Four Laureates and Friends is an evening of poetry, music, and song presented to benefit the United Way of Toronto.

Two previous Poets Laureate of Toronto, Dennis Lee and Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, join current Laureate George Elliott Clarke and Owen Sound Laureate Terry Burns to regale the audience with poignant poems, piercing songs, and stirring melodies along with several guest musicians and vocalists. The performers aim to raise social consciousness while raising funds for the United Way of Toronto

On Wednesday October 8, 2014, at 8 p.m. at the University of Torontos Robert Gill Theatre, please join the Four Laureates and Friends in proving that Art is social and artists are caring citizens helping to support the neediest and most fragile among us.

Poet Laureates are appointed by a public body such as a City Council to champion literacy, poetry, and the arts.

Four Laureates and Friends is hosted by the University of Toronto Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies. Tickets are available through uofttix.ca and at the door: $15 general admission, $5 for students. The Robert Gill Theatre is above the U of T Bookstore at the corner of College and St. George.