October 12-14 in Various Venues

Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 - Venue: Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil Street

Admission: $15

Hosts: Patrick Connors and Jeannine Pitas

5:00 p.m. – Smudging ceremony led by O Puck

6:00 p.m. – Dinner is served

6:45-8:15 p.m. – Panel discussion on state terror

“The Campaign Against Venezuela” – Dr. Maria Paez Victor
“Resisting US Militarization in the Americas” – Dwyer Sullivan
“Colombian State Terror and Canadian Corporations” – Asad Ismi

8:15-9:00 p.m. – Poetry readings by James Cockcroft, Gene Grabiner, Jorge Etcheverry, James Lafferty and Katharine Beeman

9:00-9:30 p.m. – Dance theatre performance – charles c. smith and the wind in the leaves collective

9:30-10:00 p.m. – Music by Paul Baker Hernandez

10:00 p.m. – Music by Colombian-Canadian musician Beny Esguerra

Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 - Venue: Bloor United Church, 300 Bloor Street West

Admission: Free

9:30-11:00 a.m. – Poetry workshops led by Marilyn Lerch (in English) and Carlos Angulo (in Spanish)

Carlos Angulo Rivas

11:15 a.m-1:15 p.m. – All-Spanish poetry reading

Host: Pedro Cabezas

With Juana Suarez, Ardis Harriman, Nery Quintero, Francisco Alonso Gomez Navoa, Beatriz Santiago, Enrique Castro, Jorge Etcheverry, Jose Castro Pozo, Jose Gonzalez, Constanza Duran, Marcos Castillo, Marcelo Puente, and Carlos Angulo

(Lunch will be provided during this session).

Venue: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street

Admission: Free

2:00-5:00 p.m. – Poetry by Banoo Zan, Monica Rosas and Sheniz Janmohammed followed by a screening of Simon Bitton’s documentary film, As the Life is the Language: The Life of Mahmoud Darwish (1997)

Venue: Q Space,  382 College Street

Admission: Free

Host: Mohammad Ali Aumeer

7:00-7:45 p.m. – Presentation on the significance of the year 2012 in the Mayan calendar by Nana Maria Rodriguez

7:45-8:45 p.m. – IFPOR Second Anthology launch; an introduction to the anthology will be given by Roger Langen followed by readings from anthology contributors

7:45-10:00 p.m. – Musical presentations by Paul Baker Hernandez, Tom Smarda, Steve Hall, Julio Zuviri and Los Santos Inocentes, plus an open mic

Dane Swan

Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012 - Venue: 519 Church Street Community Centre

Admission: Free

Host: Patrick Connors

2:00-5:30 p.m. – Closing afternoon featuring James Cockcroft, Luciano Iacobelli, Charles Huisken, Dane Swan, Black Coffee Poet,  Marilyn Lerch,  Malikah Awe:ri, Areta Marshall, Arnold Itwaru, Natasha Ksonsek, Terry Barker,  Carlos Angulo Rivas, Katharine Beeman, James Lafferty and Gene Grabiner