The Scream launches this year’s festival with a conceit: well-known poets will take the stage with the work of notable younger poet in hand. In a rare homage to the next generation of poetic talent, these established performers will highlight up-and-comers by reading published and unpublished work by a new poet of their choosing:

• Stuart Ross reads Evie Christie
• Priscila Uppal reads Jason Guriel
• Kevin Connolly reads Gabe Foreman
• Ken Babstock reads Michael Lista

Emily Schultz, author of the Trillium nominated Songs for the Dancing Chicken, will also read the winning poems of this year’s EYE WEEKLY Poetry Contest. The night will also feature the introduction of two new Scream-savvy web projects: The Scream Archive and Joyland: A Hub for Short Fiction.

UPDATE: Check eyeweekly July 3rd to see the poetry contest winner!

In full festival spirit, Kevin Connolly offers up his poem "Plenty" for plunder and plagiarism by artists from a range of disciplines. From Kevin’s new collection, Revolver, “Plenty” will be the main source of ideas, inspiration, letters, words, sounds and images for the artists – and for the audience.

Featuring:
"Plenty": a reading by Kevin Connolly
"Plenty": a new play by Conor Green
"Plenty": a new visual art piece by Olia Mischenko
"Plenty": a new song by NQ Arbuckle
"Plenty": a new film by Tamara Romanchuk

All followed by a set from NQ Arbuckle.

Co-sponsored by This is Not a Reading Series, Pages Books, and EYE WEEKLY