worldwide over the past 20 years. As a recording artist, Stephen’s work has been lauded both nationally and internationally, leading to Stephen being dubbed “Dublin’s unofficial poet laureate.” His creations have been extensively published, translated into eight languages, and have received numerous awards and nominations.
Connect on social media @sjswords or explore Stephen’s poetry here: https://linktr.ee/sjswords
PITA OCHOA
Guadalupe “Pita” Ochoa is a Mexican poet, editor and researcher. She is a founding member of the Infrarealist literary movement in Mexico. Pita Ochoa will be visiting us from Mexico to celebrate the arrival of her new book "Diarios de la Noche" translated by Malene Boeck Thorborg and Elizabeth Torres for Red Press.