Love, Death & Darkness in February

Mar 14, 2019 | Event, Performance

Did you join us at our first 2019 creative meetup? We met on February 10 at the lovely Zamen in Noord for an evening of poetry, conversation and collaboration on the very February theme of Love, Death & Darkness.

The evening was led by JC 1/4, with poetry performances by David Chislett, Jez Keighley and Robin Winkel.

We had a full house of both human and furry listeners.

Live sketching of the poets and other sundries was done by Rachelle Meyer of Therewise Enterprises.

Her phoenix also provided inspiration for a wonderful series of open mic performers.

Among them was Richard Metcalf, whose poem, pictured above, is performed here:

We thank all the performers for coming, Zamen for hosting, and Miguel Luis Calayan for the fabulous photos of the event.

Did you miss it? Join us on April 14 at Zamen from 15:00 to 18:00 for our next creative meetup. We hope to see you there.

About The Author

Sarah Bringhurst Familia

I've lived on five different continents in the past fifteen years, but still not sure where (or if!) I want to settle down. In the meantime, I enjoy Amsterdam’s cosmopolitan village vibe and blog about my international adventures at Casteluzzo.com. Current adventure: grad school in history at Leiden University, studying Cities, Migration & Global Interdependence.

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