following the overwhelming success of outrageous vii: the great beaver love-in as seen on blogTO with great photographic evidence coming soon, we have been motivated to return to our roots and never stray far from them again. please welcome us back to the central.

complete with an amazing crowd of supporters, outrageous is a monthly word art reading & open mic series that brings the ruckus because we have beef with uncomfortable spaces. we do poetry wrong. and by wrong, we mean better.

photographed by Glenn Pritchard Photography.

hosted by Elizabeth Burns.

open mic brought to life by Jay Ryan G

moral support from theresa burns.

loved by many, feared by most.

welcomed with open arms by The Central

MOST IMPORTANTLY: IT'S FREE. WE DON'T WANT YOUR MONEY WE WANT YOUR BODY. NO COVER. NONE.

[FEATURING]

MUSICAL GUESTS - RAINBOW JACKSON FREE JAZZ EXPERIENCE

you've seen some of them with their shirts off, now it's time for you to see them make beautiful music. your shirt is optional after inevitably allowing them to seduce your senses.

MILES FORRESTER

...is a conceptual artist and writer located in Toronto. Forrester's work ecstatically explores the latitudes of chaos with arbitrary systems, productive contradictions, and also assonance as to yield significant fiascos wherein aesthetics rupture into the frenzied congealment of experience and intention. He has been published in Passive Collective's 3rd edition and is currently working with the sonic arts collective, Asounder. From one monumental failure to the next, Forrester is seeking the biggest fiasco, The Super Actuality, the 'x' at the end of all rhetoric and reality.reality should be considered the avatar of rhetoric in this context

DAGMAR MORGAN

Poet, activist, musician and educator, Dagmar Morgan is the current Greater Toronto Area Slam Poetry Champion of Champions. Regarded as a dynamic voice on the Canadian poetry scene, Dagmar won her first slam championship the very first three times she stepped on a poetry stage -- something unheard of in the slam world. This initial slam title took her to the CFSW National Poetry team Championships in Montreal in 2013. Dagmar emerged from the nationals experience with a distinctive voice and an undeniable presence in her writing and performance. Its no wonder she is keeping a busy schedule of performances, workshops, competitions and commissioned work. When Dagmar is not doing humanitarian work across the world, she spends time with a very rambunctious grade 3 and 4 class. Together they write poems, sing songs and talk about important things like, Harry Potter spells and which colours should not be put together in a rainbow loom bracelet.

J.C. BOUCHARD

...is a Canadian poet and he doesn't know what he's doing. His work is published or forthcoming in Control, In/Words, Feathertale, The Steel Chisel, Extracts and more. One of his poems was long-listed for the 2013 CBC Canada Writes Poetry Prize. Another poem received Honourable Mention for the John Newlove Poetry Award. His chapbook, PORTRAITS, is published by In/Words Magazine and Press.