Perc.u.lations in Dandenong is affiliated with Radio Laria, a spoken word event that takes place in Northcote.
Our Poetry and Spoken Word events will be held every second Saturday of the month at 3 p.m.
Our Feature for the 8th of July will be Dev Vedant:Ela Fornalska.
Dev is an emerging poet originally from India who now is a proud Melburnian. With a background in the never-ending 9-5, his love for poetry began in April 2022 when Ela persuaded him to pen his feelings during the April Dirty Thirty Challenge.
He has performed on stage at a few places in Melbourne and recently did a retrospective feature on Billy Collins at Poetryspective. Dev is the co-founder of a new Facebook page - International Poetry Month Challenge that works on a grassroot level to provide community poets a platform to share their art and their life stories.
His poetry is simple, childish yet like a typical Masala Bollywood movie: with a lot of spices - love, action, suspense, horror, drama.
An open mic is available for as many poets as we can squeeze in before and after our feature. This gig will celebrate young poets (the Little Aesthetics program for anyone 12 and under) as well as people who read the works of other poets (the Rhetorical Recreation Society). If you have work you would like other people to present, you will always find cheerful readers as well.
The venue for Perc.u.lations is the wonderfully generous Kafé on Hemmings (86 Hemmings St), in Dandenong. about a 15-minute walk from either Dandenong or Yarraman train stations. There is also handy, free parking available behind the medical centre on the opposite corner.
Perc.u.lations is taking place on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded and we extend our respects to Indigenous elders past, present, and emerging.
This event is ticketed using ‘Pay as you Feel’ via Eventbrite, as the Kafé will continue serving the general public, and closing off the area isn't feasible. This way even walk-in traffic can contribute.
Perc.u.lations is affiliated with Radio Laria and its poets. 50% or more of all features throughout the year will be women, however, men are also encouraged to apply to this event and the open mic is open to anyone.
