Catalyst Open Mic meets Seaweek 2021!

 

Catalyst is proud to help celebrate Seaweek 2021 by adopting the theme for the March open mic.

NZAEE (NZ Association for Environmental Education) Seaweek is New Zealand's annual, national week celebrating the sea.  Funded entirely through sponsorship and in-kind support, Seaweek is  co-ordinated by Sir Peter Blake MERC since 2020 in partnership with NZAEE.

The theme for 2021 is 'connecting with our seas - toi moana, toi tangata'.

Catalyst invites poets to bring and read a poem that marks this theme in any way. 

We're excited to present our special themed open mic in association with Christchurch Envirohub and NZAEE.

Catalyst Open Mic - Seaweek - Connecting with our Seas

Wednesday 3rd March, 7pm

Space Academy, 371 St Asaph St, Christchurch

Catalyst Open Mic - Unfinished Business

Following on from successful 'Christmas' themed open mics and the original one-off 'Juvenilia' night, this year we've been having the occasional themed open mic. They're always optional so people don't have to play, especially if they weren't prepared for it. We've enjoyed 'Heroes', 'Erotica', and even 'The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul' (thanks Douglas Adams!)

Sometimes they are decided by the participants but October's theme came to me out of a moment of frustration. Unable to complete a half-baked poem, I wondered if I could read it anyway. It occurred to me that probably most people have unfinished works that may or may not see the light of day and this could be fun.

So here it is! 'Unfinished Busi-'

Catalyst Open Mic - Unfinished Business
Wednesday 4th October, 8pm
Space Academy, 371 St Asaph St
Note - later start time due to Canterbury Poets Collective

Catalyst Open Mic April - 'Heroes'

Catalyst Poetry Open Mic

Tuesday 5th April, 7pm

The Twisted Hop, Ferry Rd, Woolston

So it turns out this theme thing is really going off.  By popular demand the third open mic for 2016 is also our second theme-night of the year and that theme is 'HEROES'.

Interpret it any way you will, don't let Bowie distract you!  Although Doc is threatening to bring along his noise-maker for a sing-along.