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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 2h

Always a pleasure to share my work!

Thank you to

The Rooster

@writersguildab.bsky.social

And all the folks in attendance at the WGA open mic! 🎤

Catch me next at:

Olive Reading Series
Wednesday November 12, 7-9 PM
The Rooster (10732 82 Ave)

See you there, pals!

#yeg #yegarts #yegwrites

Sara Campos-Silvius performs poetry on a stage with a microphone. She wears a long black dress. A purple and yellow banner for the Writers Guild of Alberta is at the right side of the stage.

Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 1d

Dan is cool! Check out this workshop #yeg writers!

Writers' Guild of Alberta @writersguildab.bsky.social · 2d

Join the WGA for a free workshop next month at the Ortona Armoury! Facilitated by Daniel Poitras, we encourage writers to Work with the Abyss. Register ahead here. writersguild.ca/free-writing...

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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 1d

🎉 🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pub Day!! 🏳️‍🌈 🎉 To @edmqueerhistory and CRUISING THE DOWNTOWN: CELEBRATING EDMONTON'S QUEER HISTORY

Get your copy while you still can! And keep an eye out for events coming soon!

buff.ly/CHisVby

#NeWestPress #EdmontonQueerHistoryProject #QueerHistoryMonth #NewRelease #ABbooks

Book Cover: Cruising the Downtown: Celebrating Edmonton's Queer History. On a lavender background, a rainbow of colours, including all colours in the progress flag, curves down in the shape of the North Saskatchewan River over a vintage photograph.

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 2d

We had the first session of the IBPOC Creative Leadership Program this weekend!

Wonderful to connect and learn with an amazing group of peers who are furthering meaningful change for ourselves and others in media and beyond.

#yeg #yegarts

Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 10d

Happy to share I’ve been selected to take part in the Creatives Empowered IBPOC Creative Leadership Program!

Thank you to Creatives Empowered for this opportunity! Looking forward to it!

IBPOC CREATIVE LEADERSHIP 2025 PROGRAM

Empower yourself to be a resilient storyteller & produce your own content + works

Embody your authentic creative leadership style

Gain capacity to have financial & creative control of your IP

WITH THE CREATORS OF THE SMASH HIT MUSICAL "BEAR GREASE" CRYSTLE LIGHTNING & HENRY CLOUD ANDRADE

AND Tonya Williams, Sable Sweetgrass, Reena Samra, Rochelle Grayson, & Soni Dasmohapatra

PROGRAM DATES OCTOBER 12, 19, 25-26

The poster features a photo of Crystle Lightning and Henry Cloud Andrade.

Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 6d

I appreciated this one very much! I too feel we need to talk more about class and income inequality in Canada.

University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 14d

BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR by @katebeaton.bsky.social explores connections between class, literature, and art from Cape Breton Island. In this thought-provoking book, Beaton addresses the often overlooked impact of class on the Canadian arts scene.
https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l
##Wordfest #VWF

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 6d

This week I’ve been doing my morning coffee with the CLC Kreisel Lecture Series thanks to them being available through the Edmonton Public Library! Timely and important works!

University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 8d

The theme for Banned Books Week 2025 is “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”
We recommend reading DEAR SIR, I INTEND TO BURN YOUR BOOK by Lawrence Hill.
https://bit.ly/2NPHs6y
##CensorshipIsSo1984 ‪@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social‬ @aupresses.bsky.social‬ @authorsabb.bsky.social‬

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 10d

Happy to share I’ve been selected to take part in the Creatives Empowered IBPOC Creative Leadership Program!

Thank you to Creatives Empowered for this opportunity! Looking forward to it!

Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 13d

What are you doing this weekend?

Folks of all generations are invited to

🎭 FEST: The Festival of Edmonton Seniors Theatre 🎭

October 3-4, 2025

Our disabled/accessible dance group CRIPSiE performs on Saturday with other artists!

Come join the fun!

geriactors.ca/event/fest/

#yeg #yegarts

A light red poster featuring images of seniors performing music, dance, and theatre.

Text reads

fest: festival of Edmonton seniors theatre by GeriActors

performance events
theatre workshops
and more

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 14d

Great poetry, first off, and then moving and nuanced reflections on living within this enormous complexity 💚 Loved the form poems (including yours!) they were so fun to read out loud! My new favourite book 🌈📖

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 14d

It’s SO GOOOOOOD

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 14d

GORGEOUS

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 15d

Just got home from picking up my copy from Audrey’s Books! Awesome book!

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 15d

Just picked this up @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
today and I already love it! Great book. So moving and current

#yeg #yegarts

Red and blue paperback book cover superimposed with white letters reading:

I’ll get right on it

Poems on working life in the climate crisis

Edited by the land and labour poetry collective

Forward by Anjali Appadurai

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 19d

CRIPSiE will be performing as part of the Festival of Edmonton Seniors Theatre!

Thank you to GeriActors and FEST for having us!

#yeg #yegarts

geriactors.ca/event/fest/

GeriActors

A seniors’ theatre organization in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

geriactors.ca

Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 21d

Enjoyed Banana Musik from Common Ground Arts (Written by Kris Alvarez) tonight! Such a lovely show! #yegarts #yegtheatre #yeg

Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 21d

Latest CRIPSiE project! 🎭♿️

Hive/Swarm 🐝

Facilitator: Brooke Leifso

Movement, vocals, text, captioning, ASL

Exploring: democracy, belonging

PS Got to use heavy/scream vocals in rehearsal this past weekend which is always a treat 🤪🤘

#accessibility #disability #yeg #yegarts #yegtheatre

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Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 27d

Heya, we're looking for a few good #yeg GMs! Join us November 8th and run a cool Indie TTRPG for Worldbuilders YEG, an annual fundraiser to support Nekem! Details and sign-up form on our nifty website: worldbuildersyeg.com

And hey, share this post to spread the word, yeah?

World Builders YEG

A community of Indie TTRPG gamers in Edmonton, Alberta

worldbuildersyeg.com

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Writers' Guild of Alberta @writersguildab.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Queer Writers' Collective is back on September 17th, 2025 in Edmonton at a new time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM MT at the Rooster Bar & Kitchen. Join us, and feel free to stick around for the WGA Pub Night to follow right after, with an open mic!

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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · Sep 16

Edmonton friends!
We are looking forward to the Harvest Book Fair at the CKUA building on September 27 and 28 from 1 to 5 pm. Come down and enjoy Edmonton's vibrant book culture.
Big thanks to Hungry Zine for all their hard work.
https://bit.ly/4px8hM3
##books #bookstores #publishers #festival

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · Sep 14

We had a great season launch party today! I’m so excited for all the upcoming events and grateful to be part of this community!

Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · Sep 13

“CRIPSiE gave me a place where my chronic illnesses, disability & use of a wheelchair were just a part of who I was & understood.” - Alison Neuman, CRIPSiE Artistic Director

Join us September 14 for our season launch party!

Website: cripsie.com

#yeg #yegarts #disability #accessibility

CRIPSiE | integrated dance | Edmonton, AB, Canada

CRIPSiE - integrated dance, community dance, dance body

cripsie.com

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Amanda/iamatrex @iamatrex.com · Sep 13

Sprigs & Kindling Volume 4 is now available! Issue 1 is themed around Public Access & Other Analog Oddities, and Issue 2 is Lost Transmissions! Download it for FREE from sprigsandkindling.com and shout out all the amazing contributors, editors and layout ppl for 250 pages of amazing creative works!

Sprigs and Kindling

An ongoing digital zine of community collected creative works for Carved from Brindlewood TTRPG games

sprigsandkindling.com

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · Sep 13

“CRIPSiE gave me a place where my chronic illnesses, disability & use of a wheelchair were just a part of who I was & understood.” - Alison Neuman, CRIPSiE Artistic Director

Join us September 14 for our season launch party!

Website: cripsie.com

#yeg #yegarts #disability #accessibility

CRIPSiE | integrated dance | Edmonton, AB, Canada

CRIPSiE - integrated dance, community dance, dance body

cripsie.com

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · Sep 10

YESSSSSSSSSSS !!!

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · Sep 10

My fave system that offers immediacy, room for creativity, low prep, and re-playability? I think Trophy Dark!

One of my absolute favourite sessions was playing the Deadmonton incursion with GM @iamatrex.com at RPG A Thon this summer!

SOOOO GOOOOOD

#ttrpgs

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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · Sep 10

Sara’s #ttrpgs list - in order played

1. D&D 2024
2. The Zone
3. Shadowdark
4. Trophy Dark
5. Coyote & Crow
6. Pulp Alley
7. Mothership
8. Brindlewood Bay
9. Trophy Gold
10. Carta Nautica (solo RPG)
11. Vampire Masquerade

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