Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) LXI
Nowruz Celebration
Toronto’s most diverse poetry reading and open mic series
Featured poets: Weeda Salehi Shareqi and Jacob McArthur Mooney
Featured musician: Nawras Nader
Haft Seen: Nina Rastegar
Host: Bänoo Zan
Time: Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Place: Church of St. Stephen in-the-Fields, 365 College St, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2N8
Doors open 6:15 p.m.
Open-mic sign-up 6:30 p.m.
Show 7 p.m.
Admission: $5
Weeda Salehi Shareqi born in Afghanistan, graduate of Sheridan College, poet and fiction writer in Dari and English, over 40 published pieces, upcoming novels: The Water Carrier Daughter and Rukhshana
Jacob McArthur Mooney poet, former director of Pivot Reading series, with three books:The New Layman's Almanac, Folk, Don't Be Interesting, shortlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize and Trillium Book Award in Poetry
Nawras Nader Syrian singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, producer , filmmaker and director who began performing at the age of 4, has toured extensively in Europe, Middle East, and North America
Twitter: @BanooZan & @ShabeSherTO
Instagram: @banoo.zan
