Upcoming Performances & Readings
** Wed Jan 15th, PERFORMANCE LAB at On the Boards (100 W. Roy St., Seattle, WA 98119), doors 6:00 p.m., pre-show performances and activities 6:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m. official start. Theme: An Augur: Future Visions. Part augury, part poetry, part collective unconscious telephone, the Vis-à-Vis Society will debut some new interactive performance experiments in the OtB stairwell and lobby, answering audience questions about the future from the night. This unique Performance Lab is co-curated by Charles Smith and Hatlo, and featuring new experimental works by: Vis-à-Vis Society (with co-founders Sierra Nelson and Rachel Kessler), Fox Whitney, Jéhan Òsanyìn, Sara Brickman, Shelby Handler, and Julianne Chapple/Future Leisure.
More info & advanced tickets: https://www.ontheboards.org/special-events/performance-lab-an-augur-future-visions
** Tues March 10th, Sierra Nelson & Kary Wayson Poetry Reading at Elliott Bay Book Co. (1521 10th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122). Kary Wayson debuts her new book Via Maria Materi (Burnside Review Press) and Sierra Nelson reads from her recent collection The Lachrymose Report (PoetryNW Editions) and other new work.
The Stranger Recommends (Rich Smith): "Here we have two wizards working with two different but complementary kinds of magic. Sierra Nelson writes bioluminescent lines using various personas and scientific guises to illuminate the dark corners of melancholy and loneliness. You can find her latest in The Lachrymose Report, which is the only poetry book I know of with an index that's also a poem in its own right. Kary Wayson runs a tight ship—terse, musical lyrics that unspool whole logics from a single word or sound. Very much looking forward to Wayson's new book, Via Maria Materi, which will be out from Burnside Review Press in 2020."
