Join us for an evening of poetry, prose, and music at BNA Burger! As part of our Say Anything/Something program stream, IWC is delighted to feature both Erin Scott and jaz papadopoulos!

Entry is a $6-$10 sliding scale, and $5 for members. Become a member and support the IWC programming by checking out our Membership page.

Doors and sign up are at 6:30 pm. We have 8 open mic spots, so bring your stories, poems, and music! Spots are first come, first served. Both food and drink will be available from BNA.

About Erin: Erin Scott (she/they) is a time-based, interdisciplinary poet and artist who lives on the unceded territory of the Syilx/Okanagan Peoples (Kelowna, BC). Erin is a founding member of Inspired Word Café, a literary and performing arts non-profit. Their first chapbook, "Atrophy", won the John Lent Poetry Prose Award 2019 and was published by Kalamalka Press in 2020. to make it whole again, their second chapbook, was published in 2021 with broke press. Their award-winning performance work has been hosted on stages across Canada. Moving into digital modes of writing and performance, their recent work features in Metatron Press’s digital edition “Glyphoria”, as well as being presented at the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art in early 2024. Erin holds an MFA in performance and writing and is currently a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Studies, Digital Arts and Humanities at UBCO. Her research and artistic work focus on community art practice, land, identity, and language.

About jaz: jaz papadopoulos (they/them) is a queer, first-gen, interdisciplinary artist working in experimental writing, installation, and video. They are interested in horticulture, nervous systems, erotics, and romance. A graduate of the Cartae Open school, jaz is also a Lambda Literary fellow and an MFA graduate from the University of British Columbia. Follow their work here, or at vimeo.com/jazpapadopoulos.

There are gender neutral and shared, multi-stall washrooms and the space is wheelchair accessible.

Our programming is made possible by the City of Kelowna, the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC Okanagan, the Province of British Columbia, British Columbia Arts Council, and BNA Brewing.

We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work in the unceded, ancestral territories of the syilx people. It is a privilege to be able to put on events as uninvited guests on their land.