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This event is a celebration of dumplings and family. Poet Sean Wai Keung will guide participants through a recipe for dumpling skins, after which participants will be invited to fill them (a selection of three vegan fillings will be offered) and fold them however they wish. Throughout this, Sean will be reading poetry and telling the story of his maternal grandparents, and their story of food and migration.
This event will take place at The Drying Green; a community garden based at South West Library inviting people from all over Inverclyde to celebrate food, music and creativity.
Event Notes:
This event will take place outdoors under shelter in The Drying Green using the garden’s outdoor stove. Participants are advised to wear warm clothing. However, in the event of inclement weather this event will move inside the South West Library.
Use of gluten, manual hand dexterity needed for kneading and folding dumplings. Some content around grief and death.
Sean Wai Keung is a Glasgow-based poet and performance maker whose work often explores concepts of mixed-ness, identity, interactivity and migration. His collection sikfan glaschu was published by Verve Poetry Press in 2021 and went on to be shortlisted for the Kavya Prize. He has worked on outdoor, interactive and food-driven poetic installations with Tramway, Push the Boat Out Festival, Hidden Door and Dandelion Festival, to name a few. His favourite food is rice, although he has a soft spot for dumplings and soups as well. For more information, please visit seanwaikeung.carrd.co
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The Drying Green, South West Library, 159 Inverkip Road, Greenock, PA16 9HG
20 minute walk from Greenock West Train Station
517 McGill’s Bus from Greenock Bus Station, 28 Kilblain Street
There is no car park at the Library, however, there is limited on street parking to be found on Old Inverkip Road beside the entrance to The Drying Green Garden and Library.
Access to The Drying Green Garden and Southwest Library is step free and on the ground level. There is ramp access inside the Southwest Library suitable for wheelchair users.
Outdoor event access information
The Drying Green is mostly a step-free/flat surface on paths which have some light/fine gravel underfoot.
Disabled toilets available inside Southwest Library.
As part of this event, audience members will be invited to take part in making dumplings.
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