Past Events from April 11, 2013 – April 9, 2012 | Page 12 | Vancouver Poetry House

  • Radical (Re)Imaginings: Visions of a Queer Future Showcase

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    A showcase featuring recently created work by youth, and a set by each of poets Amal Rana, Molly Billows, and jaye simpson. Some of the performances will have been created the day before at the Radical (Re)Imaginings workshop with facilitators/youth mentors Rana and Billows, and some of it will be … Continued

    $8 – $10
  • Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Finals

    Annual General Meeting on May 25th

    The top 12 poets from prelims advance to this bout. Who will claim the title of 2016 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion? This closing match includes a feature presentation by the one and only Sheri-D Wilson. Poets in the Finals will be performing three-minute poems. The first round will consist … Continued

    $20 – $25
  • Chicken Session #26 Community Backyard Stage

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    House concert, poetry and story performance, potluck, party, and some Louisiana hospitality. Chicken Session #26 is a Sunday afternoon backyard brunch with Poet Al Mader and Musician Lexi Marie, as well as debut work by others in 12 open mic spots beforehand. Bring food to share! Noon -- Food and … Continued

    $5
  • Kelsey Savage features at the Vancouver Poetry Slam

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    The Summer slam season is here which means an altered format from the rest of the year. During the Summer season poets are asked to perform up to 2 minute, 1 minute and 4 minute long poems. 12 poets in the first round 6 in the second and the top … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Van Slam’s Carnival of Words Team Fundraiser

    2048 Pandora Street

    Hey Folks, it's back - Slamathon version 2.0, new & improved as The Van Slam Carnival of Words! The traditional opportunity to sign up to read poetry and support Van Slam's efforts to send a team to compete at CFSW, The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, along with new features … Continued

  • Carnival of Words (formerly Slamathon) Van Slam Team Fundraiser

    Chicken Sessions House 2048 Pandora Street backyard, Vancouver, BC

    A marathon of 12 hours of poetry, and you are invited to join in! Read/perform your own or someone else's poetry or sponsor someone else you want to hear.The whole thing is a $2/minute fundraiser for the 2017 Vancouver Poetry Slam team to help pay for their trip to perform … Continued

    $2
  • RC Weslowski features at the Vancouver Poetry Slam August 14th

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    We acknowledge this event is taking place on the unceded, occupied territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. The Summer Slam continues to roll along as poets attempt to gain points to make it into the Vancouver IWPS playoff in September. There are 3 rounds of poetry. A 2 … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • 3rd Annual Cascadia Cup Team Poetry Slam

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    This event is taking place on the unceded, occupied, and stolen traditional territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Wautuh peoples. The Cascadia Cup is an annual team poetry slam featuring poetry slam teams from the region to compete for regional bragging rights and warm up for national poetry slam team … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Youth Poetry Slam featuring Amal Rana

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    We acknowledge this event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people. It's occupied territory. Be respectful of that notion please. August's youth poetry slam is the second event in our new youth slam season where poets 13-20 years of age try to earn … Continued

    $4 – $10
  • CIPS/IWPS Last Chance Slam featuring Emilee Nimetz

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    We acknowledge this event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people. Please be respectful of that fact and its potential impacts when attending all VPH events. The Vancouver Poetry House presents Emilee Nimetz featuring at the CIPS/ IWPS Last Chance Slam. About our … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Individual World Poetry Slam (IWPS) Playoff and C.R. Avery

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    The Vancouver Poetry House presents : The Individual Poetry Slam Playoffs Featuring C.R.Avery On Monday, September 11th at Cafe Deux Soleil, the top scoring poets of the summer season will compete to determine who will represent Vancouver in the Individual World Poetry Slam in Spokane, WA between Oct 11-14th 2017, … Continued

    $10
  • Youth Poetry Slam featuring Velveteen Queens

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    We acknowledge our event and our daily lives are taking place on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. We also strive to have our events be trans friendly and hope you can help us achieve that goal. The new youth slam season is now in full … Continued

    $4 – $10
  • Vancouver Poetry Slam featuring Duncan Shields

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    He is a two-time Vancouver Haiku Champion, a two-time Vancouver Nerd Slam Champion, two-time Ghost Story Slam and the winner of the 2010 IWPS Haiku Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is one of only three North American poets to complete the Century Challenge of slamming 100 poems in a … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Youth Poetry Slam featuring Q

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    We acknowledge this event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. We strive to have all of our shows be trans friendly events and we hope you can help us achieve that goal. Our 2017/18 youth slam season is in full swing. Poets … Continued

  • Last Chance Youth Slam featuring Relevant

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    We acknowledge this event will be taking place on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. This will be our "last chance slam" for poets who have not yet qualified for the youth slam playoffs in March. Poets still needing to slam twice or earn more points … Continued

    $4 – $10
  • Christine Bissonnette features at the Vancouver Poetry Slam

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    The Vancouver Poetry Slam presents this week's feature, Christine Bissonnette!! About our feature: Christine Bissonnette is an acadian poet, writer, teacher, and children’s entertainer originally from Nova Scotia, the unceded traditional ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Since 2011, she’s lived in Vancouver, on the unceded traditional ancestral territories of … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Rob Mitchel Features at the Vancouver Poetry Slam

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    The Vancouver Poetry Slam presents this week's feature, Rob Mitchell!! A bit about our feature: "Rob Mitchell is a poet born and raised in the south, originally heralding from Atlanta, GA. Growing up a quintessential, middle-class blerd (black nerd), writing has always been a form of catharsis. Recently, Rob has … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Award winning poet, Adele Barclay features at the Vancouver Poetry Slam

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    The Vancouver Poetry Slam presents this week's feature, Adèle Barclay!! A bit about our feature: Adèle Barclay’s writing has appeared in The Fiddlehead, The Puritan, PRISM, The Pinch, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of the 2016 Lit POP Award for Poetry and the 2016 Walrus Readers’ Choice Award for … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Youth Slam Finals featuring Rachel Taylor

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    We acknowledge this event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Well this is it, our youth slam finals where we find out who will be on the 2018 youth slam team and which poet will be crowned our youth slam grand slam … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Full Festival Program Page 1

    It's here! Below is a web version of page 1 of our #VSFestival18 program. Click on  it so that you can move around in it.  Navigation ease may vary according to your device. Print versions of this program will be available as soon as Monday, April 16 at Van Poetry … Continued

  • Full Festival Program Page 2

    It's here! Below is a web version of page 2 of our #VSFestival18 program. Click on  it so that you can move around in it.  Navigation ease may vary according to your device. Print versions of this program will be available as soon as Monday, April 16 at Van Poetry … Continued