Off 6 coffee house series ready to kick off!

When I moved to the Houston area a few months ago, I was a little in shock. But recently a good friend told me a great saying: “Bloom where you’re planted.” So that’s what I’m doing. In the different towns and suburbs I’ve lived in across North America, one thing has always helped me feelContinue reading “Off 6 coffee house series ready to kick off!”

Mill Woods Artists Collective: Building Community Through Art

In November 2011, a new arts initiative in Edmonton’s SouthEast was born: the Mill Woods Artists Collective. Canadian Authors Association writer-in-residence and poet, Jannie Edwards, and poet/hip hopper/NDP candidate Rod Loyola (also known as Rosouljah) began organizing monthly meetings to connect artists of all genres, get new projects off the ground, and contribute to the local community.Continue reading “Mill Woods Artists Collective: Building Community Through Art”