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The Poetry Gym

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Time
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Venue
Gladstone Brewing Co., Courtenay, V9N 1G6
Price
free

Saturday April 25th, come Flex your writing muscles at Gladstone's Engine Room for a creativity workout!

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Come to The Poetry Gym for a creativity workout at Gladstone Brewing Company’s Engine Room on Saturday April 25th from 8 - 9:30 p.m.

No previous poetry experience necessary!

Nine Poetry Walk poets will be personal trainers at stations where you can customize your creative workout while enjoying the live ambient music of Nate Schmold and songs by the ookoolaydeez.

- Check out a live poetry booth and have a poem written just for you.
- Have a seat at a Spark Station to write with your friends, with strangers, or solo.
- Immerse yourself in the surreal pleasure of writing using the Exquisite Corpse technique.
- Participate in building a community poem.
- Belly up to the Metaphor Bar for a little linguistic inspiration.
- Relax in a quiet corner with a poet, close your eyes, and listen to a personal reading.

Venue

Gladstone Brewing Co.
Unit A 244 - 4th Street
Courtenay
V9N 1G6

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Keeping Our Word

 

The word "éy7á7juuthem" means “Language of our People” and is the ancestral tongue of the Homalco, Tla’amin, Klahoose and K’ómoks First Nations, with dialectic differences in each community.

It is pronounced "eye-ya-jooth-hem."