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SUMMARY:Van Slam Finals Night featuring Truth Is...
DESCRIPTION:The 17th annual Van Slam Finals Night features Vancouver’s top eight poetry slammers competing for a spot on this year’s Van Slam team. Poets have been gaining points by placing well at Van Slam throughout the year to qualify for this playoff event. The Van Slam team will represent Van Slam at major tournaments and festivals across North America. \nIf you want to find out which Vancouver slam poets will be performing\, follow our regular season standings on the VPH forum. Updated every week after Monday’s weekly poetry slam. \nAbout our feature: \nTruth is… has been an individual slam champion and competed on several slam teams. She has participated in several of the Tedx series and has been a four-time performer at “When Sisters Speak”. Truth (as she is known to her friends) has headlined in several conferences focused on social equity\, gender equality\, youth motivation and the labour movement. She has also recently opened up for Canadian Hip-Hop idol K-OS & legendary activist Angela Davis. \n[box]No minors allowed. This show is 19+[/box] \n[box]UPDATE: Advance tickets are no longer available\, but there will still be tickets available at the door for $15. Box office & Will Call at The Rio open at 7pm. Festival passes can be bought at the door as well for $50.[/box]
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/van-slam-finals-night-featuring-truth-is/
LOCATION:Annual General Meeting on May 25th
CATEGORIES:Community Stage,poetry,Slam,Van Slam,Verses 2013
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SUMMARY:Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Bouts #1 & #2
DESCRIPTION:This night will kick off the 2013 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championship. \nOn the first night\, 40 of the best poets from across Canada will be slamming with four-minute round and one-minute poems. \nBout #1 starts at 7pm. Bout #2 starts at 8:30pm. \nCome for dinner and stay late. Café Deux Soleils will offer kitchen and bar service throughout the show. \n[box]Ticket holders for Bouts #1–#4 receive free admittance to our latenight show featuring Sheri-D Wilson\, Regie Cabico\, and C.R. Avery. Stick around![/box] \n[box]This show is All Ages[/box] \n[box]Tickets are $8 in advance\, $10 at the door. Or you could buy a festival pass.[/box]
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/cips-prelims-1-2/
LOCATION:Contact
CATEGORIES:CIPS,poetry,Preliminary slam bouts,Slam,Verses 2013
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20130410T190000
DTSTAMP:20261110T073612
CREATED:20130131T103822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130131T103822Z
UID:7899-1365616800-1365620400@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Bouts #3 & #4
DESCRIPTION:This night will kick off the 2013 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championship. \nOn the first night\, 40 of the best poets from across Canada will be slamming with four-minute round and a one-minute poems. \nBout #3 starts at 7pm. Bout #4 starts at 8:30pm. \nCome for dinner and stay late. Tangent Café will offer kitchen and bar service throughout the show. \n[box]This show is All Ages[/box] \n[box]Tickets are $8 in advance\, $10 at the door. Or you could buy a festival pass.[/box]
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-preliminary-bouts-3-4/
LOCATION:Private: Outspoken In Unison
CATEGORIES:CIPS,poetry,Preliminary slam bouts,Slam,Verses 2013
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20130411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20130411T190000
DTSTAMP:20261110T073612
CREATED:20130131T081616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130131T081616Z
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SUMMARY:Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Bouts #5 & #6
DESCRIPTION:Day two will see some poets flinging caution aside at they try to move up in the rankings\, while other poets will be under pressure to maintain their position. Poets will be slamming with two minute and three minute poems. \nBout #5 starts at 7pm. Bout #6 starts at 8:30pm.  \nCome for dinner and stay late. Café Deux Soleils will offer kitchen and bar service throughout the show. \n[box]Ticket holders for Bouts #5–#8 receive free admittance to our latenight show featuring dub poetry pioneer and 2-time Juno Award winner\, Lillian Allen. Stick around![/box] \n[box]This show is All Ages[/box] \n[box]Tickets are $8 in advance\, $10 at the door. Or you could buy a festival pass.[/box]
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-preliminary-bouts-5-6/
LOCATION:Contact
CATEGORIES:CIPS,poetry,Preliminary slam bouts,Slam
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DTSTAMP:20261110T073612
CREATED:20130131T104107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130131T104107Z
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SUMMARY:Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Bouts #7 & #8
DESCRIPTION:Day two will see some poets flinging caution aside at they try to move up in the rankings\, while other poets will be under pressure to maintain their position. Poets will be slamming with two minute and three minute poems. \nBout #7 starts at 7pm. Bout #8 starts at 8:30pm. \nCome for dinner and stay late. Tangent Café will offer kitchen and bar service throughout the show. \n[box]This show is All Ages[/box] \n[box]Tickets are $8 in advance\, $10 at the door. Or you could buy a festival pass.[/box]
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-preliminary-bouts-7-8/
LOCATION:Private: Outspoken In Unison
CATEGORIES:CIPS,poetry,Preliminary slam bouts,Slam,Verses 2013
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CREATED:20130128T131935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130128T131935Z
UID:7894-1365706800-1365710400@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Finals
DESCRIPTION:The top 12 poets from prelims advance to this bout. Who will claim the title of 2013 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion? \nPoets in finals will be performing three-minute poems. The first round will consist of twelve poets. The top seven highest-scoring poets will move on to the second round. Then\, the top four highest-scoring poets from the second round move on to the third (and final) round. The highest-scoring poet in the third round becomes the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion. It’s a blank slate each round\, not cumulative score. The order in each round is determined by random draw. \n[box]Ticket holders for this show receive free admittance to the Erotica Slam. Stick around![/box] \n[box]No minors allowed. This show is 19+[/box] \n[box]Tickets are $12 in advance\, $15 at the door. Or you could buy a festival pass.[/box]
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-finals/
LOCATION:Annual General Meeting on May 25th
CATEGORIES:CIPS,poetry,Slam,Verses 2013
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SUMMARY:Haiku Deathmatch
DESCRIPTION:Using original haiku\, 16 poets – or haikusters – will battle it out in a head-to-head competition judged by the audience. \nSign-up is open to all and will occur from 12:00pm-12:30pm. Each poet should come prepared to perform up to 29 haiku (depending on how far they make it in the competition). Advance sign-up is not available. \nA haiku is a poem consisting of three metrical phrases of 5\, 7\, and 5 syllables. \nTraditionally\, haiku is a Japanese form\, most often used to describe nature\, but any subject matter is allowed in Haiku Death Match. The haiku can be funny\, sad\, sexy\, bizarre\, it doesn’t matter. Since the haiku is read aloud\, the emphasis will be on the number of syllables (17) not the lines. \nexample: \nthe worst time to have\na heart attack is during\na game of charades \n[box]This show is All Ages (but be prepared for Rabelaisian humour).[/box]
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/haiku-deathmatch/
LOCATION:Havana Theatre\, 1212 Commercial Drive\, Vancouver\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Slam,Verses 2013
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