[ May 5, 2008; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] The Vancouver Poetry Slam
Canada’s Longest Running Poetry Slam Continues!
MAY 5th @ W.I.S.E. Hall, 1886 Adanace Street (Adanac and Victoria)
$10 - $15 sliding scale
Tickets can be bought in advance at Van Slam events (such as the Youth Slam on April 28th).
The 1st, 3rd, and 5th Monday of every month is the Van Slam, a regular poetry […]
Celebrate Youth Week with a Poetry Slam
Poetry House joins with Burnaby Library, Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services and Legacies 2010 to host a Youth Slam and Graffiti Art Night during Youth Week in Burnaby. This event is open to poets ages 13-18 years. A poetry and spoken word workshop a couple of weeks ahead of the event will help poets prepare their work for the slam.
Poetry and Spoken Word Workshop
Thursday, April 17, 7-9pm
Summit Youth Centre
200 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby
Facilitators: Shannon Rayne and RC Weslowski
The workshop is free and open to poets of all styles and experience levels.
Graffiti Art and Youth Slam Event
Thursday, May 1, 5-10pm
Summit Youth Centre - 200 Willingdon Ave Burnaby
Graffiti Painting and Barbeque - 5-8pm
Poetry Slam - 8-10pm
Admission and supper are free.
Cash Prizes
Host: Sasha Langford
Your slam poem must include your expression of the BC spirit - in hip hop, rant, storytelling - all poetic styles, expressions and points-of-view are welcome.
For information, call Raj at Summit Youth Centre 604 268-1369 or email us at vanpohouse@yahoo.ca
Creative Buzz Spoken Word Productions
Presents
Awake, Arise, Refresh Yourselves with the spiritual light in your eyes
and you will remember who you are, where you came from,
and why you set out so long ago.
Understanding the power of meditation.
Yes, we face an uncertain future and daunting large-scale challenge
in the unfolding wake of climate change and global warming.
But nature seeks balance and harmony.
Along with this unprecedented looming disaster there is a great spiritual counter taking place.
Like never before. If you are here, at least know about it.
www.creativebuzzevents.blogspot
[ April 7, 2008; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] The Vancouver Poetry Slam
Canada’s Longest Running Poetry Slam Continues!
@ Cafe deux Soleils: 2096 Commercial Drive (Commercial & 4th Ave.)
Normally, the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Monday of every month is the Van Slam, a regular poetry slam open to everyone (read more about the rules)
The 2nd Monday of every month is the Alt Slam, a themed […]
The Vancouver Poetry Slam
Canada’s Longest Running Poetry Slam Continues!
@ Cafe deux Soleils: 2096 Commercial Drive (Commercial & 4th Ave.)
The 1st, 3rd, and 5th Monday of every month is the Van Slam, a regular poetry slam open to everyone (read more about the rules)
The 2nd Monday of every month is the Alt Slam, a themed poetry night
The 4th Monday of every month is the Youth Slam, for competitors between the ages of 13-22 (but for audiences of all ages!)
The Slam on Monday, May 12th is the Haiku Poetry Slam.
The rumours you have heard are true. Our Alt Slam in May will be, yes, a HAIKU DEATHMATCH!
Featuring poetry legend Jack McCarthy!
Jack McCarthy calls himself a “standup poetry guy.” Others have called him “legend.” The Boston Phoenix named him “Best Standup Poet,” The Boston Globe said, “In the poetry world, he’s a rock star.” Poet Stephen Dobyns calls him, “one of the wonders of contemporary poetry.” He’s an engaging minor character in the film “Slamnation” and was a semifinalist for the Individual Slam Championship in 2000. His work appears in the anthologies “The Spoken Word Revolution,” “Poetry Slam,” and the very prestigious “Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slam Poetry.” His major book, “Say Goodnight, Grace Notes,” was released in 2003 to rave reviews. He now lives in Everett, Washington. His website is www.standupoet.net.
16 haikusters will battle it out. Head to head style.
The show goes like this:
Judging will be by audience applause.
The loser of each round will commit seppuku!
Please sign up in advance to battle. Preference goes to 8 male / 8 female. You will need to 20 haiku (potentially) to make it through all four rounds.
It won’t be exactly like this, but to get a feeling for the flavour of the haikus and event…
All ages, & all styles are welcome in the spirit of fair play and good times!
A new aspect of the Vancouver Poetry Slam, the “Alt Slam” is a themed poetry slam that takes place on the 2nd Monday of every month starting in January 2008. These slams do not count towards qualification in this year’s Poetry Team play-offs. But they will be a lot of fun!
| May 12, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
Dear Slam Family,
This is just the formal announcement that the next Slam Family meeting will be held at Lisa Slater’s apartment on Wednesday May 28th @ 6:30 PM. We will be having another meeting before the team goes off to NPS in Madison in August and I realize that the timing is not ideal for all people but given that my co-slammaster has graciously offered her abode in lieu of spending money to rent a space for the meeting I think we should be thankful that Lisa is inviting us into her home.
If you are coming to the meeting I expect an RSVP via email with myself so that Lisa can be prepared for the appropriate number of guests. (Sean’s email: mcgarragle@gmail.com)
As opposed to earlier meetings this one will be brisk and anything that is not finalized will simply be pushed to the next meeting.
The first 30 minutes of the meeting will be a question and answer segment with your two slammasters. Are you curious about what Lisa and I are doing? Do you have suggestions for ways we can improve either the show locally, or what we do to represent the slam nationally or internationally? Do you have questions about money and how and why we spend it?
Hopefully any additional questions (outside of the 30 minutes) can be answered after the meeting.
15 minutes will be held for each item on the agenda. The 15 minutes will include a five minute presentation if an individual or group wishes to present a topic to the family for discussion along with a ten minute question and answer period. After that point either we will vote on the topic, it will be tabled for a committee for further discussion or it simply will be passed on until the next meeting.
And the stopwatch will be present at all times slam poets and other distinguished guests.
The following list of agenda items I believe certain individuals within the community wish to speak to and/or are topics that need to be addressed:
1) “The Vanguard”
2) The Alt Slams
3) The Youth Slams
4) Semi Finals and Finals 2009
If there are additional points to be added to the agenda please email me and I will attempt to add them to our agenda for the next meeting.
Many people have come to me and said how long the last meeting was and how much more they wanted to say on specific topics. We will not have the luxury of addressing everyone’s issue/ideas every meeting and we will not be able to make everyone happy (sorry Trev, we still can’t afford to rent that pink zebra) but I am going to do my best to see that we continue to be one of the most successful literary or spoken word events in our young nations history.
Sincerely,
Sean McGarragle
Vancouver Poetry Slam Co-Slammaster
| May 28, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
