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Graphic illustration of the Northumberland Festival of the Arts logo, featuring a large letter N on against a white background. The N is filled in with a galaxy-like, starry image in red, blue, purple, green, yellow and orange, with what appears to be a human figure on the right side. Within the right side of the letter N are the letters F O T A.
Graphic illustration of the Northumberland Festival of the Arts logo, featuring a large letter N on against a white background. The N is filled in with a galaxy-like, starry image in red, blue, purple, green, yellow and orange, with what appears to be a human figure on the right side. Within the right side of the letter N are the letters F O T A.

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WOW! Words on a Wire Poetry Event

One day only: On Sunday, September 15, 2024: The Northumberland Festival of the Arts (NFOTA) presents WOW! Words on a Wire, a multi-media poetry performance featuring local and regional poets, at the Best Western Plus Cobourg Inn & Convention Centre.

Embrace the lyric!

This event includes readings, video poems and poetry sculptures, with featured poets Robert Priest, Bänoo Zan, Gavin Barrett, Abigail Grimes, Bruce Kauffman and more. Books will be for sale, and the poets will be available after the performance to sign their books.

”Whether you’re a lover of language or a fan of the broken line, come find out for yourself how words are worth a thousand pics.”

– NFOTA: WOW! Words on a Wire

This event also includes a display of The Ekphrastic Project, a series of poems inspired by the paintings of local artist members of the Cobourg Art Club, who teamed up with poets and writers from the Spirit of the Hills Writers Group to produce ekphrastic art – one art form takes inspiration from another art form. The resulting matched writings and paintings will also be on display at the Hill Spirits VI Anthology Launch on Saturday, September 21. See this unique project when you buy a ticket for either WOW! Words on a Wire or the Launch event.

About Northumberland Festival of the Arts (NFOTA)

NFOTA is a not-for-profit arts organization bringing together actors and artisans, painters and photographers, musicians, singers, writers and poets in a grand collaborative showcase each September to celebrate the creative spirit of Northumberland County in venues across the region. They believe art should be inclusive and accessible to all, creativity is unlimited and collaboration makes a community strong. WOW! Words on a Wire is just one of their events – you can check out their other September 2024 events here.

Graphic illustration of the Northumberland Festival of the Arts logo, featuring a large letter N on against a light grey background. The N is filled in with a galaxy-like, starry image in red, blue, purple, green, yellow and orange, with what appears to be a human figure on the right side. Within the right side of the letter N are the letters F O T A.

(Photo credits: Northumberland Festival of the Arts.)

 

Event details

Hosted by: Northumberland Festival of the Arts

Type of event: poetry reading

Featured poets: Robert Priest, Bänoo Zan, Gavin Barrett, Abigail Grimes, Bruce Kauffman & more.

Date: Sunday, September 15, 2024

Start time: 2:00 PM ET

Duration: 2.5 hours

Cost: C$20.00, with free admission for students.

Location: Best Western Plus Cobourg Inn & Convention Centre, 930 Burnham St., Cobourg, ON, K9A 2X9, Canada

Booking link: Book your tickets here

Contact Details: Northumberland Festival of the Arts, info@festivalofthearts.ca, festivalofthearts.ca

 

Accessibility: This is an accessible venue.

COVID-19 policy: Read the Festival’s policy here.

Refund policy: Please contact the organizer.