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Kaie Kellough Launches Jigsaw Skyline
Wednesday 20th February
Casa Del Popolo

Jigsaw Skyline follows Fire Escapes a chapbook
released in 2001 as the second in a series of
three chapbooks by Kaie Kellough. Both chapbooks
include drawings by Stefan Christoff to follow the
poems. Jigsaw Skyline is made up of 3 long poems,
all centered in downtown Montreal. This is not quaint
lyric poetry. Through an examination of current and
past events, a look into the lives of the people who
populate the neighborhoods, pubs, streets in
question, Jigsaw Skyline examines the ways class,
race, age, and social position are lived.

Kaie Kellough: resides in Montreal. He has lived
in Vancouver and Calgary. His poetry and fiction
have (recently) appeared in Filling Station, Free Fall,
Ash, Kola. His reviews have appeared in Matrix,
articles in Broken Pencil and NuBeing. Kaie is
currently guest/ contributing editor of the African
American Review. Kaie is a superb spoken word
performer and an occasional event promoter. He
recently launched Fire Escapes, a chapbook of
poetry.

With Guests -
Ian Ferrier & Bryan Highbloom
Alex Boutros & Kaarla Sundström
Mia Rose Brooks
Ted Strauss
John De Leon

Ian Ferrier is one of the core poet / performer in the
North American spoken word and performance
poetry scene. His current focus is performing his
work often with jazz accompaniment and presenting
the works of other poet, both English and French, on
radio and CD. His most recent works appear on
Exploding Head Man, the new CD from Planete
rebelle press and Wired on Words.

Alex Boutros & Kaarla Sundström are sound poets
who have performed collaboratively since 1997.
They produce and host the acclaimed cabaret
series Legba. Their CD, Mouthful, is forthcoming fall
2001. Both are classically trained musicians
(University of Western Ontario) which influences
their performance work.

Ted Strauss is Montreal based singer / song writer
who latest CD Born in Ottawa raised in Winnipeg
living in Montreal made serious impression on the
Montreal music scene. His songs and music hold
strong rhythm with strong voice and lyrics.
Ted's performances are something not to be
missed.

Mia Brooks is a Montreal poet and storyteller. Her
work narrates social, political & human tales which
shed light upon the details of the human condition.
Mia's work became headline news this last year as
she was the editor of the notorious Concordia
Student Union agenda 2001 - 2002.

more information:
514.272.7661
kaie...@yahoo.ca