an evening of ritual, writing, and performance. @10.forward
$5-15, no one turned away for lack of funds, all proceeds go to the Trans Asylum Seeker Support Network. @transasylumsupport
6:30-8 pm: Participants are invited to engage in experiential, ritual stations designed to serve as writing prompts. Bring your own notebook or come early to grab one at the door.
8 pm: Performances by:
CAConrad, Blu Angel Flame Co, Jayson Keery, Teal Van Dyke, Dāshaun Washington, Vick Quezada.
Followed by Temperature DJ Night!

CAConrad has worked with the ancient technologies of poetry and ritual since 1975. They are the author of AMANDA PARADISE: Resurrect Extinct Vibration (Wave Books, 2021), which won the 2022 PEN Josephine Miles Award. They received a 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, a Creative Capital grant, a Pew Fellowship, and a Lambda Award. The Book of Frank is now available in 9 languages; their play The Obituary Show was made into a film in 2022 by Augusto Cascales, and they exhibit poems as art objects with recent shows in Santander, Spain, and Lisbon, Portugal. Visit them online at https://linktr.ee/CAConrad88