Past Events from April 11, 2013 – April 9, 2012 | Page 20 | Vancouver Poetry House

  • Crackerjack Lipsmacker Youth Poetry Slam #92 featuring SCRIBE from Toronto

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Our new youth slam season is underway and poets are hitting the stage and torching the mic with their words trying to make it into the Youth Team Playoffs next March. The age limit to compete is 13-20 years of age. To make the team YOU CANNOT be turning 21 … Continued

    $4 – $19
  • Youth Poetry Slam featuring Joshua “Scribe” Watkis

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    Our new youth slam season is underway and poets are hitting the stage and torching the mic with their words trying to make it into the Youth Team Playoffs next March. The age limit to compete is 13-20 years of age. To make the team YOU CANNOT be turning 21 … Continued

  • Brendan McLeod features at the Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Brendan McLeod is the author of a novel, a play, and a couple of monologues. He's the founder of The Fugitives, a folk group signed to Light Organ Records, that tours internationally and have been nominated for multiple Canadian Folk Music Awards and a Western Canadian Music Award. Way back … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Brendan McLeod features at the Van Slam

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    Brendan McLeod is the author of a novel, a play, and a couple of monologues. He’s the founder of The Fugitives, a folk group signed to Light Organ Records, that tours internationally and have been nominated for multiple Canadian Folk Music Awards and a Western Canadian Music Award. Way back … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Sneaking up on Yourself: A Confessional Poetry Workshop

    Mosaic 1720 Grant Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    There are many ways to tell the truth and many ways to approach the self. In this workshop you will learn to tell your story through poetry, captivate an audience with your words and most importantly of all, adjust a microphone stand. A 3-hour workshop intensive on how to write … Continued

    $20 – $21
  • Sneaking up on Yourself: A Confessional Poetry Workshop

    Mosaic 1720 Grant Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    There are many ways to tell the truth and many ways to approach the self. In this workshop you will learn to tell your story through poetry, captivate an audience with your words and most importantly of all, adjust a microphone stand. A 3-hour workshop intensive on how to write … Continued

    $20 – $21
  • LAST CHANCE SLAM featuring Erin Cotton

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Erin Cotton's poetry is a handwritten love letter filled with dirty jokes and queer politics. She was Victoria Slam Champion for 2014 and competed at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word as part of the Victoria Slam Team. She has one too many poems about genitalia and is secretly a … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Vancouver Individual Poetry Slam Playoffs

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Vancouver Poetry House presents… Wednesday night, the top-scoring 10 poets (9 plus the winner of the LAST CHANCE slam on Monday the 7th) duke it out to see who will be crowned the best individual poet in Vancouver. That person will get to represent Vancouver at IWPS in Washington DC … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Vancouver Individual Poetry Slam Playoffs

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    Vancouver Poetry House presents… Wednesday night, the top-scoring 10 poets (9 plus the winner of the LAST CHANCE slam on Monday the 7th) duke it out to see who will be crowned the best individual poet in Vancouver. That person will get to represent Vancouver at IWPS in Washington DC … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Dia Davina features at the Van Slam

    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Dia Davina Armed with awkward charm and a dramatic flare that would impress even their very own mother, Dia is inspired by the parts of ourselves that we all forget to remember. With humour and unflinching candor, Dia’s poetry offers step by step instructions … Continued

  • Dia Davina features at the Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Dia Davina Armed with awkward charm and a dramatic flare that would impress even their very own mother, Dia is inspired by the parts of ourselves that we all forget to remember. With humour and unflinching candor, Dia’s poetry offers step by step instructions … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Chris Gilpin features at the Van Slam

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    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Chris Gilpin. Chris has performed at many literary and music festivals, including Calgary Spoken Word Festival, Victoria Spoken Word Festival, Kispiox Music Festival, v125 Poetry Conference, and Edmonton Poetry Festival. At the 2012 Vancouver International Poetry Festival, Chris won both the Nerd Slam and … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Chris Gilpin features at the Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Chris Gilpin. Chris has performed at many literary and music festivals, including Calgary Spoken Word Festival, Victoria Spoken Word Festival, Kispiox Music Festival, v125 Poetry Conference, and Edmonton Poetry Festival. At the 2012 Vancouver International Poetry Festival, Chris won both the Nerd Slam and … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Scruffmouth features at the Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Scruffmouth. Kevan Anthony Cameron, a.k.a. Scruffmouth, is a Canadian-Jamaican spoken word artist, performer, poet and scribe with the ability to disseminate ancient indigenous knowledge in contemporary forms of creative expression. He is creative director for Black Dot Roots and Culture Collective the community that … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Scruffmouth features at the Van Slam

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    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Scruffmouth. Kevan Anthony Cameron, a.k.a. Scruffmouth, is a Canadian-Jamaican spoken word artist, performer, poet and scribe with the ability to disseminate ancient indigenous knowledge in contemporary forms of creative expression. He is creative director for Black Dot Roots and Culture Collective the community that … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Andre Prefontaine features at the Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Andre Prefontaine. Andre Prefontaine is a prairie boy living in the big city that hitchhiked from Calgary to Toronto with nothing but a dream, a backpack and a head full of possibilities. A quintessential childless dad-joke machine, he’s been knighted as a tragicomic force … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Andre Prefontaine features at the Van Slam

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    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Andre Prefontaine. Andre Prefontaine is a prairie boy living in the big city that hitchhiked from Calgary to Toronto with nothing but a dream, a backpack and a head full of possibilities. A quintessential childless dad-joke machine, he’s been knighted as a tragicomic force … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Yes features at the Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Estefania Alfonso. Yes! Yes, or Estefania for those who refuse stage names, is a queer feminist Cuban immigrant and toronto based political activist who also tries to be funny in her free time. She won at the Canadian festival of spoken word and was … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Yes features at the Van Slam

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    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Estefania Alfonso. Yes! Yes, or Estefania for those who refuse stage names, is a queer feminist Cuban immigrant and toronto based political activist who also tries to be funny in her free time. She won at the Canadian festival of spoken word and was … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Chimwemwe Undi features at the Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Chimwemwe Undi. Chimwemwe Undi is a writer, performer and arts organizer. In 2015, she was an alumni ensemble member at the Victoria Spoken Word Festival, artist-in-residence at the Spur Festival and the featured poet at the Prairie Theatre Exchange’s Carol Shields Festival of New Work. … Continued

    $10 – $60
  • Chimwemwe Undi features at the Van Slam

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    Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Chimwemwe Undi. Chimwemwe Undi is a writer, performer and arts organizer. In 2015, she was an alumni ensemble member at the Victoria Spoken Word Festival, artist-in-residence at the Spur Festival and the featured poet at the Prairie Theatre Exchange’s Carol Shields Festival of New Work. … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Rachel Rosenberg features at the Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Rachel Rosenberg. The Truth: Rachel Rosenberg is a 27-year-old lawyer/recent graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School and an alumnus of Kenyon College. She has been writing poetry for 19 years and performing it for the last three. Her poems have been published in … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Rachel Rosenberg features at the Van Slam

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    The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Rachel Rosenberg. The Truth: Rachel Rosenberg is a 27-year-old lawyer/recent graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School and an alumnus of Kenyon College. She has been writing poetry for 19 years and performing it for the last three. Her poems have been published in … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Paradigm features at the Van Slam

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    The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Paradigm. A native of the Universe, Joann Cathleen Roberts — known as simply “Jo” or by her recent stage alias “Paradigm”– grew up in the Chicago area. A poet/MC, musician, and producer; she discovered a love for playing instruments, such as drums, bass, … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Mona Mousa features at the Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Mona Mousa. Inspired by several Canadian and American slam poets, Mona found herself in an addictive relationship with the written and spoken word. At 17 she hit the stage for the first time at Toronto’s well-known annual Open Minds Respect events. 9 year … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • Mona Mousa features at the Van Slam

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    The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Mona Mousa. Inspired by several Canadian and American slam poets, Mona found herself in an addictive relationship with the written and spoken word. At 17 she hit the stage for the first time at Toronto’s well-known annual Open Minds Respect events. 9 year … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • The Anarchy Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

    Art is best with rules. That's a rule. Poetry Slams have lots of rules, that’s what makes them great art. Some people seem to disagree with this clearly factual scientific based rule fact so we’re tossing it all out the window! It’s going to be anarchy I tell you! Anarchy! … Continued

    $6 – $10
  • The Anarchy Slam

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    Art is best with rules. That's a rule. Poetry Slams have lots of rules, that’s what makes them great art. Some people seem to disagree with this clearly factual scientific based rule fact so we’re tossing it all out the window! It’s going to be anarchy I tell you! Anarchy! … Continued

    $6 – $10