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  • [ID: Photograph of Vancouver Story Slam organizer and host Susan Cormier standing on stage behind a microphone. She holds a clipboard in her right hand with a Vancouver Story Slam label while gesturing with her left hand. She has bright blue and red nail polish. She is wearing a red dress. Her long hair is clipped back at the top. An insert of the Verses Festival of Words poster is at the bottom left with an array of stylized red salmon, arrows and dots moving from right to left across a blue background. It includes the words Eighth Annual Verses Festival of Words April 19 - 29, 2018. /end ID]

    Vancouver Story Slam Invitational Verses 2018 Edition

    A special invitational edition of the Vancouver Story Slam storytelling show just for Verses Festival of Words! Ten storytellers share original short stories in a competition for cash and prizes. 50 audience members will receive voting ballots to select the night's winning storytellers. Vancouver Story Slam is Canada's longest-running live … Continued

    $10 – $12
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    Talk the Talk: Consent Culture

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    Guided by two qualified facilitators, Kitty Stryker and Rabbit Richards, this talk is likely to engage with a number of topics that challenge, advance and re-form our collective ideas of consent culture within the arts. Come prepared with questions, thoughts and a respectful voice. Active listeners will be present for … Continued

    Free
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    Reframing Relations Workshop

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    Reframing Relations brings Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists together ... to facilitate dialogue about reconciliation in Canada. Participants work together on collaborative, arts-based ‘Statements of Understanding’ to discover where their awareness of Indigenous issues is located today, where they have gaps in their knowledge, and what concrete actions can be taken … Continued

    Suggested Donation $10

  • Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Day 1: Bouts at Havana Theatre

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    Canada’s best slam poets sling metaphors and match wits in four-minute and one-minute rounds.  These Day One bouts at  Havana Theatre are two of eight preliminary competitions that take place on Thursday and Friday nights here and at Cafe Deux Soleils during Verses Festival. The scores from these eight bouts determine the … Continued

    $8 – $10

  • Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Day 1: Bouts at Cafe Deux Soleils

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    Canada’s best slam poets sling metaphors and match wits in four-minute and one-minute rounds.  These Day One bouts at Cafe Deux Soleils are two of eight preliminary competitions that take place on Thursday and Friday nights here and at Havana Theatre during Verses Festival. The scores from these eight bouts determine … Continued

    $10
  • [ID: There is the back of a person with red hair standing in a circle with other people. The person wears a grey hoodie with a jean jacket over it. The jean jacket has a large black rectangular patch that says "Don't Touch Me." A person wearing an orange hoodie and brown pants stands to their left. Another person wearing a yellow shirt is to their right. A person with a pink shirt and jeans is across the circle of people. /endID]

    “It Takes a Village: Community Care for Survivors” Q&A with Kitty Stryker

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    Please note the update to this event that it is now by donation or pay what you can. Kitty Stryker, consultant to Juggalos and Sex Educators alike, presents a talk on how to have thoughtful conversations about sexual assault when it impacts someone you love, mixed with Q&A for attendees … Continued

    $20 – $25
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    Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Day 2: Bouts at Havana Theatre

    Canada’s best performance poets show us their strongest two and three minute poems to decide who will advance to finals. These Day Two bouts at  Havana Theatre are two of eight preliminary competitions that take place on Thursday and Friday nights here and at Cafe Deux Soleils during Verses Festival. The … Continued

    $8 – $10
  • [ID: A person wearing a purple shirt holds up a scorecard with the number 8.1 on it. In the background are other audience members and the menu chalkboard at Cafe Deux Soleils. /endID]

    Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Day 2: Bouts at Cafe Deux Soleils

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    Canada’s best performance poets show us their strongest two and three minute poems to decide who will advance to finals. These Day Two bouts at Cafe Deux Soleils are two of eight preliminary competitions that take place on Thursday and Friday nights here and at Havana Theatre during Verses Festival. … Continued

    $10
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    Interrobang?! Billy-Ray Belcourt, Virago Nation, Snotty Nose Rez Kids

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    In the guts of artists everywhere is a driving force, a question that begs for answer, churning engine of the inquisitive mind. Interrobang?! pays homage to those making their statements known, loud and clear, while asking the complicated, nuanced, and too often unasked-questions. Join us as this all star line-up … Continued

    $12 – $15
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    Talk the Talk: Harm Reduction

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    This community-driven, facilitator-mediated conversation asks artists to participate in anti-oppression dialogue around the topic of “Harm Reduction” within the Spoken Word Community and the many intersecting communities in which we engage. Active listeners will be present for community care. Come prepared with questions, suggestions and a respectful voice. This discussion … Continued

    Free
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    Word Circus: Chimwemwe Undi, Deirdre Lee, Andre Prefontaine, Philip Kevin Paul & Doug Koyama

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    A whirlwind of words from Chimwemwe Undi, Deirdre Lee, Andre Prefontaine, Doug Koyama, and Philip Kevin Paul who will perform feats of acrobatic wordsmithery before your very eyes. Doors 2:30 / Show 3 - 4:30 / Havana Theatre / $10 Advance /  $12 At Door $10 Advance tickets for Word Circus … Continued

    $10 – $12
  • [ID: Ifrah Hussein, 2018 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam champion stands at a microphone on a stand in front of a red curtain illuminated by a spotlight. Her mouth is open speaking. She is looking to her right. She is wearing blue jeans and a denim jacket with a yellow t-shirt under it. She wears a black hijab. Her hands are clasped behind her back. /endID]

    Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Finals at ANNEX Theatre

    ANNEX Theatre 823 Seymour Street, 2nd floor, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    The top 12 poets from preliminaries advance to this final match. Who will claim the title of 2018 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion? This closing match includes a feature presentation by the 2017 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam champion Ifrah Hussein. Poets in the Finals will be performing three-minute poems. The … Continued

    $19.50 – $25
  • [ID: Graphic image with salmon and red and black designs inside them move diagonally from middle left to upper right. The salmon are leaping along the edge of a turquoise coloured representation of water with spirals along the top edge. The words "EXPLORE ABORIGINAL CULTURE THROUGH THE ARTS. TALKINGSTICKFESTIVAl.CA" appear in the bottom right corner of the image. /endID]

    Talking Stick Festival Community Stage

    Native Education College Fireside Lounge 237 5th Ave E, Vancouver, British Columbia

    UPDATE on line-up below! The Talking Stick Festival has been calling community together for over 17 years. With a desire to appeal to Indigenous and non-Indigenous attendees alike, the multi-disciplinary Indigenous arts festival comes to us as a community stage presentation, closing out Verses Festival of Words 2018 with a … Continued

    $12 – $15

  • VPH Board Meeting

    Office 111 W. Hastings Street, Unit 210, Vancouver, BC

    All Vancouver Poetry House members are welcome to attend board meetings. As poets you know you have a voice. You can use it to help make VPH sustainable and a vibrant reflection of our shared values. All you need to do is give one of the board members some notice … Continued

  • VPH Board Meeting

    Office 111 W. Hastings Street, Unit 210, Vancouver, BC

    All Vancouver Poetry House members are welcome to attend board meetings. As poets you know you have a voice. You can use it to help make VPH sustainable and a vibrant reflection of our shared values. All you need to do is give one of the board members some notice … Continued

  • VPH Board Meeting

    Office 111 W. Hastings Street, Unit 210, Vancouver, BC

    We're meeting again. At table: VPH strategic planning. Let us know if you'd like to attend. admin@vancouverpoetryhouse.com

  • Board Meeting

    Office 111 W. Hastings Street, Unit 210, Vancouver, BC

    The next board meeting is coming up on the 30th of September. So far on the agenda - money, grants and Hullabaloo. Want to come? Let one of us know. Thinking about becoming a board member? Let us know. We'll send you some info. Contact us at admin@vancouverpoetryhouse.com. Agenda VPH … Continued

  • Board Meeting

    Office 111 W. Hastings Street, Unit 210, Vancouver, BC

    The next board meeting is coming up on the 30th of September. So far on the agenda - money, grants and Hullabaloo. Want to come? Let one of us know. Thinking about becoming a board member? Let us know. We'll send you some info. Contact us at admin@vancouverpoetryhouse.com. Agenda VPH … Continued

  • Vanslam Featuring Lip Balm

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    This event is taking place on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) nations. *Vancouver Poetry House strives to be a trans-friendly space. *We encourage a scent-reduced environment, we ask the folks planning to attend, to be aware of the scented products (lotions, hairspray, … Continued

    $6 – $10

  • VanSlam featuring Savannah

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    This event is taking place on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) nations. *Vancouver Poetry House strives to be a trans-friendly space. *We encourage a scent-reduced environment, we ask the folks planning to attend, to be aware of the scented products (lotions, hairspray, … Continued

    $6 – $10

  • VanSlam Featuring Ann-Bernice Thomas

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    This event is taking place on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) nations. *Vancouver Poetry House strives to be a trans-friendly space. *We encourage a scent-reduced environment, we ask the folks planning to attend, to be aware of the scented products (lotions, hairspray, … Continued

    $6 – $10

  • Meet the Verses 2019 Staff

    Here they are https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/about/verses-staff-2019/