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Verses Festival of Words

Verses 2025 Festival Pass ($50)

Chill-X (2270 Manitoba Street, Vancouver, BC) 2270 Manitoba Street, Vancouver

Verses Festival of Words Celebrate the transformative power of language at Verses Festival of Words About Verses Festival of Words Canada’s largest alternative literary arts festival, Verses Festival of Words offers up dynamic programming celebrating a broad definition of literary arts, including spoken word poetry, storytelling, page-based poetry, singer-songwriters, improvisers, … Continued

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Community Engaged Art & Spoken Word with Johnny D Trinh

Chill-X (2270 Manitoba Street, Vancouver, BC) 2270 Manitoba Street, Vancouver

Location: Chill-X Studio Time: 1:00 pm   This presentation is perfect for any artist or arts organization that is looking to produce community-engaged art projects. Johnny D Trinh, Vancouver Poetry House | Executive Artistic Director, Historic Joy Kogawa House | Interim Executive Director, Stage to Page Performance Society | Founding … Continued

CIPS ROUND 2

Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Preliminaries Round 2

Chill-X (2270 Manitoba Street, Vancouver, BC) 2270 Manitoba Street, Vancouver

The second round of competition features back-to-back slams as 24 of the best poets across Canada compete to see who will make Saturday night's CIPS FINALS! During Round 2, competing poets will perform 4-minute and 1-minute poems. This event will also stream live on the POETV YouTube channel. Thursday, April … Continued