Regina Word Up Open Mic featuring Eric Gabriel “ArchAngel”

Creative City Centre presents Regina Word Up at the Artesian!

Date : Wednesday, April 16th, 2025

Time : 7:00-9:00 pm (SK time), doors open at 6:30 pm  

Location : The Artesian, 2627 13th Ave, Regina, SK

Price: Recommended donation of $5 or pay what you can. (Cash)   

*Free if you perform!  

*First come, first served.  

*All ages  

The Artesian is wheelchair accessible, all-ages, and a proud supporter of positive spaces initiatives with a zero-tolerance policy towards hate, harassment, and/or discrimination. We reserve the right to remove any patron creating an unsafe environment. The accessible entrance is available via a lift. Please ask staff for help if necessary.

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CREATIVE CITY CENTRE PRESENTS REGINA WORD UP AT THE ARTESIAN!  

The pandemic encouraged the Creative City Centre to pivot and transform the Hague Gallery, the beloved home of open mics and poetry slams for close to a decade, into a production studio when safe in-person performances weren’t possible. The CCC now produces exciting digital content and professional development — check it out here!

We are grateful to the Artesian for welcoming us into their space!   

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We encourage audience members to engage during the performances – snap, make cheesecake noises (mm’s and yes), laugh, stomp, or otherwise make your appreciation known!  

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Feature performer:  

Eric Gabriel, who goes by the pseudonym “Gabriel ‘ArchAngel’ Ehijie”, is a Nigerian spoken-word poet, screenwriter, copywriter, and aspiring filmmaker. His poems have been used as therapeutic doses to aid Nigerian youths battling with depression and anxiety. Longlisted for the Economic Commission for Africa’s ‘SDG Decade of Action Short Story Prize’ in 2021, he went on to win the best written poem in the Institute of Afrikology Resource Centre’s ‘Heritage Month Poetry Competition’ held the same year. The co-author of the collective-novel, ‘Isles;’ is currently a student at the UoR, where he is taking a program in the M.A.P faculty.

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GUIDELINES, COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS AND CONSENT STATEMENTS  

At the Creative City Centre we always strive for inclusivity and respect in the community both inside and out of our facility, which is why we have compiled the following guidelines to remember both for our events and also in everyday life.
• We encourage respecting the way folks self-identify, without assuming gender, sexuality, orientation, religion, or ability.
• We understand that at times folks may need to leave or engage in other methods of self-care, and that’s okay.
• We encourage language that promotes inclusivity, education, and awareness and dislike all forms of explicit ignorance including, but not limited to, hate speech, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and classism.
• We encourage the culture of consent meaning we respect people’s physical, verbal, and emotional boundaries. This means respecting that some people might not want to be hugged and if you want to engage physically in any way with a person it is important to ask permission before doing so.  

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Regina Word Up is a program of the Creative City Centre. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage, SK Arts, City of Regina, and the Canada Council for the Arts that make programs like this one possible. We are grateful to The Artesian on 13th, who are facility partners for this event.  

For more information on programs and opportunities, please visit www.creativecitycentre.ca
For more information, please email [email protected]