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Concurrence Gathering #9
October 26, 2023 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Concurrence Gatherings at 8EAST # 9
Thursday October 26, 8pm
Concurrence Gatherings are concerts, talks and story-sharing events, featuring Indigenous Artists and emerging DTES Small Arts Grants recipients with NOW Society Musicians. Presented and hosted by the NOW Society at 8EAST, they are curated by Sophie Dow and Lisa Cay Miller.
con·cur·rence:
1. the fact of two or more events or circumstances happening or existing at the same time: a point at which three or more lines meet.
2. agreement or consistency.
Featuring:
TJ Felix – voice and guitar
Kiera-Dawn Kolson – Creation story/spoken word/music
Zofia Rose – poetry
Supported by improvising NOW Artists and presented and hosted by the NOW Society in partnership with Carnegie Community Centre. Curated by Sophie Dow and Lisa Cay Miller.
For information about Gatherings 8 – 11 visit concurrence-gatherings-8-11
TJ Felix
TJ Felix is a two-spirit Qelmucw from the Splatsin region of Secwepemculecw as well as a musician, multidisciplinary artist, colonial law breaker, drug user rights advocate & english language unlerner amongst many other things.
Kiera-Dawn Kolson
Kiera-Dawn Kolson is an award winning multidisciplinary artist and motivational speaker. A 2017 Minister’s Culture & Heritage Circle Award recipient, she enjoys developing her traditional and contemporary artistic skills. For over 15 years, she has travelled regionally, nationally, and internationally to advocate for the north, indigenous people, MMIW, climate justice, and youth involvement. With “Dream Big and Believe” as her philosophy, it’s exciting to see what the future holds!
Zofia Rose
Zofia Rose Musiej is a singer/songwriter and a poet who is now releasing her first EP and working on her first poetry manuscript. A graduate of The Writer’s Studio at SFU (2019), she has published her poetry with Emerge 19, Prism, Room Magazine, and Salt Chuck City Review. Zofia has performed at various festivals and venues including Talking Stick, Surrey Muse, and Vines. Mixed-blood Polish and Carrier First Nations, she resides in Vancouver, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples where she can be found following her muse and busking in East Van. Zofia is also a World Co-op radio host and poet/performer at CanLit.