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Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · Jul 21
The Hope Festival is coming up fast (THIS SATURDAY!) and we have some great artists lined up to entertain and inspire you.

Grab a free ice cream and jump into the festivities!

Saturday July 26, 12:30PM-4:30PM, at Millennium Park
Hope Festival Featured Artists (Organized by Basic Income Peterborough Network with support from United Way Peterborough & District and Peterborough Public Health)
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Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · Jul 24
Will we see you at the Hope Festival this saturday?

You'll enjoy FREE interactive activities provided by our featured groups!

Saturday July 26, 12:30PM-4:30PM, at Millennium Park
Hope Festival Featured Groups Organized by Basic Income Peterborough Network, with support from United Way Peterborough & District and Peterborough Public Health. Enjoy FREE interactive activities provided by our featured groups: Basic Income Peterborough Network Bedford House Canadian Mental Health Association HKPR Council for Persons with Disabilities Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes Peterborough AIDS Resource Network Peterborough Community Health Centre Peterborough Food Action Network Peterborough Youth Substance Use Prevention The Seasoned Spoon Café Saturday July 26, 12:30PM-4:30PM, at Millennium Park
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Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · Jul 10
Basic Income Peterborough Network is hosting its first Hope Festival in Millennium Park #ptbo on July 26 2025 from 12:30PM - 4:30PM!

Join us for participatory art, interactive activities, and FREE ice cream!
Hope Festival: growing hope, dignity, and belonging together Organized by Basic Income Peterborough Network with support from United Way Peterborough & District and Peterborough Public Health Basic Income Peterborough Network is hosting its first Hope Festival in Millennium Park on July 26 2025 from 12:30PM - 4:30PM! This highly interactive and family-friendly festival will bring community members together to celebrate the transformative work already happening locally, and generate new ideas for collective action. The Hope Festival will feature participatory art projects by local artists, as well as activities presented by groups doing important work in our community. We’ll also have FREE ice cream!
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Jul 2
Join me at Artspace next week!
basicincomeptbo.bsky.social Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · Jul 2
Hope Series: Artists for Basic Income

Join Basic Income Peterborough Network for another workshop in our Hope Series, this time in partnership with Artspace!

Find us at Artspace (378 Aylmer St N) Wed July 9, 5PM – 7PM
Artists for Basic Income Hope Workshop Join Basic Income Peterborough Network for another workshop in our Hope Series, this time in partnership with Artspace! In this session, participants will discuss the precarious nature of artistic labour, and brainstorm what artists can do to support the implementation of a basic income guarantee in Canada. Find us at Artspace (378 Aylmer St N) Wed July 9, 5PM – 7PM
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Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · Jun 20
BIPN needs volunteers for our Hope Festival coming up on Saturday July 26 in Millennium Park!

Want to get involved?

Email [email protected]

Learn more about the Hope Festival on our website: basicincomepeterborough.ca
Hope Festival Volunteer Opportunities Hope Ambassadors: Are you a people-person? Put your cheerful demeanor to work at the Hope Festival by welcoming festival-goers and guiding them through the event space! Logistics Crew: Do you like to work behind the scenes? We need your muscle to support setting up and tearing down the Hope Festival! Ice Cream Scoopers: Would you like to put smiles on people’s faces? Join our Hope Festival ice cream scooper crew and spread the joy!
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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · Jun 11
PETERBOROUGH READER SPOTLIGHT: Elisha Rubacha @elishamay.bsky.social

We're honoured that local legend Elisha will be a reader at our Peterborough ZZOO launch!
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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · Jun 5
June 18 7pm PETERBOROUGH reading with special guests Chris Hutchinson @unfamiliarweather.bsky.social, Murgatroyd Monaghan & Elisha Rubacha @elishamay.bsky.social at Take Cover Books (59 Hunter St E) www.facebook.com/events/99677...
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kawarthaNOW @kawarthanow.bsky.social · Jun 3
Finalists announced for the #Ptbo Arts Awards. The Electric City Culture Council will announce the winners during a June 12 reception at the Canadian Canoe Museum.
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Finalists announced for the Peterborough Arts Awards | kawarthaNOW
By kawarthaNOW. The Electric City Culture Council will announce the winners during a June 12 reception at the Canadian Canoe Museum.
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Jun 4
I'll be reading some #BruceTrail poems at MA|DE's #ptbo launch of ZZOO!

Wednesday June 18, 7PM
Take Cover Books
MA|DE presents ZZOO Peterborough Launch Reading & Signing Guest readings by: Murgatroyd Monaghan Elisha Rubacha Wed June 18 at 7PM Take Cover Books 59 Hunter St
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Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · May 30
Artists, there's still time to get your applications in for the Hope Festival!

We've extended the deadline to Saturday June 8 at 11:59PM.

We encourage applications in ALL art forms.

Find the application guidelines on our website: basicincomepeterborough.ca
Hope Festival Call for Artists Extended Deadline: Saturday June 8 at 11:59PM
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Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · May 20
ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY, #PTBO!
basicincomeptbo.bsky.social Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · Apr 17
Basic Income Peterborough Network’s Hope Festival will take place at Millennium Park on Saturday July 26, from 12:30PM – 4:30PM!

We are commissioning up to six art projects for inclusion in the festivities.

Application Deadline: Tues. May 27 at 11:59PM.

Guidelines: basicincomepeterborough.ca
Hope Festival Call for Artists Basic Income Peterborough Network is commissiining up to six art projects for the Hope Festival being planned for July 26 2025! Application deadline: May 26 11:59PM With the support of United Way Peterborough & District through their Neighbourhood Fund, BIPN can offer $300 per project. BIPN is open to proposals in any art form, but will prioritize projects that fall into one of three categories: music, participatory art, circus art. Please find full guidelines on our website!
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Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · May 13
Two more weeks to get those applications in!

Please share widely #ptbo.
basicincomeptbo.bsky.social Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · Apr 17
Basic Income Peterborough Network’s Hope Festival will take place at Millennium Park on Saturday July 26, from 12:30PM – 4:30PM!

We are commissioning up to six art projects for inclusion in the festivities.

Application Deadline: Tues. May 27 at 11:59PM.

Guidelines: basicincomepeterborough.ca
Hope Festival Call for Artists Basic Income Peterborough Network is commissiining up to six art projects for the Hope Festival being planned for July 26 2025! Application deadline: May 26 11:59PM With the support of United Way Peterborough & District through their Neighbourhood Fund, BIPN can offer $300 per project. BIPN is open to proposals in any art form, but will prioritize projects that fall into one of three categories: music, participatory art, circus art. Please find full guidelines on our website!
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Apr 17
#ptbo artist pals, check out this hopeful opportunity with @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social !
basicincomeptbo.bsky.social Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · Apr 17
Basic Income Peterborough Network’s Hope Festival will take place at Millennium Park on Saturday July 26, from 12:30PM – 4:30PM!

We are commissioning up to six art projects for inclusion in the festivities.

Application Deadline: Tues. May 27 at 11:59PM.

Guidelines: basicincomepeterborough.ca
Hope Festival Call for Artists Basic Income Peterborough Network is commissiining up to six art projects for the Hope Festival being planned for July 26 2025! Application deadline: May 26 11:59PM With the support of United Way Peterborough & District through their Neighbourhood Fund, BIPN can offer $300 per project. BIPN is open to proposals in any art form, but will prioritize projects that fall into one of three categories: music, participatory art, circus art. Please find full guidelines on our website!
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Mar 23
Dang, Ursula, that sounds pretty cool.
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Mar 23
Justin Million:

An impeccable poet, and editor of poetry at bird, buried press.

Having grown up a zinester, I'm not sure whether I would've ever started actually submitting my work to publishers without the encouragement of Justin Million...

He is often my first reader, and always my best person.
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Mar 23
Ursula Pflug:

@pflugu.bsky.social's book "Green Music" was a huge inspiration to me when I was a teenager. The magical realism was fascinating and gorgeous.

- I think I probably stole a lot from it in "brainsick" the book I self-published when I was a 17-year-old high school dropout.
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Mar 23
Ernest Hemingway:

Found Hemingway in university and loved the simplicity of his language.

I also won the inaugural Barbara Rooke Travel Prize at Trent University by writing about "The Sun Also Rises" and that paid my way to Spain, which is a trip I'm very grateful to have had.
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Mar 23
Charles Bukowski:

His writing opened me up to what poetry could be, and for that I am grateful. As a kid who had grown up around a lot of normalized misogyny, I wasn't put off by his treatment of women, and while I'm happy to have unlearned THAT garbage, I'm still glad that his work informed mine.
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Mar 23
JD Salinger:

I haven't done a reread of Salinger in recent memory, but I think maybe I just felt incredibly seen by his work when I was first reading it as a young person. Having the books handy remains a comfort.
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Mar 23
Kurt Vonnegut:

Slaughterhouse Five is my all time favourite book, and one could probably argue that the way I approach writing a collection of poetry is Tralfamadorian-inspired.
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Mar 23
Who are the 5 writers that made you?

Kurt Vonnegut
JD Salinger
Charles Bukowski
Ernest Hemingway
Ursula Pflug

[And also Justin Million ❤️]
jeffblackman.bsky.social Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · Mar 22
Who are the 5 writers that made you?

Leonard Cohen
bill bissett
Michael Ondaatje
Allen Ginsberg
Justin Million
ambersparks.bsky.social Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · Mar 22

Who are the five* writers that made you?

Joy Williams
Isak Dinesen
Diana Wynne Jones
Zora Neale Hurston
Vladimir Nabokov
Italo Calvino

*or six damnit
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Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · Mar 19
TODAY!
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Join Basic Income Peterborough Network for another workshop in our Hope Series, this time in partnership with One City!

Explore the importance of love in social change work through dialogue, art, and thinkers throughout history.

Trinity Community Centre (360 Reid Street)

Wed March 19, 2PM-4PM
Love in Social Change Work Hope Workshop Join Basic Income Peterborough Network for another workshop in our Hope Series, this time in partnership with One City! This session will explore the importance of love in social change work through dialogue, art, and thinkers throughout history. Find us at Trinity Community Centre (360 Reid Street) March 19, 2PM - 4PM
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Basic Income Peterborough Network @basicincomeptbo.bsky.social · Mar 10
Join Basic Income Peterborough Network for another workshop in our Hope Series, this time in partnership with One City!

Explore the importance of love in social change work through dialogue, art, and thinkers throughout history.

Trinity Community Centre (360 Reid Street)

Wed March 19, 2PM-4PM
Love in Social Change Work Hope Workshop Join Basic Income Peterborough Network for another workshop in our Hope Series, this time in partnership with One City! This session will explore the importance of love in social change work through dialogue, art, and thinkers throughout history. Find us at Trinity Community Centre (360 Reid Street) March 19, 2PM - 4PM
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Mar 7
None of the "Caprock Poems" manuscript would exist without public funding for the arts.

Thank you to @ontarioarts.bsky.social for supporting my continued work on this project, and thanks to Brick Books for recommending me for funding.

#OAC #RecommenderGrants

#BruceTrail #CanLit #Poetry
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Elisha @elishamay.bsky.social · Mar 7
I have been boycotting Amazon... forever? And all of Nestle's holdings for the past... idk 7/8 years maybe?

I don't expect everyone to drop everything, but there are obvious evils in the world and I do my absolute best to avoid supporting them with my dollars.

Single day symbolism is not enough.
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