The lat­est edi­tion of Eu-Fo­rum, the arts fo­rum based at Eu­pho­ria Lounge on Dun­don­ald Street, fea­tured po­et­ry, art, mu­sic and the usu­al good lime.

Pa­trons took their time in ar­riv­ing, but by 9 pm the venue was packed with peo­ple, each re­ceiv­ing a com­pli­men­ta­ry glass of wine on en­try. With DJ Tillah Willah spin­ning her eclec­tic mix of tunes in the back­ground, the crowd min­gled and milled around the main space of the venue, as well as the rooftop pa­tio. They took the op­por­tu­ni­ty to pe­ruse the art­work that had been mount­ed for the oc­ca­sion, in­clud­ing pho­tog­ra­phy by Joan­na de Sil­va and Darvin K Man­wah, and or­nate glass beads de­signed by Timei­ka Fletch­er Birm­ing­ham. When show­time was an­nounced, pa­trons gath­ered down­stairs to take in po­et­ry and mu­sic. Eu-Fo­rum pro­duc­er Kevon Foder­ing­ham in­tro­duced po­ets and mu­si­cians who came to the front and shared their work.

De­von Wong shared a po­em on un­re­quit­ed love. Karen Fran­cis­co, daugh­ter of Dr Spar­row, made her po­et­ry per­for­mance de­but, shar­ing from her book of po­ems. Rachel Col­ly­more read a sen­su­al piece about the de­lights of a kiss. Among the mu­si­cians that per­formed were Bernard Yawch­ing, whose song cau­tioned that si­lence in the face of in­jus­tice was the same as con­sent. Ma­lik In­nis per­formed a song which he said was a sou­venir from a re­la­tion­ship that didn't work out. The band Wheel, com­prised of bass gui­tarist Shel­don Manoo and vo­cal­ist Crys­tal Kater­son, shared some soul­ful, blues-in­fused num­bers. And Foder­ing­ham had his turn on the mic, per­form­ing his own com­po­si­tion. Eu-Fo­rum is a pro­duc­tion of RASH Mag­a­zine (Rage Art Soul Heart).