Pandora’s Collective is presenting its Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival until August 24, 2010. I want to draw your attention to Saturday’s events which will take place at Lumberman’s Arch in Stanley Park, Vancouver. From the Pandora’s Collective website,

The Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival is a one day annual free event which takes place at Lumberman’s Arch, in beautiful Stanley Park. This event is an outdoor festival which brings together, showcases and celebrates the on-going literary events, programs and resources available in the community. The line up is a combination of literary performances, dancers, local bands, panel discussions, open mics etc. Some of this year’s performers include Evelyn Lau, Betsy Warland, Brad Cran, Ms. Spelt, Vancouver’s own Theatre In the Raw and more. There is also a children’s area with puppet shows, music, story tellers, face painting and craft tables. There will be information tables showcasing community groups and resources.

Here’s the full list of events,

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Main Stage

12:00 – 12:30 Welcome and Opening Reading: Poet, Susan Musgrave

12:30 – 12:45 Poetry Readings: Burnaby Writers Society/Inkspot; Sally Reesman

12:45 – 1:00 Poetry Readings: Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art, Kelsey Savage, Fraser Readman, Christianne Hayward

1:00 – 1:15 Poetry Slam: Vancouver Poetry Slam; Johnny MacRae

1:15 – 1:30 Story Telling: The Writers Studio- Clarrisa Green

1:30 – 1:45 Announcements

1:45 – 2:15 ♫♫: Sandy Bone

2:15 – 2:30 Poetry Readings: Vancouver Artists Collective, Steve Locke

2:30 – 2:45 Poetry Readings: Word Whips, Warren Dean Fulton, Christy Hill

2:45 – 3:00 Feature: Ms. Spelt

3:00 – 3:15 Multi Cultural Readings: World Poetry Reading Series, Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea, Masume Mahasti, Persia, Anita Aguirre Neveras. Philippines

3:15 – 3:30 Announcements

3:30 – 4:00♫♫: Wailin’ Wayne and the Pain (Spike McKinley, Wailin’ Wayne Pattern, Andre Rahut, Michel Drouin)

4:00 – 4:15 Story Telling: Vancouver Story Slam, Clint Father Goose Wilson

4:15 – 4:30 Poetry Readings: Poetry Around the World, Lucia Gorea, Alara Bretanne, Kyle Christensen

4:30 – 4:45 Featured Poet: Heather Haley

4:45 – 5:00 Poetry Readings: Wax Poetics, Diana Itebu.

5:00 – 5:30♫♫: Jess Hill

5:30– 5:45 Poetry Readings: Canadian Authors Association: Ben Nuttall-Smith,

Bernice Lever, Lilija Valis

5:45 – 6:00 Poetry Readings: Word Whips North Shore Edition, Fran Bourassa, Christy Hill

6:00 – 6:15 Story Telling: Vancouver Storytellers, Mary Gavin

6:15 – 6:30 Poetry Readings: Twisted Poets, Bonnie Nish, Daniela Elza,

6:30- 7:00 Radio Show: Theatre In The Raw

7:00-7:30 Feature Poet: Evelyn Lau

Granville Stage

1:00 – 1:20 Welcome and Opening Reading: Vancouver Poet Besty Warland

1:20 – 2:00 Panel Discussion: A Cross Cultural Conversation: As poets, we tend to hang out with poets whose writing and thinking is similar to our own. What happens when poets who differ in their practice and production (such as print-based poets & spoken word poets/book poets & web poets)have a conversation with one another?

Moderator: Betsy Warland Panelists: Jabez Churchill, Susan Cormier, Daniela Elza, RC Weslowski, Alex Winstanley,

2:00 – 2:15 Feature Poet: Catherine Owen

2:15 – 2:30 Open Mic: sign up on site at Granville Stage

2:30 -2:45 Announcements

2:45 -3:15 Spoken Word & Music: Dennis E. Bolen and Soressa Gardener performing The Somme Wheat Field 1989

3:15 -3:30 – Featured Poet: Jabez Churchill

3:30 – 4:10 Panel Discussion: Writing and Healing: Entrance to the Secret Garden of the Self: Poet-Physician William Carlos Williams saw each patient as “material for a work of art,” and called medicine “the thing which gained me entrance to the secret gardens of the self.” Drawing on this tradition, five poets (physicians, nurses and lay healers) will discuss how their poetry has been shaped by their involvement with trauma and healing work.

Moderator: Rachel Rose. Panelists: Wayde Compton, Marni Norwich, Catherine Owen, Nilofar Shidmehr, Karen Shklanka

4:10 – 4:25 Poetry & Music: Spillious Speak and Sing

4:25 – 4:40 Announcements

4:40 – 5:10 Literary Game Show: Host: Warren Dean Fulton

5:10-5:50 Panel Discussion: Panel Discussion: New Media: Surfing the Tsunami Ready to catch the curl of New Media like Facebook, Twitter, & ______? Will you ride the wave, drown in indecision, or just get left behind in the backwash? Explore the currents and calamities of an ocean of marketing potential.

Moderator: Sylvia Taylor. Panelists: Trevor Battye, Dennis E. Bolen, SR Duncan, Lorraine Murphy

5:50 -6:05 Open Mic: sign up on site at Granville Stage

6:05- 6:30 Feature Poet: Brad Cran

Children’s Stage

1:00 – 1:15 Announcements

1:15 – 1:45 Opening Children’s Performer : D’Arcy Stainton

1:45 – 2:15 Author: Tiffany Stone

2:15 – 2:45 Author: Lee Edward Fodi

2:45 – 3:15: Children’s Performer: VPL Puppets on Parade Mary Duffy

3:15 – 3:45 ♫♫ Dancers D’Hercy Dance Co

3:45 – 4:00 Announcements

4:00 – 4:30 Author: James McCann

4:30 – 5:00 Author: kc dyer

5:00 – 5:30 Readings: Vancouver Public Library Book Camp Readers

5:30 – 6:00 Children’s Performer: VPL Puppets on Parade Mary Duffy

You can find out more about the other events including tonight’s tribute to Susan Musgrave at Pandora’s Collective website.