6pm Speakeasy @ Austin Club: a spoken word event in the heart of Ōtautahi's CBD.

Coming at you live with a fresh new feature, last Wednesday of every month.

MCed by Jor Dansaren and generously hosted by Austin Club Basement Bar - 161 Cashel Street, Christchurch.

Tickets available on following scale:

$5 - early bird/concession

$10 - general admission

$15 - generous admission

Tickets of each type limited - please consider choosing a ticket according to your capability to contribute. For any ticketing queries, please contact Jor Dansaren via Facebook.

Door sales may be available, cash only.

Open mic sign ups from 5.45pm. Open mic kicks off 6pm with feature to follow.

March feature: Jessica Arcus!

Jessica Arcus is a poet who is compelled to give voice to the quiet and overlooked things – watching for divine presence in the day-to-dayness of life. Her writing is evocative, generous and vibrating with sensory details.

She has been published in Landfall, Takahē, Rapture: an Anthology of Performance Poetry from Aotearoa/NZ (AUP), Mayhem Journal, Catalyst, Quick Brown Dog, Poetry Aotearoa yearbook, Turbine/Kapohau and Ekstasis Magazine. She lives in Ōtautahi with her husband and two children. Find her @jessica.arcus.

Head on down and Speakeasy with us!