HEARding Cats Collective is pleased to present Poetry in 5D, our annual poetry reading organized by founding member Anna Lum.

This year we feature a true multimedia event filled with music, video, and of course, beautiful poetry.

The event will take place at HIGH LOW, 3301 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103. It will be a free event and begin at 8:00PM.

The event will feature poetry from the following local and visiting artists:

Anna Lum: HEARding Cats Collective co-founder, the poet with the most magical delivery, listen to her genius here: POETRY

Maud Kelly (North Carolina), please watch her truly inspiring and original reading from last year: THIS ONE!

Stefene Russell (New Orleans), a fabulous person and poet and she blew us all away with this reading: READING AT CAM

Brett Underwood (STL), The relentless author and representor of our fine city – so proud to have him. Here is a great example of his powers: BRETT UNDERWOOD

Jason Ryberg (Kansas City): Founder and editor of Spartan Press and author of many books of poetry, here’s a great interview with him: JASON

MUSIC:

Tom Hamilton (NYC), Tom is a long-time composer and performer of electronic music, and he will be presenting a new collaborative piece for video and music. It is accurate to say that Tom is a legend in the avant-garde electronic music world. He will also accompany Anna Lum’s poetry reading. Listen to Tom’s work HERE

Damon Smith (STL), We are pleased to have one of the world’s finest improvisors on double bass join us for the evening. Damon will be accompanying several poets throughout the evening, lending his thoughtful ear and technique to each performance.  https://balancepointacoustics.com/

Kevin Harris (STL) will perform a solo piece for music synthesizer. WEBSITE