Chop. The. Mop! Close shave for a good cause

 

Thursday 11th November, 7pm

Victoria Park Band Rotunda, Rangiora

Tonight as part of WORD Christchurch, Catalyst's own Doc Drumheller goes under the clippers for the Cancer Society.

Supported by guest poets, waiata, and poetry from several workshops facilitated for the Cancer Society, Doc will perform live while being shorn of his trademark beard and locks. The effort is in support of a call for donations to Doc's fundraising page for the Cancer Society.

This event is operating under Covid Alert Level 2 restrictions (please wear masks, respect physical distancing and capacity limit is 100 people). If the Alert Level is increased, attendance will be cancelled and the event will be live-streamed via Facebook.

Guest poets include: Bernadette Hall, Ben Brown, John Allison and Ciaran Fox.

It'll be a brave, new Doc come tomorrow morning.

 

https://www.youcanforcancer.org.nz/jason-clements https://www.youcanforcancer.org.nz/jason-clements

https://www.youcanforcancer.org.nz/jason-clements

Chop the Mop! New date: Weds 11th November

 

Wednesday 11th November, 6.30pm entry by koha

Rangiora Library

Doc's chopping the mop!

Our very own Doc Drumheller, aka Jason Clements is taking the big cut to his lustrous locks and beard for the Cancer Society as part of WORD Christchurch 2021.

Join us for some excellent poetry readings and of course the main event - chopping the iconic beard and hair! Even if you can't join us on the night, we encourage anyone keen to support the work of the Cancer Society to dig deep and contribute to the fundraising effort by visiting:

youcanforcancer.org.nz/jason-clements

Thank you for donating - and good luck spotting Doc in a crowd after this!

Save Our Catalyst! A new date - 10th September

A fundraising performance of poetry and music to help keep our pages turning!

Christchurch poets are stepping up to help us fill the shortfall caused by the Covid-19 lockdown: we were unable to host our regular monthly open mics for four months and we rely on those to keep publishing Catalyst. So we're pulling out all the stops in a go-for-broke heave-to featuring some of Catalyst's regulars and Christchurch favourites and new friends.

We're celebrating National Poetry Day a day early, that's how keen we are. The show will feature a little bit of music, a whole lot of poetry, prizes and surprises so if you're in Christchurch on Thursday 10th September, swing on by the ever-lovin' Space Academy for a poetic digestif. $15 on the door or $10 pre-sale.

We are so so so grateful to all these beautiful, inspiring writers for donating their time, talent and even precious books to help us raise the $$. And a very special thank you to Melanie McKerchar for having this idea and bringing it to life. Mwah! Show them your love!