Five reasons to check out Al Purdy tribute Beyond Forgetting

Beyond Forgetting
When: Nov. 22 at 8 p.m.
Where: Cultch Historic Theatre
Tickets: $20 at thecultch.com
1. Al Purdy. Beyond Forgetting celebrates 100 years of the Canadian poet, who was born in Ontario in 1918 and died in North Saanich in 2000. Purdy is known for celebrating, exploring and criticizing Canada in his work. Some of his poems include Transients, which mentions “Riding the boxcars out of Winnipeg”; Wilderness Gothic, set in the Ontario township where he built his summer ho