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Join Urban Legends Poetry Collective and The Other Hill for Scribblin’ in the Margins: Beyond the Binary, an open mic event with signs ups open specifically to Two-Spirit, trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, and/or other gender-nonconforming identities. Everyone is welcome to attend. This event will feature disabled/queer/transmasculine multidisciplinary artist Charlie Petch.

Masks required and COVID screening will be in place. See our full COVID Safety Plan here: https://bit.ly/ULPCcovidSafetyPlan

Join us at allsaints in Borden Hall, Friday April 4th, doors open at 7:00pm and show starts at 7:30pm.

This event is Pay-What-You-Decide, with a suggested donation of $10.

Sign up for the open mic is now open! Message us on any of our socials or email us at urbanlegendspoetry@gmail.com to sign up. Poets who sign up to perform are not required to buy a ticket.

Accessibility: Masks required, COVID screening in place, step-free/elevator access, accessible parking, accessible and inclusive washrooms, alcohol-free event, masks available as needed, Pay-What-You-Decide tickets.

Please enter by the large stairs at 315 Chapel Street (accessible entry at 317 Chapel Street).

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Charlie Petch (they/them, he/him) is a disabled/queer/transmasculine multidisciplinary artist who resides in Tkaronto/Toronto.\ Petch was the 2017 Poet of Honour for the speakNORTH national festival, winner of the Sheri-D Golden Beret Award from The League of Canadian Poets (2020), and founder of Hot Damn it's a Queer Slam. Petch is a touring performer, as well as a mentor and workshop facilitator. Their debut poetry collection, Why I Was Late (Brick Books), won the 2022 ReLit Award, and was named "Best of 2021" by The Walrus. Their film with Opera QTO, Medusa's Children, premièred 2022.  They have been featured on the CBC's Q, were the Writer In Residence for Berton House (2023), were long-listed for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2021. Their solo show "No one's special at the hot dog cart" debuted at Theatre Passe Muraille in 2024.